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Looking for Academic Year 2015-16 Interns!

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School’s back in, so what are YOU doing to keep developing the practical skills and experience that will make you stand out with top employers when you graduate?  More importantly, are you building your professional network outside of campus to help you land a great job when you finally get that sheepskin?  Since one of … Read more

In Today’s Media: ConnectVA, RTD, and more.

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Monday, August 17th has been a busy day for us in the office! Between our official 501(c)3 designation and preparing for future events, it’s a wonder we haven’t spent a fortune at the coffee shop across the street. ConnectVA posted a Spotlight on our CEO and Founder, Tom Anderson, which you can read here. And the … Read more

Throwback Thursday – From Maps to Apps

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Do you remember rotary phones, baud rates, or punch cards? (Maybe not😊) Technology has brought about huge shifts in how we do things in just the past few decades. As part of a new blog series, IT4Causes will take you back once a month or so to how some things used to be done and how … Read more

Making the Most of Your Internship

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Internships are awesome, even if you do end up getting paid in chump change …or not at all (which will probably be the case for most you come across). No, really! Internships pay you back in a priceless form: experience. It’s the perfect practice course for the adult world. My current internship with IT4Causes not … Read more

90+% Off! How IT4Causes Makes Great IT a Bargain for Nonprofits

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Information technology can get expensive very quickly! From strategy consulting to project management to hardware and software costs, the price is often insurmountable for small- and medium-sized nonprofit agencies, who end up suffering with inferior systems. IT4Causes helps solve this problem in several ways, so let’s walk through how we do that. We’ve done a … Read more

Volunteer Spotlight: Emily Cowdrey

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My name is Emily and I volunteered with IT4Causes. There is often more than one event on the horizon for this organization but volunteering is easily balanced with full time work. I helped organize a volunteer extravaganza where non-profits were introduced to skilled volunteers. The attendees were featured in the shooting of a new video … Read more

We’ve Joined Club 501(c)3!

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We are beyond excited to announce that our application for 501(c)3 status has been approved and we are officially a certified tax exempt organization. We want to extend our gratitude to the members of our board; George Welch, Michael Pirron, and Terry Sherman.  And also thank Won-Suk Choi for his counsel on our legal matters, … Read more

Setting Sail for Lighthouse Labs

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IT4Causes has applied to Lighthouse Labs Accelerator program. This is Richmond’s premiere incubator program for nurturing new, tech-based startups. If accepted into the program, IT4Causes will receive $20,000 to help us grow, co-working space among the other chosen start-ups to help each other flourish, invaluable mentoring sessions from some of RVA’s best business and start-up leaders, and participation in a launch day where we will present our ideas to potential investors, the media, and the community.

Through this innovative program we seek to hone the Information Technology services we provide, learn to advertise our work better, and to strengthen our strategies to benefits the RVA community. This will help us immensely in promoting our cause and helping Richmond become a better place, but we need your support! Go to the link below to follow our page on the F6s site, which will show the Lighthouse judges that you support us!

https://www.f6s.com/it4causes2015?fb_ref=app_share

Partner Spotlight: The Beacon Tree Foundation

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Beacon Tree was founded in 2008 by parents Tom and Diana Leahy who were motivated by their own children’s struggles with clinical depression. Unfortunately, there is still a stigma associated with mental health which can make it hard for children to get the resources they need. For the parents who do get past the stigma, the mental health field … Read more

Collaborative Case Management Initiative

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We’ve all had this experience: You go to your doctor and fill out the forms. Your doc says you need to see the specialist, so (hopefully) you make the appointment, show up, and the first thing you have to do is fill out more forms, asking you for the same information. In your anxious state, … Read more