Opportunities for learning and sharing

There seems to always be a plethora of great opportunities available to nonprofits for learning and engaging with each other and the technology field. A couple recent things to mention: 1. 2nd Annual DoGooderTV Nonprofit Video Awards See3Communications and NTEN are co-sponsoring the video awards for a second year. The theme this year is, “From [...]

January 16, 2008 1 comment CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE…

Happy Birthday, Beth!

Today is Beth’s birthday; congratulations on another great year! If you aren’t yet, you should be reading her blog because she offers terrific advice, asks important questions, and ignites great conversations about nonprofits successfully using social media. For the past month, I have been part of a team of bloggers supporting the Sharing Foundation in [...]

January 11, 2008 1 comment CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE…

How can nonprofits use twitter?

NetSquared’s monthly Net2ThinkTank question this month is: How can nonprofits use twitter? Should they even bother? My first response is, “Sure! Totally! Maybe!” So, my second thought is really the more important one. I have said it before and I will probably say it a million more times, but, nonprofits need to use the tools [...]

January 10, 2008 2 comments CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE…

Do you have cold feet for social media?

Lisa McNeill, over at the Ignite Social Media blog, posted great list of five steps to get over the cold feet you may have about social media marketing. Her list includes: Set up and RSS Feed Reader and Subscribe to Feeds Start Twittering Start Studying Start Filtering Start Social Bookmarking My favorite part of the [...]

January 10, 2008 1 comment CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE…

New media trainings and gatherings starting in Portland

I am still so thrilled at the high turnout and positive response we received from our three-part series on Communicating in the Age of New Media from 2007. While I hope that your year is off to a great start so far, I also hope that continuing your new media education is on your resolution [...]

January 8, 2008 1 comment CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE…

Open Source Survey

Do you know what open source means? Do you use open source tools at home or in your organization? You may be taking advantage of the open source world without evening knowing it, for instance, if you are currently reading this in a Firefox browser! NonProfit Open Source Initiative is an organizationt hat was started [...]

January 7, 2008 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE…

Razoo: Case Foundation interview

Have you been following and participating in America’s Giving Challenge brought by the Case Foundation and Causes. Recently, Razoo (a community united around making a positive difference in the world. Where passions are connected with actions, showing us that when connected, our small contributions add up to a big impact) talked with the Case Foundation [...]

January 4, 2008 0 comments CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE…

Has your usage increased, too?

TechSoup conducted a web usage survey last year and has just released the results of this year’s survey. You can read more about it and download the results from the 2007 survey on their website. The general increase of web 2.0 tools (social media / new media tools) is not surprising since there is a [...]

January 3, 2008 1 comment CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE…

Starting your social media over?

As we enter a new year, many people and organizations are thinking about how the last year went and where the new year can go. Making resolutions, setting goals, and even drawing boundaries. Beth Kanter recently posed a great question: What if I could start all my social media and nonprofits work over from scratch? [...]

January 2, 2008 1 comment CONTINUE READING THIS ARTICLE…