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Can We Evaluate Grants Yet?
Is it possible to say anything actionable about appropriate IT for measuring the social impact of a foundation’s grants beyond, “It depends?” How’s this for an answer? “Yes and no.” Almost a year ago, I posted a piece here about how foundations had several questions...
Are You Paying Attention to Your Ability to Influence?
Considering Your Ability to Influence I was on a call this week, as part of the TAG Emerging Leaders Initiative (sooo happy to leave the “mentor” term behind). On the call we talked about a technology leader’s ability to influence others. I liked this topic because it...
How to Hire an IT Support Company
Sometimes, clients ask us to help them hire an IT services company. For example, a foundation recently asked us to help them find a new company to provide local support and help desk services. Here’s what we did, and my quirky reasons why. Define the Need The package...
Setting an Email Forward Alert
I got a great response from my recent post detailing a phishing attack; thanks for that! Some of you asked about how to set an email forward alert. Remember that one component of the recent attack was that the hacker created a rule to auto-forward all messages to an...
The Treacherous World of Social Engineering: Top Tricks of the Trade
Hacking is a thriving business. We hear about it in the news all the time these days. When we think of a hacker, we imagine a computer whiz who has the technical expertise to “break in” to computer systems. The high school nerd who works his way into the school’s...
How a Successful Phishing Attack Happens
It’s instructive to see how a successful phishing attack can happen. Let me share a story with you. I got a text message, then a call last week. Both were from the same customer. “Dan, I think my account has been hacked,” was the message. “What do I do now?” The...
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