Thanks, Claire! So glad to hear it 🙂 I’d love to hear more about your
presentation on The Costs of Free – would you be open to posting a guest
post here?

Thanks!
a

Too often, the decision is made to go with free because, well, it’s free. No one is examining the background costs. To be a better consultant to them, I must help them see and reflect on these costs before they decide on a tool.

Thanks, Manny! I really appreciate you following up here. I really agree
with and want to echo your point that whether it’s money upfront, or not,
there are huge costs involved in what we do. Even if the tool is “free” we
are paying for time and energy and everything else we invest. And we have
all had the conversations about “the real cost of free” and so on, but the
most important costs, I think, for nonprofits and educators are the costs
associated with compromise to either our mission or options for the
organization or community by the platforms having ultimate say in what and
how we work.

We aren’t out of the woods, as you say; but I am happy there are so many
people trying to piece together a map to get us there some day!

Thanks for all your dedication in this space, Manny!
a

Thanks for this great follow-up post.