For one NPower Charlotte Region client, technology is truly for the birds -- or more specifically, for the birds of prey. How have some technology upgrades helped the Carolina Raptor Center deliver their mission?
The Family Center approached the NPower NY office at a time the organization had 1 main IT person and was looking for support for a newly created division that was to reside in the Brooklyn office.
A customer of NPower since 2001, Common Ground did not have a dedicated IT staff person in house. Instead, one employee with an interest in technology accepted IT responsibilities in addition to the staff member's regular, full time job.
The Community Service Center for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing realized that getting their technology systems in order needed to be a high priority for the organization.
Community Addiction Services of Indiana wanted to develop a more efficient and up-to-date technology infrastructure to manage its operations, facilitate information sharing and track client information.
Experiencing problems with its network and knowing it was a result of the server being overworked, the staff at the National Employment Law Project (NELP) was nervous that their inability to properly backup and save important files would someday come back to haunt them.
Robin Hood's Management Assistance team (MA team) was constantly being bombarded with urgent requests from grant recipients for assistance on a wide range of technology issues.
Jameson Camp in Indiana was having much of its IT work done by volunteers. While the generous efforts of those volunteers were greatly appreciated, at times the service was inconsistent, and did not always meet the organization's needs.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta shifted their marketing focus to recruiting more volunteers and donors. To communicate more effectively with the community, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta decided to launch a more professional looking and informative web site.
The Dallas Furniture Bank wanted to communicate more effectively with donors and member service organizations by improving their Web site's capacity for interaction, mainly through adding online forms.
Michael Rosen, Vice President for Finance and Administration at the Citizens Committee for NYC, was increasingly concerned that the assistance being provided by the Citizens Committee to their neighborhood based block associations was being lost in piles of paper.
Having just received a large federal grant to increase access to health care for residents of SW Brooklyn, Lutheran Health Care's Jim Stiles pulled together a coalition of nearly 400 community-based and faith-based organizations to help him solve one of the community's most intransigent problems.
Ms. Brown is the parent of a severely developmentally disabled child in Brooklyn. Her child faces a number of serious barriers in life, including difficulty progressing in a traditional educational setting and limited employment options as an adult.
Saint Patrick Catholic School needed a new website, but they didn't have the resources to build it themselves or the money to pay an expensive contractor. NPower Charlotte Region helped them redefine their online presence and streamline communication with parents.
NPower Charlotte Region expanded the ASC's eCampaign system in 2007 to integrate their entire volunteer solicitor tracking process with the eCampaign system.
The Arts and Science Council (ASC) enlisted the help of NPower Charlotte Region to rewrite its eCampaign fundraising system. The ASC needed a system that would allow companies to solicit their employees for personal financial pledges and gifts that would support the arts and cultural community.
SAM brings a high caliber of art within reach of the public. Its staff needed a high caliber financial reporting tool within reach of their capacity and budget.
iMentor understood the extraordinary potential of technology to power its work. However, it lacked a strong IT foundation for itself. The organization struggled to manage growing numbers of adult volunteers and the young people assigned to them in a simple spreadsheet, iMentor reached out to NPower NY for IT help.
Executive Directors are busy folks, perhaps none more so than Tim Block, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia. Whether it's time spent with important donors or time spent on job sites around the city, Tim relies on mobile communications to keep on top of work back at the office.
Through the innovative program Middle School Matters, launched by Partners in Out-of-School Time, NPower Charlotte Region is directly in touch with the future - children.
