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Dreamforce 2008 post-mortem - back to the cheap seats

Judi Sohn

Force.com Sites was the big announcement and it will be interesting to see where that goes. I finally got to meet folks from the Nonprofit Salesforce NPSF Google group that I had gotten to know online, reconnected with friends from the Philadelphia and New York user group communities and with people I met at NTEN’s NTC last year.

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Connect2Compete: The Biggest Digital Inclusion Project in the U.S.

Tech Soup

Department of Commerce (NTIA) stimulus grants in 2008 and 2009 and so it has had no government funding and has been struggling to successfully get off the ground. The site also has a zip code search function to find classes close by. in Philadelphia. How the Project Got Going. The website is in English and Spanish.

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Vote for Your CNN Hero: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Impact

Have Fun - Do Good

According the CNN Heroes site, they received nearly 4,000 submissions from 75 countries that were narrowed down to 10 candidates by a Blue Ribbon Panel. I've included part of the nominees' profiles below, as they are written up on the site, but added links to their organizations and projects where I could find them. Her nonprofit St.

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Quick Hits: Funding, Facts, and Futurecasting

Museum 2.0

I'll be adding a bunch of answers to your questions and some other ways to browse the archives this weekend, and then I'll link to it from the main blog site starting on Monday. Great and sometimes surprising statistics on social media use around the world, circa March of 2008. Living Archive. We're still looking for your Museum 2.0-related

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How to Leverage Celebrities for Fundraising - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Some prominent celebrities in the nonprofit world are Bono ( One Campaign ), Mary Tyler Moore ( Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation ), Bon Jovi ( Philadelphia Soul Charitable Foundation ), and Michael J. November 25, 2007 | Freddie Sirmans Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Fox ( Foundation for Parkinson’s Research ).

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

The Innovation Festival aligns a community of innovators and agitators, bringing to life the future of business and culture with a mix of playfulness and sophistication, captivating keynotes, hands-on workshops, and intimate site visits at the most dynamic studios, startups, and centers of creativity in New York City. State/Local.

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"Google Was Our First Office": Managing a Worldwide Staff

NTEN

PT currently has fellowships in Boston, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem -- and will be expanding next year to Europe and other cities in North America. . PT started using Salesforce.com in 2008, taking advantage of its free licenses for nonprofits. PresenTense has even created a live Hub.

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