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Our pals over at Idealware have just released a pretty comprehensive report comparing some open source content managment giants — WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Plone. While they're similar in many ways, they also have some substantial differences when it comes to features and flexibility. Have questions about how it all works?

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #5: WordPress January 24, 2008 It seems like a good day to talk about WordPress. Anyway, WordPress is a blogging tool (in fact, the one that runs this blog.) Be Helpful.

in September of 2009, I had very low expectations. I That said, in addition to being a great tool to  build your e-Newsletter list , if your nonprofit is regularly updating Facebook and Twitter accounts, then your organization needs to be able to produce, contribute, and distribute fresh, quality content. Share breaking news.

The illustration above comes from a book by Rob Cross called " Driving  Results Through Social Networks " which is about how to leverage informal networks within your organization or cross-organizational teams.  Case in point: because of ‘message discipline’, only a very few people are allowed to speak for an organization.

As nonprofits scramble to meet their year-end fundraising goals, this is also a great time of year to reflect on what online fundraising and advocacy strategies worked well in 2009. July 2009 Pew Internet study found there is no digital divide for online when you factor in mobile access. But what's coming up in 2010? nptech

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology CiviCRM and Drupal (& Joomla) January 26, 2009 CiviCRM was the first nonprofit-focused open source CRM (one of only two, at this moment.) You can set up web forms (for donations, event registration, etc.)

L ast week I spoke with a national non-profit who was interested in hiring me to oversee their 2009 social media campaign. This ease of maintenance adds to the sustainability of your organization. Before our call, they sent me a 37-page strategic plan for using social media to enhance awareness and fundraising for their non-profit.

What are people already saying about my cause, or organization? Search on Google , Google Blog Search , Technorati , Twitter Search , and Social Mention for your cause, the name of your organization (if you have one), and the URL of your website (if you have one). WordPress , Blogger ) Podcast (i.e. Raise awareness? Blog (i.e.