Tag Archives: technology

E-Vermont Updates Internet Basics ToolKit

January 2, 2012 – 12:29 pm

If you want to brush up your online skills or teach others how to make the most of the Internet,  Helen Labun Jordan of E-Vermont shared their updated Internet Basics Toolkit — the revisions included adding a section on designing beginner-friendly websites.

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Toolkit: Get Organized for Social Media

December 20, 2011 – 2:28 pm

We love this resource and thought you’d like to know the latest from Nonprofit Tech 2.0: A Social Media Guide for Nonprofits. Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits, written by Heather Mansfield and published by McGraw-Hill, is a comprehensive 256-page hardcover book packed with more than 100 best practices covering Web [...]

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News: $584,011 Awarded to Improve Access to Health Care and Education Northern Vermont

December 13, 2011 – 1:23 pm

Rhonda Shippee, Community Programs Director for VT/NH DLT Program, recently shared this announcement with Common Good Vermont about $$584,011 in  federal funding being made available to improve access to health care and education in Northern Vermont. Mandated by the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development branch, the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program (DLT) is [...]

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Watch it now: 11/17/2011 Media Maven: Online Fundraising & Marketing

November 22, 2011 – 1:58 pm

Press play on the screen below for the complete recording Learn effective tools on the web to fund your nonprofit, cause, or campaign and increase your visibility online. November’s Media Maven Lunch will teach you to redesign and manage your online fundraising efforts with Jacob Colie of Stagecoach Digital More Useful Video

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#VTIrene News: VTrans’ Irene Google map transitions to 511

November 21, 2011 – 11:58 am

Recovery efforts in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene have been truly unique in that we have examples of the first case of new technology and social media being used for large-scale disaster response in the United States. A variety of individuals and organizations including Governor Shumlin’ office, the Vermont Foodbank and VTResponse.wordpress.com utilized emerging [...]

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Toolkit: Google+ Pages for Nonprofits

November 7, 2011 – 5:20 pm

In an ongoing effort to make its products more relevant to nonprofits, online giant Google recently announced the launch of Google + Pages for Nonprofits.  Google+, a recent tool aimed to make sharing on the web easier for users, now involves Google+ Pages which give companies, organizations, groups, brands, and nonprofits like yours a presence [...]

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Training: Social MEDIA FOR Nonporift Organizations – Linked-IN, Facebook and Twitter

November 2, 2011 – 9:54 am

Social media has become “de riguer” for progressive nonprofits wanting to establish a presence, and those looking to identify and communicate with donors, potential donors, clients and other nonprofit leadership.  The largest US nonprofits use social media to raise awareness, cultivate interest in their causes and some use social media to fundraise. Who should attend? [...]

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Press Release: Convio Launches Common Ground New Fundraising Tool

November 2, 2011 – 9:42 am

Power of peer-to-peer fundraising coupled with broad reach of social media allows nonprofits and individual supporters to leverage Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other social networks as a donation channel with simple click of a button AUSTIN, Texas, Nov 01, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Convio, Inc. announced yesterday Common Ground Social. Common Ground Social is a [...]

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Digital Storytelling from NTEN

November 1, 2011 – 4:43 pm

This month’s NTEN Connect focuses on digital storytelling. We are all about that and so excited to point you in the direction of this fantastic marketing resource. You can subscribe here. Executive Director Holly Ross sums up the value of storytelling in her introduction: Storytelling is the most powerful means we have of connecting with [...]

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The Environmental Case for Refurbished Computers

November 1, 2011 – 4:28 pm

From our long time colleagues at Tech Soup: One of our missions at TechSoup Global is to supply low-cost refurbished IT equipment to nonprofits and libraries. That in itself is good and useful, but a surprising additional aspect of this is that refurbished and remanufactured electronic devices provide the most environmentally friendly way to acquire [...]

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