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What do you get when you combine:

• $85,000 in awards;
• 15 judges;
• 30 sponsors; and
• A killer group of innovative nonprofits?

On April 4 - 6, NTEN is hosting its annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC07) here in DC. More than 1,000 people will come together to connect with colleagues, learn about the issues, and share information about how to best use technology in the nonprofit sector.

NPower Greater DC Region is participating in two breakout sessions:

Orysia Stanchak, NPower board member, will participate in a session for Executive Directors called:
You Don't Need to Know Everything (About Technology), Just What to Ask.

Tim Johnston, NPower Chief Technology Officer, will moderate: Disaster Recovery.

Join us on April 27 for the second IT Working Group luncheon, sponsored by Deloitte.

This quarter’s session: Navigating the Open Source Frontier will include a discussion of the pros and cons of the “FOSS (Free and Open Source) revolution” and will describe the key characteristics of organizations that should/shouldn’t use open source applications.

Not sure what open source is? Come learn. Spaces are limited, so register today!

Want to get the right software for your business needs?

It’s tempting to rush a purchase when you’re struggling with poor or nonexistent software and doing lots of manual work. But you also want to make sure that what you’re running to will be better than what you’re running from.

Your chances for success improve if you gather a list of needs—the “requirements,” from the users who will support the software. This will help to ensure that everyone understands what software is best.

Our Requirements Checklist can help!

The Nonprofit Roundtable
The Nonprofit Roundtable announces www.211metrodc.org, a searchable database of 10,000 programs and 4,000 human services organizations in the Washington area for social service workers and the Metropolitan DC community. www.211metrodc.org is the result of a unique, public-private collaboration spearheaded by The Nonprofit Roundtable and DC Answers Please, United Way of Central Maryland, and the Northern Virginia Regional Commission.

Accenture
A recent report from key NPower sponsor, Accenture, identifies “Making better use of technology' as an overlooked but critical element of nonprofit success. IT is the backbone of the modern enterprise, and nonprofits seeking to maximize the use of their scarce resources must judiciously apply IT to their operations – whether it is in support of fundraising, donor relations, finance, or finance and administration.” Read the full report.