The Latest from the Nonprofit Technology Community

Sunday, March 21, 2010
Author: Joey Martin Raina Van Cleave and Nick Finck gave a very informative and succinct presentation on what characterizes a great end user experience. They summed up the qualities of great design into 10 Commandments - these commandments aren’t written in stone however but when designing your web presence thou shalt: 1. Design to the User – they are always right Don't focus on your needs as
 
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Note from Beth:   Every now and then, I get asked when did you first discover the power of the social web?  I actually have a repertoire of stories, but one of them is about Michaela Hackner ( Kalabird .)   I connected with her through her amazing photos of Cambodia on Flickr when I was covering the Cambodian blogosphere for Global Voices over five years ago. Somewhere around 2006 or 2007, I got a call from Michaela asking for advice on a career path for Nonprofit Technology. 
 
Sunday, March 21, 2010
I normally try to leave politics and religion out of my work with nonprofits, but this time I need to make an exception. A month ago I launched a Facebook Page called Accomplishments of President Barack Obama . In just that short time it has become abundantly clear that I have been living and working in social networking bubble of nice, friendly, supportive
 
In a recent TechSoup webinar, Allen Gunn, Executive Director of Aspiration, suggested a simple and effective process for planning your organization's online communications, using a simple spreadsheet template to create a monthly Publishing Matrix....( read more ) ...Tags: Tags: Non-profit technology nptech E-mail marketing Blogging Non-profit
It was a sunny SxSW Saturday last week where people came together for Zoetica Media 's brunch and brainstorm session -- with one nonprofit in mind: Safe Place . Community and a Strategic Starting Point The goal was to look at Safe Place's community, internally and externally, and offer a strategic starting point for this nonprofit's social media plan .
As of this week, qualified nonprofits can now request donated Citrix products through TechSoup. Citrix offers a variety of web-based collaboration tools, including GoToMeeting , a product that lets you host web-based conferences with up to 15 participants. GoToMeeting joins Office Communications Server and ReadyTalk in the growing arsenal of online conferencing tools available to our members.
The program book has gone to print, the Miss Piggy costume has arrived, and the registration numbers keep rising. We're only 20 days away from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference -- but who's counting? Just Just like in past years, we'll be kicking off the 10NTC with the Science Fair.
As companies are increasing their focus on doing good , it only makes sense that everywhere you looked at SXSW Interactive this year, people were talking about do-gooding. Twitter’s Evan Williams was expected to talk about a new ad platform during his keynote interview, but instead talked about his company’s values, with #1 being “Be a force for goo
  The Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) is to nonprofit techies what SXSW is to social media professionals.  Translation:  You have to go! I've been going before the NTC was the NTC.  This year's conference will celebrate the 10th Anniversary. 
Google Voice's attempts at transcribing voicemails never fail to entertain. The actual message from my husband was: "Hi honey, it's me. Call me back please. Thank you." quot; And