In addition to putting up new articles, setting up a new office space, and finishing off our Data Visualization report, we're in the planning process for a new resource, The Field Guide to Software for Nonprofits: Fundraising, Outreach, and Communications - a concise book that will help nonprofits pinpoint the types of software that might be useful for their needs and provide user-friendly summaries to de-mystify the possible options. Does the Field Guide sound useful? We're nothing if not busy over here at Idealware world headquarters! We're looking for some Pilot Partners

The NpTech Tag Summary went on hiatus to give some space to rethink, reinvent -- again. summaries will be briefer, focused on a social media theme or a social media quot; Dan Schultz makes a similar observation in his recent publication " Guide To Facebook Activism " published by Digiactive , a five-month-old site devoted to digital activism. Photo by PixelFarmer - Zen Mutt (a rescue dog) - Title "Precision" Conversations are getting more

To catch up, read the summary here and to read the most recent thoughts -- see Gavin's newest post here and Emily's reflections here . Your Guide to the E-Advocacy Revolution from PolicyLink. see photo of Quintus Jett here ) Ethos Roundtable now has a blog where you can find summaries and links to resources from meetings. Screenshot of a poll from Philanthropy 2173 Still time to register your opinion! Five Hot Conversations

Our friends at Idealware and NTEN have released their Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems . The guide presents detailed comparisons of 33 donor databases that cost less than $4,250 in the first year. It includes a high-level overview of common features, comparisons and summaries of the systems they reviewed, recommendations for which systems might be suited to a variety of nonprofit scenarios, and a directory of consultants who can help you Full disclosure -- I contributed to the report and am one of the consultants listed.) A

A Practical Guide to Using Web 2.0 blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary . Want to listen on Twitter? Use Tweetscan and type in key words. Don't forget to add the search tool. 1.

Mobile, Internet and Virtual Activism NTEN and MobileActive.org recently announced the release of the second MobileActive Guide , a joint project of NTEN, Green Media Toolshed, and MobileActive and funded by the Surdna Foundation e.politics blog summarizes a case study on the Republican employment of cell phones and SMS text messaging in the 2006 election presented at the January Mobile Monday meeting in DC. The offline wikipedia, Moulin. NpTech Themes Nptech Tag News: The NpTech Community site can be found at: [link] . Unthinkingly experiments with visualizing

Share Your Stories and Change the World " is accepting submissions until February 7th. MasterNewMedia has published an awesome Video Beginner's Guide written by Michael Pick. blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary . Photo from LolNPtech.org (Registration is here ) Mashups, Meatballs, and New Orleans Do you look at all of the data available online, and imagine ways to combine and connect it to increase awareness about an issue? Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge !

How To Feed Your Blog To Twitter shows you an easy way to stream a presence on twitter and if you don't know about Twitter, read the 12-Minute Guide blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary. summaries are released on cc 2.5 Photo from Cambodia4kids Netsquared Voting Deadline Extended

Lee Romero has posted a nice guide to using wikis to support his Idealist group's work. How to remix content with having a law degree is a simple guide to how to use material from the internet without getting in trouble. Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae? npdigg.org , cooked up by the nonprofittech blog , is up and running. It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface.

Our friends at Idealware and NTEN have released their Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems . The guide presents detailed comparisons of 33 donor databases that cost less than $4,250 in the first year. It includes a high-level overview of common features, comparisons and summaries of the systems they reviewed, recommendations for which systems might be suited to a variety of nonprofit scenarios, and a directory of consultants who can help you Full disclosure — I contributed to the report and am one of the consultants listed.) A