Nonprofit staff are burning out. How tech is making it worse — and what to do
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by Wendy Bohm
2M ago
Here at Software for Good, we’ve spent almost two decades making data and technology work better for nonprofits at every scale, from coast to coast — and some facts of nonprofit life never change.  Executive directors, board members, staff and volunteers are always making the most of too little funding, improvising solutions on the fly, driven to make-it-work ingenuity by an abiding commitment to their mission. Do-gooders are masters of jugaad, creating the tools they need to do their work by cobbling together whatever apps they’ve got at hand, devising wonky manual workarounds for missin ..read more
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Announcing a new $1.2 million investment in BIPOC tech talent
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by Software for Good
2M ago
Ramsey County awards SfG and New Vision Foundation $1.2M to train a new generation of diverse local software developers Ramsey County, Minnesota, has chosen New Vision Foundation and Software for Good to train the next generation of diverse local software engineering talent. With $1.2 million in funding from the federal American Rescue Plan, invested in partnership with the City of Saint Paul, 30 young people of color from Ramsey County will learn everything they need to contribute to our tech workforce. These new technologists will have the chance to build lifelong careers, strengthen our loc ..read more
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From Apprentice to Engineer
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by Software for Good
10M ago
Once apprentices, these Software for Good engineers are mentoring a new generation of technologists   Chelsey’s story My apprenticeship at Software for Good gave me the personal and professional foundation that I needed to succeed in the tech community. The mentors and team members at SfG taught a holistic approach to programming, ensuring that every intern participating in the program would experience every aspect of the operations of a tech company. The environment was positive and affirming for a junior developer like me, a recent coding bootcamp graduate, who was working for a tech c ..read more
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A Renewed Commitment to Liberation and Love
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by Software for Good
10M ago
In 2022, Software for Good made bigger changes than ever before to make data and technology serve the changing needs of our local and global communities. Browse our full public benefit report. A new leadership team for a changing world Cassi Johnson joined SfG team to lead product strategy in February, bringing two decades of systems change experience in nonprofits, healthcare, and government. Her human-centered strategy practice is at the heart of our technical work, ensuring that every product we build for our clients is powerful, sustainable and ethical. Then, after leading Software for Goo ..read more
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Welcome CEO Sharon Kennedy Vickers
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by Software for Good
1y ago
Today Casey Helbling, founder of Software for Good, GBC, is proud to announce that Sharon Kennedy Vickers will lead the company into the future as its new CEO. As board chair and Chief Technology Officer, Casey will continue to build and support the company he founded in 2004, then reincorporated ten years later as one of Minnesota’s very first public benefit corporations. As founder of Minnesota’s nationally renowned Code Switch civic hackathon, co-founder of Techquity, and most recently CIO of the City of Saint Paul, Sharon is uniquely qualified to lead Software for Good into a new era of se ..read more
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2021 Public Benefit Report: Tech for Inclusion & Transformation
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by Software for Good
1y ago
As a public benefit corporation, we create an annual report on our “for good” efforts to submit to the State of Minnesota. For 2021, we shared highlights from our work on community first public safety, accessible and transparent affordable housing, driving inclusion in the tech industry, and participating in conversations about the future of tech for good. Take a look at our impact report: Tech for inclusion and transformation In 2021, we continued to feel the acute potential and responsibility of using technology to support positive impact. From the earliest days of the year, we witnessed thr ..read more
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Woo
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by Cassi Johnson
2y ago
My teammate and I facilitated a design session last week with a food security organization. I began the session with the icebreaker “What vegetable are you most similar to?” My teammate named kale, because it is tough and maybe a little bitter when raw, but gets softer and more flavorful as it cooks. I named kohlrabi, because it is subtle at first but kind of grows on you over time. Also it is a great delivery mechanism for salt. If you are familiar with the Gallup StrengthsFinder framework, you would guess that neither my coworker nor I have the strength of “Woo,” or Winning People Over. And ..read more
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Starting a New Job Is Hard
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by Cassi Johnson
2y ago
Starting a new job is hard. This isn’t a significant revelation, but it has been 5.5 years since I last changed organizations and 3.5 since I last changed roles. I am in the thick of it now in my fourth week of a new role as Director of Product Strategy at Software for Good. I am finally getting the hang of the tech platforms we use, learning the communication and collaboration styles of the team and its members, and meeting more of our clients and partners. Every day my main task is still learning, but now in my fourth week I am contributing more as well. As a newcomer, I feel like I am in a ..read more
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Software for Good Recognized for Emergency Housing Relief Project
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by Software for Good
2y ago
In the summer of 2020, the state of Minnesota created the COVID-19 Housing Assistance Program to offer relief for families struggling to keep up with rent, mortgage, and/or utilities payments during the pandemic. The goal: Distributing more than $20 million in CARES Act funding to cover these housing costs for people in need. To make the program work, the state needed a robust and user-friendly online application system — one that would allow people to apply for assistance, while supporting the state and its partners to review applications and distribute the funds as quickly as possible. Softw ..read more
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Welcome Cassi Johnson, Director of Product Strategy
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by Software for Good
2y ago
Big news: Cassi Johnson has joined Software for Good as director of product strategy. With two decades’ experience in nonprofits, healthcare, and government, Cassi is an expert in helping communities solve big social problems with human-centered design and systems thinking. Her leadership will help us do more than ever before to help do-gooders rise to the challenges of our time. Those challenges have never been bigger, and we can’t wait to take them on with Cassi on our team. This is a pivotal moment for our company, our community, and our planet. The climate crisis, the pandemic, and continu ..read more
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