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New article: Take Control of your Organization’s Data

Robert Weiner

It's in their DIY series -- short tips for implementing something for your organization without extensive tech know-how or extra budget. NTEN just published a short piece of mine on data management in their Change magazine. The topic they gave me was managing decentralized data entry.

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Finding a replacement for Tungle.me

Robert Weiner

Appointments would no longer sync reliably with Outlook, I'd get strange error messages from the connector plug-in, and the company stopped providing tech support. Unfortunately, RIM bought Tungle in 2011 and it started to decline. Now they've announced that Tungle will be shut down on December 3rd. Hence I've been looking for alternatives.

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Going from Accidental Techie to Technology Leader

Robert Weiner

And some may love the tech part of their jobs, but it will remain a small, incidental (accidental?) On one hand, those who decide that technology will be their vocations need to push for roles and titles that reflect what they really do. They're ready to graduate from their apprenticeships. part of what they do.

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A Month with the Palm Pre

Robert Weiner

The trick (provided by Palm tech support) was to set up Google as an exchange server (yes, the Pre needs to treat Gmail as a Microsoft Exchange server) using server = m.google.com and domain = google. I finally got sick of calling their tech support. I initially had trouble getting a bi-directional sync to work. It's also not reliable.

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SF Fundraising Day 2010

Robert Weiner

We've programmed sessions on online fundraising with Madeline Stanionis, social media with Jeff Patrick, database selection with Eric Leland, and an open discussion session with me and Michael on whatever tech topics the attendees bring. Early bird rates end on April 15, so sign up at www.afp-ggc.org/frd2010.

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Online Alumni Communities in the Age of Social Media

Robert Weiner

And here's a blog post from Andy Shandlain at Cal Tech about the subject: [link]. Cal Tech does not have a closed online alumni community, but they do have a password-protected online alumni directory. Some of the key points are: What are your goals for the group? How will you measure them? How will you market the group?

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Nonprofit Technology 601

Robert Weiner

Feel free to add your favorite nonprofit tech resources to the list by way of commenting on the post. This post lists books, reports, Web sites, blogs, and conferences that nonprofit techies — and not just those newbies — should know about. We’re happy that TechSoup is listed right at the top of the list. Photo: Neil T. .