Brave North Technology — COVID-19 Resources and Information
We are maintaining this page to include information, updates, and resources from our team and others groups regarding the COVID-19 event. Listed below you will find our response to the current situation and recommendations, advice, and support for your organization during this challenging time. Contact us anytime for additional information, support, or resources.
The Brave North Technology Help Desk remains open for remote support*:
Email: support@bravenorthtech.com
Phone/text: 612-412-4606
*we are experiencing an extremely high-level of urgent/emergency support requests which may result in extended response times
Email communications sent from Brave North Technology regarding COVID-19 and our response
Email from Joel Barker, Subject: Checking in - Support for your team RE: COVID-19, sent on 3/15/2020
Email from Joel Barker, Subject: An update from Brave North — COVID-19 | Service update | No cost additional security services, sent on 3/25/2020 (some hourly clients not setup to receive full remote support receive a modified email specific to your situation)
Here are some tips and resources we thought may be helpful to you
We want to share some helpful resources our team has come across in the past several days. As we continue to discover and receive resources that we feel may be helpful to you, we will update them on this page. (Feel free to share any you come across with joel@bravenorthtech.com to add to the page.)
Resources
Members of Minnesota Council of Nonprofits receive a 20% discount for Zoom video conference software: https://www.minnesotanonprofits.org/membership/member-discount-partners/zoom
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) resources: https://mn.gov/deed/newscenter/covid/
Minnesota Disaster Recovery Fund for Coronavirus (Minnesota Council on Foundations): https://mcf.org/minnesota-disaster-recovery-fund-coronavirus
Example pandemic policy draft document (People Serving People)
A family-friendly video about Coronavirus (COVID0-19) (Kurzgesagt)
Propel Nonprofits is offering no-cost consultations with their staff nonprofit organizations; they also have resources on their website: https://www.propelnonprofits.org/covid-19-resources-for-nonprofits/
Remote Work Survival Kit (collaborative document)
Trainings / Webinars
Tech Impact is offering several webinars and trainings regarding COVID-19 changes and impacts at nonprofits: https://techimpact.org/events/
Lathrop GPM COVID-19 Webinar: The Employer’s Perspective: https://www.lathropgpm.com/pressroom-events-72515.html
Articles
The Pandemic and the Implications for Fundraising (Hansen Henley Yoder & Lamb, 2020)
Mass telecommuting is an opportunity for hackers (AMP, MarketPlace)
Cybersecurity Essentials for Philanthropy (Technology Affinity Group, 2019)
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Coronavirus information, and a other important information including: Defending Against COVID-19 Cyber Scams, a refresher regarding Using Caution with Email Attachments
Due to increased email and phone charity scams related to COVID-19 as reported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Trade Commission (FTC) consumer information: Before Giving to a Charity
Some humor and other positive distractions we’ve found in the past week (because we need to laugh and enjoy life)
Rugby Media videos, a rugby announcer provides commentary for every day life situations