Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Nonprofit Technology Link Love July 30, 2008 Here are posts from a small sampling of bloggers I regularly read: Holly Ross shows her geek cred in a great post about DNS. Beth is, of course, THE web 2.0

Submitted by Amy Sample Ward, publisher of Amy Sample Ward’s Version of NPTech When it comes to “nptech” or nonprofit technology, there are more blogs and organizations and resources than any one person can find, let alone keep track of! Amy Sample Ward’s Version of RSS Why? m no exception. What’s in my brain, can be in yours!

Amy Sample Ward recaps the lively discussion and shares some excellent resources like this Climate Debate Map , the Drupal.org profile of TckTckTck and the Climate Lab Wiki. So, let's say you're Focus the Nation user; well, now you'll be able to see 1Sky's local events and news and join their lists as well.

Here are a few newsworthy and noteworthy items worth a look: The Salvation Army Southern Territory Selects Blackbaud Enterprise CRM A very exciting announcement about the latest Blackbaud Enterprise CRM customer. At a national level, The Salvation Army raised $2 billion in 2007 and recently ranked No.

and although the sample sizes were small, and not representative of the nonprofit sector as a whole, the people surveyed seemed to like the open source tools available. We really can’t draw any conclusions from this – the sample size was small, and, as I mentioned, not representative of the sector. Be Helpful.

Based on this small sample, its apparent that I am unlikely to adopt the apps that are either (a) advanced navel-gazing or (b) gushy new random friend-making. This applet purports to add relevant posts from my Facebook friends blogs to my Facebook news feed. Christine (.net) Quick Followup: VCTips at Web 2.0 United States License.

Check out M+R Strategic Services first Nonprofit Social Media Benchmarks Study , which includes sample research by groups such as Easter Seals, Oxfam, Human Rights Campaign, League of Conservation Voters, and more. Generating a high fan rate is important, since news feeds carry that activity to potential new fans. Twitter Key Findings.

Here's a quick snapshot of some of the projects they're working on now: Case studies: Amy Sample Ward has posted the first in a series of NetSquared case studies on their site. TechSoup Global's NetSquared project is doing some amazing work, particularly on the use of mobile technologies and social change around the world. read more. Tools

on Fundraising123 shows that in a limited sample of some nonprofits, online giving is actually up.  And while, this was some hard to come by good news, the author warns nonprofits not to get too complacent about online fundraising and that economy is probably going to get worse. I'm not in denial.   recent post. Need some inspiration?  

look over a sample of the environmental movements press releases to see what you think) The question is how do the stories and language we use paint an image of environmental work? Center for Health, Environment and Justice Seeks Campaign Coordinator Need Green Holiday Gift Ideas? Bobbi Russell on Should you send your press releases to blogs?