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How I Vet My Cloud Vendors

Tech Soup

Contracting with such a vendor is a scary and risky proposition and is part of the reason it's so important to document the vendor selection process in your IT plan. The 5 Worst Cloud Washers of 2011. Once I get beyond these essential questions, I read the most boring, yet vital document in IT, the service level agreement (SLA).

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Public Good's Unique Platform for Attracting New Donors

Tech Soup

In 2011, they joined the technology leadership of President Obama's re-election campaign. Registration is free, and no contract is required. Learning from the 2012 Obama Campaign. It was at a time when President Obama's poll numbers were very low, and his chances of re-election very slim. " How Much Does Public Good Cost?

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Security: The Scary Part of Cloud Computing

Tech Soup

On August 29, 2011 some of us from TechSoup attended NTEN's Nonprofit Cloud Computing Summit in San Francisco. The list of 2011 cloud failures in is impressive. The way to judge a cloud vendor's strength is to read their service level agreement, privacy policy, audit reports, and standard contract.

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Refurbishment Arrives On the Big Stage

Tech Soup

All government agencies and any business or nonprofit under government contract or grant will be required to use an R2 or e-Stewards. InterConnection is being certified under R2 and is expected to have their process completed by the end of 2011. certified recycler or refurbisher for their discarded electronics equipment.

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6 Questions to Ask If You’re Comparing GiveSmart and OneCause for Your Fundraising 

GiveSmart

Since our founding in 2011, GiveSmart by Momentive Software has helped tens of thousands of organizations— nonprofits, schools, and associations—successfully fundraise for their missions. GiveSmart offers one contract and transparent pricing for full access to online and in-person fundraising and donor management tools.

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Christmas 2024: Visions of sugar plum Fairies and Money for Nothing and Chicks for Free, but the specter of rescissions loom

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

Obligated funds are generally protected by executed contracts between funding agencies and grantees. But, presidents can attempt rescissions (the elimination of previously approved, but not obligated, spending) as we wrote about as we wrote about in 2011 during the Obama administration.