In This Issue:

 

• Letter from the President
• Technology Support for Nonprofits | Part 2: An interview with Donna Woodall, Community Outreach Director, Microsoft Mid-Atlantic / Public Sector.
• Don’t Miss the Deadline to Apply for the 2007 Technology Innovation Award, presented by Accenture
• Cool News and Resources


Letter from the President

ImageIt is always good when you find research which confirms what you already know, and this study by Lester Salamon at Johns Hopkins University does just that.

In short, it asserts that nonprofits have a serious challenge when it comes to accessing investment capital. Finding the money to underwrite program development and strategic planning, as well as any kind of physical infrastructure, is very difficult for most charitable organizations. It’s actually a problem that’s larger than you and me and our organizations. It is a systemic issue.

So what can we do?...

Continue reading.


Technology Support for Nonprofits

ImagePart 2: An Interview with Donna Woodall, Community Outreach Director, Microsoft Mid-Atlantic / Public Sector.

Ever wonder what funders think about technology support for nonprofits? See what Donna Woodall, Community Outreach Director, Microsoft Mid-Atlantic / Public Sector, has to say.

Missed Part 1? Check it out here.

Speaking of funders, check out the Foundation’s Center’s inaugural report on Washington, DC Area Foundations.


Don’t Miss the Deadline to Apply for the 2007 Technology Innovation Award, presented by Accenture

ImageIf your nonprofit is using technology in an innovative way to increase impact, then we want to hear from you! Apply today for the 2007 Technology Innovation Award, presented by Accenture. In addition to the great prizes you may win, if you are a finalist you get to pitch your nonprofit to our fantastic judging panel.

Deadline is September 7, 2007

Apply Today


Cool News and Resources

ImageWikis, blogs, social networking sites, tags – what’s all this stuff got to do with your nonprofit? Read this Special Report to learn more about how nonprofits are “harnessing new social media” to raise money, do advocacy, and generally tell their stories to more folks.

Google is making FREE tools available to help nonprofits communicate and collaborate. Google Apps includes e-mail and calendar programs, Internet-based telephone and text-messaging services, and word-processing, spreadsheet, and Web-publishing applications.

Learn more.


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