Live broadcasting couldn’t be any easier than it is with Vpype.  “Tell you story to the world,” is Vpye’s slogan, and isn’t that what every expert advises non profits to do when they are communicating with their constituents through social media?  Video brings your story to life.  Personal stories have an immense impact on others.

So you get an email message that looks really, really legitimate. There are no typos, the subject matter could easily apply to you or your organization. You check the domain name of the sender's email address and it is a legitimate organization. Do you go ahead and open the attached Word document?  No!  Instead, forward the message to VirusTotal, a free scannign service.

There is a lot of hype about "the cloud" these days. We have just begun to explore it's potential. The utility of the cloud that attracted us is in the ability for distributed systems to multiply computing power to serve an important cause. Green Moon has signed up on a trial basis to participate in Stanford University's Folding@Home protein research project.

 NTC ’10 has come and gone, and as usual, it was another great conference.  I’ve had time to reflect on what I learned this year, and I’ve listed my top tips and takeaways.

As a follow-up to our participation in the Day of Service at the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), I am posting an excerpt of our slide presentation. Our project was to work with an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization and identify technologies and strategies for them to begin receiving online donations. The crux of our presentation was focused on donation systems that we felt were the right fit for the specific organization we were helping. The part of our presentation that was focused on marketing donation systems is posted on Slide Share where you can view it. 

NTEN's annual conference (NTC) starts tomorrow in Atlanta, GA. Just like the last two years, I'll be posting updates to the blog.

This year you can get a taste of NTC without leaving your office. NTEN partnered with Causecast.org to livestream six sessions, starting on Friday, April 9 at 8:30 am (EST). You'll be able to participate via online chat. Check out the NTC-Live site for specific instructions.

Friday's Live Sessions: April 9th (EST)

8:30 AM: Opening Plenary: Andrew Sullivan, Journalist, The Atlantic10:30 AM: From Spreadsheets to CRM: How to Accomplish a Successful Organizational Transformation to CRM and What That Means.1:30...

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As many of you know, every Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), kicks off with a Day of Service, which provides NTEN members the opportunity to volunteer their talents to help local nonprofits.  This is my first time volunteering, but my boss, John Dukovich, participated in the D.C. Day Service in 2007.  I’ve enjoyed this process, I learned a lot, and it just plain feels good knowing that I hopefully helped make someone else’s job a little easier.

Recently, I attended an NTEN  webinar entitled:  No Wrong Door:  Tools for NP to Collect & Share Resource and Client Info with One Another, which was presented by Doug Zimmerman, President and CEO of VisionLink

Mgive and The American Red Cross have teamed up to raise funds for the relief effort in Haiti.  By simply texting 90999, you can donate ten dollars to American Red Cross, where 100% of your donation will go towards their fundraising campaign. 

Jing.  It’s not the latest slang word that you have no idea what it means.  Jing is a great FREE online tool that allows you to share pictures, video or screenshots.  Jing’s slogan is, “Instead of typing at people, show them what you’re talking about…pronto.”  How can your organization use Jing?
After quickly registering at www.Jinproject.com, you’re ready to record your voice and your mouse movements so you can walk through examples for your clients or your employees.   You can also share screen shots and pictures.  Jing lets you highlight the area of your screen that you want to share, and then you begin recording.  It’s that easy.