Computer Forensics

Because my company is based on charities and businesses putting information online, it is very important that we keep all that information save. Although most of the information would be more for informative purposes, it's very important that it stays safe and in the control of the charity or company that put it out there.
Because safety is so important to us, we would not require charities and businesses to put in any financial information in our system. Since Charities Connect is modeled after more of a social-networking type website, they wouldn't need to put more information than you would say, in your facebook profile. Communication is what we're after, and we don't want to put unnecessary information on the internet.
To avoid identity theft, each charity and business will have a password that allows them to log on and share/change information. Also, each charity and business will receive a background check before being allowed to make an account. Because Charities Connect is a free service, we want to ensure the quality and honestly of our charities before we let them make an account with us. 

Excel

          Really any business, even one based online, needs to keep track of data. Excel is the best way to accomplish this. Because I don't want to charge the charities for joining CC, I would need to get support from companies through advertising. Or if the charities want to run an advertisement, they can pay a fee and have an ad on our website as well! Too keep track of the companies/charities who want to pay for ads on Charities Connect, we will put their data and how much they've paid on an excel spread sheet, or even a pivot table, if I'm feeling particularly ambitious.
         I could also use Excel to keep track of the activity going on within the website. I could use functions such as AVERAGE, to see how often charities are active on the website. I could also easily compare charities and see which ones are using the website the most. Excel will help me organize the activity I must keep track of to make sure Charities Connect is running smoothly and being put to good use.


          
 

Blog Post #1

       My idea is to launch a website called charitiesconnect.com. Charities Connect (or CC as it will so hiply be called) will be a "social networking" style website for charities and businesses. The goal of the website will be to connect charities and charities, charities that need sponsors to businesses, and businesses that want to sponsor charities to charities. There are websites like this out there, but Charities Connect will be different because we will not only connect charities to businesses, but help promote them. We'll give them access to big businesses as well as notifty them when an opportunity arises to promote/get their charity involved in a major event. Similar to a normal social networking site, there will be an "open dialogue" atmosphere, and we will encourage charities to connect with other charities in their area. Even better, not just charities and businesses can make a profile! We will also have a section for volunteer work, and those kind of organizations connect and promote themselves as well.
       Obviously, the best way to promote a social networking site is through other sources of social networking. I can promote my website through Twitter by easily finding charities and businesses to connect to. Because twitter allows you to so easily connect with people with similar interests, contacting future users of charitiesconnect.com will be a piece of cake. If we have a powerful presence on Twitter, charities and businesses will know we will use that power to help them achieve their goals.
      We could also have a CC twitter account, letting not only charities and companies, but anyone who cares to follow us know about what local charity events are taking place in their area, or where they can go to donate to causes they care about. Since our website is all about connection, we will stay connected using Twitter, and other popular forms of social media.