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June 2010
Volume XI
In This Issue
Digital Ball 2010
Client Update
Technology Innovation Award
Project Ignite
Introducing...
Our new NPower team members!
Stephanie Ashmore
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Does your favorite nonprofit want to leverage technology to further their mission?
Refer them to NPower
CIO to Charlotte's Nonprofits
Do you Speak Geek?
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Quick Links
Congrats!
Project Ignite Annual Report
NPower Hall of Fame
Congratulations to the inaugural class of the NPower Hall of Fame:
Dow Bauknight
Chuck Beam
Laura Belcher
Kevin Collins
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Award Winner

NPower Client List

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Greetings!
We are busy at NPower!  This spring we held Digital Ball 2010 where we announced the Technology Innovation Award Winner, inducted members into our inaugural NPower Hall of Fame and raised $460,000 in cash and contributions to help meet the Charlotte nonprofit community's technology needs.

We are also making significant strides through Project Ignite's Social Media Collaboration Group and are beginning to test innovative technology solutions for volunteer management.

Read more to find out what's going on at NPower and have a great summer. 
2010 Holiday CardChris Meade
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Digital Ball 2010
A Night of Radiance at the Digital Ball 2010 ar mullinax 
Digital Ball 2010 presented by SunGard was a night of radiance and inspiration as the Charlotte Region Technology Community came together to support NPower and the nonprofit clients we serve.  Technology leaders from 80 companies helped raise $460K in cash and contributions translating to over 4000 hours of direct client service to local nonprofits.
Digital Ball Host Committee chair, A. R. Mullinax, highlighted the ways that the technology community can leverage NPower to truly effect change in our community.  He encouraged attendees to learn more about ways to invest their talents with NPower while enjoying each other's company throughout the evening.
A highlight of the evening was when Jeffrey Wallis, a Managing Partner of SunGard Consulting Services, inducted the inaugural class for the NPower Hall of Fame.  The NPower Hall of Fame recognizes leaders that helped create and shape NPower over the past six years.  Read about the winners.
In addition, York County Adult Day Care Services received the Technology Innovation Award presented by Accenture.  Read more about their innovative project below.
View NPower In Action to see how NPower's work is helping local nonprofits achieve success.
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Client Update
 
2010 Holiday Card  The Art of Technology Planning -NPower's Partnership with the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art
When the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art began thinking about their technology needs, NPower truly had a blank canvas on which to paint a picture of the ideal technology plan.  The museum's building was just under construction, employees needed to be hired, art was yet to be hung and installed, and Charlotte's art lovers had only a small inkling of how dynamic and influential the Bechtler art collection would be.  Very rarely do NPower consultants have the opportunity to work with a new institution from the ground up when creating and implementing a technolgy plan.  NPower had this exciting opportunity with Bechtler, which posed unique challenges and advantages during the technology planning process.

Through technology planning, NPower assessed what types of technology Bechtler needed prior to their January 2, 2010 museum opening and beyond.  Ultimately, NPower's plan enabled Bechtler to operate efficiently and effectively as one of the premier modern art museums in the southeast showcasing important and influential artists of the mid 20th century.
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Technology Innovation Award
York County Adult Day Care Services wins NPower's Technology Innovation Award 
Every day, more than 100 families in the Greater2010 Holiday Card Charlotte region rely on York County Adult Day Care Services (YCADCS) to provide care for an adult family member with a physical or mental incapacity such as Alzheimer's disease.  Staff members at YCADCS spend more than three hours of each day meticulously tracking every detail of client care, from arrival time to medication provision, even an extra glass of milk at lunch- all by hand, on paper.

Why all the tracking?  Like many nonprofits, YCADCS funding comes from a variety of sources, including government agencies that require extensive documenttion of care outcomes.  If these records are not accurate it could mean a significant loss of revenue which is vital to a nonprofit's operations, especially in the current economic times.  Read more

View the TIA video presented at the 2010 Digital Ball on YCADCS and the service they provide to the community.2010 Holiday Card
Project Ignite Collaboration Groups
Social Media Collaboration Group Helps Nonprofits Connect with New Constituencies and Existing Supporters  
2010 Holiday CardWhat does it mean to create connections using social media? Seven nonprofit organizations came together during winter 2009 to explore this topic and implement social media solutions as part of Project Ignite's Social Media Collaboration Group. The following stories illustrate results achieved by two participating nonprofits: Kids Voting and Girl Scouts, Hornets' Nest Council.  Read More
Project Ignite Technology Solutions
Three Charlotte Nonprofits Begin Testing Innovative Volunteer Management Technology Solutions
The days of processing hand-written forms will soon be over as three nonprofits begin testing technology solutions developed as part of the Project Ignite Volunteer Management Collaboration Group during the past year. Habitat for Humanity, Classroom Central and Carolina Raptor Center all have intense volnteer engagement and will begin testing the IT solutions that will allow volunteer managers to coordinate volunteer events, manage schedules and training opportunities while tracking actual attendance and hours volunteered.  Read More