We met this month at ACHIEVA in the South Side. Thank you to Steve, Nicole and Dave for hosting us! We’ll be back at ACHIEVA for November’s meetup.
Here are the notes from this month’s meetup:
Cybersecurity
- Schneider Downs – does security updates via email
- Cars can be hacked
- Cybersecurity insurance
- Cybersecurity conferences
- Website hacking / security – how do you secure your website from hackers?
MS Office
- MS Office – no more clipart
- Get images from Bing.com now
- Have to watch for viruses when getting images off the web
Databases for nonprofits
- Salesforce – 10 free licenses for NPOs, Nonprofit starter pack
- DonorPro / Salsa
- Bloomerang
- Little Green Light
- DonorPerfect
- Ebase
- Give.com plugin for WP (primarily donation management)
- Cleaning records is important!!
Mobile Internet Hardware
- How to get Internet when working in places without it or when travelling abroad?
- Mobile hotspots or devices that provide wi-fi
- Verizon Jetpack (can get global plans)
- Connect 10 users to one and devices can talk to each other
- Data plan required
- ~$85/250mb
- Verizon has nonprofit flat rate for NPOs, unlimited data, domestic only
- Can buy SIM card, swap out, use that country’s domestic plan while traveling
- T-Mobile 2G (unlimited international data)
- Satelite wi-fi
- $149 month
- Satellitephonestore.com
- Hughes network
- When build websites
- Have to consider slow internet
- Consider audience
- Google Fiber – setting up in cities where city owns infrastructure
- Verizon Jetpack (can get global plans)
Other Topics
- Avaya – good phone systems for smaller scale orgs
- Cisco – Seems to run better with big orgs
- Amcom – copier/network vendor
- Technology grant writing class – rescheduled for Dec. 2 from 9 am – noon
- Alex’s recycling session at TechNow
- Evolution E-Cycling – South Side electronics recycling (gives destruction certification)
- IKEA cellphone recycle box (possibly have at Best Buy stores too)
- Video editing software
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