About the Meetup
We had our first of two meetups at the Frick Pittsburgh on April 4. We will be back at the Frick one more time on May 2. Thank you to Lynn, Linda and the Frick team for hosting us!
Following are the notes and resources discussed during the meetup.
Security Surveillance Cameras (vendors don’t say “security” but surveillance these days)
- NEST – backs up to cloud, can see who’s at door instead of just having a buzzer
- Also has smoke detectors and the like
- Lorex – phone app so you can see all cameras
- Axis Companion – integraIVMStes with phone system
- Vector – company that does comprehensive security
- SmartCam
- Ccure – security company
Updating technology
- What to do with technology is the last thing to receive attention (sometimes caused by older board members who don’t get it)
- Sometimes scaring board and leadership by pointing out risk can work
- Need to get people on the board who are technology advocates
- Donated software and hardware isn’t usually “free”
- NTEN technology staffing and investments survey – to see how much your org should be spending
- Plan more than you think you need to
- TechSoup – low cost software and hardware; have to watch for license expirations
- Other free software for NPOs
- Google Suite – productivity
- OpenOffice – productivity
- PDF SAM (separate and merge) – PDF manipulation
- WordPress – website building
- Weebly – website building
- Wix.com – website building
- Mailchimp – mass emails
- Asana – project management
- Trello – project management
- Evernote – note-taking, filing
- Ask merchant account providers about nonprofit rates
- Northland Public Library lends out Internet hotspots
Social Media Policy Template
- Look online for templates
- Hard to enforce – need to make sure legal looks at it before deploying
- Policy for staff is good, but also want to consider other stakeholders, like volunteers, board members, etc.
- Social media task force can possibly help
Social Tools/Channels Most Used by Younger Generations
- Facebook (Johna shared this link about Facebook alternatives after the meetup – thanks, Johna!)
- Tumblr
- Snapchat
Website Security
- Wordfence – WordPress plugin
- Securi – WordPress plugin
- Cloudflare – flexible SSL
- ManageWP.com
- Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates
- Nexcess (Donna shared this resource after the meetup – thanks, Donna!)
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Social media policy templates –
1) National Labor Relations Board https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-samples/policies/pages/socialmediapolicy.aspx
2) PolicyTool – http://socialmedia.policytool.net/ Free and created by attorneys.
3) AFP International – http://www.afpnet.org/About/content.cfm?ItemNumber=4626 both a 1-page and 16 page version
If you want to read some examples of people found violating the law with their social media policies, the NLRB has some doozies. https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/acting-general-counsel-releases-report-employer-social-media-policies
Thank you so much for sharing these templates! – Cindy L