Nonprofit technology advisor
Springfield, Massachusetts Area
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- Board Member at NTEN
- Principal at Metacentric Technology Advising (Sole Proprietorship)
- Coordinator at Nonprofit Open Source Initiative
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- Consultant at Database Designs Associates
- Vice President for Technology at Database Designs Associates
- Board Member at Aspiration
- President at Ursa Minor Technology Consulting (Self-employed)
- Associate Professor at Hampshire College
- Education
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- Pacific School of Religion
- Case Western Reserve University
- Bennington College
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Michelle Murrain’s Summary
I have worked in the nonprofit technology field for 10 years, focused on helping organizations leverage technology to serve their constituents.
Michelle Murrain’s Specialties:
Planning, training and evaluation of over all technology uses in organizations. For many years specialized in web and database technologies, open source software, Linux and Macintosh OS.
Michelle Murrain’s Experience
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Board Member
NTEN
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
October 2007 — Present (10 months)
I am a member of the board.
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Principal
Metacentric Technology Advising (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
April 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)
MetaCentric Technology Advising will help your organization evaluate whether or not technology is really facilitating your mission. Through visioning, evaluation and training, your organization will be empowered to make appropriate technology decisions, and to look at the ways your use of technology fits into the bigger picture of the community and our planet. If you enter into a process of software or service selection, I can help you evaluate the options based on a wider variety of criteria than is traditional, and facilitate discussions with vendors. If your technology implementation has hit a snag, I can help you navigate your way through the snags, and mediate with vendors, if that's necessary. If you've thought of using open source software, I can help you figure out whether and how to implement it.
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Coordinator
Nonprofit Open Source Initiative
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 2007 — Present (1 year 7 months)
NOSI, the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative fosters the adoption of free and open source software in the nonprofit sector by providing tools for nonprofits to learn about and evaluate free and open source software projects.
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Consultant
Database Designs Associates
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2006 — March 2007 (7 months)
Project management, database design and implementation, web application programming.
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Vice President for Technology
Database Designs Associates
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2003 — June 2005 (2 years 6 months)
Worked with nonprofit and educational clients on database-driven web applications for mission-based functions.
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Board Member
Aspiration
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
2004 — 2005 (1 year)
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President
Ursa Minor Technology Consulting (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
June 1996 — June 2003 (7 years 1 month)
I worked with nonprofit and educational institutions on dynamic web-based database management systems for a wide variety of organizational and educational functions.
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Associate Professor
Hampshire College
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 1989 — June 1999 (9 years 11 months)
I taught Biology and Public Health
Michelle Murrain’s Education
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Pacific School of Religion
CTS, Theology, 2005 — 2006
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Case Western Reserve University
Ph.D., Biology, 1981 — 1987
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Bennington College
1977 — 1981
Additional Information
Michelle Murrain’s Websites:
Michelle Murrain’s Groups:
NTEN, Progressive Faith Bloggers
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Nonprofit Open Source Initiative member -
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DataPortability Project member
Michelle Murrain’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- business deals
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