Tips, tricks, and a few observations on hiring technical staff from the book "Nonprofit Internet Strategies." more »
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Friday, July 29
Hiring and feeding techies
by
Tim Mills-Groninger
on Fri 29 Jul 2005 04:24 PM EST
Tips, tricks, and a few observations on hiring technical staff from the book "Nonprofit Internet Strategies." more »  1 AttachmentsWednesday, July 27
Deploying the Latest Cool Tools for Live Fundraising Events
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Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Wed 27 Jul 2005 12:17 PM EDT
 As a sort of counterpoint to the Blogathon (which is a fundraising activity conducted entirely online) , I'd like to call attention to RelayBlogger. The latter is a blog by Chris Dover, who is spending the summer creating a web strategy for a live and face-to-face fundraising event organized by the American Cancer Society... more » Tuesday, July 26
Blogathon: An Interesting Kind of Thing, If You're Interested in That Kind of Thing
by
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Tue 26 Jul 2005 12:35 PM EDT
Friday, July 22
Growing Enthusiasm for Online Tools for Civic Engagement in Massachusetts
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Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Fri 22 Jul 2005 04:24 PM EDT
 In recruiting a diverse pool of new civic leaders, we needn't look exclusively at members of the rising generation, but it would certainly be a mistake to leave them out. And if we want to engage this cohort, we need to meet them where they are. More and more, that place is online. These reflections are inspired by the recent "What's Next?" Seminar presented by the Boston Foundation... more » Thursday, July 21
Why You Need to Download and Read the eRider Starter Kit
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Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Thu 21 Jul 2005 12:57 PM EDT
 The eRider Starter Kit, which was created by Teresa Crawford and the Tactical Technology Collective with help from the global eRider community, has just been released as a free downloadable resource. I strongly recommend it to members of the nonprofit and philanthropic community everywhere. But first, a little bit about eRiders... more » Wednesday, July 20
A Nonprofit Organization That Upholds the Freedom to Blog
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Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Wed 20 Jul 2005 10:13 AM EDT
  On Tuesday, I attended a fascinating presentation by Julien Pain, who staffs the Internet Freedom Desk of Reporters Without Borders. The latter is an international nonprofit/ngo that defends freedom of the press. Reports Without Borders is concerned about cyber-dissidents - individuals who are imprisoned or subjected to other sanctions when they go online to write about political and social issues... more » Tuesday, July 19
It's Turtles All the Way Down
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Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Tue 19 Jul 2005 11:19 AM EDT
 How far down do we need to explore, in order to use a technology successfully? How do we learn how to learn?... more » Sunday, July 17
Career Paths and Career Ladders in Nonprofit Technology
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Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Sun 17 Jul 2005 04:43 PM EDT
 Emily, a recent college graduate, posted a query to the Information Systems Forum about career paths in nonprofit technology on Thursday. This has prompted me to reflect once again on how we don't do enough to create career paths (i.e., entry level opportunities) and career ladders (i.e., opportunities for increased responsibility and a living wage) for those who want to enter this field... more » Thursday, July 14
New and Improved: Global Voices Online
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Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Thu 14 Jul 2005 12:01 AM EDT
      As I've previously mentioned in my blog, I'm convinced that the future for nonprofits lies in aggregations of diverse blogs that focus on a mission or theme, rather than showcasing a single organization or point of view. In other words, if you're investing in the blogmarket, you shouldn't bet on my blog - you should bet on web sites such as Global Voices Online... more » Wednesday, July 13
Let Someone Else Be the Beta Tester, But Keep an Eye on H2O Playlist
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Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Wed 13 Jul 2005 12:02 AM EDT
  The logic of H20 Playlist is intriguing: if untold numbers of netizens are willing to spend untold hours classifying their knowledge, online resources, digital music, and web links to share online with strangers, then with the right tool (and a certain amount of persuasion) educators of all kinds can share their curricula, syllabi, and other resources. I see this as a tool that has great potential for nearly every mission-based organization that includes education in its long term strategy... more » Tuesday, July 12
While We're on the Topic of GIS - How about that Boston Renaissance Resource Kit?
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Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Tue 12 Jul 2005 08:47 AM EDT
  Now that some of us in the nonprofit sector are getting excited about free and easy access to geographic information systems (GIS) through Google Earth, I also want to call attention to a powerful and effective tool that ought to be widely replicated... more » Monday, July 11
Google Earth: Let's All Try It, and See What Happens
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Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Mon 11 Jul 2005 12:35 PM EDT
  I'm usually pretty staunch in my belief that nonprofit and philanthropic organizations should not be carried away by cool tools, but should subordinate the technology they use to organizational missions and strategies. But now Google Earth has come along... more » Friday, July 8
Thank you - I'm very flattered!
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Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Fri 08 Jul 2005 10:57 PM EDT
 I'm always touched and flattered when a nonprofit organization asks me to donate my services. Since I am an independent consultant, my livelihood is dependent on a certain balance between billable hours and pro bono projects. Please note that I have committed myself to pro bono projects through the summer of 2007, and can't take on any more at this time. If you are interested in asking me to donate my services, please feel free to get back to me in 2007. If you have any pro bono tasks that you need to assign, I will be happy to speak with you about them at that time. If you urgently need my assistance before 2007, please be assured that I use a sliding scale that is based on each nonprofit organization's annual operating budget. Please don't hesitate to be in touch if you are interested in hiring me at a reasonable hourly rate. more » Wednesday, July 6
Yet More About Nonprofit Blogging: The Shape of Things to Come
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Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Wed 06 Jul 2005 01:17 PM EDT
 On the basis of my findings, I will venture to make a prediction: The future will favor well-designed web sites that feature clusters of blogs by diverse authors who are focused on a coherent mission... more » Friday, July 1
A Holiday Hiatus
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Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Fri 01 Jul 2005 09:24 AM EDT
 I'll be on hiatus around Independence Day. I'd like to take this opportunity to wish fellow citizens of the U.S.A. - and indeed, all citizens of the planet - a happy day.  "How does one hate a country, or love one? ...I know people, I know towns, farms, hills, and rivers and rocks, I know how the sun at sunset in autumn falls on the side of a certain plowland in the hills; but what is the sense of giving a boundary to all that, of giving it a name and ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply? What is love of one's country; is it hate of one's uncountry? ...I love the hills ...but that sort of love does not have boundry-lines of hate." (Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness)  |
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