Technology News

Social Benefits
Teenagers are developing important skills when they interact on Facebook, YouTube, and other social-networking Web sites, a foundation study finds.

Wireless Fixes
A corporate foundation is sponsoring a contest to spur new ways to use wireless technology to solve social problems.

Crafting News Releases
A foundation is offering online help to charities that want to do a better job of pitching their stories to journalists.

Management Advice
New tools and case studies for charity managers are available.

Informing Donors
A Web site overhauls its approach to educating charity supporters.

Benchmarks for Charities
Small groups offered guidance on how to keep their technology secure and stable.

Closing the Digital Divide
A new foundation seeks to use the Web to ease the world's ills.

Philanthropy 2.0
Foundations are urged to make better use of interactive online techniques.

Encouraging Giving
A credit-card company offers an incentive to persuade people to give.

Charity Matchmaking
Donors seeking organizations to support can turn to a new Web site for guidance.

Managing Donor Records
A new online tool helps charities manage their contacts with supporters.

Rapid Response
Charities benefit when they cut the lag time in sending appeals to people who sign up to get online information.

New Mapping Tool
Nonprofit groups can use an online service to draw maps that show how a neighborhood is affected by specific issues.

Children use the IBM Young Explorer computer centers at the Pacer Center in Minnesota, a national organization that IBM is working with to help distribute computers and teacher training to help kids with special needs. (Photograph courtesy of IBM)

Getting a Head Start
IBM is donating 600 computer workstations and educational software to Head Start and other centers.

Give and Take

Google.org revamps international-development program

Angelina Jolie tops list of celebrity humanitarians

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Editors' Picks

Keeping Connected
How nonprofit groups should restructure their work in the "connected era."

Technology at Your Service
A New York organization trains low-income people and minorities to offer low-cost technology services to charities.

Casting Call
Unicef gets the word out about issues that affect children around the world by producing "podcasts."

Volunteering Goes Virtual
Organizations that deal with unpopular or sensitive causes are attracting a growing number of volunteers by using the Internet.

Online Discussions

Read the transcript of our recent discussion about the 2009 outlook for nonprofit groups.

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Chronicle Surveys

Online Giving
Read about Internet donations at 203 big nonprofit organizations surveyed by The Chronicle.

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Events

Conferences, workshops, and other meetings about nonprofit organizations and donors.

Philanthropy Careers

More than 190 positions available with 34 just added.

Products & Services

Continuing-Education Guide: Information from organizations that provide continuing education to nonprofit executives.

Technology Guide: Information from organizations that provide technology products and services to nonprofit organizations.

Employer Profiles: In-depth information provided by nonprofit employers.

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