Another great list from Idealware. I'm just going to put up a couple here. You can read the full article here.
Seven Ways to Get the Most Out of the Web on a Budget (ClickZ)
A practical look at the technology and marketing strategy decisions that will help small organizations get the most value out of the internet.
Free Tools for Small Organizations (World's Touch)
A long and interesting list of free tools that might be useful to organizations, although without much context for them.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Resource Roundup 4/10 from Idealware by laura
via Google Reader (100+): "4:02 PM (54 minutes ago)
MobileActive Guide #3 Released: Mobile Phones in Fundraising Campaigns(NTEN) Continuing the MobileActive Series, a new guide on using mobile phones for fundraising. Plone Online Training: Short Plone Overview (TechNW) Based on the demand for our Joomla/ Drupal/ Plone overview workshop, understanding content management systems is a big need, which means that a number of you may be interested in TechNW's very reasonably priced Plone Online Training. Managing Pictures in SharePoint (Gavin's Digital Diner) Gavin Clabaugh lays out his process for building a Digital Asset Management system to manage photographs in SharePoint (Microsoft's intranet and collaboration tool)- an interesting piece both for those interested in DAM and in SharePoint. Knowledge Management: Finding Quick Wins and Long Term Value (How To Save the World) Dave Pollard lays out some very useful suggestions about what systems and processes can do to help organizational Knowledge Management in the short and long term. Online Community through Email Lists (Beaconfire) Great overview of how to create community using listserves - an old school but still very relevant technology - as well as how to apply these lessons to more new-fangled approaches Software To Convert RSS Feeds Into Published Web Pages - A Mini-Guide (Kollabora) Another in the great Kollabora mini-guide series - this one on software tools that will help you publish content from RSS feeds on your website. Use of Web 2.0 Tools about an UK Educational Audience (TALL Blog) Results of a very interesting survey, looking at the use of specific Web 2.0 tools and communications methods among those looking at Oxford continuing education classes. What is Windows Vista? (ICT Hub Knowledgebase) A great overview of what does, the differences in the various versions that are available, and what it means to you. How to Create a Pre-filtered Mash-up of RSS feeds (Journalism.co.uk) Step-by-step walkthrough of how to put together a RSS aggregator based on complex criteria using Yahoo Pipes Put that in Your Pipe and Search It (NTEN) NTEN offers an aggregator of NPTech blog posts, news, and the like, using Yahoo Pipes A Strategy for Using Email Lists (ONE/Northwest) Another great, practical resource from ONE/NW - this one with an overview of four ways that every organization should be using email lists. Varieties of Membership Management (Michael Stein's Nonprofit Tech Blog) Quick but insightful look at two fairly different types of "membership management" and the processes that go along with them. |
Monday, April 09, 2007
NTC Summary, and Nonprofit Technology Consulting 2.0
via Google Reader (100+): "Apr 8, 2007 (17 hours ago)
NTC Summary, and Nonprofit Technology Consulting 2.0
from Zen and the art of Nonprofit Technology by Pearlbear
As I write this, I'm hurtling through small towns and big cities on the train home. We've passed through Baltimore - which reminds me of a project I did once, way back when, to work with a group of mostly small and medium-sized organizations on technology planning. In those days, the buzzwords were 'internet connectivity,' 'networks,' 'websites,' and 'email.' This was in the solidly web 1.0 world where many organizations still weren't even networked, still used dial-up internet connections, and had websites written in the earliest version of Front Page, or were done by the CFO's nephew.
I've emerged from this week's frenzy of buzzwords like 'blogging,' 'open API,' 'e-advocacy,' 'municipal wireless' and 'social networking' not surprised at how much things have changed, really, but how much they have stayed exactly the same."
full article>>
A very insightful article, well worth the read.
NTC Summary, and Nonprofit Technology Consulting 2.0
from Zen and the art of Nonprofit Technology by Pearlbear
As I write this, I'm hurtling through small towns and big cities on the train home. We've passed through Baltimore - which reminds me of a project I did once, way back when, to work with a group of mostly small and medium-sized organizations on technology planning. In those days, the buzzwords were 'internet connectivity,' 'networks,' 'websites,' and 'email.' This was in the solidly web 1.0 world where many organizations still weren't even networked, still used dial-up internet connections, and had websites written in the earliest version of Front Page, or were done by the CFO's nephew.
I've emerged from this week's frenzy of buzzwords like 'blogging,' 'open API,' 'e-advocacy,' 'municipal wireless' and 'social networking' not surprised at how much things have changed, really, but how much they have stayed exactly the same."
full article>>
A very insightful article, well worth the read.
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