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A Closer Look at Giving Contests: Free White Paper Examines "Give to the Max DC"

NTEN

In a new white paper, " How Giving Contests Can Strengthen Nonprofits and Communities ", long-time NTEN Member Geoff Livingston takes a look at the next level: coordinated integration. The full white paper, published with the support of the Case Foundation and the Razoo Foundation, is available as a free download.

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In Case of Emergency, Update Your Facebook Status

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On the blogging side, while the main event page is on WordPress, Geoff will be using a posterous blog for updates about the conference and to publish early chapters of #crisisdata white paper. I won’t be at the event in Washington, DC, but I’ll be participating via #crisisdata on Twitter and exploring Whrrl.

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Five Ways to Become a Better Fundraising Professional

Connection Cafe

Read one thing related to your job a day (news article, blog post, or white paper). The series of events will be taking place in Chicago on May 28, Washington DC on June 10, New York City on September 10 and Boston on September 12. Participate in one webinar a month. Attend one local networking event or conference each quarter.

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Things We Like (April 2011)

NTEN

Nominations are also open for the NPower Greater DC Region Technology Innovation Awards. SmartOnline has a new white paper, " A Mobile World: how your supporters are using their Smartphones and why you should care ". using technology to solve social problems. Deadline: May 9.) Deadline: June 10.) of the traffic to NTEN.org.

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The Agitator and Ask Amounts

Connection Cafe

Read the post, and the linked white paper about the research and testing that went into this sweeping declaration. This post piqued my interest in part because of a vibrant discussion held at the Convio DC Users Group last week about end-of-year fundraising.

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Data Are Not Information

NTEN

As the examples show, producing digital information can and indeed must be more than creating digital clones of constructs such as books, pages, articles, reports, white papers, and linear text stories borrowed from a pre-digital era.

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Open Government: "Strategies and Tactics from the Playbook"

Forum One

These are the themes I heard while attending the interesting Open Government: "Strategies and Tactics from the Playbook" event this past Monday in DC, organized by the team of Lucas Cioffi , Stephen Buckley , and Kaliya Hamlin. See the white paper by Roger H Bernier of CDC on this. I list their 10 rules here ?