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Build, Buy, or Customize?

Connection Cafe

Customization simply in order to preserve business processes without a greater outcome is a recipe for disaster (as is implementing software without changes to business practices). Access to platform SMEs and/or a community of developers who can train and “mentor” your staff? What about development environments and tools?

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SXSW: Social Media Nonprofit ROI Poetry Slam - Slides, Links, and Poems (long)

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Today, I am moderating a panel at SXSW about Social Media Nonprofit ROI in the format of a poetry slam. A creative report on non-profits, social media, and effective ROIs delivered as poetry slam and expertly judged including interactive crowd participation. I shall investigate - I muttered - to know what ROI could account for.

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