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Tech in Ten is made for people interested in association technology. If you deal in AMS, Voice Over IP, Network Security, or any other of the huge sea of technology for associations, this show is for you.

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    • May 1, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
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    #70 Thinking Too Fast?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2018 14:16


    Eric is a former Army officer turned management consultant turned international development guru. After spending many years in London innovating technologies for the aid and international development space, Eric decided to try a new field, technology for charitable fundraising and is now our Chief Operating Officer. Eric’s undergrad degree is from West Point and his graduate degree is from Cambridge. When he is not making life painful for our engineers, Eric can be found attempting to keep up with his wife and two boys or enjoying a pint of overpriced imported lager.

    #69 International Development to Software Development.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2018 14:41


    Eric is a former Army officer turned management consultant turned international development guru. After spending many years in London innovating technologies for the aid and international development space, Eric decided to try a new field, technology for charitable fundraising and is now our Chief Operating Officer. Eric’s undergrad degree is from West Point and his graduate degree is from Cambridge. When he is not making life painful for our engineers, Eric can be found attempting to keep up with his wife and two boys or enjoying a pint of overpriced imported lager.

    #68 AI and Machine Learning. How does it work for nonprofits fundraising?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2018 14:34


    Eric is a former Army officer turned management consultant turned international development guru. After spending many years in London innovating technologies for the aid and international development space, Eric decided to try a new field, technology for charitable fundraising and is now our Chief Operating Officer. Eric’s undergrad degree is from West Point and his graduate degree is from Cambridge. When he is not making life painful for our engineers, Eric can be found attempting to keep up with his wife and two boys or enjoying a pint of overpriced imported lager. Campaign Partners provides a true P2P platform that enables charity fundraisers to easily identify, recruit, and engage donors from their social networks in a manner that keeps the data secure and proprietary. The intelligent P2P platform allows fundraisers to engage social and Rolodex contacts on a personalized level that is proven to yield better results.

    #67 Big Data and Data Enrichment.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2018 13:53


    Eric is a former Army officer turned management consultant turned international development guru. After spending many years in London innovating technologies for the aid and international development space, Eric decided to try a new field, technology for charitable fundraising and is now our Chief Operating Officer. Eric’s undergrad degree is from West Point and his graduate degree is from Cambridge. When he is not making life painful for our engineers, Eric can be found attempting to keep up with his wife and two boys or enjoying a pint of overpriced imported lager.

    #66 All about Campaign Partners and peer to peer platforms for nonprofits.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2018 11:11


    Eric is a former Army officer turned management consultant turned international development guru. After spending many years in London innovating technologies for the aid and international development space, Eric decided to try a new field, technology for charitable fundraising and is now our Chief Operating Officer. Eric’s undergrad degree is from West Point and his graduate degree is from Cambridge. When he is not making life painful for our engineers, Eric can be found attempting to keep up with his wife and two boys or enjoying a pint of overpriced imported lager. Campaign Partners provides a true P2P platform that enables charity fundraisers to easily identify, recruit, and engage donors from their social networks in a manner that keeps the data secure and proprietary. The intelligent P2P platform allows fundraisers to engage social and Rolodex contacts on a personalized level that is proven to yield better results.

    #65 Can geofencing help you avoid GDPR?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2018 10:57


    Geofencing (blocking access from certain geographic locations) sounds promising at first. But holes turn up quickly.

    #64 GDPR, anonymization, digital backups, and ostrich glasses

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2018 12:31


    How far do you have to go to ensure GDPR compliance for existing data?

    #63 Artificially Intelligent AMS are here! (maybe)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2018 8:51


    How can AI help associations? AMS are using AI and integrating with voice devices like Alexa and Siri.

    #62 In Blockchain We Trust

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2018 11:05


    Can blockchain build trust in associations and make compliance easier and more effective?

    #61 GDPR is coming: is your AMS ready?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2018 12:17


    What are Association Management Software companies doing to prepare for GDPR? Is your AMS leading the discussion in this topic?

    #60 Elon Musk’s AI nonprofit did something interesting

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2018 14:30


    OpenAI as a nonprofit venture to prevent AI from destroying the world...Dota 2 https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/11/16137388/dota-2-dendi-open-ai-elon-musk

    #59 GDPR for non-profits: What are my first steps?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2018 13:08


    GDPR, the European privacy rules, go into effect in May. What should associations and non-profits do first?

    #58 GDPR coming to an organization near you

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2018 11:23


    Yes, you should know what this is.  GDPR, the European data privacy regulation, goes into effect May 2018, and US-based organizations can be fined for non-compliance.

    #57 The tech world is improving!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2018 11:09


    Mickey brings out his crystal ball and provides us a positive outlook on technology and what organizations face today.

    #56 Picking your new CRM

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2018 12:28


    Picking a new CRM or AMS? Or ready to upgrade?  Here are some factors to think about.

    #55 VPN-ize your world

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2018 8:47


    We talk about the importance of virtual private networks and how they’re used to protect organizations.

    #54 Association Sponsorships. Advertising. Metrics.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2018 10:12


    Tug-o-war: Magazines vs Podcasts. How do metrics compare?

    #53 Russian ads. Numbers. Metrics. Tracking.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2018 13:26


    Mickey and Ernesto getting warmed up with making sense of the undersea world of social metrics. Are they really listening out there?

    #52 Advocacy technology, optimizing how & when you receive messaging

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2017 13:39


    Alan shared about new technologies used to match social media accounts with email addresses. He describes how advocacy organizations use it to tailor their messaging to what their supporters are talking about now, and avoid mailing list burnout.

    #51 Fake News, Fact Checking, What Facebook is Facing

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2017 13:00


    Social media networks enable users to communicate with each other by allowing everyone to be a content producer and curator. However, it has unintended consequences that bring into question whether social media providers should also be considered publishers. Alan breaks down what's at play here for Twitter and Facebook.

    #50 Evolution of Advocacy Technologies

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2017 10:12


    Alan gives us a brief history of how advocacy technologies have evolved and where they are today. He gives us some insights into effective social media messaging to your representatives.

    #49 Content Analysis Technology

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2017 11:48


    Deconstructing Tweets. How issue groups are using content analysis technology to understand who will most likely take the message and push it through to their followers by first understanding what they are already saying about the issues. Yeah, whoa.

    #48 Artificial. Intelligent. (Computers? People? Does it matter?)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2017 11:12


    #47 Web Content Personalization Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2017 13:13


    Personalizing content for Googlebot. Tracking your visitors over email, direct mail, downloads, and encouraging them to take action.

    #46 How comfortable are we with privacy?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2017 11:49


    Tracking your movement through the web vs. publishing on social media sites

    #45 Personalization for Organizations. Covering Influent Metrics.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2017 16:09


    Introduction to personalizing content on your website to your individual visitors.

    #44 Impact of Social Media on Our Society

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2017 16:09


    What will Ernesto's daughter be dealing with in 2030?

    #43 AI and HOT Lanes!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2017 14:41


    AI is in the wild. What does it have to do with HOT lanes? I don't know either but listen and we'll find out.

    #42 Continuous Security. And the Cost of Not.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2017 15:32


    The practice of continuous security and testing on every release. Why fixing a bug costs 100x more than preventing the bug in the first place.

    #41 21Cfr part11: CyberSecurity for Medical Records, Devices, and Pharma

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2017 13:15


    Financial records sell for $2 to $5, while medical records sell for $20-$50...presumably medical records are more valuable, but for what?

    #40 Ransomware!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2017 15:16


    Sophistication of attacks. Verizon data breach investigation response. Update and backup are the only precaution.

    #39 Privacy and Technology

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2017 14:33


    The privacy challenges of apps for both millennials and seniors. Security feels.

    #38 Data Is Digital and Hacking Is Anonymous

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2017 12:33


    Personal data is increasingly digital. (Yes, it used to be analog.) And hacking is increasingly anonymous. Phishing attacks are getting more sophisticated. Scary enough, we should probably have aired this on Halloween. Also a plug for epic.org.

    #37 General Data Protection Regulation Shallow-Dive

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2017 10:51


    Grant is back to talk about GDPR, and what it means for data privacy. Making a distinction between security for privacy.  

    #36 CyberSecurity in the Internet of Scary Things

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2017 13:55


    Cybersecurity in the era of "Internet of Things" must cover scary things like medical devices. Early security models were based on perimeter security: Building a moat. These models no longer work.

    #35 Does the Government Have a Role in Cybersecurity?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2017 13:16


    What makes for good governance in cybersecurity? Compliance can be a blessing and a curse, it all depends on an organization's culture.

    #34 Digitization of Information--Why Cyber Is Becoming a Big Issue

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2017 12:45


    Security is emergent. Spearphishing attacks are ongoing. Trillion dollars investments. The DNC hacking. Cyber-hygiene.

    #33 Full-Cycle Development, the High Cost of Low Project Management

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2017 13:18


    We ramble (surprise!) on development topics, from mobile and web app launch to project management to campaign email hacking.

    #32 How Can Associations Use Remarketing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2017 10:15


    Remarketing is better known for ads that follow you around when you buy shows. But can associations uses remarketing (e.g. Events are a good example.). Just a head up, we may get off topic on this one. Again.

    #31 Managing Multiple Website with a WordPress Network

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2017 9:12


    How many websites do you have? You probably don’t know. A WordPress network (previously known as MU) can help you manage multiple recurring sites like annual event sites, annual report sites, etc.

    #30 Internet Privacy Rules: Is Your ISP Listening In?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2017 11:31


    How important is internet privacy? Ernesto keeps on ranting about Comcast and decides that he doesn’t care about privacy as much as he cares about getting his Netflix on!

    #29 Net Neutrality Primer (or "Preemer" If You Prefer)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2017 14:58


    Mickey tries to explain "Net Neutrality", while Ernesto rants about lag and complains about his HD Netflix experience.

    #28 TOR, Onion Routing: the Epitome of Privacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2017 12:13


    TOR is a very secure, very private network. It's the epitome of browsing, and a pain to use. Here is everything you need to know.

    #27 The Pros and Cons of Incognito and Private Browsing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2017 13:26


    Another in our series on privacy. What and how does incognito or private browsing help?

    #26 Metadata: What Encryption Does Not Hide

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2017 11:16


    Metadata is not encrypted by protocols like HTTPS. We won't get deep into metadata, but we explain what metadata can and can't reveal about you.

    #25 DNS and HTTPS: CAA records

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2017 18:56


    CAA is a new DNS record that helps prevent unauthorized certificates for your domain. You, the domain owner, get to specify who can issue certificates. See how this can be useful for your website.

    #24 Introduction to Online Privacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2017 15:12


    Is your website secure? Today we're talking about HTTPS security and authority, metadata, and the privacy side of WAF.

    #23 Bitcoin or Bust!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2017 21:59


    We take a break from association tech and ramble on about the pros and cons of block chain, digital currencies, and the future of Bitcoin.

    #22 The High Cost of Switching

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2017 17:46


    Is it cheaper to change software or to upgrade? To change your organizational processes or customize your software? How do you plan for software to last 5 or 10 years? We talk about total cost of ownership and decisions by checkbox.

    #21 Amazon Is Everywhere

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2017 12:24


    Amazon Web Services (AWS) is so ubiquitous. You probably can’t go through your day without using something that is hosted at Amazon Web Services. Can organizations benefit from moving to AWS?

    #20 Post-It Passwords

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2017 12:52


    We revisit the "post-it tape" password technique! Why and how to use password management tools, two-factor authentication, and cheap insurance.

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