Podcasts about TechSoup

Nonprofits face a constant challenge: delivering their message effectively with limited resources. For Nick Fynn, Head of Global Growth Marketing at TechSoup, this reality drives his mission to help organizations bridge the gap between technology and social impact.Nick has a deep understanding of effective communication strategies through his work at TechSoup, a global nonprofit that connects other nonprofits with essential technology resources. "You cannot not communicate," Nick explains. Everything you do is communicating to your audience, and this includes when you are not saying something to them."During this episode of Be a Marketer, Nick and host Dave Charest explore the fundamentals of nonprofit messaging and how organizations can maintain consistent communication despite limited resources. They discuss why email remains a powerful tool for nonprofit outreach, how to speak the language of different audiences, and ways to develop intentional communication strategies that resonate.Listen in as Nick shares practical advice for nonprofits looking to strengthen their messaging approach. He also reveals how TechSoup's tiered membership model helps organizations make smarter technology decisions while building a collaborative nonprofit community. Additional Resources:Constant Contact for Nonprofits Offer DetailsThe Key to Effective Email Segmentation for NonprofitThe Complete Guide to Nonprofit Email MarketingCharity Marketing Strategies: Boost Your Nonprofit's ImpactMeet Today's Guest: Nick Fynn of TechSoup

Send us a textIn this episode of The Small Nonprofit Podcast, Maria sits down with Caitlin McBride, an experienced fundraiser and consultant, to discuss the unique challenges and opportunities of being a one-person fundraising department. Caitlin shares her journey from working in large fundraising teams to becoming the sole fundraiser at small nonprofits. She provides actionable insights on setting up systems, avoiding burnout, and leveraging technology to maximize efficiency. If you're a nonprofit professional juggling multiple roles, this episode is packed with practical advice to help you thrive. Key Topics Covered: Embrace systems and technology Get comfortable with decision-making Set boundaries and manage expectations Prioritize self-care without guilt Know when to ask for help Actionable Tips: ➜ Build a strong support network: Connect with other fundraisers, listen to industry podcasts, and seek mentorship. ➜ Leverage free and low-cost tech: Use tools like TechSoup for nonprofit discounts on software and services. ➜ Create a case for support: Having a well-written document makes grant writing and donor outreach much more efficient. ➜ Audit and organize your CRM: Clean data and standardized tracking can save hours of work. ➜ Educate your board & ED: Set clear expectations about what's realistic for a one-person fundraising team. Resources: Are you burnt out? QUIZ  Reboot  MASadvice  Connect with Us: Connect with Maria Rio Connect with Caitlin McBride Further Together Website Subscribe and Review: Don't forget to subscribe to The Small Nonprofit Podcast on your favorite platform! Leave a review to help us reach more listeners and continue providing valuable insights. Watch this episode on YouTube. Support the Podcast: Support these conversations by donating here. Coming Next Week: Join us next week as Maria shares her insights on measuring success and making data-driven decisions!

Is your nonprofit struggling to understand cybersecurity fundamentals? Are you unsure what level of protection you need or can afford?In part 1, Matt discussed the cybersecurity landscape for nonprofits and some of the changes that prompted this update to the Playbook. In pt 2, Matt walks through the "foundational" suggestions and takes audience questions.October is Cybersecurity month! Community IT Chief Technology Officer Matt Eshleman walked through our revised Playbook on Cybersecurity Readiness for Nonprofits in a webinar designed to get your nonprofit prepped to face cyberliability insurance requirements and ever-evolving threats. Learn the Community IT approach to cybersecurity and how even small changes will protect your organization against threats big and small. 2024 Updated Playbook on Cybersecurity Readiness for Nonprofits – DownloadMatt shares updated advice on security improvements that provide protection against the most common attacks. You will learn about AI and cybersecurity, best practices in staff training, how to qualify for cyber insurance, and why you need written IT documentation and governance policies. Do you have an approach to compliance? Do you know if your staff are following your cybersecurity policies and procedures? With the rise of automated and realistic AI tools and more sophisticated methods of identity and email verification, your nonprofit can't afford not to prioritize cybersecurity. It may be difficult to qualify for business insurance if you don't complete certain checklists of cybersecurity precautions. But if you don't know where to start, it can be tempting to delay indefinitely.This Playbook gives you a simple structure to understand how to think about cybersecurity risks and costs for your nonprofit. Matt's presentation gives you tips you can put in place quickly and train your staff on immediately. You can download the new Playbook for free here.This webinar is appropriate for nonprofit executives, managers, accounting, development, and nonprofit IT personnel – and as with all our webinars, it is appropriate for a varied audience.Community IT is proudly vendor-agnostic and our webinars cover a range of topics and discussions. Webinars are never a sales pitch, always a way to share our knowledge with our community.Presenter:As the Chief Technology Officer at Community IT and our resident cybersecurity expert, Matthew Eshleman is responsible for shaping Community IT's strategy around the technology platforms used by organizations to be secure and productive. With a deep background in network infrastructure, he fundamentally understands how technology works and interoperates both in the office and in the cloud.Matt is a frequent speaker at NTEN events and has presented at the Inside NGO conference, Non-Profit Risk Management Summit and Credit Builders Alliance Symposium. He is also the session designer and trainer for TechSoup's Digital Security course.  _______________________________Start a conversation :) Register to attend a webinar in real time, and find all past transcripts at https://communityit.com/webinars/ email Carolyn at cwoodard@communityit.com on LinkedIn Thanks for listening.

Is your nonprofit struggling to understand cybersecurity fundamentals? Are you unsure what level of protection you need or can afford?October is Cybersecurity month! Community IT Chief Technology Officer Matt Eshleman walked through our revised Playbook on Cybersecurity Readiness for Nonprofits in a webinar designed to get your nonprofit prepped to face cyberliability insurance requirements and ever-evolving threats. Learn the Community IT approach to cybersecurity and how even small changes will protect your organization against threats big and small. 2024 Updated Playbook on Cybersecurity Readiness for Nonprofits – DownloadMatt shares updated advice on security improvements that provide protection against the most common attacks. You will learn about AI and cybersecurity, best practices in staff training, how to qualify for cyber insurance, and why you need written IT documentation and governance policies. Do you have an approach to compliance? Do you know if your staff are following your cybersecurity policies and procedures? With the rise of automated and realistic AI tools and more sophisticated methods of identity and email verification, your nonprofit can't afford not to prioritize cybersecurity. It may be difficult to qualify for business insurance if you don't complete certain checklists of cybersecurity precautions. But if you don't know where to start, it can be tempting to delay indefinitely.This Playbook gives you a simple structure to understand how to think about cybersecurity risks and costs for your nonprofit. Matt's presentation gives you tips you can put in place quickly and train your staff on immediately. You can download the new Playbook for free here.This webinar is appropriate for nonprofit executives, managers, accounting, development, and nonprofit IT personnel – and as with all our webinars, it is appropriate for a varied audience.Community IT is proudly vendor-agnostic and our webinars cover a range of topics and discussions. Webinars are never a sales pitch, always a way to share our knowledge with our community.Presenter:As the Chief Technology Officer at Community IT and our resident cybersecurity expert, Matthew Eshleman is responsible for shaping Community IT's strategy around the technology platforms used by organizations to be secure and productive. With a deep background in network infrastructure, he fundamentally understands how technology works and interoperates both in the office and in the cloud.Matt joined Community IT as an intern in the summer of 2000 and after finishing his dual degrees in Computer Science and Computer Information Systems at Eastern Mennonite University, he rejoined Community IT as a network administrator in January of 2001. Matt has steadily progressed up at Community IT and while working full time received his MBA from the Carey School of Business at Johns Hopkins University.Matt is a frequent speaker at NTEN events and has presented at the Inside NGO conference, Non-Profit Risk Management Summit and Credit Builders Alliance Symposium. He is also the session designer and trainer for TechSoup's Digital Security course.  _______________________________Start a conversation :) Register to attend a webinar in real time, and find all past transcripts at https://communityit.com/webinars/ email Carolyn at cwoodard@communityit.com on LinkedIn Thanks for listening.

ANDREA SAMPSON, CEO and Founder of Talk Boutique, blends her astute listening skills and insight into human behavior to coach leaders and speakers in crafting impactful stories. With over two decades in marketing and advertising, Andrea's prowess in connecting with audiences has transitioned into her role as a TED-trained Speaker Coach, where she excels in making complex, technical subjects relatable and esteemed. Her work extends to training Singularity University faculty globally and contributing to the TEDx initiative, underlining her commitment to shaping a future marked by kindness, equity, and sustainability. Through regular interviews with visionaries, Andrea fosters a dialogue on creating a better world, starting now.Andrea has been featured in numerous media outlets. She is an Executive Contributor to Brainz Magazine and has appeared on The What's Next Podcast, sharing her storytelling acumen and communication strategies. She's also provided her expertise on pitch structure at the TechSoup event and discussed TED Talk creation on The Stephan Dyer Podcast.Contact Andrea Sampson:YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@talk.boutiqueFB:  https://www.facebook.com/talkboutiqueinc/https://talkboutique.com/Radical Empowerment LIVE is open for enrollment!  Get your tickets before the early bird discount disappears!  https://carrievee.com/radical-empowerment-liveJoin the Confidence and Clarity Membership!  https://carrievee.com/confidence-clarity-1Maxwell Method of Speaking Speakers club https://carrievee.com/maxwell-speakers-clubSchedule your Discovery Call with CarrieVee!https://schedulewithcarrievee.as.me/?appointmentType=12343596Book CarrieVee for a Speaking Engagement:  https://www.coachcarriev.com/contact-meStep Into Your Big Life Freebie: https://www.coachcarriev.com/stepintoyourbiglifefreebieRadical Empowerment Method Book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Bdp2BCGet to an EVENT!  www.carrievee.com/eventsContact CarrieVee!IG: @iamcarrieveeLI and FB: Carrie Verrocchioemail: carriev@coachcarriev.com 

Whether or not your nonprofit faced Crowdstrike impacts, the aftermath of a national or worldwide incident is a great time to gather your cybersecurity team and run the exercise: what will your organization do during the next outage or cyber attack? Nonprofit Cybersecurity expert Matt Eshleman shares his thoughts in this podcast on the importance ofreviewing your incident response and business continuity plans regularly, practicing your response regularly – what will you do if a critical person is absent? involving stakeholders outside the domain of the IT team to weigh the recovery options and order of importance. Payroll first? Email? Securing a backup of your data?As the Chief Technology Officer at Community IT, Matthew Eshleman leads the team responsible for strategic planning, research, and implementation of the technology platforms used by nonprofit organization clients to be secure and productive. With a deep background in network infrastructure, he fundamentally understands how nonprofit tech works and interoperates both in the office and in the cloud. With extensive experience serving nonprofits, Matt also understands nonprofit culture and constraints, and has a history of implementing cost-effective and secure solutions at the enterprise level.Matt has over 23 years of expertise in cybersecurity, IT support, team leadership, software selection and research, and client support. Matt is a frequent speaker on cybersecurity topics for nonprofits and has presented at NTEN events, the Inside NGO conference, Nonprofit Risk Management Summit and Credit Builders Alliance Symposium, LGBT MAP Finance Conference, and Tech Forward Conference. He is also the session designer and trainer for TechSoup's Digital Security course, and our resident Cybersecurity expert.Learn how to recover better from a cybersecurity incident with some key takeaways from this podcast. _______________________________Start a conversation :) Register to attend a webinar in real time, and find all past transcripts at https://communityit.com/webinars/ email Carolyn at cwoodard@communityit.com on LinkedIn Thanks for listening.

Today, we're diving into the world of nonprofit websites and how to make them more user-friendly to better serve your mission and engage your audience. I'm thrilled to welcome our guest, Spencer Brooks, an expert in web design and digital marketing for nonprofits.Spencer Brooks is the Founder & Principal of Brooks Digital, a website development and usability studio for nonprofits, particularly those in the health space. He has over a decade of experience leading projects for organizations with complex, high-traffic websites, such as the YMCA and The diaTribe Foundation. His writing has been featured in publications such as the Stanford Social Innovation Review, TechSoup, and Nonprofit Marketing Guide.About Spencer BrooksSpencer Brooks is the Founder & Principal of Brooks Digital, a website development and usability studio for nonprofits, particularly those in the health space. He has over a decade of experience leading projects for organizations with complex, high-traffic websites, such as the YMCA and The diaTribe Foundation. His writing has been featured in publications such as the Stanford Social Innovation Review, TechSoup, and Nonprofit Marketing Guide.Connect with Spencer on LinkedInVisit Brooks Digital's websiteBlog: The Complete Guide to Nonprofit Website User Experience (UX)Take my free masterclass: 3 Must-Have Elements of Social Media Content that Converts

Les références : La Suite Numérique : lancement du collaboratif souverain et agile de l'Etat Bureautique et collaboration : la Dinum déroule La Suite Numérique Microsoft 365 Education attaqué par deux plaintes de noyb NOYB [Màj] Une vaste fuite met en lumière le fonctionnement de la recherche Google Google se tourne vers l'IA et Bing plante, la recherche sur le web vacille Mastodon : les chercheurs n'ont finalement pas migré en masse Framaspace : du (Next)cloud pour les petites associations et collectifs militants Framaspace Framasoft, un an de coin coin Techsoup : instrument d'influence des big tech américaines Datan, un outil indépendant visant à mieux rendre compte de l'activité parlementaire des députésVous pouvez commenter les émissions, nous faire des retours pour nous améliorer, ou encore des suggestions. Et même mettre une note sur 5 étoiles si vous le souhaitez. Il est important pour nous d'avoir vos retours car, contrairement par exemple à une conférence, nous n'avons pas un public en face de nous qui peut réagir. Pour cela, rendez-vous sur la page dédiée.Pour connaître les nouvelles concernant l'émission (annonce des podcasts, des émissions à venir, ainsi que des bonus et des annonces en avant-première) inscrivez-vous à la lettre d'actus. / Au café libre

Les podcasts de l'émission sont disponibles.Au programme de la 210e émission diffusée mardi 4 juin 2024 à 15 h 30 : Sujet principal : « Au cœur de l'April ». Échange avec Vincent Calame et Isabella Vanni autour du choix des musiques libres et à propos de la nouvelle base de données pour les référencer. Discussion avec Julie Chaumard, membre de l'équipe « Libre à vous ! », et notamment de la régie. Discussion avec Laurent Costy, autour de la tribune « Techsoup : instrument d'influence des big tech américaines ». Et un échange avec Françoise Conil, nouvelle membre élue du conseil d'administration de l'April. La chronique « Pépite Libre » de Jean-Christophe Becquet sur la base adresses : « 35 000 BAL pour répondre à une question essentielle : où suis-je et où vais-je ? » « Transformer le numérique », troisième conférence du triptyque de Louis Derrac » : une chronique de Marie-Odile Morandi lue par Laure-Élise Deniel Pour retrouver toutes les informations concernant l'émission, rendez-vous sur la page dédiée.Sur cette page, vous pouvez commenter les émissions, nous faire des retours pour nous améliorer, ou encore des suggestions. Et même mettre une note sur 5 étoiles si vous le souhaitez. Il est important pour nous d'avoir vos retours car, contrairement par exemple à une conférence, nous n'avons pas un public en face de nous qui peut réagir.Pour connaître les nouvelles concernant l'émission (annonce des podcasts, des émissions à venir, ainsi que des bonus et des annonces en avant-première) inscrivez-vous à la lettre d'actus.

Les références : Base de données des musiques libres diffusées dans « Libre à vous ! » Auboutdufil Ziklibrenbib Solidatech : un programme qui entrave le développement du libre en milieu associatif, tribune du 10 novembre 2020 Techsoup : instrument d'influence des big tech américaines, tribune du 1er mars 2024 Communauté Emancip'Asso, et un billet de présentation d'Emancip'Asso. Les décodeuses du numériqueVous pouvez commenter les émissions, nous faire des retours pour nous améliorer, ou encore des suggestions. Et même mettre une note sur 5 étoiles si vous le souhaitez. Il est important pour nous d'avoir vos retours car, contrairement par exemple à une conférence, nous n'avons pas un public en face de nous qui peut réagir. Pour cela, rendez-vous sur la page dédiée.Pour connaître les nouvelles concernant l'émission (annonce des podcasts, des émissions à venir, ainsi que des bonus et des annonces en avant-première) inscrivez-vous à la lettre d'actus. / Au cœur de l'April

What are the main ways AI impacts nonprofit cybersecurity risks?Social engineering, trust, and data risks are the three big areas where AI will have impacts on cybersecurity at nonprofits that you need to be aware of. Whether or not your organization is using AI, these are areas where hackers are definitely using AI to devise new methods of attack.Matt Eshleman, CTO at Community IT, recommends creating policies that address the way your staff uses AI – if you haven't updated your Acceptable Use policies recently, AI concerns are a good reason to do that. He also recommends taking an inventory of your file sharing permissions before AI surfaces something that wasn't secured correctly. Finally, make sure your staff training is up to date, engaging, and constant. AI is creating more believable attacks that change more frequently; if your staff don't know what to look out for you could fall for the newest scams or accidentally share sensitive data with a public AI generator.Community IT has created an Acceptable Use of AI Tools policy template; you can download it for free. And if you are trying to update or create policies but don't know where to start, here is a resource on Making IT Governance Work for Your Nonprofit.Good Tech Fest is a global virtual conference on how you can responsibly use emerging technologies for impact. Whether it's AI, web3, machine learning, or just simple mobile and application development, Good Tech Fest is the place to hear from practitioners using these technologies for impact.As with all our webinars, these presentations are appropriate for an audience of varied IT experience.Community IT is proudly vendor-agnostic and our webinars cover a range of topics and discussions. Webinars are never a sales pitch, always a way to share our knowledge with our community.Presenter:As the Chief Technology Officer at Community IT, Matthew Eshleman leads the team responsible for strategic planning, research, and implementation of the technology platforms used by nonprofit organization clients to be secure and productive. With a deep background in network infrastructure, he fundamentally understands how nonprofit tech works and interoperates both in the office and in the cloud. With extensive experience serving nonprofits, Matt also understands nonprofit culture and constraints, and has a history of implementing cost-effective and secure solutions at the enterprise level.Matt has over 22 years of expertise in cybersecurity, IT support, team leadership, software selection and research, and client support. Matt is a frequent speaker on cybersecurity topics for nonprofits and has presented at NTEN events, the Inside NGO conference, Nonprofit Risk Management Summit and Credit Builders Alliance Symposium, LGBT MAP Finance Conference, and Tech Forward Conference. He is also the session designer and trainer for TechSoup's Digital Security course, and our resident Cybersecurity expertMatt holds dual degrees in Computer Science and Computer Information Systems from Eastern Mennonite University, and an MBA from the Carey School of Business at Johns Hopkins University. _______________________________Start a conversation :) Register to attend a webinar in real time, and find all past transcripts at https://communityit.com/webinars/ email Carolyn at cwoodard@communityit.com on LinkedIn Thanks for listening.

Les références : Canonical fête ses 20 ans : comment Ubuntu a changé le monde de Linux, Steven Vaughan-Nichols, ZDnet, 6 mars 2024 Chronique de Gee sur l'anniversaire de Canonical La part des femmes progresse dans les médias, mais leur temps de parole continue de stagner, Soizic Bour, France Bleu, 8 mars 2024 La représentation des femmes à la télévision et à la radio, rapport de l'ARCOM Logiciel InaSpeechSegmenter La neutralité sur Wikipedia ? La question du deadname des personnes trans relance le débat, Mathilde Saliou, Next, 14 mars 2024 Des entreprises françaises saisissent le Conseil d'État contre l'hébergement de données de santé chez Microsoft, pourtant approuvé par la CNIL, Mélina LOUPIA, Clubic, 19 mars 2024 La Commission européenne prise en flag de non-respect de ses propres règles, Laurent Delattre, 12 mars 2024 Techsoup : instrument d'influence des big tech américaines Elon Musk lance la bagarre des IA en promettant une intelligence artificielle en accès libreThomas Bourdeau, RFI, 19 mars 2024 Libre à vous ! du 5 mars 20219, sur Wikipédia Les sans pagEs, projet et une association homonyme dont le but est de lutter contre les déséquilibres de genre sur les articles de l'encyclopédie InterHop, association qui promeut et développe l'utilisation des logiciels libres et open-sources pour la santé Un rapport parlementaire sur la cybersécurité alerte sur « le piège Microsoft »Vous pouvez commenter les émissions, nous faire des retours pour nous améliorer, ou encore des suggestions. Et même mettre une note sur 5 étoiles si vous le souhaitez. Il est important pour nous d'avoir vos retours car, contrairement par exemple à une conférence, nous n'avons pas un public en face de nous qui peut réagir. Pour cela, rendez-vous sur la page dédiée.Pour connaître les nouvelles concernant l'émission (annonce des podcasts, des émissions à venir, ainsi que des bonus et des annonces en avant-première) inscrivez-vous à la lettre d'actus. / Au café libre

Are you running a small non-profit organization and looking for ways to save money and maximize your resources? In this quick podcast episode, Susan Finch, our founder, shares some valuable tips and resources that can help you streamline your operations and promote your cause more effectively. From free email services to volunteer recruitment platforms, Susan covers a range of tools that can benefit your organization without breaking the bank. Listen in to discover how to take your non-profit to the next level! Key resources mentioned: Google Workspace: Offers free, unlimited email accounts for non-profits with their domain (e.g., @binkypatrol.org). TechSoup (techsoup.org): Provides discounts on software, equipment, training, and accounting services for 501(c)(3) organizations. Nextdoor: A platform where you can register your non-profit, post events, and engage in conversations with the local community. Local media outlets: Television stations, newspapers, and community broadcasting stations often have opportunities for non-profits to promote events, volunteer opportunities, or share success stories. Local service organizations: Connect with groups like the Scouts, Lions, Elks, and Kiwanis, as they may have resource directories or volunteer opportunities. City resources: Register your 501(c)(3) with your local city to be included in their community resources and post volunteer opportunities. VolunteerMatch (volunteermatch.org): A platform to create and manage volunteer opportunities at a low cost with excellent support and resources for non-profits. Here are some key questions listeners should discuss with their non-profit leadership to identify additional local partners and resources: Have we reached out to local businesses to explore potential partnerships, sponsorships, or in-kind donations? Are there any local community foundations or grant-making organizations that align with our mission and could provide funding opportunities? Have we connected with local schools, universities, or educational institutions to discuss volunteer recruitment, internship programs, or collaborative projects? Are there any local faith-based organizations or religious institutions that share our values and could become partners in our cause? Have we investigated potential partnerships with other local non-profits that have complementary missions or serve similar populations? Are there any local professional associations, trade groups, or industry-specific organizations that could provide resources, expertise, or networking opportunities? Have we explored partnerships with local government agencies, such as social services departments, to identify areas of collaboration or support? Are there any local service clubs, like Rotary or Kiwanis, that we could engage with for volunteer recruitment or community outreach? Have we contacted local media outlets to discuss potential partnerships, such as public service announcements or featured stories? Are there any upcoming local events, festivals, or conferences that we could participate in to raise awareness about our organization and build community connections? By exploring these questions and proactively seeking out local partnerships, non-profit leaders can tap into a wealth of resources and expand their organization's impact within the community.

Les références : La présentation de Laurent Costy sur le trombinoscope de l'April L'impossible combat contre la vente forcée, transcription de l'interview de Laurent Costy par Camille Gévaudan dans l'émission 56Kast en mai 2016 La CJUE consacre les racketiciels au mépris des droits des consommateurs européens, communiqué de presse de l'April publié le 9 septembre 2016 à l'issu de l'arrêt de la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne du 7 septembre 2016 Groupe de travail Libre Association de l'April Cerfa 12156-05 (document de demande de subvention) au format odt modifiable Bénévalibre, le logiciel libre qui facilite la gestion et la valorisation du bénévolat dans les associations Lancement de Bénévalibre, le 15 septembre 2019 lors du Grand Déj' des associations à Dijon Bénévalibre, un commun numérique pour aider à valoriser le bénévolat, dans Les Cahiers de l'action n°61 (décembre 2023), pp. 47-55 Solidatech : un programme qui entrave le développement du libre en milieu associatif, article publié le 10 novembre 2020 sur le site de l'April Techsoup : instrument d'influence des big tech américaines, tribune de Laurent Costy publiée le 1er mars 2024 sur le site de l'April Chronique « À cœur vaillant, la voie est libre », de Laurent et Lorette Costy ; environ une fois par mois dans l'émission de radio de l'April Journée du Libre Éducatif (3e édition), vendredi 29 mars 2024 à la Faculté de droit de l'Université Paris-Est Créteil Laurent Costy en cotte de maille au festival de l'imaginaire Geek Faëries (2019) La chute de LapinvilleVous pouvez commenter les émissions, nous faire des retours pour nous améliorer, ou encore des suggestions. Et même mettre une note sur 5 étoiles si vous le souhaitez. Il est important pour nous d'avoir vos retours car, contrairement par exemple à une conférence, nous n'avons pas un public en face de nous qui peut réagir. Pour cela, rendez-vous sur la page dédiée.Pour connaître les nouvelles concernant l'émission (annonce des podcasts, des émissions à venir, ainsi que des bonus et des annonces en avant-première) inscrivez-vous à la lettre d'actus. / Parcours libriste

In this episode of the Health Nonprofit Digital Marketing podcast, Spencer Brooks sits down with Nicole Jones, Director of Marketing at Anti Cancer Lifestyle Program, to explore the topic of strategic onboarding. Nicole shares insights on the importance of a 30-60-90 day plan, emphasizing transparency, goal alignment, and the value of discovery mode. Discover how crafting a solid plan can set the stage for nonprofit success and efficient resource management in the healthcare space. About the guest Nicole Jones is a seasoned marketing expert and storyteller who brings over 15 years of experience in driving impactful campaigns for nonprofits like the Anticancer Lifestyle Program and TechSoup. As the former Director of Marketing at Kintone, she led diverse initiatives from content strategy to branding and social impact. A UC Berkeley Journalism grad, Nicole blends her journalistic insights with a strategic approach, excelling in creating narratives that inspire action. Resources What is an OKR? https://www.whatmatters.com/ Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/Stanford Social Innovation Review: https://ssir.org/The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/Nonprofit tech for good: https://www.nptechforgood.com/HubSpot: https://www.hubspot.com/Anti Cancer Lifestyle Program: https://anticancerlifestyle.org/ Contact Nicole Email:  nicole@anticancerlifestyle.org 

What is technology planning and why is it important? Learn why this is one of the most neglected aspects of operating a nonprofit and how to avoid common pitfalls. Karen Graham | Karen Graham ConsultingKaren is a speaker, trainer, writer, and consultant with expertise in technology leadership and innovation, nonprofit software, and digital strategy. Her consulting work includes strategic technology roadmaps, development of knowledge resources, and leadership coaching. Karen was the Executive Director of the national nonprofit Idealware, and has held leadership roles in capacity building, arts, and human service organizations as well as a software startup. She holds an MBA in Nonprofit Management from the University of St. Thomas.Email: karen@karengrahamconsulting.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karentgrahamAssessment Links: Tech Impact's Online Technology Assessment: https://techimpact.org/assessment/TechSoup's Digital Assessment Tool: https://assessment.techsoup.org/NTEN's Tech Accelerate Assessment: https://www.nten.org/accelerate A simple strategic tech plan template: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19Xy2laJ8zVwirY6q_FjoB839GsBlIMopFJhrTSzLGng/edit?usp=sharing ● Specific blogs/webinars on the topic:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-nonprofit-organizations-lack-tech-plans-how-fix-karen-graham/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-user-adoption-keeps-tripping-us-up-how-your-nonprofit-graham/?trackingId=e6avhZ7QRVWyNiH4boPpKQ%3D%3D Using a technology skill map to plan your nonprofit career journey: https://resources.foundant.com/vimeo-all-educational-webinars/using-a-technology-skill-map-to-plan-your-marketing-fundraising-or-communications-career-journey Compass: Connect with other members of the philanthropic community at Community.foundant.comSocial: Follow Foundant Technologies on Facebook,

Susan Tenby Global Director of Community at TechSoup where I oversee TechSoup's Social Media, Community Forums and Events, Net Squared program, and will develop the overall Community Management strategy for TechSoup Online Community, Social Media and Partnership Director of Caravan Studios, where I run all the social media channels, recruit volunteers, identify and engage influencers, curate relevant content, plan and participate in both online and on-the-ground monthly events, speak publicly on behalf of the organization and spearhead development opportunities via network mapping and creation. TechSoup Online Community and Social Media Director, where I was responsible for the strategy behind the community team's promotion, management and direction of the TS community forums and social media channels. Designing a social networking and live, interactive event plan across the social graph for the community that TechSoup serves Runs the social media accounts for the legendary all-female rock band, The Go-Go's. Launched a community of over 400 nonprofit staff members and volunteers in Second Life. Asked to Testify before the US Congress about this work in virtual worlds Runs an active monthly online community meet-up in San Francisco for fellow online community managers in he SF Bay Area to exchange ideas and best practices with a membership of over 1500 Frequently speaks at conferences on online community & social media best practices Subject Matter Expert who writes and consults on the topic of online community building in its various forms. Has deep understanding of what it takes to launch and sustain a community from the ground-up and has done this successfully many times with many of my philosophies being kept in practice for over 10 years. Specialties: Second Life, Social Networking Apps, Conference Speaking Appearances, Clips, Blogs, Groups, listserv's, Community Management For Press coverage, see: http://del.icio.us/suzboop/susantenby http://npsl.wikispaces.com/Press+Coverage Resume at: http://susantenby.com/about-me/cv/

Susan Tenby Global Director of Community at TechSoup where I oversee TechSoup's Social Media, Community Forums and Events, Net Squared program, and will develop the overall Community Management strategy for TechSoup Online Community, Social Media and Partnership Director of Caravan Studios, where I run all the social media channels, recruit volunteers, identify and engage influencers, curate relevant content, plan and participate in both online and on-the-ground monthly events, speak publicly on behalf of the organization and spearhead development opportunities via network mapping and creation. TechSoup Online Community and Social Media Director, where I was responsible for the strategy behind the community team's promotion, management and direction of the TS community forums and social media channels. Designing a social networking and live, interactive event plan across the social graph for the community that TechSoup serves Runs the social media accounts for the legendary all-female rock band, The Go-Go's. Launched a community of over 400 nonprofit staff members and volunteers in Second Life. Asked to Testify before the US Congress about this work in virtual worlds Runs an active monthly online community meet-up in San Francisco for fellow online community managers in he SF Bay Area to exchange ideas and best practices with a membership of over 1500 Frequently speaks at conferences on online community & social media best practices Subject Matter Expert who writes and consults on the topic of online community building in its various forms. Has deep understanding of what it takes to launch and sustain a community from the ground-up and has done this successfully many times with many of my philosophies being kept in practice for over 10 years. Specialties: Second Life, Social Networking Apps, Conference Speaking Appearances, Clips, Blogs, Groups, listserv's, Community Management For Press coverage, see: http://del.icio.us/suzboop/susantenby http://npsl.wikispaces.com/Press+Coverage Resume at: http://susantenby.com/about-me/cv/

Do you need $10k for your nonprofit?? Look no further than SalesX, Inc. On this episode, we sit down with Joe Khoei, the founder and CEO of SalesX. His desire is to help nonprofits expand their digital presence pro bono with Google Ads. Google has a program called Google Ad Grants for Nonprofits. It's $10K/ month worth of clicks whereby the nonprofit does not pay. SalesX gets the clicks via Google Ads and Google doesn't charge you a DIME. Listen for more info and go to www.givingly.org to get started!Starting Your Nonprofit Doesn't Have To Be Hard or Scary. In Fact, I Created These Tools And Affordable Resources To Ensure Your Journey As An Executive Director Is Simple As A, B, C.Download Your Free Nonprofit Startup Workbook HERENext, Learn The Exact Steps To Scale Your Nonprofit The Right Way So You Can Achieve Wealth At a Higher Speed. Learn How Our Team Has Supported Other Organizations/Businesses Earn Over $20M In Funding: CLICK HERENeed Grants?? Want To Train Your Grant Writer? Want To Make An Extra $10K/Month As a Freelance Grant Writer? Then You Have Come To The Right Place. This Master Grant Writing Mastermind Course Is Designed To Take You From Novice To Expert In 90 Days or Less When It Comes To Writing Grants And Winning Awards. Become A Grants Expert Here

How do you handle turnover in your Group Committee? Podcast Topics Ken and Colin discuss how to carry out an effective Group Committee transition. It's not as easy as just electing a new treasurer or group commissioner; a Group should make sure to have all of the infrastructure in place ahead of time to ensure an orderly handover of documents, email accounts, and other pertinent information and materials. If a Group has gone through the process of getting itself online, organizations like TechSoup (or TechSoup Canada) can help a Group expand from just having a registered domain into having a full-fledged team and document management solution (e.g. Google Workspace, Microsoft 365)...often for free, or for a vastly reduced non-profit-friendly price. Getting set up with solutions like these can facilitate both easier sharing and storing of important documents and records, but also smoother handovers of same between individuals. Shout-Outs Liam, from the 2nd Airdrie Scout Group, left us a review online: "As a scout this is interesting to listen to." Thanks for the kind words, Liam! We love getting reviews, especially 5-star reviews...and we're glad that you're finding the podcast interesting. Subscribe Follow Us and Subscribe Support Hit the Tip Jar Send Feedback Email Us | Leave Us a Voice Message | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram| Locals | Discord | Mighty Networks | Leave Us a Review Music Slow Burn, by Kevin MacLeod

In the words of the great Dr Martin Luther King Jr, “True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.” Thankfully, we have Martha Lackritz-Peltier to advocate for the latter. Martha B. Lackritz-Peltier is General Counsel at TechSoup and General Manager at NGOsource, where she oversees NGOsource's legal operations and ensures the program's continued alignment with best practices. In other words, Martha helps non-profit organizations worldwide get funding and resources that are desperately needed by ensuring strict oversight, and understanding of, the tax and legal implications in these complicated transactions. As an expert in tax law, as well as NGO guidelines, Martha is able to connect beneficiaries with donors... providing much needed guidance and support.  Angela and Martha discuss social justice and the obligation of the legal profession to advocate for good. 

Many non-profits face difficulties in acquiring and keeping up with the right technology solutions. Finding and setting up the right CRM, software, and other services is essential for the survival of any business in the modern era.One solution that makes this process easier is TechSoup, a nonprofit that exists to help other nonprofits acquire and use the right technology at a subsidized cost. TechSoup has served 1.4 million nonprofits and saved the sector about $19 billion in software and service fees.TechSoup does that at scale with about 120 technology companies to help manage their discount and donation program. Google, Microsoft, Adobe, Cisco, Zoom, all rely on TechSoup to administer their donation and discount programs to nonprofits.Eli Vander Giessen from TechSoup joins us in this week's episode to talk about TechSoup's offerings, the signup process, and how it helps nonprofits get access to and use best-in-class software at a reduced cost. He also shares his experience working with TechSoup.This episode is helpful if you work in a nonprofit seeking to save much more on software and service fees. Topics we coverEli's superhero storyHow Eli met and worked with David SuzukiHow TechSoup operates globally amidst multiple languagesWhat attracted Eli to TechSoup  TechSoup's ideal client profileTechSoup's offeringsTechSoup's signup processTechSoup's partnershipsThe TechSoup forumThe cost of TechSoupHow TechSoup is different from PondResources offered by TechSoup to assist nonprofitsThe future of TechSoup To learn more and connect with Eli:Eli's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elijahv/TechSoup Website: https://www.techsoup.org/TechSoup LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techsoup/

Elizabeth Hunt is Senior Director, Global Network Marketing and Enterprise Communications at TechSoup. She leads a team that strategically supports the digital marketing needs of the TechSoup Global Network of 62 independent big tech NGOs who collectively serve mission critical technology solutions, strategy and skills-building resources to community-based nonprofit organizations in more than 230 countries in 39 languages. She also guides strategic communications to share the TechSoup impact story and to amplify the power of civil society.  A former journalist, Elizabeth holds a Masters in International Relations and Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. She is Vice President of the Gilbert M. and Martha H. Hitchcock Foundation, which has served the greater Omaha, Nebraska area for nearly 80 years. She is inspired daily by changemakers who are rooted in local communities all around the world.  She lives just north of San Francisco with her husband, two year-old daughter and dog. TechSoup supports nonprofits, charities and libraries around the world by providing access to mission-critical technology solutions, learning resources that build professional skills, and opportunities to network and engage in community.  Support TechSoup and the digital transformation and resilience of civil society today! TechSoup Global Survey https://blog.techsoup.org/posts/new-techsoup-study-opens-a-window-into-how-we-work-with-data #NPTech #NonprofitPodcast #Nonprofits #NPdata

Shruti Ramaswami is the Vice President of Strategic Relationships and Strategy at TechSoup. In her role, Shruti manages corporate relationships to help technology companies distribute and engage with the civil society sector. She also helps lead TechSoup's overall strategy with a goal of supporting TechSoup's sustainability while supporting the evolving needs of the sector and championing values of equity, inclusion, and diversity.   Shruti holds a Masters in International Business and Development Economics from the Fletcher School at Tufts University, with a focus on the role of the private sector in sustainable development. She currently resides in New Jersey with her husband and two young sons. She is also a member of Chief, a network focused on connecting and supporting women executive leaders, with the hopes to cultivate and support more women in leadership positions. Support TechSoup and the digital transformation of civil society today!   #NPTech #NonprofitPodcast #Nonprofits #NPData TechSoup supports nonprofits, charities and libraries around the world by providing access to mission-critical technology solutions, resources that build professional skills, and opportunities to engage in community.@TechSoup

For the Centre's 2022 Report on ‘Civil Society Innovation and Digital Power Shift', we're speaking with inspirational innovators from civil society organisations around the world to hear the stories of their inclusive innovation approaches to advance people-centred digitalisation, to either address system power imbalances or capitalise on emerging people power and technological capabilities. In this episode, Michuki Mwangi, Verengai Mabika, and Joseph Bishi, talk about how a community network in Zimbabwe grows from a cyber café to a local hub of knowledge, healthcare, and development, realising the Internet as a place of possibility. - Find out more about the Internet Society http://bit.ly/3Eno2iJ - Explore the Centre's ‘Civil Society Innovation and Digital Power Shift' report bit.ly/3rBkNgM We would like to thank the Centre's innovation partner TechSoup for kindly supporting this report and we would also like to thank the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and the Ford Foundation for their support in making this project happen.

For the Centre's 2022 Report on ‘Civil Society Innovation and Digital Power Shift', we're speaking with inspirational innovators from civil society organisations around the world to hear the stories of their inclusive innovation approaches to advance people-centred digitalisation, to either address system power imbalances or capitalise on emerging people power and technological capabilities. In this episode, Rafael Diniz, Lead Developer and Project Manager at Rhizomatica, talks about how they use new information and communication technologies to support communities in building and maintaining self-governed and self-owned communication infrastructure - Find out more about the HERMES system https://bit.ly/3TF1KOd - Explore the Centre's ‘Civil Society Innovation and Digital Power Shift' report bit.ly/3rBkNgM We would like to thank the Centre's innovation partner TechSoup for kindly supporting this report and we would also like to thank the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and the Ford Foundation for their support in making this project happen.

For the Centre's 2022 Report on ‘Civil Society Innovation and Digital Power Shift', we're speaking with inspirational innovators from civil society organisations around the world to hear the stories of their inclusive innovation approaches to advance people-centred digitalisation, to either address system power imbalances or capitalise on emerging people power and technological capabilities. In this episode, Maria Berenguer, Co-Team Leader, Youth & ICT for Development at SOS Children's Villages International, talks about the organisation's Digital Village project, which aims to integrate technology into the daily lives of children and families. - Find out more about the Digital Villages project https://bit.ly/3gzGM5c - Explore the Centre's ‘Civil Society Innovation and Digital Power Shift' report bit.ly/3rBkNgM We would like to thank the Centre's innovation partner TechSoup for kindly supporting this report and we would also like to thank the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and the Ford Foundation for their support in making this project happen.

For the Centre's 2022 Report on ‘Civil Society Innovation and Digital Power Shift', we're speaking with inspirational innovators from civil society organisations around the world to hear the stories of their inclusive innovation approaches to advance people-centred digitalisation, to either address system power imbalances or capitalise on emerging people power and technological capabilities. In this new episode, Nyambura Mbugua speaks with Sophie Dyer, Product Manager at Amnesty International, about how the Amnesty Decoders project combines citizen science and data science, people and automation. - Find out more about the Decode Surveillance NYC project https://bit.ly/3zcwo9U - Explore the Centre's ‘Civil Society Innovation and Digital Power Shift' report bit.ly/3rBkNgM We would like to thank the Centre's innovation partner TechSoup for kindly supporting this report and we would also like to thank the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and the Ford Foundation for their support in making this project happen.

In this episode, Rhod talks to Martha Lackritz-Peltier, General Counsel of nonprofit technology specialist TechSoup, about using tech to overcome some of the barriers to cross-border giving and the localization of international development. Including:What is the UN's Grand Bargain? Why is this important?Why has it not been delivered on so far?Where does the reluctance of INGOs to cede control to local CSOs come from?Lack of trust/fear of fraud & mismanagement? Unwillingness to relinquish power? Force of habit?Not knowing how to do it?How does NGO Source aim to address this problem?Are the biggest challenges in gathering and providing data on NGO equivalency technical, political or cultural?How do funders and grantees use this data?What steps need to be taken to protect NGO data and make sure it is not mis-used?What responsibilities do platforms bear for the choice of which organisations do and don't make it onto their lists? What are the key barriers to making a platform like NGO Source work at scale? (i.e. political/regulatory issues, buy-in from funders, buy-in from recipient orgs, technological challenges?)Are governments (in the US and elsewhere) actually keen to encourage and facilitate cross-border giving (given that it often results in reduced tax take in their own countries for benefits produced elsewhere)? #What is the most compelling argument for why governments should support cross-border giving?What barriers do international financial regulations (AML, CTF, sanctions etc) present to cross-border giving?Is there a danger that through supra-national bodies like FATCA, the US ends up imposing its own views and values on the rest of the world when it comes to philanthropy and civil society?What should we make of the promises of various new and emerging technologies (e.g. AI, blockchain etc) to “revolutionise” international development and cross-border giving?Is there a danger that technological solutions risk leaving behind smaller CSOs and grassroots organisations? Related LinksTechSoup's websiteNGOSource on TwitterMartha's article on "Due Diligence in an Increasingly Remote World"Philanthropisms podcast with Sadaf Shallwani from Firelight FoundationPhilanthropisms podcast on "The Platformisation of Philanthropy"Philanthropisms podcast on "Cryptophilanthropy: Boom or Bust?"

For the Centre's 2022 Report on ‘Civil Society Innovation and Digital Power Shift', we're speaking with inspirational innovators from civil society organisations around the world to hear the stories of their inclusive innovation approaches to advance people-centred digitalisation, to either address system power imbalances or capitalise on emerging people power and technological capabilities. In this new episode, Susan Pelletier, Executive Director of the Rainforest Foundation US and Cameron Ellies, who works as Senior Geographer, talk about the Rainforest Alert project and how they are putting information that was held primarily by governments into the hands of people at the community level who can actually act on this information and stop deforestation. - Find out more about Rainforest Foundation US and ORPIO's Rainforest Alert project https://bit.ly/3ShavgG - Explore the Centre's ‘Civil Society Innovation and Digital Power Shift' report bit.ly/3rBkNgM We would like to thank the Centre's innovation partner TechSoup for kindly supporting this report and we would also like to thank the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and the Ford Foundation for their support in making this project happen.

Michael Enos is Senior Director of Community and Platform for Techsoup Global. Techsoup's mission is to build a dynamic bridge that enables design and implementation of technology solutions for a more equitable planet. In his role, Michael directs dev-ops, enterprise infrastructure, information and technology security, and software development teams that build and support platform products and services. Michael earned his MBA from Santa Clara University. Michael Enos's professional career in technology began in 1996. Beginning as a system-admin for a Bay Area non-profit that served adults in need, he transitioned into a role as a technical consultant, developing data systems to help measure and track service quality to the individuals being served. Michael was hired at Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties in 2000 to manage technology and information systems. He helped transform the organization into a more effective enterprise, using best in class technology to efficiently distribute food, communicate, raise money, and measure the Food Bank's impact. As CTO, he also worked at a national level with other enterprise food banks on developing IT best practices and standards as part of the Feeding America Technology Governance Team.     Want to get the show on your podcast app or get the written versions of the stories? Subscribe to the Business of Tech: https://www.businessof.tech/subscribe/   Support the show on Patreon:  https://patreon.com/mspradio/   Want our stuff?  Cool Merch?  Wear “Why Do We Care?” - Visit https://mspradio.myspreadshop.com   Follow us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mspradionews/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mspradionews/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mspradio/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/28908079/

Join LTN as they discuss developing communities, TechSoup resources and empowering the youth. Special Guest: Shaun Leverett (President) & Yerania Armira (Vice President) of Rooted Friends Project.

For the Centre's 2022 Report on ‘Civil Society Innovation and Digital Power Shift', we're speaking with inspirational innovators from civil society organisations around the world to hear the stories of their inclusive innovation approaches to advance people-centred digitalisation, to either address system power imbalances or capitalise on emerging people power and technological capabilities. In this episode, Jessica Herrera, Equality Tech Programme Lead at Plan International and Lirisha Tuladhar, Campaign Administrator at Plan International Nepal tell us about Plan's concept of ‘Equality Tech' - technology that in itself advances equality, generating products which raise awareness of the consequences of bias, and harnessing the power of technology to challenge harmful norms and stereotypes and nudge users towards more inclusive behaviours - Find out more about Plan International – Equality Tech project https://bit.ly/3REWk4z - Explore the Centre's ‘Civil Society Innovation and Digital Power Shift' report https://bit.ly/3rBkNgM We would like to thank the Centre's innovation partner TechSoup for kindly supporting this report and we would also like to thank the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and the Ford Foundation for their support in making this project happen.

For the Centre's 2022 Report on ‘Civil Society Innovation and Digital Power Shift', we're speaking with inspirational innovators from civil society organisations (CSOs) around the world to hear the stories of their inclusive innovation approaches to advance people-centred digitalisation, to either address system power imbalances or capitalise on emerging people power and technological capabilities. In this episode, Ali Raza, the Director of Technology, Mahwish Khan, who is Head of Communications, and Ibraheem Saleem, the Programme Manager of the KP Fellowship Programme, talk about the organisation's Fellowship Programme, which enables young IT professionals to work alongside government institutions to develop tech solutions desperately needed by these under-resourced departments. Find out more about the Code for Pakistan – Fellowship Program https://bit.ly/3SIINdx Explore the Centre's ‘Civil Society Innovation and Digital Power Shift' report https://bit.ly/3rBkNgM We would like to thank the Centre's innovation partner TechSoup for kindly supporting this report and we would also like to thank the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and the Ford Foundation for their support in making this project happen.

IT is an integral part of the mission at MSS where we work to enhance nonprofit efficiency. In this episode, Autumn Vest, host and MSS Executive Director, sits down with Gary Hires, MSS IT Director, to remove some of the mystery of technology. Discover resources to access IT support and software at discounted costs and start planning for the future. Featured in this episode: MSS Manic Mondays: https://midlandss.org/services/mss-it-training TechSoup: https://www.techsoup.org/ NTEN: https://www.nten.org/ Nonprofit Management Center of the Permian Basin: https://www.nmc-pb.org/

When people have the idea to start a non-profit, they usually know some of the steps, especially if they've had experience in a board role before. We learned a lot when we started Binky Patrol and wanted to help newer non-profits avoid mistakes that could cost them their reputation, sponsors, and ability to grow. VERIFY you have set up your 501c3 correctly at the federal and state level. Not doing this can cause all sorts of issues if you are not truly a non-profit but have been accepting donations. Have your documentation from both the feds and state handy in a folder on your computer or a shared drive. This includes your articles of incorporation and bylaws. Register and submit your organization to sites such as GuideStar for credibility. This includes adding them to various directories and other organizations such as the United Way, Benevity, and other foundation sites that work with companies on matching funds. You will need an active website and should have an email with that domain name. You will have to pay for it. Google is the best mail service. Register your site with TechSoup to get discounts on software and other items to run your organization. It has saved us a ton. GET A REAL CPA! You need someone familiar with non-profits and compliance. Do your due diligence and check out their reputation, and contact other 501c3s they handle. This will make all the difference. They can help you with the handbook and other items to get started. Protect yourself, your reputation, and that of your great volunteers. Create a handbook for volunteers that you review regularly. I'm not sure what Binky Patrol would do without our handbook we started our first month. Bonus items if you are going to have regional locations. If you will have regional chapters, how do you set them up? HIGHLY recommend not allowing ANYONE to set up a bank account. It all runs through your corporate office. You are accountable for ALL activities of each chapter. One bad apple can ruin your efforts and organization. How often will you check in with them? Do they have a central location for press kits, and materials to promote their local chapter? If you donate to another organization or individuals, check them out to ensure they are what they say they are. Just as your site should have your 501c3 number, financials available upon request, and board members, so should these organizations you partner with or donate to.  

Technology can be a blessing to your church, but how do you find available resources and opportunities and use it to move your church forward? In this session, you will hear from technology volunteers serving in a local church as they provide tips for finding those in your congregation that can help. Also, you will learn from a representative from Techsoup, a non-profit organization that exists to help churches and other non-profits find free or reduced-cost technology resources and provide services. Come learn some lessons and practical steps to steward the technology resources God has placed in your hands!   Jeff Heimberger, Shruti Ramaswami, Mike Sierra Jeff Heimberger - Director of IT & Security, Ohio Ministry Network Shruti Ramaswami- Vice President, Strategy & Strategic Relationships, Tech Soup Mike Sierra - Radiant Life Church

Are you afraid to think about cybersecurity basics for your nonprofits needs? Are you an “accidental techie” – tasked with keeping the IT running at your nonprofit even though you don't *really have an IT background? *at allWondering where to start building a case for cybersecurity basics to your nonprofit executives and board?Join Community IT CTO Matt Eshleman and Sales Manager Sarah Wolfe in a new webinar presented at the 2022NTC Conference.Cybersecurity: “the measures taken to ensure an organization is protected against the criminal or unauthorized use of electronic data.” AKA “An accidental techie's biggest nightmare.”With all the million dollar attacks on nonprofits in the news – whether ransomware, internal data leaks, or wire fraud scams – cybersecurity can really give you bad dreams. And if you are unsure of the lingo or where to turn for help it can be daunting to even make a start.You know you need to put together a case to convince your executives and your board – but are there low-cost tools and preventative measures you can put in place quickly? What are the best practices when your organization is reluctant to invest in a strong cybersecurity stance?After this presentation on cybersecurity basics for nonprofits, “accidental techies” will feel confident in their knowledge of current cybersecurity trends and best practices, as well as language to use when seeking buy-in from leadership and/or staff.The presentationSummarizes the current and forecasted “threat landscape”Shares three key policies & procedures to roll out for basic peace of mindReviews persuasion points to make while requesting time and fundingAs with all our webinars, this presentation is appropriate for an audience of varied IT experience. Community IT and NTEN, the membership organization and sponsor of the NTC conference, are proudly vendor-agnostic and our webinars cover a range of topics and discussions. Webinars are never a sales pitch, always a way to share our knowledge with our community.NTC is the signature conference in Nonprofit Tech every year, hosted by NTEN. In 2022 it featured over 180 live, interactive, and thought-provoking sessions including this one; daily inspiring keynote speakers; and ways to connect, including opportunities for one-on-one connections, small group meetings, and sponsor conversations. In 2023 NTC plans to be in-person in Denver, in March.Presenters:A DC Area native, Sarah Wolfe joined Community IT Innovators in March 2018 as Account Associate before being promoted to Sales Manager. She is responsible for ensuring our partner organizations are receiving the right combination of IT support services to meet their organizational needs and goals. She is a founder of the internal BLM working group at Community IT. Prior to joining Community IT, Sarah was a science teacher at various schools in Maryland. She attended Oberlin College in Ohio, graduating in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology, and took classes at UMCP for her teaching certification. As the Chief Technology Officer at Community IT, Matthew Eshleman is responsible for shaping Community IT's strategy around the technology platforms used by organizations to be secure and productive. While working full time at Community IT Matt received his MBA from the Carey School of Business at Johns Hopkins University. He now serves as CTO and Cybersecurity expert.He is the session designer and trainer for TechSoup's Digital Security and Cloud Security courses, our resident Cybersecurity expert, and  a frequent speaker on cybersecurity topics. In addition to numerous cybersecurity webinars for the Community IT monthly webinar series, he has also given cybersecurity talks at many organizations.

V dnešním díle HOTCASTU si s Radkou Bystřickou, ředitelkou sdružení VIA, povídáme třeba o úrovni digitální vyspělosti neziskových organizací nebo o výzvách, kterým celý sektor čelí. Sdružení VIA spojuje svět technologií a společensky prospěšných aktivit způsobem, který podporuje jejich digitální transformaci a šetří náklady. Příkladem může být mezinárodně uznávaný projekt TechSoup. V rozhovoru s Radkou se dozvíte: kolik % neziskových organizací má vlastní IT odděleníjaké jsou rozdíly v digitální vyspělosti neziskových organizací jak posilovat IT bezpečnost v neziskové organizaciPokud vás rozhovor baví, budu rád, když jej podpoříte sdílením na sociálních sítích.___________________________ Tento podcast podporují:Rozvojový program Digital Leadership Masterclass (www.drimalka.com)Nejlepší digitální služby na jednom místě: Digitask.cz (www.digitask.cz)Rozvoj digitálního myšlení a dovedností ve firmách: Digiskills.cz (www.digiskills.cz)

Techsoup può essere considerato come uno strumento di "fundsaving" in ambito tecnologico - ci racconta Fabio Fraticelli, Chief Operating Officer di TechSoup Italia - perché permette alle organizzazioni di risparmiare denaro e risorse e raggiungere meglio i propri obiettivi. In questa puntata di D-Tech Podcast impariamo a conoscere una organizzazione presente in 236 paesi accanto a 1,5 milioni di organizzazioni senza scopo di lucro; presente in Italia dal 2014, TechSoup Italia accompagna oltre 22 mila organizzazioni fornendo differenti servizi, dalla cessione di softwari gratuiti o a prezzi fortemente scontati(zoom, google, pacchetto microsoft office...), hardwari ricondizionati (pc, stampanti, lavagne LIM, videoproiettori...), expertise tecniche, formazioni e molto altro ancora. Ascolta le puntate di D-Tech insieme alla host Ada Ugo Abara e scopri i servizi extra e gli approfondimenti su www.dtech4good.com, segui D-tech 4Good su LinkedIn e @dtech.podcast su IG, Fb e TikTok direttamente da https://linktr.ee/dtech.podcast

Building a successful nonprofit is hard especially if you don't have a roadmap. I know first hand from my days on a new nonprofit's Board. I had nonprofit experience in larger organizations so I knew what one looked like from the inside but I saw so many things that needed to be done. I Googled “start a nonprofit” and got plenty of articles on the paperwork but after the 501(c)3, there wasn't much help. So, I began researching the reasons nonprofits fail in the first year. I figured that was a problem to tackle so we weren't just another statistic. And what came out of my research and talking to other Founders was my book, I Have My 501(c)3! Now What?!? As I talked more to Founders and mentored them, I found it wasn't enough. That's why I created the Build a Successful Nonprofit framework to help Founders put together the pieces that create a successful nonprofit- one that covers costs and builds infrastructure. This Framework governs everything I do in my business. There are three pillars to the framework. Topics discussed in this episode:  - Pillar 1: Infrastructure Pillar [00:01:25]  - Board [00:03:00]  - Strategic Plan [00:03:21]  - Tactical Plan and Budget [00:04:30] - Program Development [00:05:21] - Policies and Procedures [00:06:30] - Fundraising Foundations [00:07:08] - Pillar 2: Time Management Pillar [00:12:09]  - Pillar 3:Fundraising Basics Pillar [00:13:37] - Know Your Donors [00:14:30] - Know Your Strategy [00:15:19] - Know Your Plan [00:15:45]  - How the Framework Solves the Problems of Lack of Infrastructure and Lack of Funding [00:16:00]   Resources mentioned in this episode:  - Grant Ready Program Development Template [00:06:03] - Payment Processor- Givebox [00:08:03] - Email Service Provider- MailChimp (free up to 2,000 email addresses) [00:09:30] - Email Service Provider- MailerLite (free up to 1,000 email addresses) [00:09:30] - Email Service Provider- Constant Contact (free trial) [00:09:30] - Free Accounting Software- Wave App [00:10:05]  - Donor Database- Little Green Light (Deep Discount through TechSoup) [00:12:00] - A Founder's Guide to Building a Nonprofit Without Being the Sole Funder [00:17:38] Episode transcript: S2Ep1 Transcript You Might Like:  - Join The Nonprofit Founder's Club™  - Download the free A Founder's Guide to Building a Nonprofit Without Being the Sole Funder - Join the email list that gives you more tips and information monthly -  Check out the Nonprofit Founder's University where you can get courses to help you build your nonprofit.

Mike and Matt share insights with regard to tools and discounts available to non-profits, (Microsoft, HP, Lenovo, Dell, Tech Soup, Quickbooks and others) and a few of our favorite non-profits share their tech wish lists and how our listeners can help!  For more information, visit: www.btsmaine.com www.bathymca.org www.bathfoodbank.org www.bbbsbathbrunswick.org www.midcoastyouth.org  

Susan Tenby is the Director of Global Community at TechSoup, a nonprofit international network of non-governmental organizations that provides technical support and technological tools to other nonprofits. TechSoup has built a community of more than 1.6 million NGOs around the globe. Its TechSoup Global Network offers highly localized programs and services in 39 languages. In this episode, Susan speaks about what's happening when your community isn't getting any buzz, and how to best engage your users.And she shares why giving their users space for unstructured exchange benefits TechSoup and members alike.Listen in to MAKE YOUR COMMUNITIES THRIVE. Want to know more?Get in touch! With Thrycon & Simone: Website: https://www.thrycon.com/connect-thrycon LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/poetscher/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvNFK7wPwGof4egGHzOp6qQ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/Thrycon/ With our guest: Email: stenby @ techsoup.org LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susantenby/ For more, subscribe to Thrycon's newsletter: https://www.thrycon.com/signupPlease leave a review on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-building-community-podcast/id1592179621

In this episode, Rebecca Masisak, CEO of TechSoup Global, walks us through some of the major shifts that her organization was able to make throughout its history. When TechSoup was founded under the name CompuMentor, its goal was to provide nonprofits with tech volunteer services. Eventually, the mission expanded to providing donated software and hardware at highly discounted prices for nonprofits. While this was a major driver for its success, TechSoup found itself having to incorporate a new business model once software started moving to the cloud, where donated software no longer meant shipping out CDs or DVDs. Finally, we covered TechSoup's expansion of its network from local to international, becoming TechSoup Global as it is known today. Key lessons: factors and motivations for shifts in strategy, funder and donor relations, fostering local networks globally.

Need enterprise-level support for an Apple environment? Need to support some Apple devices in a Windows environment? Learn answers to your questions on Mac support for nonprofits!In part 2 of this webinar podcast, Community IT CTO Matt Eshleman and Galen Wenger, Director of Technology Solutions, address your options when supporting Apple products at your nonprofit. Community IT has a lot of experience supporting Macs, both all-Mac managed support and supporting those staff members who can't do without their Mac for work, even in an office full of Windows users.But supporting these scenarios can be complicated! And it can be hard to find an MSP who can manage your Macs. Learn from your peers as part 2 of this recorded webinar takes a trip out of Microsoft and Windows and into the world of Apples.Community IT supports over 600 Macs among our clients; about 10% of our clients have some Mac support or all-Mac support. We've gained a lot of experience over the years in the slightly different approach necessary with Mac environments at the enterprise or individual level.As with all our presentations, this webinar on Mac support for nonprofits is appropriate for an audience of varied IT experience. Community IT is proudly vendor-agnostic and our webinars cover a range of topics and discussions. Webinars are never a sales pitch, always a way to share our knowledge with our community.Find pt 1 in your podcast feed if you subscribe!Presenters:As the Chief Technology Officer at Community IT and our resident cybersecurity expert, Matthew Eshleman is responsible for shaping Community IT's strategy around the technology platforms used by organizations to be secure and productive. With a deep background in network infrastructure, he fundamentally understands how technology works and interoperates both in the office and in the cloud.Matt holds dual degrees in Computer Science and Computer Information Systems at Eastern Mennonite University, and an MBA from the Carey School of Business at Johns Hopkins University.Matt is a frequent speaker at NTEN events and has presented at the Inside NGO conference, Non-Profit Risk Management Summit and Credit Builders Alliance Symposium. He is also the session designer and trainer for TechSoup's Digital Security course. He had fun interviewing Galen in this webinar about Mac support for nonprofits and discussing the many options and scenarios with you.Galen Wenger is the Director of Technology Solutions at Community IT specializing in Windows Server administration, workstation lifecycle management, and Google Apps. He joined Community IT in April 2009 after two years of providing technical support in a university setting. Galen has a B.A. in Philosophy and Theology from Eastern Mennonite University. He is a Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator and Google Apps Certified Deployment Specialist. Galen lives in Lancaster, PA, where he co-leads an organization encouraging community engagement and spends his free time writing.

Need enterprise-level support for an Apple environment? Need to support some Apple devices in a Windows environment? Learn answers to your questions on Mac support for nonprofits!Community IT CTO Matt Eshleman and Galen Wenger, Director of Technology Solutions, address your options when supporting Apple products at your nonprofit. Community IT has a lot of experience supporting Macs, both all-Mac managed support and supporting those staff members who can't do without their Mac for work, even in an office full of Windows users.But supporting these scenarios can be complicated! And it can be hard to find an MSP who can manage your Macs. Learn from your peers as this recorded webinar takes a trip out of Microsoft and Windows and into the world of Apples.Community IT supports over 600 Macs among our clients; about 10% of our clients have some Mac support or all-Mac support. We've gained a lot of experience over the years in the slightly different approach necessary with Mac environments at the enterprise or individual level.As with all our presentations, this webinar on Mac support for nonprofits is appropriate for an audience of varied IT experience. Community IT is proudly vendor-agnostic and our webinars cover a range of topics and discussions. Webinars are never a sales pitch, always a way to share our knowledge with our community.Presenters:As the Chief Technology Officer at Community IT and our resident cybersecurity expert, Matthew Eshleman is responsible for shaping Community IT's strategy around the technology platforms used by organizations to be secure and productive. With a deep background in network infrastructure, he fundamentally understands how technology works and interoperates both in the office and in the cloud.Matt holds dual degrees in Computer Science and Computer Information Systems at Eastern Mennonite University, and an MBA from the Carey School of Business at Johns Hopkins University.Matt is a frequent speaker at NTEN events and has presented at the Inside NGO conference, Non-Profit Risk Management Summit and Credit Builders Alliance Symposium. He is also the session designer and trainer for TechSoup's Digital Security course. He had fun interviewing Galen in this webinar about Mac support for nonprofits and discussing the many options and scenarios with you.Galen Wenger is the Director of Technology Solutions at Community IT specializing in Windows Server administration, workstation lifecycle management, and Google Apps. He joined Community IT in April 2009 after two years of providing technical support in a university setting. Galen has a B.A. in Philosophy and Theology from Eastern Mennonite University. He is a Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator and Google Apps Certified Deployment Specialist. Galen lives in Lancaster, PA, where he co-leads an organization encouraging community engagement and spends his free time writing.

For the Centre's 2021/22 Report on “Civil Society Innovation and Digital Power Shift'', we're speaking with inspirational innovators from civil society organisations (CSOs) around the world to hear the stories of their inclusive innovation approaches to advance people-centred digitalisation, to either address system power imbalances or capitalise on emerging people power and technological capabilities. In this episode, María Berenguer, co-leader of the Youth&ICT4D department at SOS Children's Villages International, talks about the organisation's Digital Village project, which aims to integrate technology into the daily lives of children and families. Find out more about the Digital Village project https://bit.ly/3CDuXB9 Explore the Centre's ‘Civil Society Innovation and Digital Power Shift' report https://bit.ly/3mCybiZ If you are interested in joining this exciting project, please fill in the form https://bit.ly/3mCybiZ We thank our innovation partner TechSoup and the Cloudera and the Ford Foundation for their support for this report.

The debate is on.  Back to the office or not...or some sort of hybrid.  And is working remotely right for Nonprofit work?In this episode, Tim and Nathan share from their experiences both the benefits and challenges of a remote team.  Tim also presents 4 actions that are required when leading a remote team., including some practical leadership ideas.One resource that is mentioned in this episode is TechSoup (www.techsoup.org), a site that is focused on providing discount or free technology for nonprofits, charities, and libraries.  Tim and Nathan receive no benefit from recommending this resource but have found it a helpful site.Tim Barnes serves as the Executive Vice President of International Association for Refugees (IAFR) and can be contacted at tim@iafr.org. Nathan Ruby serves as the Executive Director of Friends of the Children of Haiti (FOTCOH) and can be contacted at Nathan@fotcoh.org.They can also be reached at www.nonprofiltleader.online.All opinions and ideas shared on the podcast are those of the hosts and do not represents the opinions or ideas of their respective organizations.

How secure is your organization? Join Community IT CTO Matt Eshleman for part 2 of a new webinar that explores risk assessment and cybersecurity preparedness options. Community IT released a self-assessment quiz that will give you documentation of your cybersecurity readiness. Many nonprofits are building cybersecurity policies from the ground up. Your nonprofit may not have a good idea of where your weaknesses lie, or where to invest your cybersecurity budget wisely. You may not have an executive level role responsible for cybersecurity, or adequate and frequent staff training. For more details, you can download our free Cybersecurity Readiness for Nonprofits Playbook that will help you build the foundation on which you can begin to optimize and then be proactive about your security approach. The Playbook is complementary to this self-quiz, and both are free.As with all our presentations, this webinar on cybersecurity self assessment is appropriate for an audience of varied IT experience. Community IT is proudly vendor-agnostic and our webinars cover a range of topics and discussions. Webinars are never a sales pitch, always a way to share our knowledge with our community.Presenter:As the Chief Technology Officer at Community IT and our resident cybersecurity expert, Matthew Eshleman is responsible for shaping Community IT's strategy around the technology platforms used by organizations to be secure and productive. With a deep background in network infrastructure, he fundamentally understands how technology works and interoperates both in the office and in the cloud.Matt holds dual degrees in Computer Science and Computer Information Systems at Eastern Mennonite University, and an MBA from the Carey School of Business at Johns Hopkins University.Matt is a frequent speaker at NTEN events and has presented at the Inside NGO conference, Non-Profit Risk Management Summit and Credit Builders Alliance Symposium. He is also the session designer and trainer for TechSoup's Digital Security course. He enjoyed presenting this new webinar on cybersecurity self-assessment as an additional resource to our nonprofit IT community.

How secure is your organization? Join Community IT CTO Matt Eshleman in a new webinar that will explore risk assessment and cybersecurity preparedness options. Community IT released a self-assessment quiz that will give you documentation of your cybersecurity readiness. Many nonprofits are building cybersecurity policies from the ground up. Your nonprofit may not have a good idea of where your weaknesses lie, or where to invest your cybersecurity budget wisely. You may not have an executive level role responsible for cybersecurity, or adequate and frequent staff training. For more details, you can download our free Cybersecurity Readiness for Nonprofits Playbook that will help you build the foundation on which you can begin to optimize and then be proactive about your security approach. The Playbook is complementary to this self-quiz, and both are free.As with all our presentations, this webinar on cybersecurity self assessment is appropriate for an audience of varied IT experience. Community IT is proudly vendor-agnostic and our webinars cover a range of topics and discussions. Webinars are never a sales pitch, always a way to share our knowledge with our community.Presenter:As the Chief Technology Officer at Community IT and our resident cybersecurity expert, Matthew Eshleman is responsible for shaping Community IT's strategy around the technology platforms used by organizations to be secure and productive. With a deep background in network infrastructure, he fundamentally understands how technology works and interoperates both in the office and in the cloud.Matt holds dual degrees in Computer Science and Computer Information Systems at Eastern Mennonite University, and an MBA from the Carey School of Business at Johns Hopkins University.Matt is a frequent speaker at NTEN events and has presented at the Inside NGO conference, Non-Profit Risk Management Summit and Credit Builders Alliance Symposium. He is also the session designer and trainer for TechSoup's Digital Security course. He enjoyed presenting this new webinar on cybersecurity self-assessment as an additional resource to our nonprofit IT community.

We’re back from a brief summer break with an intense, provocative, and inspiring conversation with Marnie Webb, Chief Community Impact Officer at TechSoup. There’s an incredible amount of opportunity to re-imagine what technology, as applied to civil society, can look like, and we cover some of the critical gaps in how our understanding of what constitutes “nonprofits” limits our ability to create durable change in the world. In explicit, by changing the frameworks in which technology is capable of being granted to change-making organizations, we can create a much more inclusive and extensible impact. Re-defining our understanding of the long-term outcomes of technology in civil society, and most importantly, what criteria we use to enable organizations with technology in the first place - especially organizations that detract from liberties, rights, and democracy - is the hard conversation that, according to Marnie, “we have to run towards.” Why IT Matters is hosted by Tracy Kronzak and Tim Lockie of Now IT Matters! Click here to watch this episode!

In Episode 72 of the Charity Charge Show, Stephen talks with Ken Tsunoda, Vice President of Development and Network for TechSoup. TechSoup equips changemakers with transformative technology solutions and skills they need to improve lives globally and locally and their mission is to build a dynamic bridge that enables civil society organizations and social change agents around the world to gain effective access to the resources they need to design and implement technology solutions for a more equitable planet. Ken and Stephen talked about TechSoup's Direct Public Offering (DPO), an opportunity for individuals and funds to be part of the growth of TechSoup. More information about the DPO can be found at techsoup.org/investor by emailing invest@techsoup.org Ken was previously General Manager of NGOsource, the game-changing service that revolutionizes global philanthropy for U.S. grantmakers. A project of the Council on Foundations and TechSoup, NGOsource is an online service that certifies NGOs as equivalent to U.S. public charities through a process called equivalency determination. Ken's career has included management roles in non-profit organizations, VC-backed technology start-ups and leading global firms. Prior to TechSoup Global, he served as Executive Director of Sager Family Foundation, which incubated start-up social ventures in conflict areas, including Rwanda, the West Bank, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Ken earned a B.A. with honors in Physics from Harvard University, and an M.P.P. degree from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

In this conversation, Lex interviews Sheila Warren, a key leader of the World Economic Forum's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR). They discuss the evolution of her career: from small claims court, to NGO Aid for Refugees, to corporate law, and to the WEF. They touch upon the developing world of DAOs and protocols, artificial intelligence, corporate personhood, rational choice theory, the purpose of the World Economic Forum and its impact on governments and society alike. Sheila holds board member and advisory positions at multiple institutions and organizations including The MIT Press (Cryptoeconomic Systems), The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), NGO network TechSoup and she is a Member of The Bretton Woods Committee.

In this conversation, we are so lucky to tap into the brilliant mind of none other than Sheila Warren who sits on the Executive Committee of the World Economic Forum and is a key member in the executive leadership of the Forum's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR), in which she oversees strategy across the entire C4IR Network, consisting of centers in 13 countries. Sheila also holds board member and advisory positions at multiple institutions and organizations including The MIT Press (Cryptoeconomic Systems), The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), NGO network TechSoup and she is a Member of The Bretton Woods Committee. More specifically, we discuss her professional journey from small claims court to NGO Aid to refugees to corporate law to The WEF, touching on rational choice theory, corporate personhood and its correlation to the growth around ESG, new substrates, DAOs and protocols, artificial intelligence, the purpose of The World Economic Forum and its impact on governments and society alike, and just so much more!

On today's episode of Storytelling with a Purpose we are joined by Patrick Duggan. Patrick Duggan is the Director of Marketing and Communications for Pacific Community Ventures. In this role, he drives all of PCV's marketing initiatives across the organization's many programs. This includes PCV's marketing campaigns, content strategy, brand direction, public relations, and marketing channels such as PCV's web properties, print materials, events, social media, and newsletters.Prior to working at PCV, Patrick served as Digital Marketing and Product Marketing Manager at TechSoup Global, where he planned and implemented their integrated marketing strategy. This involved developing campaigns, digital strategy, email communications and newsletters, and content marketing. He also fostered new partnerships with fellow capacity-building nonprofits, and developed the marketing capacity of TechSoup's global network, promoting an organization-wide communication strategy.Patrick holds a BA in literature and publishing from Emerson College in Boston, MA, as well as an MFA from California College of the Arts in San Francisco, CA.Want to be featured on a future episode or have a question for us? Email us at storytellingwithapurposepod@gmail.com.Connect with us at memoryfox.ioMemoryFox FacebookMemory Fox InstagramMemoryFox TwitterMemoryFox LinkedinStorytelling with a Purpose is a MemoryFox Production.

Switching the Office Phone System to Microsoft Teams Telephony for NonprofitsWould you like ONE communication and collaboration system for calling, chat and video conferencing? If you use Office 365, you already have it.Easily route calls to the right personSwitch between video and audio callsAdd new members to an on-going callAccess voicemail from any deviceCommunity IT has assisted several clients switch to Microsoft Teams for all their telephone needs. In this free webinar, Sarah Wolfe talks with Community IT CTO Matt Eshleman on BenefitsBest practices for changing overAvoiding downtimeTraining staff on this useful tool you probably already haveLearn how Microsoft Teams features work for nonprofit office phones and how to switch securely and easily.Should your nonprofit consider a switch to Microsoft Teams telephony?Join Community IT's CTO Matt Eshleman and Sarah Wolfe for an in-depth discussion of the pros and cons of ditching your physical office phones system to use Microsoft Teams for staff phones, and how to handle the change over if you decide to switch.As with all our webinars, this presentation is appropriate for an audience of varied IT experience. There is (slightly) more to the change management than just asking everyone to use Teams now to make all phone calls. Learn how Microsoft Teams features work for nonprofit office phones and how to switch securely and easily.Community IT is proudly vendor-agnostic and our webinars cover a range of topics and discussions. This conversation will feature a realistic look at the main virtual telephony tool available – but will also discuss the options for your nonprofit if you are not using Microsoft Teams or don't have the Microsoft Office 365 package. Webinars are never a sales pitch, always a way to share our knowledge with our community.Presenters:A DC Area native, Sarah Wolfe joined Community IT Innovators in March 2018. As the Associate Account Manager she is responsible for ensuring our partner organizations are receiving the right combination of IT support services to meet their organizational needs and goals.Prior to joining Community IT, Sarah was a science teacher at various schools in Maryland. She attended Oberlin College in Ohio, graduating in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology.Sarah is excited to interview Matt on the topic of Microsoft Teams telephony for nonprofits, having dealt with a number of office phone set ups as a staff person in prior organizations, and also in her role as a Community IT account manager for clients with questions about best practices and saving budget on expensive office telephony they no longer need.As the Chief Technology Officer at Community IT and our resident cybersecurity expert, Matthew Eshleman is responsible for shaping Community IT's strategy around the technology platforms used by organizations to be secure and productive. With a deep background in network infrastructure, he fundamentally understands how technology works and interoperates both in the office and in the cloud.Matt holds dual degrees in Computer Science and Computer Information Systems at Eastern Mennonite University, and an MBA from the Carey School of Business at Johns Hopkins University.Matt is a frequent speaker at NTEN events and has presented at the Inside NGO conference, Non-Profit Risk Management Summit and Credit Builders Alliance Symposium. He is also the session designer and trainer for TechSoup's Digital Security course.

GUEST: Diaz Dixon is the CEO of Eddy House, a transition program for youth experiencing homelessness, and owns Performance Driven Consulting. He previously served for 14 years as the CEO of STEP2, a nonprofit helping women and children dealing with substance abuse and domestic violence. Diaz has served on the National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, as the Treasurer of the Nevada Smithsonian Academic Appointment Diversity and Publicity Taskforce, and as a consultant to the Cultural Competency and Diversity Network in Washington, D.C. under the Presidential New Freedom Initiative. He also teaches in the University of Nevada, Reno’s Advanced Leadership Academy, a five-month training and coaching program designed to develop and support senior leaders and key team members. And Diaz is on the executive committee of American Pets Alive’s Human Animal Support Services. MAIN QUESTION: What advice do you have for new nonprofit leaders? TAKEAWAYS: * Don’t come in and point out everything that’s wrong and put in your own solutions. Build rapport and bridges with staff, create small successes to build trust, and have lots of conversations to build more trust and transparency. * Look for three things in team members – are they hungry, humble and smart? If you're hungry, you're about the organization’s mission and trying to enhance it. If you're humble, you're a good team member and not just climbing over others on your way to the top. And if you're smart, you can problem-solve and you're willing to make mistakes and grow. * When you're a leader, take less credit than you deserve and more blame. * Build a positive work climate – this will help people enjoy the hard work. * When you reach out into the community, build relationships through conversation and sharing your genuine passion for the cause. * And check out the books “Mindset” by Carol Dweck and “Good to Great” by Jim Collins to strengthen your leadership skills. LINKS: * Eddy House  * Book: "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success" by Carol Dweck  * Book: "Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't" by Jim Collins * Leadership recommendation: TechSoup 

In this episode of Nonprofit Architect, Travis talks with Spencer Brooks, the Founder & Principal of Brooks Digital, an expert digital firm that empowers health non-profits to improve the lives of patients. He's helped organizations such as The Diatribe Foundation scale their digital presence from a few thousand annual visitors and subscribers to over 2.5 million visitors and 200,000 subscribers. Spencer's superpower is helping organizations get their complex, difficult-to-use websites under control so they can provide the right information to the right person at the right time. Spencer's writing has been featured in publications such as the Stanford Social Innovation Review, TechSoup, and Non-profit Marketing Guide. He is a sought-after speaker on the topics of digital metrics, the patient journey, getting inside the heads of an organization's website visitors, and converting patients to advocates. Spencer lives in the Portland, Oregon area with his wife and 2 children. Conversation Highlights: {00:56} Spencer's personal back story. {03:43} Brooks Digital is going to be a digital agency focussing on empowering health nonprofits to build out a digital platform. {06:12} How do you organize a website and your communications to speak effectively. {09:08} The importance of the landing page. {11:11} You should be publishing blog or content that will allow other people to find you. {14:52} The importance of a sign up for email list, and the Google ad Grant program. {20:33} The importance of how to find the donation section. {23:03} Develop a relationship with your organization. {27:19} How to evaluate your website. FREE Resources https://brooks.digital/nonprofitarchitect/ Remarkable quotes: You don't have to solve cancer, but you could contribute your zone of genius. I have sites that look pretty, but they're not usable at all.   The key difference between those two types of clients is that the ones that are getting millions of people to their site every year have been writing and writing and writing. People don't care about the production quality or value initially they just care that you're authentic. Hotjar is a good place to go to kind of get a visual you can install on your site. Special Reminder: Do not just listen to the podcast, but also implement the things you hear in your life! Resources:  spencer@brooks.digital LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencerbrooks/ Twitter: @spencerbrooks / @Brooks_Digital Website: https://brooks.digital   Bio: Spencer Brooks is the Founder & Principal of Brooks Digital, an expert digital firm that empowers health non-profits to improve the lives of patients. He's helped organizations such as The Diatribe Foundation scale their digital presence from a few thousand annual visitors and subscribers to over 2.5 million visitors and 200,000 subscribers. Spencer's superpower is helping organizations get their complex, difficult-to-use websites under control so they can provide the right information to the right person at the right time. Spencer's writing has been featured in publications such as the Stanford Social Innovation Review, TechSoup, and Non-profit Marketing Guide. He is a sought-after speaker on the topics of digital metrics, the patient journey, getting inside the heads of an organization's website visitors, and converting patients to advocates. Spencer lives in the Portland, Oregon area with his wife and 2 children.  Nonprofit Architect Podcast Links  Website: http://nonprofitarchitect.org  Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NonprofitArchitect    

In this episode of Nonprofit Architect, Travis talks with Spencer Brooks, the Founder & Principal of Brooks Digital, an expert digital firm that empowers health non-profits to improve the lives of patients. He’s helped organizations such as The Diatribe Foundation scale their digital presence from a few thousand annual visitors and subscribers to over 2.5 million visitors and 200,000 subscribers. Spencer’s superpower is helping organizations get their complex, difficult-to-use websites under control so they can provide the right information to the right person at the right time. Spencer’s writing has been featured in publications such as the Stanford Social Innovation Review, TechSoup, and Non-profit Marketing Guide. He is a sought-after speaker on the topics of digital metrics, the patient journey, getting inside the heads of an organization’s website visitors, and converting patients to advocates. Spencer lives in the Portland, Oregon area with his wife and 2 children. Conversation Highlights: {00:56} Spencer’s personal back story. {03:43} Brooks Digital is going to be a digital agency focussing on empowering health nonprofits to build out a digital platform. {06:12} How do you organize a website and your communications to speak effectively. {09:08} The importance of the landing page. {11:11} You should be publishing blog or content that will allow other people to find you. {14:52} The importance of a sign up for email list, and the Google ad Grant program. {20:33} The importance of how to find the donation section. {23:03} Develop a relationship with your organization. {27:19} How to evaluate your website. FREE Resources https://brooks.digital/nonprofitarchitect/ Remarkable quotes: You don't have to solve cancer, but you could contribute your zone of genius. I have sites that look pretty, but they're not usable at all.   The key difference between those two types of clients is that the ones that are getting millions of people to their site every year have been writing and writing and writing. People don't care about the production quality or value initially they just care that you're authentic. Hotjar is a good place to go to kind of get a visual you can install on your site. Special Reminder: Do not just listen to the podcast, but also implement the things you hear in your life! Resources:  spencer@brooks.digital LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencerbrooks/ Twitter: @spencerbrooks / @Brooks_Digital Website: https://brooks.digital   Bio: Spencer Brooks is the Founder & Principal of Brooks Digital, an expert digital firm that empowers health non-profits to improve the lives of patients. He’s helped organizations such as The Diatribe Foundation scale their digital presence from a few thousand annual visitors and subscribers to over 2.5 million visitors and 200,000 subscribers. Spencer’s superpower is helping organizations get their complex, difficult-to-use websites under control so they can provide the right information to the right person at the right time. Spencer’s writing has been featured in publications such as the Stanford Social Innovation Review, TechSoup, and Non-profit Marketing Guide. He is a sought-after speaker on the topics of digital metrics, the patient journey, getting inside the heads of an organization’s website visitors, and converting patients to advocates. Spencer lives in the Portland, Oregon area with his wife and 2 children.  Nonprofit Architect Podcast Links  Website: http://nonprofitarchitect.org  Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NonprofitArchitect    

Sheila Warren is best known for serving as the head of data, blockchain and digital assets at the World Economic Forum. She also holds board member and advisory positions at multiple institutions and organizations including the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and NGO network TechSoup. Warren promotes the adoption of blockchain technology and considers herself to be a Bitcoin maximalist. "I don't think Bitcoin is going away. I think that it is deeply important to the ecosystem and I think it will always have a certain unique role to play.” As part of her role at the WEF, Warren also explores the concept of central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs. One of the top women in global finance, Warren actively stands for diversity and inclusion in the blockchain and crypto industry. ————————————————————————— To learn more about this episode, including podcast transcripts and show notes, visit *salt.org/talks* ( http://salt.org/talks ) Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci.

Technology has evolved immensely over the past decade and has opened up many more opportunities for businesses while saving money and time. The idea to leverage technology in a small nonprofit can receive mixed reactions. Some may not be open to exploring the options with information technology, IT, and cybersecurity. Executive Directors may believe that using a computer or TechSoup can not solve all of their problems, but IT is one of the most powerful tools ever created.  

Mikayla is a senior at UC Berkeley majoring in Environmental Economics. Chelsie is a senior at California PolyTech majoring in Communication. Mikayla and Chelsie are co-founded Activism Always, technology and service that allows organizations to flexibly and reliably organize data into easy-to-access insights and visualizations. Their mission is to produce data-driven insights supported with robust research and analysis for their clients, with consideration to current discussions around social issues, online activism, and intersectional action to support the goals of mission-driven organizations. A prototype project they have worked on is called Black Live Matter Always, where online content from the events of Summer 2020 was collected and analyzed to reveal insights about the changing sentiments around the BLM movement. The project was presented at TechSoup x ParsonsTKO's Data for Social Impact Conference in August 2020. In this episode, we discuss Activism Alway's founding story, Mikaya's and Chelsie's career journey and entrepreneurship experience, as well as advice they have for aspiring entrepreneurs. Check out Activism Always: https://www.activismalways.com/ Podcast Socials: https://linktr.ee/and_this_is_how_it_started

Sean Kosofsky is the NonProfit Fixer! He has worked in nonprofits for 28 years, including as executive director for five organizations. He has worked in policy, communications, grassroots advocacy, direct service, development, management and served on numerous boards. He has raised millions of dollars for causes, candidates and campaigns. His work has appeared in news stories around the world, and he has offered webinars or blog posts through AFP, Candid, Idealware, Bloomerang, TechSoup, Wild Apricot, and Pamela Grow's Motivate Mondays, and more.He has worked on a wide range of issues including LGBTQ equality, reproductive justice, voting access, bullying prevention, climate change, and more. He offers coaching, consulting, training, and free tools at his website Nonprofitfixer.com and courses at http://Learn.MindTheGapConsulting.org.Connect with Sean:NonProfitFixer.comRegister for the Free Training****INTERESTED IN DELIVERING *MAXIMUM* VALUE FOR YOUR MEMBERS?Download a FREE Scorecard here and get ACTIONABLE insights in less than 10 minutes:  https://joyofmembership.com/scorecard****ABOUT YOUR HOSTYes, there is a “real” Joy in The Joy of Membership.Founder & CEO Joy Duling has been working with leaders of associations, trade groups and nonprofits since 2005.She has also walked the same journey, serving for nearly 10 years as the Executive Director of a membership-based nonprofit which she helped launch from scratch and led to annual revenues of more than $1M exclusively from membership contributions.Joy has been widely recognized as a speaker, an online educator and a trusted advisor, twice winning the “Unsung Hero Award” from the National Association of Women Business Owners' Central Illinois Chapter. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and a Master's Degree in Social Work with Specialization in Policy, Planning and Administration. She has extensive experience in strategic planning, team facilitation, change management, and association operations.But beyond industry experience and education…Joy Duling is the calm voice you want to have in the room when you, your team, or your board is overwhelmed by ideas and options.She's a trusted resource at the other end of an email or phone call who knows the answer, or can find the answer, when it's not clear what to do next in your approach.She's a planner of systems and driver of progress that helps your organization achieve stretch goals.She's a gifted facilitator of conversation, collaboration and constructive growth. And she's approachable and results-oriented,  which makes it easy to shake loose of the old and start fresh on the new.

Episode #80 of The Impactors Podcast features #SocialImpactor Spencer Brooks, Founder, and Principal of Brooks Digital, an expert digital firm that empowers health nonprofits to improve the lives of patients. Spencer has helped organizations such as The diaTribe Foundation scale their digital presence from a few thousand annual visitors and subscribers to over 2.5 million visitors and 200,000 subscribers. Spencer's superpower is helping organizations get their complex, difficult-to-use website under control so they can provide the right information to the right person at the right time. Spencer's writing has been featured in publications such as TechSoup and Nonprofit Marketing Guide. He is a sought after speaker on the topics of digital metrics, the patient journey, getting inside the heads of an organization's website visitors, and converting patients to advocates. Spencer lives in the Portland, Oregon area with his wife and 2 children. If you enjoyed the episode leave a #iTunes review to help new people find it! Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-impactors-podcast/id1405642226 Email me if you have a special guest in mind that you want me to host on the podcast! Email: thesocialimpactors@gmail.com #ImpactEverywhere --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theimpactorspodcast/support

In this webinar, Community IT Innovators’ CTO and resident security expert Matt Eshleman covers the basics a security plan should include for nonprofit cybersecurity readiness, giving updates and a synthesis of our recent security webinars.He touches on:Understanding and measuring cybersecurity risks to your mission and reputationTalking about ROI for cybersecurity measures, and how to consider costs and potential costs in your budget process, based on industry benchmarksConsidering cyber insurance and which nonprofits particularly need such insurance; in safeguarding databases for healthcare and children/volunteers, guarding against billing and budgeting scams, and nonprofits who may be targeted for their advocacy workUpdated security incidence response best practicesCreating a multi-layered security plan that actively includes your staff and executivesAs with all our webinars, this presentation is appropriate for an audience of varied IT and security experience.PresenterAs the Chief Technology Officer at Community IT, Matthew Eshleman is responsible for shaping Community IT’s strategy around the technology platforms used by organizations to be secure and productive. With a deep background in network infrastructure he fundamentally understands how technology works and interoperates both in the office and in the cloud.Matt joined Community IT as an intern in the summer of 2000 and after finishing his dual degrees in Computer Science and Computer Information Systems at Eastern Mennonite University, he rejoined Community IT as a network administrator in January of 2001. Matt has steadily progressed up at Community IT and while working full time received his MBA from the Carey School of Business at Johns Hopkins University.Matt is a frequent speaker at NTEN events and has presented at the Inside NGO conference, Non-Profit Risk Management Summit and Credit Builders Alliance Symposium. He is also the session designer and trainer for TechSoup’s Digital Security course.

Join Community IT Innovators’ CTO cybersecurity expert Matt Eshleman for a video discussion of the 10 free cybersecurity risk-management tools available to nonprofits that want to increase security.Matt covers free tools that your organization should be using, how they operate, how to set them up, and how to train your staff to USE them. He also spends time discussing three security tools to pay for, what they do, and why they offer a return on your investment.Community IT Innovators is vendor-agnostic and does not resell vendor services or tools. Join us for this webinar for our un-biased recommendations and overview of the growing market for free and paid security tools for nonprofits.With the “price to hack” continuing to decrease, businesses, nonprofits, and individuals are seeing risks go up. Don’t assume your organization won’t be targeted – everyone is a target of multiplying hacks and scams.There is a 15 minute Q&A following the webinar, with participant questions. As with all our webinars, this presentation is appropriate for an audience of varied IT and security experience.Presenter:As the Chief Technology Officer at Community IT and our resident cybersecurity expert, Matthew Eshleman is responsible for shaping Community IT’s strategy around the technology platforms used by organizations to be secure and productive. With a deep background in network infrastructure, he fundamentally understands how technology works and interoperates both in the office and in the cloud.Matt joined Community IT as an intern in the summer of 2000 and after finishing his dual degrees in Computer Science and Computer Information Systems at Eastern Mennonite University, he rejoined Community IT as a network administrator in January of 2001. Matt has steadily progressed up at Community IT and while working full time received his MBA from the Carey School of Business at Johns Hopkins University.Matt is a frequent speaker at NTEN events and has presented at the Inside NGO conference, Non-Profit Risk Management Summit and Credit Builders Alliance Symposium. He is also the session designer and trainer for TechSoup’s Digital Security course.

A guide from TAG, NetHope, NTEN, and TechSoup looks at how funders can invest in three core elements of digital infrastructure. The post Investing in Digital Infrastructure: A Roadmap for Funders appeared first on Digital Impact.

We know that account compromises are one of the top 5 threats facing nonprofit organizations, and are perhaps the most impactful. Digital credentials, such as usernames and passwords, connect you and your employees to critical business applications, as well as online services. Unfortunately, criminals know this — and that’s why digital credentials are among the most valuable assets found on the Dark Web.In this video we talk about some tools and techniques that can be used to protect your login credentials and digital identity including good password practices, adding Multi Factor Authentication (MFA), and monitoring to alert when a compromised account is found.Don’t assume your organization won’t be targeted – everyone is a target. Don’t miss these 5 security tips to protect your login!As with all our webinars, this presentation is appropriate for an audience of varied IT and security experience.Presenter:As the Chief Technology Officer at Community IT and our resident cybersecurity expert, Matthew Eshleman is responsible for shaping Community IT’s strategy around the technology platforms used by organizations to be secure and productive. With a deep background in network infrastructure, he fundamentally understands how technology works and interoperates both in the office and in the cloud.Matt joined Community IT as an intern in the summer of 2000 and after finishing his dual degrees in Computer Science and Computer Information Systems at Eastern Mennonite University, he rejoined Community IT as a network administrator in January of 2001. Matt has steadily progressed up at Community IT and while working full time received his MBA from the Carey School of Business at Johns Hopkins University.Matt is a frequent speaker at NTEN events and has presented at the Inside NGO conference, Non-Profit Risk Management Summit and Credit Builders Alliance Symposium. He is also the session designer and trainer for TechSoup’s Digital Security course. He presents updated tips to protect your login credentials throughout the year.Matt lives in Baltimore MD with his wife, daughter and son. He is a member of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society and on the support committee of the Reservoir Hill House of Peace.

Today I’d like to take my 14 years experience managing a nonprofits and offer help for leaders in this area. Download the guide at kayhelm.com/npguide.1) A Spirituality of Fundraising, by Henri J.M. NouwenYou can read this through in one sitting. It’s only 50-60 pages. And it deals with the most important part of your fundraising–your mind. So many people start because of passion, but then run into a wall because fundraising feels like begging. So we’ve got to change our mindset. This is a book that invites us to examine our hearts, motives, and methods and align these with God’s word. If you come to me for fundraising coaching, Session One homework is to read this book. 2) FREEDOM Fundraising Framework: 7 Steps to Build and Sustain Your Next Campaign, by Mary ValloniThis book outlines Mary’s FREEDOM Fundraising Framework. Raising funds successfully and consistently requires strategy! The Freedom framework gives you that strategy, from clarifying your mission and message to building and deploying your teams and making your difference! I interviewed Mary in episode 42, and Mary has a podcast called Fundraising Freedom.3) Fully Funded AcademyThis resource is specifically for missionaries raising support. Fully Funded Academy is a monthly membership training program that gives you the clarity and confidence to launch, grow, and scale your financial support base. If you need more 1:1 support, I'm a Fully Funded Certified Coach.4) Cairification, from Claire AxelradThere are really only two blogs you need to follow. The first one is “Clairification” from Claire Axelrad. This blog is a tremendous source of knowledge on all things fundraising and philanthropy. 5) The Storytelling NonprofitThe next blog is the Storytelling Nonprofit, from Vanessa Chase Lockshin. I interviewed Vanessa in episode 27. As the Storytelling Nonprofit, Vanessa’s focus is on recognizing, collecting and telling stories that help donors connect with our cause. 6) GuideStar (now part of Candid)You need to be sure your organization is listed on GuideStar, and that you keep your listing updated each year. This is the place where foundations and funders will look to verify your information, got make sure you are a legit 501c3. So when you apply for a grant, and when you apply to get listed on other nonprofit sites like TechSoup, they need to find you here. 7) TechSoupThis next one will save you TONS of money on software and tech. Do NOT go to sketchy discount software stores where you could end up with pirated software, or malware. Get the real deal. 8) ECFAFor Christian nonprofit organizations, I want to mention ECFA. Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. They produce some of the best resources (books, guides, webinars, and more) to guide your organization in areas of good governance and financial accountability. If you are just beginning the process of starting a nonprofit, start here! Use their resources for building a strong board and organizational structure that will serve you well for many years. Get the nonprofit fundraising guide, at kayhelm.com/npguideSupport the show (https://www.paypal.me/kayhelm)

Engaging Digital Platforms for Nonprofits with Digital Expert Spencer Brooks Spencer Brooks is the Founder & Principal of Brooks Digital, an expert digital firm that empowers health nonprofits to improve the lives of patients. He's helped organizations such as The diaTribe Foundation scale their digital presence from a few thousand annual visitors and subscribers to over 2.5 million visitors and 200,000 subscribers. Spencer's superpower is helping organizations get their complex, difficult-to-use website under control so they can provide the right information to the right person at the right time. Spencer's writing has been featured in publications such as TechSoup and Nonprofit Marketing Guide. He is a sought after speaker on the topics of digital metrics, the patient journey, getting inside the heads of an organization's website visitors, and converting patients to advocates. Spencer lives in the Portland, Oregon area with his wife and 2 children. More about Spencer and his work at https://brooks.digital/ Find data mentioned in the interview at https://brooks.digital/nonprofitexchange/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Community IT presents a discussion of basic IT cybersecurity training for nonprofits’ end users. Learn about common threats and the best techniques for dealing with them. Learn how to balance convenience and security for your staff, so they can follow best practices and be your best defense against hackers and cybercrime.Lots of organizations are rethinking working from home, secure collaboration on slack and zoom, and security on home devices. And as we have seen an uptick on ransomware and phishing schemes, some organizations have rushed to tighten up your security measures.Make your security too rigorous, miscommunicate your objectives, or skimp on training, and your staff will soon be working around your measures, opening your organization back up to the cybersecurity risks you were trying to avoid.Cybersecurity begins with good training. In this webinar, Community IT Innovators’ Cybersecurity expert Matt Eshleman walks you through a typical staff training, explaining what must be included, how to approach building a team ethos, and how often to update/mandate your training and work with HR. Do you need specialized security training for certain roles? Do your executives support and participate in security training? Where do your greatest cybersecurity risks lie?How do you document your training?What apps can make training easier?Matt has worked over the years with many of our clients to implement cybersecurity, and always emphasizes the importance of staff training as the first line of defense. This webinar incorporates material and best practice advice from recent cybersecurity trainings.We know our nonprofits will be called on over the next few years to provide more support to our communities than ever before. Put your best foot forward now with cybersecurity training updates that protect your nonprofit, build your team, and allow you to focus on your mission.As with all our webinars, this presentation is appropriate for an audience of varied IT experience. Presenter:As the Chief Technology Officer at Community IT and our resident cybersecurity expert, Matthew Eshleman is responsible for shaping Community IT’s strategy around the technology platforms used by organizations to be secure and productive. With a deep background in network infrastructure, he fundamentally understands how technology works and interoperates both in the office and in the cloud.Matt joined Community IT as an intern in the summer of 2000 and after finishing his dual degrees in Computer Science and Computer Information Systems at Eastern Mennonite University, he rejoined Community IT as a network administrator in January of 2001. Matt has steadily progressed up at Community IT and while working full time received his MBA from the Carey School of Business at Johns Hopkins University.Matt is a frequent speaker at NTEN events and has presented at the Inside NGO conference, Non-Profit Risk Management Summit and Credit Builders Alliance Symposium. He is also the session designer and trainer for TechSoup’s Digital Security course. He presents updated tips to protect your login credentials throughout the year.Matt enjoys presenting webinars on cybersecurity training for nonprofits. You can access more videos of his past cybersecurity presentations here.

Today's guest is Sheila Warren, Head of Blockchain and Data Policy, and member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum. Sheila began her career as a Wall Street attorney before turning to philanthropy and nonprofit tech over a decade ago. Sheila designed and launched NGO Source, a service focused on international brand-making and most recently served as Vice President of Strategic Alliances and General Counsel for TechSoup, the global social enterprise that has connected civil society organizations around the world with over $9 billion in donated tech-based resources.

TechSoup was the first nonprofit in the US to launch a national direct public offering (DPO). In the year since the launch of this growth capital campaign, they have raised over $8 million, with individual investments ranging from $50 to $1 million. In this episode, Alex Kravitz has a conversation with Rebecca Masisak and Ken Tsunoda about their unique approach to fundraising, lessons they have learned from the experience, and how the DPO has helped TechSoup grow and strengthen their community. Featured Voices: Rebecca Masisak, CEO, TechSoup Ken Tsunoda, VP of Development, TechSoup

In a series of discussions at the University of California Los Angeles Anderson School of Management, hosted by Originate and BCG Digital Ventures, experts comment on "Tomorrow's Technologies." For one on social good, I was invited to moderate. The panelists were: Margret Trilli: President & Chief Investment Officer of Impact Assets Rebecca Masisak: CEO of TechSoup Gunnar Lovelace: Founder, Thrive Market & Founder & CEO, GoodMoney Peter Felix: Director of Inventory Control, Los Angeles Regional Food Bank About Margret Trilli: Margret's 25-year career includes executive leadership, investment and operating roles for large and small companies including Barclays Global Investors/Blackrock and Charles Schwab. Currently, Margret is the President and Chief Investment Officer of ImpactAssets where she recently led the firm through the $1B AUM milestone. ImpactAssets advises philanthropists on their impact investing across the spectrum of asset classes and impact themes. The firm specializes in helping families and foundations set impact and investment strategies and realize them through their donor-advised fund, which is the only donor-advised fund dedicated to the catalyzation of impact investing. Margret graduated from Stanford Graduate School of Business and holds a degree in Economics from University of California Santa Barbara. About Rebecca Masisak: Rebecca sets the strategic direction for TechSoup and provides executive oversight of all aspects of the organization and its global operations. She joined TechSoup in 2001 to launch its e-commerce donation platform, moving the organization from a local Bay Area focus to a national reach. In 2006, she founded the TechSoup Global Network to scale the program’s impact globally. Ms. Masisak became CEO of the organization in 2012, after having served the prior six years as co-CEO. She previously worked as a strategy consultant with Coopers & Lybrand and in leadership roles at several Internet businesses. She holds an M.B.A. from the Columbia University Business School. Ms. Masisak was named one of the Most Influential Women of the Bay Area 2017 by San Francisco Business Times and co-leads the Bay Area Social Enterprise Leadership Forum. About Gunnar Lovelace: Lovelace is an active impact investor and operator focused on creating scalable examples of business as a force for good. His last company Thrive Market has competed successfully in the massive trillion-dollar US grocery market against the likes of Amazon and many others, has millions of users, 700+ employees, raised over 200m and is the first e-commerce company to go zero waste from distribution center to landfill. His new company Good Money is conscious mobile banking where every customer becomes an owner over time. About Peter Felix: Peter Felix is the Director of Inventory Control for the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, a leading Southern California Non-Profit. He has championed the use of technology in supply chain management, finance and constituent relationship management (CRM) to effectively manage the over 85 millions pounds of food received and distributed annually to the food insecure in Los Angeles County. About Originate: Originate designs and builds custom software products that solve complex problems for organizations of all sizes and verticals. Originate is the behind-the-scenes innovation partner behind some of the world’s most recognized blue-chip brands and transformative startups. The company works across diverse sectors including real estate, financial services, retail, consumer goods and more to turn disruptive ideas into business opportunities for clients. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Originate has global presence with offices in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Newport Beach and Berlin. Visit us at www.originate.com, and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn or Instagram. About BCG Digital Ventures: BCG Digital Ventures is a corporate innovation, incubation, and investment firm. They invent, launch, scale, and invest in industry-changing new businesses with the world’s most influential companies. Their diverse, multidisciplinary team of entrepreneurs, operators, and investors work cross-functionally, rapidly moving from paper to product to business in less than 12 months. Founded in 2014 as a subsidiary of Boston Consulting Group, they have Innovation Centers and satellite locations in four continents and continue to expand their footprint across the globe.

In 2012, Congress passed and President Obama signed the JOBS Act, a law that authorized investment crowdfunding. A wide variety of for-profit businesses, many of them having a social mission, have taken advantage of the law to raise money from small investors under either Title III, implemented as Regulation Crowdfunding or Title VI, implemented as Regulation A+. TechSoup is an international nonprofit that helps deliver technology to other nonprofits around the world. This innovative organization is using Regulation A+ to offer securities in the form of low-interest loans to the public. CEO Rebecca Masisak joined me for this conversation to explain important details around the $11.5 million offering. Institutional investors are participating with investments in the millions of dollars. Small investors are participating in increments of just $50. This is an innovative application of the JOBS Act and a rare opportunity for ordinary investors to participate in an impact investment opportunity.

In this full episode of "Exploring Minds", Michele Carroll & Elliot Harmon discuss free speech & "digital rights" in the information age, covering issues such as SESTA/FOSTA, human trafficking, copyright used to censor free speech, and patent trolling. - Elliot is the activism director at EFF. He advocates for free speech and the right to innovate online, with particular emphases on patents, copyright, open access, and Section 230. Before coming to EFF, Elliot served as director of communications at Creative Commons, an organization that helps creators share their works with the public via open copyright licenses. Before that, he worked as a writer and curator for TechSoup, a technology resource for the nonprofit community. He has degrees from the University of South Dakota and the California College of the Arts. - SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/exploringmindsshow FOLLOW ALONG FOR UPDATES AND NEW EPISODES: Discord - https://discord.gg/YhaAcN3 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/exploringmindsshow Twitter - https://twitter.com/ExploreMinds_TV Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/exploreminds_tv/ Website - exploringminds.show — Exploring Minds with Michele Carroll is the online show committed to exploring the world beyond talking points. Thank you for listening! Support the show.

Nonprofit organizations face unique challenges when it comes to technology. Tight budgets and lack of expertise at the senior level result in what some organizations perceive as an inefficient use of tech. In fact, Stanford Social Innovation Review’s recent study of 80 advocacy-oriented nonprofits showed that only 11% of those organizations surveyed thought that they were highly efficient at managing technology. So how can nonprofits benefit from technology and focus on their missions at the same time? Rebecca Masisak, CEO of TechSoup, talks to Nicole Jones about bridging the tech divide for nonprofits, living your values as a leader, and how to balance a need for economic return with social missions. TechSoup is a nonprofit and social enterprise that equips changemakers with transformative technology solutions and skills they need to improve lives globally and locally. While most known for its NGO tech marketplace, which provides eligible organizations with donated and discounted software and training, TechSoup also hosts tech for good meet-ups all over the world, provides courses for nonprofits, streamlines international grantmaking, and works with the community to create social good solutions, among many other things. Since 2001 Rebecca Masisak has been a critical part of growing the portfolio of TechSoup's programs. She speaks about social enterprise, global networks, and data as a resource for civil society. She was awarded the Full Circle Funds prestigious Full Impact award in technology. And in 2017 was named one of the most influential women in business by the San Francisco Business Times. On top of that she was included in the annual list of the 50 most influential leaders in the U.S. nonprofit sector by the NonProfit Times. Share your wisdom and best practices with host Nicole Jones on social media: @kintone on Twitter or via email, at nicole@kintone.com. Read the full show notes for this episode at kintone.com/womendrivingimpact, and find out about how Kintone can change your business for the better at kintone.com.

We attended the http://publicgoodapphouse.org on March 29th, 2019 to learn more about this great event and the showcased apps. Then the organizer, Susan Tenby, the Director of Community + Partnerships for Caravan Studios, a division of TechSoup shared how she organizes these gatherings. 

Steve chats with Jim Lynch, editor of TechSoup for Libraries, about TechSoup’s background and mission, how its programs and services work, and how your library can get involved. Jim Lynch is the editor of TechSoup for Libraries and also a senior writer on nonprofit technology at TechSoup. Over his long career at TechSoup, Jim has … Continue reading 154: Jim Lynch

Rebecca Masisak, CEO of TechSoup, joins hosts Nick Ashburn and Sherryl Kuhlman to discuss how TechSoup organized a nonprofit international network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that provides technical support and technological tools to other nonprofits, and where they see their business growing in the next few years on Dollars and Change. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rebecca Masisak, CEO of TechSoup, joins hosts Nick Ashburn and Sherryl Kuhlman to discuss how the organization offers nonprofits the connections, expertise, and resources needed to leverage technology for social good. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rebecca Masisak is CEO of TechSoup–she sets the strategic direction and provides executive oversight of all aspects of the organization and its global operations. Ms. Masisak joined TechSoup in 2001 to launch its e-commerce donation platform, moving the organization from a local San Francisco Bay Area focus to a national reach. In 2006, she founded...

Rebecca Masisak is the CEO of TechSoup, whose mission is to " build a dynamic bridge that enables civil society organizations and changemakers around the world to gain effective access to the resources they need to design and implement technology solutions for a more equitable planet." TechSoup has long facilitated donations and discounts on software for nonprofits and libraries, but in recent years has added hardware and services to its offerings. Rebecca joins host Steve Boland to talk about a growth plan for TechSoup to meet more of the needs in a broader range of areas by growing their access to capital. A recently partnership with the Nonprofit Finance Fund was one part of the path, and TechSoup is also asking for investment using a Direct Public Offering, which provides both individuals and organizations an opportunity to be part of the growth in their mission work. Rebecca talks about the growth and changes in their software donations and discount program, adding new programs over time, and engaging a larger conversation about using capital for mission growth.

Welcome to episode 117 of the EdTech Situation Room from December 5, 2018, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed the past week's technology news through an educational lens. Topics for the show included Microsoft's embrace of Chromium for their Windows10 web browser, the death of the Edge Browser, best choices on Mac laptops for schools after October's special Apple event, and the perils of YouTube networks for content creators. The recent unfortunate content filtering / inappropriate content access situation on a Chromebook in Ridgewood Schools, New Jersey, reasons most doctors seem to hate their computer systems at work, Rudy Giuliani recent demonstration of Twitter ignorance, and a recent, amazing robot video from Boston Dynamics rounded out the show. We did have some technical glitches for about two minutes in the middle of this show, but that portion has been edited out of the downloadable audio and video versions posted here. Geeks of the week included TechSoup for nonprofits and an excellent podcast series on "The Daily" by the New York Times, "What The West Got Wrong About China." Please follow us on Twitter @edtechSR for updates, and join us LIVE on Wednesday nights if you can (normally) at 10 pm Eastern / 9 pm Central / 8 pm Mountain / 7 pm Pacific or 3 am UTC. All shownotes are available on http://edtechSR.com/links. Next week's show will our holiday "Technology Shopping Cart" episode, check our shownotes for a link to our publicly editable Google Doc so you can share your own holiday tech tips for Santa!

In this episode, Kristina, Ben, and Allison get together after a longer than expected hiatus to discuss all the happenings in the nonprofit world including a new IRS commissioner, updates on government spending bills, new donor disclosure rules, and charitable giving changes in 2018. IS’s Carolyn Mollen and TechSoup’s Chris Worman then join Kristina to discuss FASB’s new accounting rule regarding cloud computer services. Why, you may ask? Because it’s a small but important step to ensuring nonprofits have more flexibility when making key decisions on technology upgrades and implementation. About the Podcast Voices for Good is Independent Sector’s policy podcast for nonprofits, foundations, and anyone advancing the common good.

How can you go wrong trying to stop sex trafficking? FOSTA, that’s how. The Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) tried to fix something that wasn’t broke: under pre-existing law, we already had common sense regulations in place to prosecute online services that facilitated sex trafficking. But perhaps in an effort to appear tough on sex crimes, the US Congress passed additional regulations that are difficult to enforce and possibly even unconstitutional. The result may be more harm that good, robbing sex workers of resources that tools that served to protect them and squelching legitimate online content. I delve into this topic with the EFF’s Elliot Harmon, covering the history of legislation in this area and analyzing the nuances of this tricky area of law. We also explore the political and financial reasons the FOSTA/SESTA bills appeared to have such broad support and how these laws closely parallel copyright enforcement bills. Elliot Harmon is the associate director of activism at EFF. He advocates for free speech and the right to innovate online, with particular emphasis on patents, copyright, open access, and Section 230. Before coming to EFF, Elliot served as director of communications at Creative Commons, an organization that helps creators share their works with the public via open copyright licenses. Before that, he worked as a writer and curator for TechSoup, a technology resource for the nonprofit community. He has degrees from the University of South Dakota and the California College of the Arts. For Further Insight: Website: https://www.eff.org/about/staff/elliot-harmon  Rep Chris Cox on how Section 230 came into being: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBEWXIn0JUY&t=3m55s Why Hollywood might see FOSTA as a step toward a filtered Internet: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/how-fosta-will-get-hollywood-filters-theyve-long-wanted Help me to help you! Visit: https://patreon.com/FirewallsDontStopDragons

We welcome Jeff Porten to the show to talk about his new book, Take Control of Your Productivity.LINKS30% discount on Take Control of Your Productivity@jeffportenSurface GoApple to deploy 1Password to all 123,000 employees, acquisition talks underwayNew MacBook Pros, all with idiotic Touch BarsPICKS OF THE WEEKJeff: G Suite and TechSoup for nonprofitsRob: Duxtop 8100MC 1800W Portable Induction CooktopKirk: Matt Haig: Notes on a Nervous PlanetIan: Kitchen Confidential

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When a member makes a post on your community, there is a status associated with that post. How long they have been a member, how many contributions they have, their reputation, whether or not they are a staff member – all of these things impact their status. While the content of the post may remain the same, the status of the member changes, as their reputation does or they are removed from staff. Still, when you view their post – old, new, good or poor – only their current status tends to be reflected. That’s one of our topics this week, as we celebrate 2 years of the show with Mark Williams. Plus: What community platforms can do to encourage co-creation Why Mark voted to deprioritize community at the company where he works Early gamification systems Our Podcast is Made Possible By… If you enjoy our show, please know that it’s only possible with the generous support of our sponsor: Open Social. Big Quote “[If you are implementing a reputation system,] my first question is, what’s your goal? Why are you doing it? … Often people just say, ‘Oh, we’re doing a reputation system because everybody else is doing it.’ That’s not a goal. Knowing your goal informs your choices and your decisions around what your reputation system should be.” -@mdfw About Mark Williams Mark Williams likes to build things. He has been a developer and a community manager and a number of other things (including sound engineer and producer in developing radio plays that were presented live). Mark ran the community program at a large technology company whose name involves fruit. He’s also run community for a non-profit called TechSoup. Mark is currently running marketing and building community for kaizenOps.io – a small intrapreneur startup inside CA Technologies. Related Links Sponsor: Open Social, community building for nonprofits Mark on Twitter Karn Broad, the show’s producer The Social Element, Higher Logic and Open Social, companies who have sponsored the show For episode #100, we would love to hear how the program has helped you. Maybe it’s a general feeling, a specific lesson, a favorite moment. Record your thoughts and submit them via our contact page or as a voicemail to (252) 558-0130 TechSoup, where Mark was previously community manager kaizenOps.io, an intrapreneur startup with CA Technologies, where Mark is community manager Jive and Lithium, community platforms that Mark has used Lithium’s Tribal Knowledge Base, a “crowd-curated knowledge sharing and management” tool Discourse, a community platform GitHub, a software development platform Wikipedia page for Internet Relay Chat, or IRC, a tool used to power chat rooms Community Signal episode with Rebecca Newton, were we discussed the AOL volunteers lawsuit “Building Web Reputation Systems” by F. Randall Farmer and Bryce Glass Community Signal episode with Randy Farmer SitePoint Forums, an online community Patrick was a staff member on that introduced a reputation ratings system as part of their vBulletin installation Stack Overflow, a community with a reputation and badging system that Mark likes “Introducing Team Discussions” by Katie Sipos on the GitHub blog, tweeted by Mark Transcript View transcript on our website Your Thoughts If you have any thoughts on this episode that you’d like to share, please leave me a comment, send me an email or a tweet. If you enjoy the show, we would be so grateful if you spread the word and supported Community Signal on Patreon. Thank you for listening to Community Signal.

In this episode, we're going to discuss technology stacking, specifically software. Stacking is a way to organize your software planning in such a way that from the very beginning to further down the line, you will not have to rework major parts of your plan due to forgetting important steps.  Let's go to the non-profit in start-up mode. A group of like-minded people working on an idea to better the world.  When the organization doesn't have a 501c3 status yet and is not eligible for offerings via TechSoup, it is also not yet eligible for Google for non-profits, nor for Microsoft Office 365. We'll discuss a path for founders to think through to the end vision. Before one starts the journey and as a result keeping the redo effort to a minimum. It's not always possible that everything is a journey into the unknown, especially in technology, but there are some basic principles that apply when one begins to think about untangling your private information from your organization's business.

We interview Marnie Webb the CEO of Caravan Studios, a division of TechSoup, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Caravan Studios’ collaborative approach uses a theory of technology intervention to allow communities to respond to the issues they care about most. caravan Studios has used this methodology to launch projects in the United States, Brazil, and Qatar. The work they do impacts survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence, youth who are in poverty, immigrant workers, and people who want greater food security. Caravan Studios has received funding from Microsoft Philanthropies, Vodafone Americas Foundation, Humanity United, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, among others.

With a career in online community spanning more than 25 years, including 20+ leading influential online community The WELL and 13 as director of communities for Salon, Gail Ann Williams is a pioneer of our industry. On this episode, the inside stories and lessons that Gail shares, from The WELL, weave together to create an overall theme of how to protect, respect and inform the communities that we serve. Including: The right and wrong ways to close a community Understanding privacy and confidentiality in community spaces What happens when your community software reaches “religious significance” Big Quotes “Cliff Figallo, who hired me at The WELL, said that a community is a complex network of relationships that endure over time, and I found that really profound because that’s one of the differences to me. What makes something a community? Let’s say some people get into an elevator together. You can get really metaphorical and crazy and say this is a family that lasts for three minutes. That’s kind of nonsense. I don’t know what kind of elevator rides you usually have, but there’s a point where you need to have time and you need to have a complex relationship, and I think part of that is that there needs to be an ability for some people to go deeper and know each other much better than others. It’s really important to have sort of key people who anchor the conversation with different kinds of degrees of connection to one another, because that’s what makes the community, and that’s what makes it feel like it’s a place, like a town where some of the people have very complex close relationships and others just like kind of live there and say hi when they go by in the street.” -@wellgail “A couple years after I joined Salon, Table Talk, which was an amazing, huge forum site and free and not paying for itself, in an ad situation, was just something that was very familiar to a lot of people. One day, [I was told,] ‘Hey, I think we’re going to close Table Talk on Monday,’ and I’m like, ‘No, we don’t do this. We don’t close a community with no notice.’ [They said,] ‘It’ll be less traumatic for people. It’s kind of like pulling a bandage off.’ No, it doesn’t work that way.” -@wellgail “As consumers in online communities, we need to start asking people who run the community, when you close, how do I export my data? When you close, how do I contact all of my contacts and tell them where I want to go and find out where we’re going to be talking about where we land off your site? Where do we talk elsewhere? I’ve gone through this. I think many of us have.” -@wellgail “Maybe [efforts to save online communities] don’t matter to ownership groups, but they should. I mean, this is your legacy. These are the people who trusted you, and if they can pull it together and keep it going as a membership operation, then you as the founder or you as the current steward of that community, I think you’re kind of obligated to cheer them on and support them to the degree that you can. … It’s not mandated by capitalism. It’s got to come from a sense of actual community responsibility to other humans and actually understanding the value and importance of what we do.” -@wellgail “In the original software, [when a post was hidden on The WELL,] you would see something that said ‘censored.’ It was a little bit dramatic. That was something that we changed to say ‘hidden.’ It’s hidden. That’s the language we use. If you think it’s censorship, go ahead and bring that up, but let’s not tell everybody it’s censorship from the get-go. They might [recognize something was wrong with their post]. It might not be a fight. … Let’s be neutral, let’s not start fights we don’t have to, in the software itself.” -@wellgail “People would be very open in confiding in one another and then saying, ‘Wow, if my boss ever read this, I’d be fired.’ And you’re thinking, ‘Okay, some people here don’t like you. Your boss could pay $15 for one month, get in here, and see this.’ The people who don’t like you, if they’re really mean, they could tell your boss to sign up, and they’re still not personally releasing your material. But you’re making all these assumptions. Don’t put yourself at that much risk.” -@wellgail About Gail Ann Williams Gail Ann Williams is a collaboration and problem-solving fanatic. A professional in the online community sector since 1991, when she became the conferencing manager at The WELL, Gail set out to solve nitty-gritty puzzles of how social networking can best work in our lives, and how online community toolsets and practices can work better. Her stewardship of that legendary community space, through two decades of challenge and community drama, led to a deepening of both idealism and practical skepticism. Now she primarily consults with media, storytelling and social sites. Gail especially enjoys overall strategic planning for new ventures along with practical problem-solving for those that are choosing or evolving the most appropriate tools and cultural norms for their members. She also writes for craft beer publications and is a certified beer judge. Related Links Gail’s website The WELL, influential online community launched in 1985, which Gail led from 1991 through 2012 Salon Media Group, best known for Salon, where Gail was director of communities for 13 years, when the company owned The WELL Gail’s user page on The WELL “Terse outline” of Gail’s “On Being in the Community Business” presentation at 1994’s IEEE conference TechSoup, formerly Compumentor, who sent a volunteer to the nonprofit arts group where Gail worked to help them setup a modem, helping to facilitate her discovery of The WELL Google search for “ecology,” the first definition of which reminds Patrick of community Cliff Figallo, who hired Gail at The WELL John Coate, employee #2 at The WELL and “the first online community manager” The WELL: A Story of Love, Death & Real Life in the Seminal Online Community by Katie Hafner “The Epic Saga of The WELL” by Katie Hafner for Wired Bruce Katz, former owner of The WELL “Salon Magazine Buys a Virtual Community” by The Associated Press Stewart Brand and Larry Brilliant, co-founders of The WELL “Users Bet $400,000 on The WELL, an Original Online Hangout” by Don Clark for The Wall Street Journal, about Salon Media Group selling The WELL to a group of community members Cindy Jeffers, former CEO of Salon Media Group, who opted to sell The WELL shortly after joining the company Pete Hanson, long time developer at The WELL, who Gail describes as one of the community’s “champions” “Au Revoir, Table Talk” by Mary Elizabeth Williams for Salon, about Salon’s closure of their Table Talk community Fotolog, a photo sharing site “It’s Time for Online Community Software to Allow Members to Download Their Content” by Patrick Community Signal episode about IMDb’s message board closure ipernity, a photo sharing site used by Gail’s mother Wikipedia page for PicoSpan, the software that powers The WELL “Don’t Piss in The WELL” by Earl Vickers, a folk song about The WELL “Online Community Building Concepts” by Gail (written in 1994) Transcript View the transcript on our website Your Thoughts If you have any thoughts on this episode that you’d like to share, please leave me a comment, send me an email or a tweet. If you enjoy the show, we would be grateful if you spread the word. Thank you for listening to Community Signal.

Daniel Ben-Horin was elected as a Senior Fellow for his work as a leading social entrepreneur by Ashoka, the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network awarded him its Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Nonprofit Times included him on its annual list of “50 Most Influential People in the Nonprofit Sector Whether you have resources to give or solutions you need to get, TechSoup facilitates the exchange. A trusted partner for nearly three decades, TechSoup provides both the digital platforms and in-person experiences that enable people to work together toward a more equitable world.

Method to the Madness host Lisa Kiefer interviews Rebecca Masisak, CEO of the non-profit, TechSoup Global, whose mission is to connect fellow non-profits with tech products and services to help enable social change.TRANSCRIPTSpeaker 1:Method to the madness is next. And your listening to method to the madness and biweekly public affairs show Speaker 2:k a l ex Berkeley celebrating bay area innovators. I'm your host, Lisa Kiefer. And today I'm interviewing Rebecca Massa sac, the CEO of tech soup global connecting NGOs and nonprofits around the world with the right technology [00:00:30] to enable social change. Tell us what is tech super tech Speaker 3:soup global. A tech soup is a nonprofit social enterprise that's dedicated to increasing the capacity of those working for good in the world and civil society and the social sector, often nonprofits in libraries. And how do you do that? I think of you as a platform. You're reenacting two groups. That's right. We do a lot of different activities, but we, they're all driven by an engine that's really a platform for matching resources for nonprofits, [00:01:00] a lot of it technology at present, uh, provided by technology corporations and then matching that to 700,000 organizations around the world doing great work. Besides nonprofits, are there other organizations? It's generally in nonprofits, NGOs, charities, there are of course a lot of different names for people doing public benefit work. Um, and then also libraries, public libraries. Well, let's back up a little bit because I understand that it was started from a $2,500 grant in 1987 by Daniel Ben Horan. Speaker 3:Correct. Who was the original [00:01:30] founder. He's still on board. He's very active in the organization. He's his, he's now his role as the chief instigator. So he's still kind of watching out for the culture and also guiding the vision in many ways. Great. Because his vision was to bring these two groups, these computer savvy people together with groups that need computers and didn't have the savvy. That's right. Back in 1987 he was a part of the, well, the online community and he noticed that there were these, a technical people who kind of really wanted to contribute back to society [00:02:00] and were excited by technology. And he also noticed that his activist friends, he had a, he was a journalist by background. He noticed that they really needed help with technology. And in some cases he was also being contacted by journalists, friends who were doing reviews of software and saying, well, we've got three or four copies. Speaker 3:These could go to some good use for somebody working at a nonprofit, but we don't know how to find those nonprofits. And so that was how we got the idea to really match mentors for technology with nonprofits in the bay area who needed that help. Okay. And you came in in 2001 [00:02:30] and really broadened this vision. Can you talk about what you did once you came in as an innovator? Wow. That kernel, the idea led to the, that sort of happening at the same time as the expansion of the worldwide web and this thing called e-commerce. And so at the time in the year 2000, the leadership, including Daniel, had the notion of really scaling a platform and ecommerce platform that would help in Khan technology, philanthropy, reach many, many more organizations. There was really no vision at that time to go global. It was, it was [00:03:00] meant to be a national service. Speaker 3:Uh, and so, uh, they had the foresight to realize that they needed to hire a professional and experienced business management as well to work with the nonprofit teams. And so, uh, that I was brought in then with a number of critical hires, um, one of whom was our business development director who went out and did a lot of good deals to bring more technology corporations into the platform and agreed to do it this way. They're, they're in kind philanthropy. And then I was the person who had that kind of general management experience at running a scaled [00:03:30] ecommerce business. And uh, and so that's, that's how I happened to join the organization. Quite an honor. You want a big bid to expand this from? I believe you created NGO source out of this? We did, although that was much later. That was in 2008. We first, as I say, launched as a, uh, US-based service. Speaker 3:And we got a lot of demand from, I had nonprofits in Canada calling me or, or the person we were working with at Cisco to help them administer their donation program saying, [00:04:00] oh, can you help this hospital in Serbia? And so we were, we were interested in helping, but we also realized what we were good at and what we weren't good at. And so we knew that we needed people with local knowledge, both of the structures of the sector and also how to help reach organizations, how to market to them and help them get educational resources and support together with the technology itself, whether it was software or hardware or services. And so that, that first kind of colonel, there was two to go global. So, so we started a model to [00:04:30] expand that through NGO partnerships. Now we have 65 of those around the world and we serve 236 countries and territories, uh, with those product donation programs, many of whom we have more than a hundred corporations who donate in this manner. Speaker 3:And many of those partners that we work with on the NGO side also find donors locally. Walk me through a typical us and global client who needs your product. Okay. So on the corporate donor side, we typically work with technology corporations who want to [00:05:00] um, or will more than willing to help nonprofits either have a full donation of their, uh, software or or hardware or who have special charity offers for them, but need to reach them, need to find them and also need some times to help them understand and optimize the use of the technology. I mentioned there were about a hundred of those kinds of corporate relationships that we have, many of whom we've been working with for years in a real partnership model. And they include names like Microsoft and Google and semantic and Adobe and Cisco and bit defender [00:05:30] and lots of very big names. Speaker 3:So, so the way that it works for the nonprofit side is that they can come to one place, whether they're in the u s or in another country, they're going to come to a website that's localized for them. So it'll be in their language. And, and their, their description of whatever the structures are legally and so forth. And um, they will read information about what is available to, to them in the catalog of offers that, that uh, I was just mentioning from the corporate side. So they'll register in one place, we will validate their public [00:06:00] benefits status, gather a little bit of information necessary for eligibility, and then they can effectively kind of shop for, uh, anything that's available to them in one place as opposed to the old world before techsoup existed where they might've thought that they, they weren't even sure what they needed say to put a website together or they might've thought to themselves, why we need this product from Adobe, but we don't know who to talk to at Adobe. Speaker 3:And they might've had to make several phone calls and it might've been someone at Adobe as an individual who wanted to help them but also didn't have [00:06:30] really the process or resources to actually make it happen. They wouldn't know is this a legitimate organization? Then they'd have to go to shipping and Bega favor to, to send a product and so forth. And what techsoup offers as a solution kind of closes that gap because we make it easy for the corporate organization to really reach more and more nonprofits. They're very happy to do that. As long as those supports, support and administration structures are in place for them. And we give them reports and lots of good stories from the nonprofits that help them understand [00:07:00] the impact of their work. And then on the nonprofit side, it just makes it a lot easier for them to get a, you know, first rate of quality products. Speaker 3:So validation is a big thing that you do. So we have a, um, a legal team and some of this work has been done with the leading foundations in the country as well as with the corporate donors that I just talked about on the [inaudible] side to really define who is a public benefit organization, a nonprofit organization in each country. And we've done that for, for all of these countries and [00:07:30] territories. Somebody actually go out to these places. The research and so forth is done ahead of time when that documentation is created. Then when we have to use that, it's happening in an online process but with local support. And then there are also centralized experts reviewing things. And so the, the way that that works say a for you talked about NGO source. So NGO sources is a type of validation service. It was um, generated in partnership with the council on foundations and as you mentioned, there was a, a bid [00:08:00] for that service in 2008 an RFP that was put out in tech soup one that and has since launched and created that service. Speaker 3:And the way that works is some maybe will make sense to a US audience is kind of like a turbo tax method, but for the NGOs. So this is for us cash grant makers who want to make sure that they have this process of equivalency determination, which is a type of very high powered validation if you will, to determine that that organization that they're going to give a cash grant to really meets all of the requirements [00:08:30] of the five Oh one C3 internal revenue service documentation. And so what will have to happen there is that the organization will have to have some documentation translated and know that they have a disillusion clause. You know, their bylaws will have to be shared their financials for several years. We'll have to be shared. It's quite involved and it's a bit overwhelming. If you're an NGO working in Kenya, you may not really have any idea what all of those things are that you're being asked for. Speaker 3:So this little TurboTax kind of application allows them to see what they need to collect [00:09:00] and know where they are in the process, uh, ask questions locally if somebody's in their time zone or close to their time zone in their language in order to complete that process. And so we then provide that information back to the grant maker. And furthermore, that certificate goes into a repository so that if the Ford Foundation or the Rockefeller Foundation or the gates foundation wants to also make a grant to that same organization, they can rely on that same documentation. And the NGO doesn't have to do it more than once, which is the way it's used to us. So you're saving time and saving money. [00:09:30] What does techsoup get from these two sides of the equation? So, so tech soup gets the, the mission benefit of course, of building this capacity. The model is also a social enterprise, which makes it very sustainable. Speaker 3:And that was quite an innovation that the organization came up with even prior to my joining the organization, but just been quite successful, which is this administrative fee model. So what happens is when a nonprofit or NGO comes to one of these sites to register and look for what's available for [00:10:00] them, they pay a small fee to do that. And that covers the administrative costs and uh, allows us to provide lots of benefit back to them. We keep reinvesting those fees and webinars and articles and local events and kind of resources, GE software and exactly. And on average an organization gets about $17,000 retail value of technology from us. And in a given year, the average Ben that an organization has to make with techsoup is about $150. That's great. So, [00:10:30] so it's, it's really worth it to them. Even the smallest organizations have an information technology budget around $10,000 a year. Speaker 3:So have you been monitoring the efficiencies? I mean, this is a lot of data. That's right. So strategically we realize that that data and information is more and more valuable. Um, you know, we've recently added Amazon web services to the, the catalog of offers and they have a big vision along with many others around finding nonprofits in, in other parts of the world. You know, we've done that with Google [00:11:00] as well. So that data and information on where nonprofits are, what they're doing is very, very hard to come by. When you think about gps data, there's nothing like a satellite infrastructure and a gps coordinate that is the same everywhere in the world. How people describe those kinds of organizations has a lot of historical roots and maybe a totally different kind of legal structure in each country. Um, not to mention the fact that you've got a lot of closing spaces and civil society around the world. Speaker 3:So you've got to really behave a little bit differently in this space. So that data [00:11:30] has tremendous value and we want to unleash that for lots of people who want to do good in terms of providing resources and programs to support good work and important work in the world. Do you let your partners talk to one another? Say there's an NGO in Africa that wants to talk to a nonprofit in the u s that has a similar problem or they have a solution to their problem and, and we, and we do, we do do some of that sharing and we have some forums for them to connect as well, which they do find very valuable. Um, I think there's a lot more potential for us [00:12:00] to do more of that video opportunities to communicate not only with you and your staff but amongst themselves. Yeah, we have some um, interesting projects going on around the world often which are grant supported. Speaker 3:So in Mozambique for example, we have some e-learning projects going on where we're, we're just really trying to help people do exactly what you just said, create small videos for things that they're doing, the work they're working on and sharing that with others and really leveraging what each has. It's a visual world now and in order to know what's [00:12:30] going on remotely, I mean I liked the story you want to, you want to save them their story. Absolutely. We have a digital storytelling contest as story makers going on right now on techsoup.org based in the u s although we will have international coverage as well. And it is exactly this type of thing. We've got training about how to tell your story and how to create true video and we will have awards at the end of that. And so we do campaigns and things like that as well. Speaker 3:You provide grant writing services. We don't really provide grant writing services, but we do have a lot of content [00:13:00] and technology that helps you manage your fundraising and grants. Um, so that's definitely the number one topic. When you uh, survey, uh, nonprofits, non profit use you guys over just using a cloud based about 40% of our catalog is cloud-based offers as well. So we have a lot of cloud services. Obviously the, the, what's happening with technology in the world is changing quite a lot and so we have to remain relevant to the nonprofits who, who come to tech soup. And so we won't be asking [00:13:30] them to take up offers that we don't think are good offers for them. But we also want them to make their decisions about what makes sense for them. If they are an existing organization who has databases and perhaps applications that they need to use on servers, they may decide this is really how they need to support it. Speaker 3:For now. They may have reasons for doing that might not be optimal from a pure technologist point of view, but it might be right for them. Other organizations who are smaller or starting new projects or efforts surely should be thinking very seriously about [00:14:00] the cloud and how this might change their approach to things. And so we are covering all of those bases with, in other words, you know, for a small fee you're keeping up to date on everything. Whereas in a nonprofit or NGO, they don't have time or staff to do that. Right. The barriers and challenges are different. You know, in the, in when we first started, the barrier was the price of the license of the software. In a way we would go out and and have, you know, technologists do a plan for the nonprofit for technology, but then they couldn't get any of the products. Speaker 3:They couldn't get any grant funding for the technology. [00:14:30] Right. Today the barriers are different. It's relatively easy to go get an application sign up to a subscription. Perhaps that's fairly affordable, but that's not really what it takes to use technology well. And effectively. So you still have to change people's behavior. You might have to migrate data into that. It might change the way you do things, plus you have to make a selection. A couple of years ago I was just struck, I went to the nonprofit a technology conference and there were probably 200 so-called CRM customer relationship management offers there. And [00:15:00] so the question is how would you decide which one to take? And I think there's a lot of that going on in the cloud space and it's just changing. There's a lot of complexities to consider. Most a nonprofit organizations do not have a professional technology team. Speaker 3:They may in fact have a really bright technologist, um, but they also may have a very limited understanding of the board and senior management level of some of these choices. They're all hearing those buzzwords. We should think about our data, big data, we should think about cloud, but they don't necessarily [00:15:30] know how to, how to apply that to their organizations. With success, you've uncovered a lot of efficiencies in that arena. And with that data, is there anything that you've discovered that was a surprise to you from your users? If I'm surprised by anything. Um, it's, you know, kind of my original surprise and joining the sector was how amazing the organizations are and the people and the work that goes on in the world and how important it is and how under visible it is, if I can say it that way and also how unconnected they are. Speaker 3:You know, and I think back to [00:16:00] your point, I think this opportunity for us to have a lot more network effect and the work we've done to date, um, I think there are so many more resource needs we can help meet with this matching platform in the realm of technology for sure. But certainly well beyond that to connect them with skilled volunteers is because there has to be some overlap in some of these NGOs that are doing the same thing and the different countries and most definitely even in one county to another in the state. Some, they probably don't even know that they exist because they're busy doing important work every day. We've done, um, through our caravan studios [00:16:30] subsidiary, we've done a lot of work with domestic violence shelters in the state of California where instead of sort of endless, if you're familiar with the term hackathons and lists, kind of just bring the technologists in a room per day and they'll, they'll develop something quick as an application. Speaker 3:We found that that's good but it doesn't get lasting support. It isn't really owned, it doesn't really solve the problem. So we brought together the practitioners in a innovation kind of workshop environment to get them to talk about not technology cause they don't know technology, but really what they're [00:17:00] trying to do and what issues they face. And then for us to go with them and others to think more about the, the applications and we've put together several applications. I'm safe night being one of them. That is a kind of application that for example helps them find beds for people when they run out of beds in their supply of shelter by allowing individuals like us to sign up with our credit card and be pinged at the point when someone needs a bed to say, yes, I'll go ahead and cover that application space technology. Speaker 3:It is and [00:17:30] and so that sort of community of bringing people together and helping them understand that they're all solving the same problem instead of them developing, you know, 20 different apps and getting grants do that separately. This is the way to do it and leverage each other's talent. How were you drawn to this sector? I mostly had a, a corporate career, small business and large corporation and I was on the board of Performing Arts workshop in San Francisco for six years, but I really did not have experience in the sector. My husband saw an ad on craigslist for this ecommerce manager position at [00:18:00] an organization called complimenter, which became now techsoup global and thought, wow, you're skills would be great here because I had just been working in a internet company and so I interviewed and got the job offer, thought the plan and vision was interesting and um, thought I would maybe work here for six months and here it is 14 years later. Speaker 3:It's amazing. Yeah. To date we've distributed five point $6 billion worth of technology through this process. Billion. Billion. Yeah. And we have reached 730,000 [00:18:30] nonprofit organizations in the world. No one knows how many there are actually there, there really is no, you know, comprehensive data. But the estimates from Johns Hopkins are about 10 million across the world. So include NGOs. Yes. So when I, when, when the terminology is another thing that's so difficult about our space, cause there isn't really, you know, you can say the word corporation and you kind of understand what it means. It's, it's much more difficult in this space. So when I say NGOs, I'm using that term really broadly. So nonprofits, NGOs, social benefit [00:19:00] organizations for the most part, uh, charities, those are all the same from how we think about it. And sometimes we use the term social benefit organization, but it's not really a legal term. Speaker 3:And some people call them civil society organizations or community organizations. So there's still a lot of growth in this area, I assume. Absolutely. As the need grows bigger. Uh, how NGOs and nonprofits are using this technology now. It's not just their back office enterprise kind of functions, which of course they still need email and so forth, but they also are using it very much in their programming. [00:19:30] They're using it to help parents of autistic children be able to visually see the progress that they don't always get to witness themselves. You know, when you see those things, you're so moved by it. I, I, every time I'm out in the community and have an opportunity to see how technology makes a difference in the work, I'm, I just want to go back and work harder at this kind of infrastructure stuff we do in the center. Speaker 3:But that really enables to make things nonprofit sector to me a little more vibrant. I think I have this idea of stodginess I, and [00:20:00] you use that word stodgy. So I need to just say, I guess I disagree a little bit with you maybe and maybe because I have more visibility. I think that there are a lot of reasons for things being more complex and difficult in the sector. I think sometimes, um, you're, when you're on the business side or the corporate side, you can, that can look to you like stodginess. Um, I'm not saying that there are high performing nonprofits and you know, everywhere, of course just like businesses, they're not all high performing in every way, but sometimes there really are [00:20:30] reasons for the complexity that they face. And so I, I find myself every once in a while kind of longing for the simplicity of business decisions that are just not that simple when you're mission-based and when you have to be driven by those things. Speaker 3:And it's not as simple as saying is, is this a market when we're going to a country, you know, we can't just say, is there, are there enough NGOs here to really sustainably support this service? From an economic point of view, we also have to look at the need there. You know, if you're working in the Ukraine, it's very hard to work there and be effective, but [00:21:00] doesn't mean that they don't have a great need and even a greater need than many other places for strong civil society. So we don't want to make all of our decisions just based on economics either. But of course we need to make it work and, and survive as an organization and a community resource. So, so it's quite complicated. But I do think that there's a lot of kind of excitement and creativity around what technology can do. Speaker 3:And I think that where there isn't excitement about that there might be excitement about the cause and the work that they do. And I think that organizations [00:21:30] and people who are doing, who are on that side of the equation, um, are really open when, when people do come to them with ideas or ways that they can use technology to do something in a better way, in a more efficient way or more creative way, they're not resistant to it in general. It's just that the doing of it is, is complex. Speaking of complexity, how do you manage this technology across the globe? So we have NGOs or nonprofits who are partners of tech soup and who run the tech soup program in their country or [00:22:00] their region. When we started, we allowed the partner to choose between calling it tech soup if they wanted to or calling it something that was in partnership with tech soup. Speaker 3:And so that people were familiar with it, people were familiar with their, and so we have a mix of things across the network. Um, but we have a lot, quite a lot of countries, tech soup, New Zealand, you know, their techsoup, Japan, there are quite a lot of them that are using uh, the tech suit name. For some they're, they're still using something that's in partnership with tech soup. There's a lot of diversity in this, this partner network. And you know, our French partner [00:22:30] does a lot with refurbishing mobile technologies. For example, our Swedish partners, very big in volunteering for example. So we've got different kinds of knowledge across the network. You're in San Francisco. We started in San Francisco and we do have a team, a large team in San Francisco, but we are in many other places as how many employees? Approximately about 200. And when you count the, the, the employees that are part of the nonprofit network that I've, or our partner network that I've mentioned, that's probably another 75 employees or so who really focused on texted programs [00:23:00] around the world. Speaker 3:I can see why people would become interested in, in this data that you're collecting. This network is a very powerful construct. They run the program locally. It's a social enterprise. The monies are collected locally for the part that is, is a service paid for and shared. And that's how that works. But we also think together, we also pursue opportunities together and we make decisions together about priorities and strategies and so forth. And it's a big collaboration that is, I call it a marriage. Sometimes, you know, it's, it's um, a things are defined because there are times when we're [00:23:30] rolling out something for Microsoft or Google Type Corporation where we have to do the same thing exactly the same way in 68 countries on day one or when we're running something like NGO source through the network there, there's not a lot of leeway for people to do things in different ways. Speaker 3:You have to exactly the process as it is. But when we're running things like local community events or projects like we have in the Balkans, in central new eastern Europe, uh, transparency, he is a project there, which is everyone putting their applications in one place that they've developed around transparency [00:24:00] so that other people can learn about this projects and use them and so forth. So it's simply a website exchange for that. Well, we can do that in lots of different ways. Or Our NetSquared program, which is organized by people around the world who just raised their hand and say, I'm really interested in helping people connect with social issues and technology. And at the intersection there we give them lightweight support in terms of here are some ideas we, we help them get together and talk to each other. And in some cases we might give them ideas for programming, but often it's just what is driven by what they are [00:24:30] interested in locally and with their audiences interested in. Speaker 3:And so we can allow for this both, you know, hyper localization and lots of diversity and, and capture that so others can learn and we can see network effect from that. And we can also do things in this very controlled one way everywhere type of west. The government approached you with any requests for information. This is good data. We haven't been approached for one of these sort of mandatory data sharing type things. You know, we're very mindful of um, you know, being in compliance and, and following privacy laws and [00:25:00] Patriot Act checking where required and things like this. So we do have those things built into the service as well. Um, but we have been approached by government agencies about helping them work better and more effectively with civil society and giving more of a voice to the civil society actors and in some cases using technology to do that. Speaker 3:And I think that's really exciting. We have yet to really have any of those become something at scale. Uh, but we've got a number of promising and interesting conversations going on that we hope to be a part of in a useful role as a partner. Where [00:25:30] is techsoup global going to be in five years? A few years back, you know, we'd set a goal. I had said we will be in a hundred countries by 2015 and, and I think that a lot of times the staff at techsoup will kind of say, wow, we, you know, we blew right by that. But are you at now 236 countries and territories. But where we're going is to try to deepen what we can offer in each of those geographies and broaden, I should say. So that will be technology resources cause we don't have the same resources available everywhere today. Speaker 3:I'm an example of what you mean by deepening [00:26:00] the technology. So the broadening would be having more things in our own catalog, but also other kinds of offers that I'll talk about in a minute. And the deepening would be having the, the education and the kind of local events or connection to volunteers or training or services consultants that will actually help them be able to use some of the technology that might be relatively easy to get in some ways. But I'm not so easy to implement and optimize. The other part of what we'll do is we'll try to take the same engine, the same matching engine [00:26:30] and platform and help those, uh, nonprofits who are signed up for it really shine and be presented to many other players who might want to connect with them. And that might be a people who have corporate programs. For example, we recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Benevity who is one of the leading solutions for corporate giving, working with, I think about 190 corporations. Speaker 3:So working with lots of very big employee giving programs. I think about 12 million kind of vet these [00:27:00] places. That's right. The part of the issue is the, are they a valid organization, do they meet our requirements? And the other part of it's just reaching them, being able to reach them and being able to dialogue with them about offers that are available and getting them to, to be interested in it. So, you know, sometimes we think we've scaled and sometimes I say we've just scratched the surface of scale. There's so much more we can do and it's exciting and we really have the energy to do it and so and so. That's really, we won't stop doing the things we're doing, but we will, we'll really try to, as I say, deepen them and fill them out [00:27:30] in, in the countries where they're, they're a lot lighter right now I understand that you got a very prestigious award. Speaker 3:Full Circle Fund gave us some recognition and yes, I did get an award. The impact that that texts who has had is to really have made this a pie of resources around technology bigger for everybody. You know, I think that that the, the technology corporations we work with are doing more with their products and more interesting things with their product philanthropy because techsoup is a partner they can work with. We leverage their [00:28:00] resources and they're able to leverage what we've put together to effectively reach NGOs. And a lot of them will say that and recognize that benefit. Um, a lot of it is the validation, but some of it is also just our ability to be trusted by the community and work well with the community. Also from the point of view of the, the nonprofits who was really our primary audience, right. I feel like they would and do say when we survey them that we have really been a game changer for them. Speaker 3:They are so emotional when they talk about the resources we've brought the, [00:28:30] the, the people at the organizations who really engage around this. Um, I remember CIO for a New Jersey State police association saying that every dollar he saves by getting technology through Techsoup, he's able to, his, his management has agreed he can put into at risk youth, um, programs. And so, so there's a lot of creative things happening out there for people who are, you know, looking at this as a way to save but also a way to do better things. And um, you know, that kind of passion and emotion that comes from the community [00:29:00] I think unleashes all kinds of excellent benefit for the world. And so, uh, I think our impact is felt kind of in what we enable there and that passion and the impact of the work they do. So, uh, on the side of helping the corporations do good and find more creative ways and more scaled ways of doing more and more. Speaker 3:So if somebody wanted to get ahold of you and learn more about techsoup global, how would they do that? You can visit the website, the techsoup global website for a good overview of everything that we do. And you can go from there to, there's [00:29:30] a, there's a page where you can pick your country. If you're, you're, I'm not US-based in the u s you could go to techsoup.org and then you would see kind of the resources specifically available here. And, uh, we, we also, I'm happy to be contacted directly to, um, I'm just rebecca@techsoup.org and I'm happy to, you know, guide the question to the right point of, uh, or person within the organization if somebody wants to understand something more. That's great. Rebecca, thank you so much for being on the program. Well, thank you very much for having me. Speaker 1:You've been listening [00:30:00] to method to the madness. We'll be back again in two weeks at the same time. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join us for a special storytelling event as a part of TechSoup's Storymakers month! This session will feature our own Free Library's Maker Jawn, a project-based creative program for our community. Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA (map) Maker Jawn aims to provide a unique space for community members in North Philadelphia Free Libraries, where self-directed experimental and experiential learning is promoted through a focus on creativity, critical thinking and skill-building. In this fun and interactive workshop, we'll learn: • basic elements of storytelling • how to craft our own stories, using an example • how to animate our stories • and how storytelling can help causes Maker Jawn will also share examples of member stories, so we can see storytelling in action. After this month's meetup, you'll be ready to share stories yourself – whether they're your organization's story, your volunteers', your clients', or your own.

Special Edition of the Nonprofit Coach with Ted Hart Radio Show is dedicated to Greening the Nonprofit World. Bringing expert advice to the nonprofit sector and drawing from the Nonprofit Guide to Going Green helping nonprofits green their efforts and carbon footprint, shows nonprofit executives proactive steps they can take to protect the environment and helps charities on the path to becoming a certified Green Nonprofit from GreenNonprofits.org THE GREEN SHOW delivers a timely and essential call to GREEN action for this new century. Page 2 Expert: Jim Lynch, Co-Director GreenTech & Electronics Recycling & Reuse Programs. Over the last 10 years, Jim has helped coordinate and develop the electronics reuse field in the United States. Over his long career at TechSoup Global, Jim Lynch has been involved in creating all of TechSoup's environmental programs. Mr. Lynch leads TechSoup Global's work to develop the computer refurbishment and reuse field and is a member of the UN StEP Initiative Reuse Task Force. He works in the Community Driven Innovation team at TechSoup Global.

This podcast is a departure from the dispersed software development teams I usually cover. I interviewed Susan Tenby and Jessica Dally of TechSoup, a nonprofit focused on providing other nonprofits...

Click here for the RADIO LINKS Click here for People to People Fundraising.org Click here to Promote your Service or Organization He lectures around the world but now is here for you. From the latest in charity news, technology, fundraising and social networking, Ted Hart and his guests help you maneuver through this economic downturn in the charitable sector to greater levels of efficiency and fundraising success. PAGE 2 GUEST EXPERTS: Anna Jaeger and Jim Lynch. Anna Jaeger is the Founder and Co-Director of the GreenTech Initiative (www.techsoupglobal.org/greentech) at the nonprofit TechSoup Global. GreenTech’s mission is to help nonprofits and libraries reduce their environmental impact through the effective use of technology. Jim Lynch is TechSoup Global’s co-director of GreenTech along with Anna Jaeger and is also TechSoup’s long-time director of computer recycling and reuse programs. During his 14 years at TechSoup, Jim has helped develop all of TechSoup’s environmental programs, consulted on the development of several computer recycling & reuse centers, and designed in cooperation with Microsoft, the Community Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher (MAR) Program.  

Click here for the RADIO LINKS Click here for People to People Fundraising.org Click here to Promote your Service or Organization   He lectures around the world but now is here for you. From the latest in charity news, technology, fundraising and social networking, Ted Hart and his guests help you maneuver through this economic downturn in the charitable sector to greater levels of efficiency and fundraising success. PAGE 2 GUEST EXPERTS: Gayle Samuelson Carpentier, Chief Business Development Officer at TechSoup Global and Jane Zhang from Tech Soup Canada. TechSoup.org offers nonprofits a one-stop resource for technology needs by providing free information, resources, and support. They also offer a product philanthropy service called TechSoup Stock. With TechSoup Stock, nonprofits can access donated & discounted technology products, generously provided by technology partners.

He lectures around the world but now is here for you. From the latest in charity news, technology, fundraising and social networking, Ted Hart and his guests help you maneuver through this economic downturn in the charitable sector to greater levels of efficiency and fundraising success. PAGE 2 GUEST EXPERT: Danielle Brigida works as the Social Media Outreach Coordinator for the National Wildlife Federation. She actively engages a wide range of constituents using a mixture of online tools and social networking sites. An early adopter of social media with creative, engaging campaigns, Danielle has been recognized as: 10 Green Women We Love by Greenopia; one of the 75 Environmentalists to follow by Mashable; Top 50 green people to follow on Twitter by Greenopolis; A featured Changemaker by Change.org; A Measurement Maven of the Month by Katie Paine. Danielle is a sought after speaker with more than 20 appearances over the past year including speaking roles at South by Southwest (SXSW), Nonprofit Technology Conference, Netroots Nation, and IPR Measurement Summit conferences and conducting social media webinars for Chronicle of Philanthropy, Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network, Bizsummit, TechSoup and Fundraising Success Magazine. Additionally, Danielle has been interviewed about her social media successes by The Nonprofit Times, Fast Company, Washington Post, GreenTalk Radio, Fundraising Success Magazine, Beth's Blog and several other popular blogs. By tracking emerging trends and measuring impact, she consistently finds the most effective ways to drive traffic to NWF's campaigns. Danielle graduated from Christopher Newport University with a B.A. in Technical Writing with minors in Biology and Communications. http://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/Media-Center/Faces-of-NWF/Danielle-Brigida.aspx