I’d like to welcome Adriel Tam, Technically Learning’s newest board member. Adriel, has been in the financial services industry since graduating from Seattle Pacific University in 1998. Originally from the Washington DC area, he has worked in a variety of roles in technology, finance, and investments. Prior roles have included Director with VR Business Brokers in Hawaii - providing small business Mergers and Acquisitions and Program Manager with GE Capital where he oversaw corporate programs for the consumer division across Western and Central Europe.

We’re very excited to have Adriel on our board to help round out our non-profit, financial and investing experience.

TL is in the process of hiring a part-time Director to help us continue the tremendous growth we've had over the past nine months. Among other tasks, the Director will supervise our Robotics and Engineering Program, advise our board on program and organizational direction and support our AmeriCorps VISTA members. While this position is currently part-time, it has the potential for development into a full-time position as the organization continues to grow. This is the ideal position for someone who has vision for organizational direction and the leadership skills to bring that vision to life.

We're looking for dynamic individuals who are self-starters with excellent program management skills. Applicants should have knowledge of both public education systems and non-profit management, and should be able to wear many hats (programming, development, operational).

If you are interested in the position or know someone who'd be perfect for it, visit our Idealist posting.

If you didn’t notice by the giant banner above, or didn’t hear from your friends Technically Learning is having a Dodgeball Tournament to raise money this weekend! A few sponsors have been very gracious and have donated prizes or food for the event. I’d like to thank the following sponsors:

Cupcake Royale

Cherry Street Coffee House

Sky High Sports

Zeeks Pizza

I think we'd all like to extend a huge thank you to everybody that put together a team or participated in any way in our DodgeBall Tournament. We had 14 teams and well over 100 people at the event.

Congrats to our winners, SSD. For winning they received some pretty sweet prizes.

Keep a lookout for some pictures of the event, we had multiple photographers there, so I'm sure we'll have a few great shots.

Thanks to Facebook and their Causes application, things are pretty tense around the office lately. You see, Causes allows you to make a birthday wish to raise money for the cause you care for most passionately. Friends, family and supporters can grant birthday wishes by donating through the Causes page on your behalf. Can you guess who we picked to support with our upcoming birthdays?

Joe, Rebecca and I are all having birthdays within the next month. Talk of cupcakes and candles led to some pretty boastful words, and somehow we all pledged to raise the most money for Technically Learning, using our birthdays to prompt our personal fan bases. Winner eats the cupcakes; losers buy. We've all notified our Facebook friends and now the race is on.

Maybe you want to get in on the action? Here's how: Support Team Rebecca, Team Joe or Team Natalie in the contest and help us reach our fundraising goal. The money raised during this heated birthday battle will go towards equipping and supporting new school sites in the 2010-2011 school year. Visit our pages, find out why we decided to make this pledge, and make a donation that will be both a wonderful birthday present and a show of support for improved science and math education in our public schools.

Best part? You don't have to be a registered Facebook user to donate. When you decide to donate for one (or more) of our birthdays after clicking on one of the links above, click the green "Donate" button, and on the next page, click the "Donate Without Facebook" button. (Of course, if you are Facebook user, donating through Facebook is a great way of publishing your support for one of our birthday competitors.)

There's no time to waste: Rebecca's birthday in 5 short days, and she's really hoping she can win some chocolate cupcakes with purple frosting. . .

(PS. If you have an upcoming birthday, registering for a Cause birthday wish is a great way for you to show your support for Technically Learning.)