Live Updates From the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference
Read an archive of tweets from our reporters who attended the annual conference.
Filling a Technology Job: 10 Steps That Experts Take
In hiring a technology worker, it’s not necessary to understand the jargon, but you do need to explain clearly what your organization wants to accomplish.
By Michelle Gienow
Contributor
More People See Charities’ Emails After Groups Pare Address Lists
As companies like Yahoo and Google clamp down on spammers, nonprofits are finding ways to ensure their messages reach people who really want to hear from them.
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
Live Updates From the 2014 SXSW Interactive Festival
Follow Twitter updates from our staff in Austin, Tex., as we cover nonprofit-focused sessions at the annual conference.
By CODY SWITZER and Raymund Flandez
How to Use a Website Tracking Tool to Improve Fundraising
Watch a half-hour tutorial and discussion about analyzing how people use your website.
Learn About Fundraising Apps That Will Make Your Life Easier
View a video discussion to find out how technology can help streamline your fundraising tasks.
Book Offers Virtual-Volunteering Basics
Manage online volunteers the same way you would others.
By CODY SWITZER
Contributor
Charity ‘Muttbombs’ Instagram Users
An animal-rescue group searches Instagram for people’s self-portraits and edits them to add a dog available for adoption to the photo.
By CODY SWITZER
Contributor
Facebook App Encourages College Savings
Juma Ventures, which encourages young people from needy families to go to college, is offering cash incentives and other prizes that makes a game of saving for college.
By CODY SWITZER
Contributor
Boost Online Donations by Getting the Basics Right
Watch discussion on how to get better results from online giving.
New App Will Aid Allocation of Goods After Disasters
The app will let nonprofits working in disaster areas request the items they need at different stages of a disaster.
By Sarah Frostenson and NICOLE WALLACE
Knight Awards Grants to Support Use of Data to Improve Health
Public Laboratory, an environmental-science nonprofit, received a $350,000 grant for its project to provide low-cost environmental monitoring tools.
By Sarah Frostenson and NICOLE WALLACE
Shoppers Can Aid Causes on Amazon
The site highlights five nonprofits, including the Nature Conservancy and DoSomething.org, but shoppers can select beneficiaries from almost 1 million U.S. organizations.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Online Guide Gives Parents Literacy Tips
A bilingual website offers games and other activities that parents and caregivers can use to help young children get ready to read and write.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Foundation Support Grows for Projects That Use Data to Tackle Problems
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation last month joined grant makers that are financing charities merging complex data to solve health and humanitarian challenges.
By Sarah Frostenson
Contributor
New Site Streams Condors in the Wild
Conservation scientists are able to move the camera using their office computers to monitor the birds and look for signs of illness.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor