Elaina Buzzell

Tag: technology

Choosing Smartphones for Your Nonprofit

Are you looking to purchase smartphones for your nonprofit staff? I published a blog post yesterday for NPower Seattle with advice and tips for choosing a smartphone that will be easy to connect with your nonprofit’s network. Read the full post here.

Tips for a Successful Volunteer Project

Originally published as a white paper for NPower Seattle in December 2007.

Volunteers are a great resource for any nonprofit organization. We’re lucky in the Puget Sound region to have so many technically-skilled individuals looking to give back to our community. Recruiting helpful techie hands is relatively easy. Structuring your project in a way to ensure a positive real impact on your organization and a meaningful experience for the volunteer—that can be difficult. Here are some quick tips for success. Read the rest of this entry »

Working with Technical Volunteers

This was originally posted on NPowering, the blog of NPower Seattle on January 13, 2010.

One of NPower's Tech Coaches at workWhile volunteers can be a great resource for maintaining or updating technology at nonprofits, they also can present unique challenges for nonprofit staff. We usually spend some time whenever we are helping a nonprofit set up a volunteer project to make sure that it is set up in a way attractive for modern volunteers, but that is only the beginning of making sure that the relationship works well. Read the rest of this entry »