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| | 24-Dec-2001 | Not for Profit Tech Resource Gearing Up: NPower Indiana Wins Approval, Hires CEO | Full Story... | | | Volume 22, Number 42
December 24-30, 2001Hoteles mas baratos StavangerBy Andrea Muirragui Davis
Indianapolis Business Journal ReporterLewis, former president and publisher of Topics Newspapers in Fishers, was hired last week as CEO of NPower Indiana, a CICF subsidiary that will provide information technology expertise to other not-for-profits. Indianapolis is one of six cities in the United States to win an NPower franchise, a partnership with Microsoft Corp. Microsoft will contribute free software and $750,000 over three years, and The Indianapolis Foundation will match up to $100,000 in other contributions. NPower Indiana’s architects hope to start the program in late March, after filling out the seven–person staff. Lewis, who volunteered for a variety of charitable organizations during his 28-year newspaper career, was the first hire. | | | |
| | 23-Jan-2002 | Microsoft and NPower Bring Power of Technology to NonprofitsAcross the Country With Six New Affiliates | Full Story... | | | Microsoft & NPower National Partnership Enables New Affiliates to Offer TechnologyAssistance to Nonprofits in Atlanta, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Portland and San Francisco | | | |
| | 22-Dec-2001 | Central Indiana Community Foundation Announces NPower Indiana CEO | Full Story... | | | INDIANAPOLIS - Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) announces that David A. Lewis is the first CEO of NPower Indiana. CICF officially signed its affiliate agreement earlier this month to become one of six such organizations in the U.S. that help not-for-profits utilize information technology to better serve their communities. Through its national partnership, Microsoft has committed $750,000 and free software over the next three years to help launch NPower Indiana. The Indianapolis Foundation will also match every dollar donated to NPower Indiana up to $100,000. “For central Indiana to prosper in the future, this has to be a community that is embracing and creating information technology,” said Brian Payne, president, CICF. “NPower Indiana will integrate community innovation and create great synergy for CICF by connecting our grant-making in this area and our partnership with the INITA Foundation.” | | | |
| | 30-Apr-2002 | NPower National Network is awarded $1 Million SBC Grant | Full Story... | | | SBC ANNOUNCES EXCELERATOR, A $25 MILLION INITIATIVE TO HELP NON-PROFITS CREATE DIGITAL CONNECTIONS WITH AMERICA’S UNDERSERVED SBC Excelerator’s First, $1 Million Grant to Support National Collaborative Providing IT Training in Indiana to Help Non-Profit Organizations Better Serve Their CommunitiesSurvey Shows that Technology Resources are Crucial to the Survival ofIndiana Community-Based Organizations | | | |
| | 1-Jun-2002 | Volunteers Team Up to Help Non-Profits Ward Off Viruses | Full Story... | | | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 1, 2001(INDIANAPOLIS) . . . More than 450 computers being used by local nonprofits were today inoculated against viruses as part a unique community service event: "Virus Vaccination Day," the first-ever in central Indiana. | | | |
| | 19-Jun-2002 | Local Non-Profits Receive NPowerful Technology Services | Full Story... | | | Indianapolis— NPower Indiana has joined the NPower Network as a new affiliate in a national network of organizations dedicated to putting technology know-how in the hands of Non-Profits. The NPower Network, established in 2000 through the Microsoft & NPower National Partnership, focuses on bringing the power of technology to Non-Profits across the country. | | | |
| | 19-Jun-2002 | NPower Beta Engagements | Full Story... | | | NPower is pleased to announce its Beta Engagements! Led by our Director of Operations, Beth Martin, we have worked with a handful of Non-Profits in limited consulting engagements. These experiences have helped us fine tune our processes and procedures and prepared us for our Launch Date, June 20, 2002. Click here to learn more about the organizations we have partnered with to date. | | | |
| | 10-Jun-2002 | Not-for-profit agencies have new tech resource | Full Story... | | | cheap hotel in YorkVolume 23, Number 11
May 27-June 2, 2002By Andrea Muirragui Davis
Indianapolis Business Journal ReporterOne of the first things Joyce Rogers noticed when she came to Indiana Black Expo was its potential for technological trouble. Some computers were new, but the server and network system were outdated. A hodgepodge of hardware and software had been purchased as needed, with little coordination. "We needed to look at the overall needs of the entire organization and come up with a technology plan," said Rogers, Indiana Black Expo's chief operating officer. But freeing money for such an endeavor is not easy for most not-for-profits. And even if the money is available, Rogers said, agencies often worry their technological naivete makes them vulnerable to unscrupulous vendors. | | | |
| | 1-Sep-2002 | Concrete Ideas for Choosing a Database for your Non Profit | Full Story... | | | By: Jay B. Love, Board President, NPower Indiana Making this process a success and perhaps even fun can easily be done. Like so many other successes, it is built upon planning followed by simple execution. Virtually every non profit is capable of both, especially if the proper people are involved. In most cases this one tool affects the financial health and the ability to delivery mission based services more than any other factor except staffing in general. Please find outline below the basic steps to achieve success in your selection process. | | | |
| | 20-Feb-2003 | Nonprofits Engaged in High-Tech | Full Story... | | | February 14, 2003 On Valentine's Day, most of us think thoughts of love and St. Valentine.As the legend goes, Valentine was a priest who defied Emperor Claudius and died on Feb. 14, 269 A.D. The Roman saint allegedly left a farewell note on his execution day for the jailer's daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it "From Your Valentine." In 496 A.D., Pope Gelasius set aside Feb. 14 to honor St. Valentine. Eventually, Valentine became the patron saint of lovers, and we associate the date with lovers, marriages and engagements. There's another kind of engagement that is bringing joy to the citizens of Indianapolis these days, and that is the technology-consulting service called an "engagement." When a desktop computer is repaired or a Web site developed, this technology service is termed "an engagement." NPower Indiana, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to put technology know-how into the hands of other nonprofits, has performed more than 120 "engagements" since it began providing local services last June. The NPower concept is that good use of technology makes nonprofits more effective in their particular missions, be it helping the homeless, aiding the elderly or providing cultural opportunities. On the other hand, since many nonprofits don't have affordable access to technology products and services, poor technology utilization and fear of using technology hamper operations. NPower Indiana's engagements have focused on eliminating technology impediments and developing reliable infrastructure for local nonprofits.A good example is what NPower did to help the Damien Center, the nonprofit that provides HIV/AIDS services and education. The center's computers ran on an antiquated and often-failing network. NPower's technology consultants studied the situation, suggested an affordable solution and assisted with the purchase, installation and configuring of a new infrastructure on which their business applications could run. Thanks to its partnership with the Microsoft corporation, NPower obtained free software that saved the Damien Center $16,441. NPower's hardware discounts saved it another 5 percent off normal charitable prices, and NPower's below-market consulting rate for its nonprofit member saved another $3,100.NPower helped the center secure quotes and services for new cabling from for-profit technology firms that have signed up with NPower to help local nonprofits. NPower's services to local nonprofits build their capacity to provide strong, continuing mission-centered services through effective use of today's technology.As NPower Indiana expands its services beyond its current 124 nonprofit memberships, we expect our "engagements" will empower nonprofits to use technology as a tool to make our community a better place to live. This article ran as a featured letter in The Indianapolis Star. | | | | News Releases 1 through 10 of 13 | |
