Helping businesses and nonprofits in small VT towns use online tools to spur economic development and improve disaster resilience.
This article was written by Kate Jellema, Marlboro College Graduate & Professional Studies, who facilitated a discussion at our Vermont Connected Summit on how nonprofits can keep pace with technology. The good news: 55% of people who engage with a nonprofit via social media are inspired to take further action, and the average nonprofit crowdfunding effort…
Digital tools have the potential to revolutionize the operation of any organization, while at the same time befuddling even the most tech-savvy people. As the Nonprofit Adviser for the Vermont Digital Economy Project, I have had the pleasure of working one-on-one with more than 120 nonprofit organizations of all types, methodically evaluating their current use…
The following article was submitted by Martha Reid, Vermont State Librarian. Marty will be moderating the morning panel on “Digital Literacy for a Thriving Economy” in the “Digital Divide” track of our Vermont Connected Summit on Tuesday, September 23rd. Follow this link for more information about the summit. The Vermont Department of Libraries (VTLIB) has…
One of the many ways that the Vermont Digital Economy Project has worked to foster resilience and create community engagement in the past 18 months was by enabling Front Porch Forum to expand to each and every Vermont community. The following article was submitted by Michael Wood-Lewis, Co-Founder & CEO of FrontPorchForum.com. Michael will be…
Betsy Calhoun, a business applications teacher at Lake Region Union High School in Orleans, Vermont, will take part in our “K-12 Goes Digital” panel at the Vermont Connected Summit. It was tough getting ahold of teachers to take part in our upcoming “Educating for a Digital World” panel at the Vermont Connected Summit which…
A. Stories & Ideas. A1. K-12 Goes Digital Moderator: Peter Drescher, Vermont Dept. of Education Speakers: John Dawson, Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union; Jeff Renard, Vermont Virtual Learning Cooperative; Betsy Calhoon, M. ED, Teacher, Lake Region Union High School Through presentations by those who work in and for Vermont’s schools, as well as those who develop and…
One of the things that makes our summit unique is that by organizing our sessions into four tracks (Educating for a Digital World, Building Effective Organizations, Creating Resilient Communities, and Steering Vermont’s Digital Future) we want to attract participants from a number of different spheres – from teachers to municipal leaders to visionaries in the fields…
Last August, at the closing ceremony of the 100on100 Heart of Vermont Relay on Okemo Mountain in Ludlow, Heart of Vermont Productions co-founders Robert and Scott O’Neil presented me with a check for $9,000. The money was raised during the 2012 100on100 Relay through the sale of limited edition “Rebuild” T-shirts, along with a special per…
As an organization grows, sometimes using excel spreadsheets to keep track of donors, volunteers, and other contacts is not enough, and more powerful and complex tools for managing contacts become both necessary and convenient. These types of tools, called Constituent (or Customer) Relationship Management Software or CRMs for short, are web or desktop based tools…
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