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2009 NTC Preview: Grant Howe on Remote Computing

NTEN

Most are outsourcing website, email, and listserv hosting. Over the last couple of years, our IT Staffing reports have found that nonprofits are hosting their own software and services less and less.

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Are Memes Really Just Slacktivism?

Care2

After some research, it turns out that this meme was started in December of 2009 in Canada. Many thought the meme was connected to raising breast cancer awareness, but that was not the intention behind it. Here’s the original meme: “Right girls let’s have some fun.

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How You Can Participate in United We Serve This Summer

Have Fun - Do Good

While I was at the 2009 National Conference on Volunteering and Service this week, I went to a session about United We Serve with Buffy Wicks, Deputy Director, White House Office of Public Engagement, and Carlos Monje, Senior Policy Advisor, White House Domestic Policy Counsel. Share your story about your summer service project.

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Case Study: How Human Rights Watch Leverages Employee Personal Brands on Twitter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When policymakers are not paying attention, Human Rights Watch shines a light on the situation through the media, both mainstream and social channels. In 2009, they embraced Twitter because journalists were active on Twitter and it was an efficient way to reach them. The organizational strategy is to impact policy change.

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Getting More out of Online & Offline Events

Forum One

Right now, there is an excellent example of this by the team behind the Davos 2009 World Economic Forum. If the event is offline, conduct follow-up online discussion using a simple listserve or a group collaboration tool to keep the lively discussions going. Check it out ! The Center for Global Development does this a lot.

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Purpose Prize Awards $100K to Social Justice Innovators Over 60

Care2

The deadline is March 5, 2009. Coate said: “Another successful outlet is spreading the word through listservs, blogs, and organizational newsletters. They also plan to utilize Flickr to highlight photos of Purpose Prize winners making a difference in their communities, which will tie in nicely with their YouTube Channel.

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Tips & Tricks from the Trenches

Connection Cafe

She is co-moderator of the popular community-led Nonprofit Salesforce Practitioners listserv and will be joining Convio’s Common Ground team as a full-time employee in January 2012. We adopted Convio Common Ground for better integration with fundraising and email marketing in 2009.

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