2009

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ifPeople hiring: positions information updated

ifPeople is seeking passionate, skilled people to join our team in Atlanta in both part- and full-time positions. We have updated the positions available information.

ifPeople Knowledge Sharing: More Atlanta trainings and upcoming webinars

The year is off to a busy start as ifPeople is tapped as the Georgia Center for Nonprofit's trainer for website related courses in their Nonprofit University. ifPeople also launched a monthly webinar series, offering even greater access for website owners to build skills and improve the value of their website.

Climate Interactive Site Launches: Tackling the root cause of climate change

Even with the overwhelming majority of scientists are in agreement on how the devastating effects of altering our planet's climate are unfolding, the general public is still painfully ignorant about how climate works. Climate Interactive is working to change that...and they've got some really smart people on board.

News from Plone-land

ifPeople is active in the Plone open source community. As there is a lot happening in this international community, many of our clients find it helpful to get a summary of relevant news. Here is a brief snapshot of important news recently.

NPR Features ifPeople Clients CCC and Climate Interactive

National Public Radio (NPR) recently featured two ifPeople clients for their innovative work! The Center for Community Change, was featured twice already this year for their role in influencing the new administration, including their efforts is to bring grassroots organizers to the capital every week of the first 100 days! Another client, Climate Interactive, has been talked about a lot lately in Congress. NPR interviewed Bob Corell, who uses the CI model to explain what the impact of current national commitments to emissions reductions would be, if successful (prepare to be surprised).

ifPeople Becomes Georgia’s First Certified B Corporation

PRESS RELEASE: ATLANTA, GA (April 17, 2009) – ifPeople, the Atlanta-based social enterprise, recently became the first company in Georgia to earn B Corporation Certification.

ifPeople’s Chris Johnson Speaking to Brazil for World Plone Day

Next week, ifPeople cofounder Christopher Johnson will speak to an audience in São Paulo, Brazil, as a part of World Plone Day.

Plone News Roundup

Another round of highlights from the Plone community, this time covering a new book, website, accolades for Plone, and World Plone Day.

Idealware Study Evaluates and Ranks Open Source CMSs

It’s easy to understand why more nonprofits are flocking to open source content management systems (CMSs) like Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress, and Plone. Creating a website can be a daunting, time-consuming, and expensive process. But CMSs like these are free to use and can be easily updated by staff members not fluent in HTML or CSS. So they’re ideal for any nonprofit on a tight budget.

2009 Non-Profit and Faith-Based Community Conference (William Paterson University 1600 Valley Road Wayne, NJ 07470, from May 12, 2009 08:30 AM to May 12, 2009 03:30 PM)

This conference is designed to build the capacity of Faith-Based and Non-Profit organizations in the Northern NJ region. Our goal is for attendees to leave the conference with realistic action plans and solid next steps for the betterment of their organizations.