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Telecommuting is a 21st Century Possibility – Part 2

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

by Jennifer McEnery

Does Telecommuting make sense for you?

What you should consider before proposing to telecommute?
 
Telecommuting isn’t the same as freelancing. Unlike freelancers, telecommuters work for an organization and not for themselves. Therefore, there are different expectations regarding where, when, and how you work.

Telecommuting is a 21st Century Possibility - Part 1

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

by Jenifer McEnery

Living abroad had long been a goal of mine and my husband. So when he came to me with a proposal to teach English in Budapest for six months, I jumped. (I mean I literally jumped!) I loved my work and, after seven years with my organization, was in a good position with exciting projects. Taking a six-month leave of absence would mean at best losing the benefits associated with my tenure and at worst mean risking the loss of my position.

It seemed as if I would have to choose between my career and fulfilling a personal commitment to my husband and myself.

Keeping Track of Key Donors

Wednesday, July 27, 2005

by Michele Hickey, CFRE

A good donor tracking system keeps you on top of your game by helping you focus on actions that help build long-lasting relationships for your organization.

Cyber Crime Pays a Call

Monday, July 12, 2004

by Hildy Gottlieb

... So the first thought running through my head when we learned of the problem was consternation: "There is a war going on, and my phone is being used to make long illegal calls to countries that are both directly and indirectly involved in that war." It's one thing to feel violated after a crime, but this went beyond that feeling, bringing home to me the fact that regardless of how each of us individually feels about it, the world is in a state of war, and the tools of war and espionage have absolutely changed.

Listen to the Experts Discuss the Future of E-Philanthropy and Technology (Part 2)

Wednesday, June 30, 2004

by Stephen Nill

This is the second of a two-part feature where we've brought together some of our favorite E-Philanthropy and Technology Review pioneers and pundits in a conference call utilizing CharityChannel's voice over IP system to discuss  this question:  What is the biggest single challenge facing nonprofits in the next decade, and what is the proper role of e-philanthropy and technology in meeting that challenge?

Participants in the eRoundtable discussion, which was moderated by Stephen Nill, CharityChannel, were:

Cynthia Adams, GrantStation
Vinay Baghat, Convio
Colleen Boland, CPA, My Non Profit CPA
David Crooke, Convio
Hillel Korin, Korin Development Associates
Jay Love, eTapestry
Scott Merrill
Celisa Steele, Isoph
George Williams, Planned Legacy

In this week's Part 2, the discussion was led off by Celisa Steele of Isoph.  From her perspective, the biggest challenge is how to provide education within the nonprofit sector more efficiently by harnessing the Internet.

Listen to the Experts Discuss the Future of E-Philanthropy and Technology (Part 1)

Monday, June 21, 2004

by Stephen Nill

For this week's issue, we've brought together some of our favorite E-Philanthropy and Technology Review pioneers and pundits in a conference call utilizing CharityChannel's voice over IP system to discuss this question: What is the biggest single challenge facing nonprofits in the next decade, and what is the proper role of e-philanthropy and technology in meeting that challenge?

Participants in the eRoundtable discussion, which was moderated by Stephen Nill, CharityChannel, were:

Cynthia Adams, GrantStation
Vinay Baghat, Convio
Colleen Boland, CPA
David Crooke, Convio
Hillel Korin, Korin Development Associates
Jay Love, eTapestry
Scott Merrill
Celisa Steele, Isoph
George Williams, Planned Legacy

Asynchronous and Synchronous Communications (Philanthropy and Virtual Community) (Part 2)

Monday, June 7, 2004

by Janet Salmons

Why should the nonprofit and philanthropy community be interested in virtual community? In this series of articles we will explore ways virtual community approaches can foster effective communication and productive relationships.

Free Software for Fun and Non-Profit

Monday, May 24, 2004

by Scott Merrill

Information technology can be a very expensive endeavor. Nonprofit organizations often seek donations or grants in order to obtain the technology products and services that are increasingly becoming mandatory components of their operation. As with most things, though, the devil is in the details.

New Online Tools Transform How Nonprofits Reach, Motivate and Retain Advocates

Monday, April 5, 2004

by Vinay Bhagat

The primary goal of advocacy is to drive positive change in support of an organization's mission. This change may involve impacting legislation, securing funding or affecting a corporate policy. Grassroots advocacy involves influencing large groups of people to agree with an opinion or objective and getting them to help influence policy makers through media coverage, personal contact, phone calls and letters.

Distributed Campaigns: A View of the Digital Campaign of the Future

Tuesday, March 23, 2004

by Ryan W. Ozimek

A key takeaway for e-philanthropists from the Dean experiment is the following: Dean brought in more than $4 million in contributions via the Internet from donors averaging only $75 per contribution, in just a few months. This didn't happen by chance. Instead, this came from thoughtful preparation and construction of a distributed network of individuals who rose from the grassroots, and who believed they could help create change from the bottom-up, not the top-down. This idea that technology can provide a framework that provides information flow to be decentralized is called 'distributed campaigning'

What the Howard Dean Campaign Gave Us, Some Lessons From the Campaign Trail

Monday, March 1, 2004

by Hillel J. Korin

As I was watching the results of the recent Democratic political primaries, I realized that as a fund raiser/consultant operating in the not for profit non-political arena that I needed to learn a completely new vocabulary in order to be successful. As I often do when confronted with a new challenge, I sought out my friends and colleagues and my very politically astute and politically active 20 year old daughter to help me ascertain where I should go to get up to speed!

Search Engine Optimization and Internet Marketing for Non-Profits (Part 4)

Tuesday, January 20, 2004

by George Williams

An update on how to optimize your non-profit Web site for high ranking in Google - based on new changes. The latest Google search engine ranking algorithm can benefit non-profits. Information-rich Web sites with optimized fresh content and legitimate linking strategies retain search engine rankings.

Online Database Management

Monday, December 15, 2003

by Amie Michaelek

Donor data management... the bane of nonprofit existence for many of us. How on earth are we supposed keep up with endless amounts of data clean-up, much less data entry, on top of our busy multi-faceted positions that keep us moving in five different directions at once? This is the tedious work that is essential to tracking the many relationships we juggle as development professionals.

The Good, the Bad, the Ambiguous: A Look at Technical Standards

Monday, December 1, 2003

by Jude Higdon and Celisa Steele

Technical standards are everywhere these days -- and it's not hard to understand why. Standards are useful: They provide a context for development, they create a shared language that facilitates discussion, and they provide guidelines for evaluating work. But standards can also stifle creativity by defining an issue narrowly or become dangerous by unnecessarily limiting the ways we approach a topic.

Search Engine Optimization and Internet Marketing for Non-Profits (Part 3)

Wednesday, November 12, 2003

by George Williams

How to optimize your non-profit Web site for high ranking in Google In Part 1 of this series we talked about the importance of achieving a high ranking for your Web site in the various search engines and directories on the Internet. In this article we continue to describe how to optimize your Web site to achieve a high ranking on the Internet's number one search engine.

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