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NPower Seattle Announces Finalists for Nonprofit Innovation Awards: "Puget Sound Award Winners to Be Announced at Nov. 1 Luncheon in Seattle SEATTLE, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Befitting a region known for innovation in areas ranging from computer software to coffee, NPower Seattle today announced the top 10 finalists for its first-ever Nonprofit Innovation Awards, designed to recognize Puget Sound nonprofits who have creatively used technology to impact their communities. The 10 finalists range from organizations that use technology to track abused and neglected children and capture memories of Japanese-Americans incarcerated during World War II to those that provide day labor services for homeless men and women. From this list of 10, one winner and three honorable mentions will be announced at a Nov. 1 awards luncheon, presented by Accenture at Seattle's Grand Hyatt Hotel."
Friday, October 28, 2005
Thursday, October 13, 2005
MediaPost Publications - Nonprofits Rev Up Online Ads After Katrina - 10/13/2005
MediaPost Publications - Nonprofits Rev Up Online Ads After Katrina - 10/13/2005: "Nonprofits Rev Up Online Ads After Katrina
by Wendy Davis, Thursday, Oct 13, 2005 6:00 AM EST
HURRICANE KATRINA SPURRED A SURGE in online ads by charities last month, according to new data from Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance. Impressions by public service organizations such as The Red Cross accounted for 14 percent of all ads, up from 6 percent in September of 2004. Within that category, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies accounted for 10 percent of all impressions--up from less than 1 percent last September."
by Wendy Davis, Thursday, Oct 13, 2005 6:00 AM EST
HURRICANE KATRINA SPURRED A SURGE in online ads by charities last month, according to new data from Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance. Impressions by public service organizations such as The Red Cross accounted for 14 percent of all ads, up from 6 percent in September of 2004. Within that category, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies accounted for 10 percent of all impressions--up from less than 1 percent last September."
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Kiva.org Merges Philanthropy and Venture Capital With First-Ever Microlending Web Site: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance
Kiva.org Merges Philanthropy and Venture Capital With First-Ever Microlending Web Site: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance: "Press Release Source: Kiva
Kiva.org Merges Philanthropy and Venture Capital With First-Ever Microlending Web Site
Wednesday October 12, 9:00 am ET
PALO ALTO, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Oct 12, 2005 -- Kiva, the first nonprofit organization to enable individuals to make personal loans to microenterprises in developing countries, launched its Web site today. For the first time, Kiva.org opens the Internet to people looking for a personal, high-engagement means of taking steps to eradicate poverty in developing countries by lending money directly to small businesses."
Kiva.org Merges Philanthropy and Venture Capital With First-Ever Microlending Web Site
Wednesday October 12, 9:00 am ET
PALO ALTO, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Oct 12, 2005 -- Kiva, the first nonprofit organization to enable individuals to make personal loans to microenterprises in developing countries, launched its Web site today. For the first time, Kiva.org opens the Internet to people looking for a personal, high-engagement means of taking steps to eradicate poverty in developing countries by lending money directly to small businesses."
Sabre Foundation White Paper Offers New Digital Paths For Philanthropy To Make Nonprofits Self-Funding - Yahoo! News
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Sabre Foundation White Paper Offers New Digital Paths For Philanthropy To Make Nonprofits Self-Funding - Yahoo! News: "Sabre Foundation White Paper Offers New Digital Paths For Philanthropy To Make Nonprofits Self-Funding
Wed Oct 12, 3:00 AM ET
(PRWEB) - (PRWEB) October 12, 2005 -- Donors can offer digital donations -- gifts in electronic form -- for leveraging policy reforms and 'land grant' endowments that benefit grassroots groups in troubled areas, according to a white paper that distills findings from an 11-month research project on global trends in digital philanthropy.
Entitled 'New Catalysts for Sustainability: A Global Opportunity for Digital Philanthropy,' the white paper describes a new challenge grant approach for philanthropies to encourage communities around the world to launch self-funding systems that expand grassroots access to learning, health care, and job opportunities."
Sabre Foundation White Paper Offers New Digital Paths For Philanthropy To Make Nonprofits Self-Funding - Yahoo! News: "Sabre Foundation White Paper Offers New Digital Paths For Philanthropy To Make Nonprofits Self-Funding
Wed Oct 12, 3:00 AM ET
(PRWEB) - (PRWEB) October 12, 2005 -- Donors can offer digital donations -- gifts in electronic form -- for leveraging policy reforms and 'land grant' endowments that benefit grassroots groups in troubled areas, according to a white paper that distills findings from an 11-month research project on global trends in digital philanthropy.
Entitled 'New Catalysts for Sustainability: A Global Opportunity for Digital Philanthropy,' the white paper describes a new challenge grant approach for philanthropies to encourage communities around the world to launch self-funding systems that expand grassroots access to learning, health care, and job opportunities."
Monday, October 03, 2005
SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Society | Net gains
SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Society | Net gains: "Net gains
New research published today shows a dramatic rise in charities' online activities and a surge in the number of organisations using the net to reach out to donors and supporters. Liza Ramrayka reports
Thursday September 22, 2005
Charities' use of the internet finally may be coming of age, according to new research today which shows a dramatic rise in online activities over the last decade and a surge in charities using the net to manage their donors and supporters.
Findings from the 2005 Virtual Promise research, published today by not-for-profit thinktank nfpSynergy, show that one in three large charities (with annual turnover of �10m plus) say their trustees are involved in their internet strategy. This compares to just one in 10 in 2000 when nfpSynergy first started to track charities' use of the internet. The findings show a similar trend among medium (�1m-�10m turnover) and small (less than �1m) organisations. Across the board, the biggest jump in involvement has been in the past 12 months."
New research published today shows a dramatic rise in charities' online activities and a surge in the number of organisations using the net to reach out to donors and supporters. Liza Ramrayka reports
Thursday September 22, 2005
Charities' use of the internet finally may be coming of age, according to new research today which shows a dramatic rise in online activities over the last decade and a surge in charities using the net to manage their donors and supporters.
Findings from the 2005 Virtual Promise research, published today by not-for-profit thinktank nfpSynergy, show that one in three large charities (with annual turnover of �10m plus) say their trustees are involved in their internet strategy. This compares to just one in 10 in 2000 when nfpSynergy first started to track charities' use of the internet. The findings show a similar trend among medium (�1m-�10m turnover) and small (less than �1m) organisations. Across the board, the biggest jump in involvement has been in the past 12 months."
Beltway Blogroll: After Katrina: A Fundraising Blog Swarm
Beltway Blogroll: After Katrina: A Fundraising Blog Swarm: "BELTWAY BLOGROLL
After Katrina: A Fundraising Blog Swarm
The fundraising blog swarm triggered by one of America's most severe weather storms officially ended yesterday with a tally of nearly $1.2 million, but the contribution total continued to climb today. As of late this afternoon, it stood at $1,220,310.
Conservative bloggers organized the effort. Another online relief fundraiser to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina is still under way at liberal blogs.
Conservatives seized on the idea for a coordinated fundraiser first and excelled in both organization and the amount of money they raised. The fundraiser initially was to be a one-day event, but it was expanded to cover the entire Labor Day weekend. The more than 1,800 bloggers from 35 countries who participated used their online journals to make recurring appeals for donations to various charitable groups."
After Katrina: A Fundraising Blog Swarm
The fundraising blog swarm triggered by one of America's most severe weather storms officially ended yesterday with a tally of nearly $1.2 million, but the contribution total continued to climb today. As of late this afternoon, it stood at $1,220,310.
Conservative bloggers organized the effort. Another online relief fundraiser to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina is still under way at liberal blogs.
Conservatives seized on the idea for a coordinated fundraiser first and excelled in both organization and the amount of money they raised. The fundraiser initially was to be a one-day event, but it was expanded to cover the entire Labor Day weekend. The more than 1,800 bloggers from 35 countries who participated used their online journals to make recurring appeals for donations to various charitable groups."
Welcome to Net Hope
index: "welcome to NetHope
NetHope is dedicated to the best use of available
technology resources by our member agencies in order
to improve their ability to deliver community benefit. We
do this by working across the agencies as a highly
collaborative team, sharing ICT knowledge, solving
common problems, creating industry relationships to
support the public benefit work of all our members, and
educating members as well as the wider community of
NGOs.
NetHope is dedicated to the best use of available
technology resources by our member agencies in order
to improve their ability to deliver community benefit. We
do this by working across the agencies as a highly
collaborative team, sharing ICT knowledge, solving
common problems, creating industry relationships to
support the public benefit work of all our members, and
educating members as well as the wider community of
NGOs.
Monday, September 26, 2005
Desktop Donations
Desktop Donations: "Desktop Donations
With a click of the mouse, you can help the relief effort for victims of Hurricane Katrina. We show you how to avoid scams and check out a charity's credentials before you donate.
September 2, 2005
DISASTER-PROOF FINANCES
Make sure your finances can withstand an emergency -- whether natural or manmade. Get your Financial Emergency Kit in order.
With a click of the mouse, you can help the relief effort for victims of Hurricane Katrina. We show you how to avoid scams and check out a charity's credentials before you donate.
September 2, 2005
DISASTER-PROOF FINANCES
Make sure your finances can withstand an emergency -- whether natural or manmade. Get your Financial Emergency Kit in order.
Katrina spurs federal action on VoIP | CNET News.com
Katrina spurs federal action on VoIP | CNET News.com: "Katrina spurs federal action on VoIP
Published: September 22, 2005, 2:32 PM PDT
By Anne Broache
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
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Hurricane Katrina's thrashing of communications networks has amplified the need for Congress to take action on Net phone policy, senators said Thursday.
At a hearing convened by the Senate Commerce Committee, senators pledged to take steps to ensure that all communications networks, including voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, can connect their customers to the 911 system. One such bill was introduced in May."
Published: September 22, 2005, 2:32 PM PDT
By Anne Broache
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
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Hurricane Katrina's thrashing of communications networks has amplified the need for Congress to take action on Net phone policy, senators said Thursday.
At a hearing convened by the Senate Commerce Committee, senators pledged to take steps to ensure that all communications networks, including voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, can connect their customers to the 911 system. One such bill was introduced in May."
Thursday, September 08, 2005
AMERICAN RED CROSS MAKING CLIENT SERVICE FASTER, MORE EFFICIENT
AMERICAN RED CROSS MAKING CLIENT SERVICE FASTER, MORE EFFICIENT: "WASHINGTON, Wednesday, September 07, 2005 — Traditionally, one of the first things a disaster survivor sees at a Red Cross shelter, after a smile, is a registration form. Beginning this week, the smiles remain, but the burden of paperwork is being eased.
The American Red Cross is bringing the power of computers into its shelters to speed the sometimes tedious but essential task of registering shelter residents.
On Sept. 6, a shipment of 400 notebook computers arrived at the giant shelters at the Houston Astrodome and convention center, where trained shelter workers are transferring residents' data into a common database. An additional 400 units are earmarked for San Antonio and hundreds more will go into shelters in several states over the coming weeks."
The American Red Cross is bringing the power of computers into its shelters to speed the sometimes tedious but essential task of registering shelter residents.
On Sept. 6, a shipment of 400 notebook computers arrived at the giant shelters at the Houston Astrodome and convention center, where trained shelter workers are transferring residents' data into a common database. An additional 400 units are earmarked for San Antonio and hundreds more will go into shelters in several states over the coming weeks."
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Bluetooth gizmo to keep charity ride on track: News from Cambridge Silicon Radio
Bluetooth gizmo to keep charity ride on track: News from Cambridge Silicon Radio: "Bluetooth gizmo to keep charity ride on track
Employees from CSR are to join the British Heart Foundation London to Paris sponsored cycle ride taking place from 10th to 12th September 2005.
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Employees from CSR are to join the British Heart Foundation London to Paris sponsored cycle ride taking place from 10th to 12th September 2005. To ensure the team, led by Gordon Petrie, CSR's VP of European Sales, does not end up in Newcastle by mistake, they will be guided on their travels by the TomTom Rider, the first portable navigation system specifically designed for two wheels, with directions dictated via Bluetooth to a headset. The sponsored ride is being organised by the British Heart Foundation to help fight heart and circulatory disease and is expected to raise a 'four figure' sum."
Employees from CSR are to join the British Heart Foundation London to Paris sponsored cycle ride taking place from 10th to 12th September 2005.
Note: Readers of the Editor’s free email newsletter will have read this news the week it was announced. Send us a blank email now to join the circulation. It’s free!
Employees from CSR are to join the British Heart Foundation London to Paris sponsored cycle ride taking place from 10th to 12th September 2005. To ensure the team, led by Gordon Petrie, CSR's VP of European Sales, does not end up in Newcastle by mistake, they will be guided on their travels by the TomTom Rider, the first portable navigation system specifically designed for two wheels, with directions dictated via Bluetooth to a headset. The sponsored ride is being organised by the British Heart Foundation to help fight heart and circulatory disease and is expected to raise a 'four figure' sum."
TechWeb | Internet-TV Broadcasters | Non-Profit Tries To Simplify Internet TV
TechWeb | Internet-TV Broadcasters | Non-Profit Tries To Simplify Internet TV: "Non-Profit Tries To Simplify Internet TV
By Antone Gonsalves, TechWeb News
A non-profit group wants to make it easy for anyone to be an Internet-TV broadcaster.
The Participatory Culture Foundation, funded by technology celebrities Mitch Kapor and Andy Rappaport, has built open-source software for publishing video over the Internet using standard RSS feeds, and viewer software that includes the ability to subscribe to feeds and manage them."
By Antone Gonsalves, TechWeb News
A non-profit group wants to make it easy for anyone to be an Internet-TV broadcaster.
The Participatory Culture Foundation, funded by technology celebrities Mitch Kapor and Andy Rappaport, has built open-source software for publishing video over the Internet using standard RSS feeds, and viewer software that includes the ability to subscribe to feeds and manage them."
Thursday, September 01, 2005
NP Times / Special Report: Tsunami Put Donor Management Software To The Test
NP Times / Special Report: Tsunami Put Donor Management Software To The Test: "September 1, 2005
Special Report: Tsunami Put Donor Management Software To The Test
By Ted Needleman
Now, what do you do with all of those new donors?
It has been an interesting year in the donor management software market. For many of the vendors who sell donor management software, the big news this last year wasn’t a new technology. Rather, it was a tragedy -- the tsunami that devastated large areas around the Indian Ocean and killed thousands of people."
Special Report: Tsunami Put Donor Management Software To The Test
By Ted Needleman
Now, what do you do with all of those new donors?
It has been an interesting year in the donor management software market. For many of the vendors who sell donor management software, the big news this last year wasn’t a new technology. Rather, it was a tragedy -- the tsunami that devastated large areas around the Indian Ocean and killed thousands of people."
Grid computing does a lot of work for charity - Computing
Grid computing does a lot of work for charity - Computing: "rid computing does a lot of work for charity
Grids are leaving behind their traditional research background and being adopted for high-profile commercial projects
Bryan Glick, Computing 01 Sep 2005
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Grid computing is increasingly moving out of the research and academic environments that first adopted the technology, and becoming an important consideration for corporate IT projects.
One of the highest-profile examples of grids being used in a commercial situation is the infrastructure for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day online fund-raising efforts, a system which this year was also called into action to support the Live 8 anti-poverty concerts."
Grids are leaving behind their traditional research background and being adopted for high-profile commercial projects
Bryan Glick, Computing 01 Sep 2005
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Grid computing is increasingly moving out of the research and academic environments that first adopted the technology, and becoming an important consideration for corporate IT projects.
One of the highest-profile examples of grids being used in a commercial situation is the infrastructure for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day online fund-raising efforts, a system which this year was also called into action to support the Live 8 anti-poverty concerts."
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
newsobserver.com | Local & State-Technogeek' nudges nonprofits onto Web
newsobserver.com | Local & State: "Technogeek' nudges nonprofits onto Web
Ruby Sinreich was recently named a 'change-maker' by the leadership development group Public Allies North Carolina.
Staff Photo by Harry Lynch
By BONNIE ROCHMAN, Staff Writer
CHAPEL HILL -- Ruby Sinreich is an evangelist, but not in the traditional sense.
It's technology, not religion, that she promotes as she advises nonprofits how to use the Web to advance social justice."
Ruby Sinreich was recently named a 'change-maker' by the leadership development group Public Allies North Carolina.
Staff Photo by Harry Lynch
By BONNIE ROCHMAN, Staff Writer
CHAPEL HILL -- Ruby Sinreich is an evangelist, but not in the traditional sense.
It's technology, not religion, that she promotes as she advises nonprofits how to use the Web to advance social justice."
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