This slide show from Common Craft uses a party as a metaphor for online community. Meanwhile, Party4aPurpose launches the alpha version.
Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space
There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. David Wilcox riffs on Steve Bridger's shout.
MacArthur Foundation announces a Virtual Philanthropy event in Second Life next week. Lucy Bernholz who has been thinking deeply about the topic, shares her thoughts. What do you think?
Via Laura Quinn at Idealware comes a pointer to a research paper titled "Technology Motivators and Usage in Not-for-Profit Arts Organizations" that comes from the Systems Synthesis Project course at the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon, the capstone thesis project for Heinz School Masters students.
Inspired by the NTEN blog post about whether online engagement leads to more money, Gavin's Digital Dinner gives a brilliant counter point essay on the topic filled with facts and nice pie charts. He lays out his reasoning that being able to give money online is not necessarily reason enough to believe that the overall pie of charitable giving is increasing. Do you agree or disagree with his overall thesis or the sub-points of his argument?
Random Thoughts on Life and Work blog shares some planning questions about "Project SharePoint or how the organization will use Microsoft's SharePoint for internal collaboration and communication. In the comments, blog readers share their experiences. Do you have advice?
Allan Benamer writes about "Party 4A Purpose" a new events sites for nonprofits. He describes it as Evite-Meetup-Upcoming for nonprofits. Since the software is alpha, Allan raises some important questions about whether the site is reinventing the wheel or filling an important need in the nonprofit sector?"
The 1cent thoughts on NPTech blog muses, "Is technology the step child of older organizations?
Pulling my hair out! blog is researching options for integrating a blog with the organization's web site. Any suggestions?
Peter Dietz reflects on the recent launch of Causes on Facebook and digital bumper stickers on Linked In and wonders how other fundraising platforms will respond?
Susie's Blog asks readers for examples of showing the need for ICT support in the VCS, "perhaps in the mould of terrible - things - we - have - witnessed - by - orgs - who - were - wildly - going - off - on - their - own - without - money - or - guidance." I'm sure we could find a few examples in America and elsewhere ....
Travelertrish rants about the World's Worst (nonprofit) Web site and asks for estimates of how much it cost to build it. What's your guess?
Katya's Nonprofit Marketing blog asks "Do you ever you're mindlessly repeating the same outreach methods? She offers a three-step questioning process to help think through how to cut through the clutter. Try and see where it leads you.
Some really good links to and about Social Media that nonprofit techies will love ...
There's no place like Web2.0, There's no place like Web2.0. Check out this presentation from Slide Share that uses the Wizard of Oz to explain Web2.0. Someone asks, "Is the presentation effective is you don't know the reference?
I love that some nonprofits are sharing photos of their messy offices on Flickr!
lolnptech.org includes photos of people, who could be tagged as "nptech." Allan Benamer discloses that it was his idea, and implemented with some help from Deborah Finn. I bet if one searched flicker you might come up with some more photos to add. What caption would you add to this picture? Do you have a NpTech photo to caption and share?
The BuzzMonitor is an open source application that "listens" to what people are saying about the World Bank across blogs and other sites in order to help the organization understand and engage in social media.
The Digital Natives Wiki illustrates the beginning stages of a larger research project on digital natives from the Berkman Center for Internet and Society and other partners.
Not sure what a Game for Change is? Check this out. The ResDistricting Game involves moving the invisible district borders in every U.S. state, ostensibly so that each district has similar populations, resources, monuments, Starbucks, and whatever else makes a member of Congress all atwitter. To find more like this game, check out the Super Smart Games site.
Couldn't resist this one, Screencast-O-Matic (with some wikis thrown in) from Bamboo Project. It is a web-based software application where you can record your screen online and upload and share quick screen casts created on the fly. I do this all the time with annotated screen shots to provide "just in time" answers versus typing out instructions. As Lifehacker notes, seems like this is a quick and dirty way to submit issues to tech support. Here's an example.
Want to learn how to use Google Analytics in 90 minutes? Check out NTEN's upcoming Webinar. Interested in going deeper, check out resources here, here, and here.
Looking for an easy way to record Skype calls, Evoca just released a new feature that does just that. Marshall Kirkpatrick gives us the run down.
There's been lots written on educational technology blogs about personal learning environments that assume deep understanding of the topic. Here's a good primer from Robin Good that explains what they are and how to implement one.
BlindConfidential serves as a commentary on issues regarding people with vision impairments. No topic is too controversial for this online resource.
The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. A loosely coupled group of nonprofit techies and social change activists decided to use the tag "NpTech" to identify web resources that would create an ongoing stream of information to promote and educate those working in nonprofit technology. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.
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