Wednesday, August 31
Disaster Recovery: It's Not Just For Rescuing People
by
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Wed 31 Aug 2005 03:14 PM EDT
 If the file server at your agency is damaged or destroyed, how will you carry out your mission? What sort of ethical or legal problems will you have if you can't account for lost (or stolen) records? Will you be able to operate from an alternate site if your headquarters have to be evacuated? How quickly will your information systems be back in business after a disaster, and who will be responsible for making it happen? The time to address these questions is long before disaster strikes... more »
Tuesday, August 30
In the Path of Hurricane Katrina
by
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Tue 30 Aug 2005 12:26 PM EDT
My friend Andy Carvin of the Digital Divide Network has created a Katrina Aftermath web site to enable members of the community to post text, images, podcasts, and mobcasts about the people and places affected by Katrina.
I hope that nonprofits that are involved in disaster relief will contribute to this new project. This could be a good opportunity for an agency to experiment with using new media to get the word out about their relief work without having to go to the trouble of setting up their own web sites for this purpose... more »
Wednesday, August 24
A Heads-Up for Early Adopters: Google Talk
by
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Wed 24 Aug 2005 06:18 AM EDT
 I'm not exactly a fan of instant online messaging and I don't really encourage nonprofit organizations to be beta testers, but I do take an avid interest in the latest innovations from the Google-industrial complex.
Therefore, it's worth mentioning that Google has just launched a free telephony and instant messaging service called Google Talk... more »
Tuesday, August 23
Beyond Talking Heads and Human Dioramas
by
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Tue 23 Aug 2005 04:03 PM EDT
 Back when I was young and foolish (i.e., May 2005), I volunteered to design a session for our regional conference on nonprofit technology.
It's slowly dawning on me that there's some poetic justice operating here: I've been known to complain that there's nothing less conducive to building new skills than watching talking heads, and now I have to come up with an alternate format... more »
Monday, August 15
Paper Files, Electronic Files
by
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Mon 15 Aug 2005 10:39 AM EDT
 Every so often nonprofit professionals ask me for advice about how to arrange electronic files. I enjoy this, partly because even though I hate filing I love creating and refining taxonomies.
The other reason that I enjoy advising them is that they usually have a first-rate source of data - if not a perfect solution - right in their offices... more »
Sunday, August 14
Turning a Notion Into A Plan: The Nonprofit Blog Exchange
by
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Sun 14 Aug 2005 05:24 AM EDT
Here's an update on the Bully Pulpit Exchange that I recently proposed... more »
Friday, August 12
Joining the Napster Generation
by
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Fri 12 Aug 2005 05:38 PM EDT
 On Thursday, I decided to succumb to a temptation try a free seven day subscription to Napster. As I've previously mentioned, I'm rather prejudiced against any sort of audio output from my laptop. When I'm working, I don't want any adorable sound effects or musical snippets issuing forth. These protestations not withstanding, I am actually quite fond of listening to music, as long as the experience is strictly voluntary. Several factors combined to impel me to give Napster a try... more »
Tuesday, August 9
N-TEN Webinars
by
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Tue 09 Aug 2005 04:16 PM EDT
 According to the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (N-TEN), a webinar is "...an online seminar hosted by N-TEN, on topics relating to nonprofit technology. Participants log-in to watch the presentation on their personal computers and listen by dialing in by phone."
I'm somewhat dubious about the power of online education, but my confidence in N-TEN is very high. Therefore, if N-TEN is offering webinars on nonprofit technology, that is very interesting news indeed... more »
Sunday, August 7
A simple (and free!) solution: TalkDigger
by
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Sun 07 Aug 2005 08:24 PM EDT
 It's really helpful to your online outreach strategy if you're able to ascertain who links to your organization's web pages. This is not just a matter of nonprofit narcissism; you need to know whether web surfers are being referred to your site by reputable sources... more »
Tuesday, August 2
A Bully Pulpit Exchange
by
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Tue 02 Aug 2005 07:53 PM EDT
Today I had the notion that a blog is a kind of bully pulpit, and that it would be fun and possibly even edifying for nonprofit bloggers engage in a bully pulpit exchange. In other words, we should get a group of folks who work for or with mission-based organizations, throw their names in a hat, and randomly assign each one to be a guest blogger for a day on somebody else's nonprofit blog... more »
Monday, August 1
Digital Images for Nonprofits, Courtesy of Flickr and Creative Commons
by
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
on Mon 01 Aug 2005 08:05 PM EDT
  The beauty of the Creative Commons section of Flickr is that nonprofit organizations that are looking for appealing photographs to adorn their blogs, web sites, slides, or brochures can now go shopping for appropriate images that they can use without charge... more »
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