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netCorps Receives 2-Year Grant from Charles Stewart Mott Foundation The Charles Stewart Mott
Foundation recently awarded netCorps a 2-year, $130,000 grant to continue our
2005 Mott-funded work with environmental organizations in the Southeast. This
project supports nonprofits that focus on freshwater ecosystem conservation. Read
more... New Websites for Kentuckians for Our staff recently built and launch two new excellent resources for communities in the Southeast. Kentuckians for the Commonwealth is a grassroots citizens' organization working "for a new balance of power and a just society." Their new website provides a platform for diverse Kentucky voices to be heard. Lowcountry Open Land Trust, based in Charleston, South Carolina, works to protect the wild and historic places of the Lowcountry. Both of these new websites were developed using Plone, a powerful and easy to use open-source content management system.
"As an example, RSS feeds can be used by a nonprofit organization to distribute different kinds of information to different people. One RSS feed could be the organization's calendar of events or classes. Another could be a call for volunteers. A third feed might be information for funders. The more feeds an organization offers, the more narrowly tailored the information delivered to people served by that organization or supporting that organization." Read the rest of the article to find out how your nonprofit could be using RSS. |
Don Weinstein Joins Staff as
We are excited to introduce Don Weinstein as our new Project Coordinator, working from our Durham, NC office. Don has a wealth of technology and nonprofit experience, and is eager to dive in to our work. Like most people in his position, Don will be wearing many hats as he supports nonprofit organizations in North Carolina and elsewhere in the Southeast. You can read more about Don, as well as other netCorps staff, by clicking here. Welcome aboard, Don! LEAP, List Enhancement Action Project, Helps
Organizations A dozen grassroots peace and justice groups are ramping up their advocacy and education work this year, thanks to their participation in LEAP. This year's efforts promise to engage North Carolinians on a variety of critical issues, in part due to our collaboration with the list enhancement efforts of the Conservation Council of North Carolina and Equality NC. Together, participating groups have the chance to educate and engage at least 250,000 NC citizens on local, state, national and global issues. To learn more about LEAP and to get involved, click here. Technology Trainings for Triad Nonprofits Greensboro-area nonprofits (and others) are invited to sign up for upcoming technology trainings. The summer training series offers nonprofit staff the chance to learn about existing and emerging tools and resources that can help save time, money and resources--all while improving productivity. Click here for more information... | |
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