Provider’s Resource Clearinghouse Community Networking Meet and Greet

Check out PRC,  they are a great organization with excellent options and services.   This is your oppurtunity to check them out. 

YOUR INVITED!

Provider’s Resource Clearinghouse

Community Networking Meet and Greet.

Come enjoy PRC’s Community Networking Meet and Greet with fellow members, non members, public shoppers and community leaders.

When:      Friday October 4, 2013

Time:       9am – 11am.

 

Location: PRC 14500 E. 33rd Place Aurora, Co 80011

                  **Continental Breakfast**

*    We will have Guest Speakers representing our Communities!

*    Bring your business card, brochures, and information about YOUR agency to share with others. 

*    We will also have giveaway door prizes!  Good Luck! J

A tour of the PRC showrooms will be given and Shopping will be available.

ATTENTION PRC MEMBERS

*     Bring a prospective new nonprofit (501c3) friend to the networking event and you will receive a $ 75.00 voucher when they join as a PRCmember - limited one voucher per agency.

You can register online or by calling Ernie Luna Garcia at 303-962-2270.  Thank you for registering!

 

More information and online registration: Open House Event 

Wild Apricot can help your association or nonprofit

Over the past year and a half I have completed about a dozen Wild Apricot system implementations.   The leading factors in this have been, 

1) Cost, with a free version that converts to easy to estimate levels of service payable on a monthly basis.  The cost is at the lower end of the spectrum of this model.

2) Ease of use, As a software as a service model, (SaaS) Wild Apricot does not require technical training or support to keep the system running.   Software updates and patches are applied automatically, the system is backed up and uptime managed by the provider.

3) Integration, Wild Apricot includes membership management, website front end, donation management, mass email function, event management,  and more.  All of these features in one place makes a very capable and efficient system.

4) Excellent training and support resources, Wild Apricot provides on the page help resources, video training, webinar training, and a support call in line.  This is by far the most attractive feature of Wild Apricot.  

5) Multi administrator functionality, With the ability to delegate administration functions, Wild Apricot is a great fit for non-profit / volunteer environments.   You can delegate event management, website updates, member management, all without allowing full system access. 

Examples of types of organizations that use Wild Apricot, 

Professional Associations

Business/Trade Associations

Online Business Directory

Chamber of Commerce

Nonprofit Organizations

Charity Organizations

Sport Clubs

Social Clubs

Homeowner Associations

Community Associations

Some examples of Wild Apricot Sites, 

Rockies Venture Club, http://www.rockiesventureclub.org/

Berkeley Regis United Neighbors, http://www.brundenver.info

Red Sunsent Merchant Association, http://www.rsmasm.com/

If you ready to find out more about Wild Apricot, please feel free to contact me. 

B.Y.O.D. What does it mean? Can it help me?

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is a growing trend in business today.   The idea behind BYOD is you bring your own computer, phone, or other electronic device and use it at your job or business.  For more detail, here is a further explanation from Wikipedia, 

"Bring your own device (BYOD) (also called bring your own technology (BYOT), bring your own phone (BYOP), and bring your own PC (BYOPC)) means the policy of permitting employees to bring personally owned mobile devices (laptops, tablets, and smart phones) to their workplace, and use those devices to access privileged company information and applications. The term is also used to describe the same practice applied to students using personally owned devices in education settings.

BYOD is making significant inroads in the business world, with about 75% of employees in high growth markets such as Brazil and Russia and 44% in developed markets already using their own technology at work. In most cases, businesses simply can't block the trend. Some believe that BYOD may help employees be more productive. Others say it increases employee morale and convenience by using their own devices and makes the company look like a flexible and attractive employer"

Wikipedia

BYOD growing as a trend in small to medium size businesses.  It is an attractive option that allows business to spend less on hardware, improve employee morale, and focus on other capital intensive functions.

At the same time BYOD presents a security risk, specifically accessing confidential and proprietary information on a personal device, the additional cost of supporting several different types of devices, and the challenge of software use.

If you want to find out if BYOD might be a good fit for you and your business, feel free to contact me. 

Learn something today, and most of the time it's free!

Recently I was looking for some training / learning resources for client for a new software suite.   I went to my most helpful sites, youtube.com and lynda.com, but no luck.   

What I ended up finding was Red Hoop.   Red Hoop is a video learning aggregation site.   Here it is in their own words, 

"While the booming content is great for all eager learners like yourself, it has caused a problem – too many websites to visit, too many courses teaching similar topic … That’s where RedHoop comes in. We want to become the one stop shop for all online courses, so your limited time can be spend on learning, instead of searching and comparing."

Red Hoop

I urge you to check out their site,  check out this listing of Photoshop courses.  There are ton of free courses as well as paid and subscription.   Let me know what you think in the comments. 

Do you really need a Full Internet Security Suite?

There is a lot of discussion on internet security and the requirement for additional security software.  I am a believer that there are some very good free tools that can address all of your security needs.  Attached is an excellent article on if you need a Full Internet Security Suite.   Please let me know you comments.

HTG Explains: Why You Don’t Need a Full Internet Security Suite