Our Web Executive Seminar last month featured a terrific case study by District of Columbia CTO Vivek Kundra on the DC Data Catalog -- an archive of over 200 data feeds. We've blogged about Kundra's presentation previously, but now his slides are available for the first time (with audio). Under Kundra's leadership, the District is using simple technologies to become, arguably, one of the most transparent metropolitan governments in the nation. We've I've embedded them below.

I'm back in DC where I facilitated two workshops on social media. I got asked for resources in these areas: Facebook Best Practices Social Media Research   (that's free) Policy If you were at the session, and had a question about a specific resource or technique and I didn't cover it in our limited time, please leave a comment and I'll point you to something or even write a whole blog post about it! I'm back in DC where I facilitated two workshops on social media. CLEAR Training: Social Media and Mobile Phones View more OpenOffice presentations from kanter . I'm

I had a great time yesterday at Transparency Camp '09 in DC - kudos to Peter Corbett , and Gabriela Schneider and Clay Johnson and others at Sunlight Foundation , as well as others for catalyzing it. There were folks there from NYC, west coast, and elsewhere, but about 2/3 were locals from DC. There really are a lot of amazing people working on web technology, strategy It's ongoing today - Sunday - and you can follow it by viewing the (high volume!) Twitter feed and Flickr pictures . It's

This time around I limited the list to individuals bloggers, rather than blogs maintained by associations, publications, PR firms, etc. Rosetta Thurman: @rosettathurman from Washington, DC Blog: Allyson Kapin @care2frogloop from Washington, DC Blog: Last week I asked the followers of @NonprofitOrgs to nominate their favorite nonprofit bloggers. The list below is the result of that “Tweet Out”.

I'm back in D.C. Here are two other D.C. At the same time she is deeply aware of the role technology plays in the growth of any organization these days. after a week working with our old friends at the Omaha/Council Bluffs YMCA. non-profit pundits you'll want to add to your reading list: Jillaine Smith's blog, At the Intersection , focuses on organizational development: leadership, strategic planning, communication.

John Kenyon , Jennie Anderson, AIDS.gov , and William Neuheisel, DC Central Kitchen Imagine Two excellent examples of effective online communications are AIDS.gov and DC Central Kitchen. Jennie Anderson of AIDS.gov and William Neuheisel of DC Central Kitchen, who work on communications at their respective agencies, share some of their tactics and techniques. Imagine producing online communications you're proud to share with the world and that garner praise from funders, donors, and other stakeholders. Each Each month, I look at dozens of nonprofit websites

New Online Catalogue for Philanthropy in Washington, DC | Leading Companies for Good | Fast Company: "Now more than ever, individuals, corporations, and foundations want to make informed choices when they make financial contributions to nonprofit organizations. And people want to volunteer where their time and talents will be put to good use. So how do you know which organizations to support A

Just before New Years, I was contacted by Amanda Rose ( @amanda ) who was wondering if I could put out a call on Twitter for any volunteers to help put on a Twestival for DC. At the time, I was basically losing my mind trying to wrap up at my old association and officially go SocialFishing , so all I did was send out a couple of tweets - and I was lucky to get an immediate response from my buddy Peter LaMotte of GeniusRocket . Here's what it's all about . On February 12, more than 175 cities around the globe will host a Tweetup party, with all proceeds going to charity:water

For example, each time one of the staff tweets about the event from his or her personal Twitter account,  it will repost to the corporate Twitter account. They have limited time and resources. The staff can’t afford to waste time logging in and out of personal  and corporate Twitter accounts. O ne of my non-profit clients is planning a Twitter campaign for a major event in June. They want to have tweets from multiple personal Twitter accounts copied to a single corporate Twitter account.

They treat seconds, minutes, and hours as perfectly reasonable units of time in which to raise money, coordinate volunteers, and communicate with supporters. Let’s These two stories serve as evidence that people are hungry for opportunities to coalesce around real time opportunities and events, whether they are fundraising related or otherwise . The Let’s turn now to volunteering in small units of time… Note: The transcript below if from my keynote presentation at Connecting Up Australia in May 2009. Thank Thank you for the introduction. A