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January 2008
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U.S. Chamber Features Aidmatrix
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center featured the extensive relief work done by Aidmatrix and its partners: Adventist Community Services and the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services in the latest newsletter "The Corporate Citizen."

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Aidmatrix Hosts Volunteer Management Requirements Summit

The Aidmatrix Network solution is continuing to expand its offerings beyond just donations management. The Network, funded in part by FEMA, Accenture and UPS, plans to add a Volunteer Management solution to the list of components. A requirements summit was held January 22-23, 2008 bringing together more than 30 leaders from state and local governments and their non-profit partners to help better define the solution. The initial product is expected to launch later this year.

NetSuite Giving has launched three pilot programs targeting three types of organizations:

* Registered Charities. Charities are increasingly asked to measure, manage and report on performance and outcomes. This reporting can be easier and less of an administrative burden when financial, operations and outcome data is stored in a single, web-based system like NetSuite.
* Fair Trade / Social Enterprises. Increasingly, companies are being formed with a double bottom line — profit and social impact. NetSuite is already designed to handle the challenges of supplier management and ecommerce for businesses. These same capabilities can help Fair Trade groups measure their social impact alongside their profitability.

Just wanted to remind you that the date for the Managing Nonprofit Technology Projects event, hosted by Idealware and Aspiration, is coming up - and sooner than you might think! It‚s in New York City on Thursday, January 10th through Friday, January 11th, 2008.

View more or register at http://www.idealware.org/mntp.php

It‚s going to be a great event. The informal structure will be geared towards sharing best practices and lessons learned, exploring available software tools in this space, and forming relationships with other project managers. See more about the goals and agenda online at http://www.idealware.org/mntp.php - and we welcome your thoughts on the sessions that would be most helpful to you.

The Change.org Best Practices for Nonprofit Organizations are written and updated monthly by their online community manger, Heather Mansfield. There are useful ideas about:

• growing your network
• fundraising
• communicating
• inspiring action
• adding and editing content

Check them out at: http://www.change.org/bestpractices

NTEN (Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network)has a number of really great(and affordable) webinars (online learning opportunities) ideal for small groups looking to use technology more effectively. Check them out at: http://feeds.feedburner.com/nten-webinars.

The Institute for Nonprofit Management's latest paper, Successful Technology Use in Small Grassroots Nonprofits, examines how small nonprofits use technology and what it means for a nonprofit to use technology successfully. This report identifies factors that help and hinder small nonprofits’ ability to incorporate technology as a basic part of their operations and has implications for nonprofits, their funders, and technical assistance providers. This report is the result of a larger project on technolog

Are you interested in how to better manage technology projects in your nonprofit or as a consultant to nonprofits? We're hosting a first-of-its-kind Nonprofit Technology Project Management event in New York City on Thursday, January 10th and Friday, January 11th, 2008.

Managing Nonprofit Technology Projects will examine the tools and best practices that help nonprofits achieve successful technology solutions - whether web sites, packaged software implementations, or custom applications.

Interactive sessions and demos will allow participants to compare processes, tools, successes, and lessons learned. We will discuss areas such as team collaboration, project planning, software selection, migration, and project roll-out, and map out the software tools – from project management packages to collaborative communication to issue tracking and more – that support successful technology projects.

We are excited to announce that the Sunlight Foundation has joined a coalition of government watchdog groups launching a
revolutionary new online tool, called Government Documents
[http://governmentdocs.org] that gives anyone with an Internet
connection the power to investigate the federal government.

Starting today, you can browse, search and help us review
documents we receive from the government, and root out instances
of illegal and unethical behavior. Utilizing the combined power of thousands of individuals working together to search and review