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Saturday, April 28

I cannot tell a lie - Michelle Murrain is the right woman for the job, and I am not

by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on Sat 28 Apr 2007 10:56 AM EDT

This week, a staff member from wonderful nonprofit in Massachusetts that focuses on environmental health approached me for assistance... more »

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Monday, April 23

Karen Schneider gets it right about "free" technology: that's "free, as in free kittens"

by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on Mon 23 Apr 2007 07:28 PM EDT

In the realm of information and communications technology, "free" is one of those difficult words. Fortunately, Karen Schneider, the fabulous Free Range Librarian, has summed it up perfectly: free as in free kittens!... more »

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Monday, April 16

Declining to connect on LinkedIn, and other etiquettical dilemmas

by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on Mon 16 Apr 2007 09:09 PM EDT

I belong to any number of online social networking sites (such as Change.Org), but LinkedIn strikes me as the one that is really about professional credibility. They have such solemn guidelines for accepting an invitation to connect... more »

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Saturday, April 14

On to Serenic Navigator with JMT Consulting

by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on Sat 14 Apr 2007 09:57 AM EDT

Third Sector New England's quest for applications that will meet its needs for fund accounting, workflow management, and document management continues... more »

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Friday, April 13

Information wants to be free, but it also needs to be sustainable

by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on Fri 13 Apr 2007 08:20 AM EDT

I've been thinking a lot in the past few days about the new Journal of Information Technology in Social Change... more »

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Wednesday, April 11

I missed a chance to meet Trish Perkins

by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on Wed 11 Apr 2007 08:54 PM EDT

Photo by Beth Kanter

Trish is only one of several colleagues that I longed - in vain - to behold at the Nonprofit Technology Conference. Attendance has grown from about 200 to about 1,200 since I showed up at the conference's precursor in 2001. We need to make the large turnout a strength rather than a weakness. We need to do a much better job of making sure that attendees find each other and have opportunities for substantive conversations... more »

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Monday, April 9

The NTEN day of service: Don't deny yourself the pleasure of participation

by Deborah Elizabeth Finn on Mon 09 Apr 2007 05:23 PM EDT

Photo by Beth Kanter

It's possible to be perfectly miserable as a result of doing something that is not only virtuous but extremely useful. Feeling fulfilled is no guarantee that mission-critical outcomes have been achieved.

However, I had a great time at this year's NTEN Day of Service, and I want to urge as many people as possible to participate next year, on the grounds that it is so much fun... more »