The final draft of the new guidelines for K-12 science education, the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), were unveiled on April 9th. These new, voluntary standards identify the key science and engineering content that students will need to be aware of to be successful in later college and careers.
New Changes to Science Standards Focus on Science Literacy and Involvement
By Paul Welty
Posted on May 25th, 2013 in news | No Comments »
Posted on May 25th, 2013 in news | No Comments »
5 Methods for Measuring Your Nurturing Program
By Paul Welty
Posted on March 25th, 2013 in Marketing | No Comments »
Posted on March 25th, 2013 in Marketing | No Comments »
Lead nurturing is extremely valuable. Lead nurturing ensures that long-term leads and qualified prospects are not lost between marketing and sales. Effective measurement of your nurturing program is critical, and knowing when to measure is equally important. Outlined below are five keys to measuring and evaluating your lead nurturing initiative.
How Much Should You Spend On Marketing?
By Paul Welty
Posted on February 25th, 2013 in Marketing | No Comments »
Posted on February 25th, 2013 in Marketing | No Comments »
How much should you spend on marketing? It is likely this question is the most asked question in the history of business. There really is no real answer for this question. The solution is different for every business. There is no magic number.
Is SaaS Disintegrating Your Data?
By Paul Welty
Posted on February 13th, 2013 in Technology | No Comments »
Posted on February 13th, 2013 in Technology | No Comments »
While SaaS does offer useful IT resources at a great price, data integration do still remain one of its biggest challenges. Proper data integration means adding a new cloud source and consumers to your current IT environment. This usually done using on-demand data integration tactics that require your business to be able to query data on the web through security tools such firewalls and to understand the SaaS provider’s API.
5 Ways Nonprofits Can Take Advantage of Open Source Technology
By Paul Welty
Posted on February 4th, 2013 in Technology | No Comments »
Posted on February 4th, 2013 in Technology | No Comments »
Open source technologies are hardware and software which are completely accessible to the general public. This means that they can be continually refined and updated by anyone with the knowledge and reason to do so. Open source technology, particularly software, can be found for almost any purpose; here are 5 ways that your nonprofit organization can make use of this valuable resource.
The Three R’s of Nonprofit Marketing
By Paul Welty
Posted on February 1st, 2013 in Marketing | No Comments »
Posted on February 1st, 2013 in Marketing | No Comments »
A cost-effective way of using technology to assist the nonprofit while employing business-to-business marketing strategies is to use open-source software. This has inherent challenges ranging from familiarity at the end-user level to technical support to compatibility issues. While these challenges persist, open-source software provides a high level of functionality and practicality while keeping costs low. The key is utilizing the software that best meets the need effectively. A useful way to determine which open-source software to employ for any business, not just nonprofits, is to remember the three R’s; research, review and read. Using the three R’s can stop potential problems before they impact performance.
Next Generation Science Standards Website (Phase 3 Launch)
By Paul Welty
Posted on January 31st, 2013 in news | No Comments »
Posted on January 31st, 2013 in news | No Comments »
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) will be based on the Framework for K-12 Science Education developed by the National Research Council. The bipartisan, non-profit organization Achieve coordinated the development of the NGSS. Through a collaborative, state-led process, new K-12 science standards were developed that are rich in content and practice, arranged in a coherent manner across disciplines and grades in order to provide all students an internationally benchmarked science education. The Next Generation Science Standards Phase 3 launch is step 6 in a 9-step process to develop, review, revise, and publish the new national science education standards.
Managing Your Project Costs
By martin
Posted on December 4th, 2012 in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Posted on December 4th, 2012 in Uncategorized | No Comments »
“It’s the wild, wild West.”
–Nonprofit leader speaking about the range of costs associated with building a new website.
Customers submitting an RFP for a web redesign are often shocked at the range of pricing they receive back. How can one organization charge $30,000 and another $120,000 when they are looking at the same RFP?
DoD opts for OSS
By martin
Posted on November 13th, 2012 in Government, Open Source, Technology | No Comments »
Posted on November 13th, 2012 in Government, Open Source, Technology | No Comments »
The U.S. Department of Defense may teach you a thing or two about open source software (OSS). After spending years following the open-source trend, DoD technology representatives have laid out a firm opinion on open source—and it likely isn’t what you’d think.