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News for April 2001

29 April 2001

having fun
	I'm a big fan of Bernie DeKoven, who understands a lot of things about how people work together, including a thing or two about having fun. Posted: 4/29/01; 1:56:09 PM #

27 April 2001

United States International Grantmakers
	The United States International Grantmakers site is a resource of the Council on Foundations for both grantmakers and grantseekers working across international boundaries. Posted: 4/27/01; 11:36:33 AM #

Nonprofit Workplace Differences
	In Nonprofit Workplace Differences, Stan Hutton makes some generalizations about what it's like to work in small, medium, and large nonprofit organizations. Posted: 4/27/01; 11:36:24 AM #

Mutual Accountability and the Wisdom of Frank Capra
	Jed Emerson thinks with his heart and his mind in Mutual Accountability and the Wisdom of Frank Capra. He takes a close look at grantee-grantor relations and comes down solidly on the side of integrity. Posted: 4/27/01; 11:36:14 AM #

26 April 2001

charities are being urged to be more brash with funders
	I'm going to the Council on Foundations conference in Philadelphia next week. Many nonprofits seem to relate to doners with a combination of "you owe us the money" and "we're not worthy". Neither of these are useful, of course. But Nicola Hill of The Guardian writes that charities are being urged to be more brash with funders. Posted: 4/26/01; 11:21:42 AM #

24 April 2001

deliver its nonprofit finance courses online
	Compasspoint, the largest management support organization for nonprofits in the U.S., will deliver its nonprofit finance courses online, in a partnership with a new company called SmarterOrg. Posted: 4/24/01; 2:21:03 PM #

E-Donor's Bill of Rights
	The Association of Professional Fundraisers is authoring an E-Donor's Bill of Rights. It looks solidly founded on a deep respect for the permission granted to a nonprofit by its supporters. Do you have a framework for managing this online? Posted: 4/24/01; 11:13:06 AM #

Technology Grant News
	Technology Grant News publishes information on technology funding opportunities. Ironically, they have decided to use the articifial barrier of publishing in paper format to allow them to charge a hefty annual subscription fee. Might even be worth it, but I'm tired of the tactic. Posted: 4/24/01; 11:12:38 AM #

now use the web for research and email for corresponding wit
	Most journalists now use the web for research and email for corresponding with readers. Posted: 4/24/01; 11:12:21 AM #

23 April 2001

charging for online content

Jane Black looks at the narrow range of options where charging for online content might work. Personally, I think some of the major issues are (1) publishers are charging too much (the jump from free to $59 a year is huge, especially when added up over many sites for a typical consumer), (2) they haven't built sufficient trust with their subscribers, and (3) they don't give people enough options (though it looks like Salon will). Posted: 4/23/01; 8:01:40 AM #

guidelines for designing web sites for aging populations
	The U.S. National Library of Medicine offers guidelines for designing web sites for aging populations. Strangely, they are published in PDF format. Posted: 4/23/01; 8:01:24 AM #

21 April 2001

own domain and a new design
	Nonprofit Online News now has its own domain and a new design. And we've thrown in a new Gilbert Center design at the same time. Posted: 4/21/01; 11:01:25 AM #

20 April 2001

Sean In The Middle
	Like many of my readers, I was one of those kids that got picked on in school. In Sean In The Middle, Jonathan Katz looks at how one school is treating a kid that responded to a group of bullies -- they expelled him. I shook with anger on reading it. Posted: 4/20/01; 12:08:10 PM #

profiles CADRE
	Michael Stein profiles CADRE, an Internet oriented dispute resolution organization. Posted: 4/20/01; 12:07:12 PM #

18 April 2001

Human Services Information Technology Applications Conference
	The Human Services Information Technology Applications Conference is still accepting proposals for presentations. Posted: 4/18/01; 12:18:31 PM #

Health Web Site Accreditation
	The American Accreditation HealthCare Commission runs a program on Health Web Site Accreditation. Posted: 4/18/01; 12:18:22 PM #

Directory of Programmatic Related Investments
	The Foundation Center released its Directory of Programmatic Related Investments, looking at the trends in this growing method of foundation program support. Posted: 4/18/01; 12:18:12 PM #

Transforming Information Retrieval on the Web
	Is your nonprofit knowledge base a mess? Are you able to create flexible and accessible taxonomy of your organization's knowledge? Probably not. Katherine Adams looks at transforming information retrieval on the web. Posted: 4/20/01; 12:06:21 PM #

16 April 2001

One-Click Charity Check
	Kimberly Chapman's One-Click Charity Check is meant to help people evaluate the various click-to-give sites. Posted: 4/16/01; 12:00:00 AM #

13 April 2001

ERICA Awards
	Only days after their announcement, the ERICA Awards have been put on hold. Posted: 4/13/01; 12:00:00 AM #

Intranets Save Time - But for Whom?
	In Intranets Save Time - But for Whom?, Jakob Nielsen weighs in on the subject of usability for private networks. If he is right that $10 billion a year is being wasted, then as much as a billion of it may be by nonprofits. My experience confirms this. Most nonprofit intranets are built from the top down and are impenetrable. Posted: 4/13/01; 12:00:00 AM #

11 April 2001

Exempt Organization Search engine
	The U.S. Internal Revenue Service provides its own Exempt Organization Search engine. Posted: 4/11/01; 12:00:00 AM #

The Gilbert Email Manifesto
	Nonprofits are wasting money on websites when they could be investing in email. Our latest feature unleashes a rant that has been building up for two years now. So it's about time that I went ahead and published The Gilbert Email Manifesto! Posted: 4/11/01; 12:00:00 AM #

10 April 2001

The Semantic Web
	Scientific American looks at The Semantic Web, Tim Berners-Lee's vision for the next generation of web content. You will be seeing examples of the Semantic Web here at Nonprofit Online News. We embrace the vision of interoperability and network computing that this represents. Posted: 4/10/01; 12:00:00 AM #

DOT ORG Newsletter

Marc Osten and Michael Stein continue to publish excellent hands on advice about nonprofits and the Internet. Now they are publishing the DOT ORG Newsletter, which appropriately tackles the issue of nonprofit electronic newsletters. Of course I have a bias and I have to say I'm disappointed that they didn't review Social Ecology's DonorLink, which is easily the most powerful and extensible tool available for sending highly customized, permission based content to large numbers of nonprofit stakeholders. Posted: 4/10/01; 12:00:00 AM #

Study Shows Gender Differences in Charitable Giving
	A recent Study Shows Gender Differences in Charitable Giving. They are, I'm afraid, the expected ones. Posted: 4/18/01; 12:15:38 PM #

e-government toolkit for developing nations
	The World Bank is soliciting proposals for an e-government toolkit for developing nations. Posted: 4/10/01; 12:00:00 AM #

7 April 2001

Genius of Documentation
	The Genius of Documentation explains the power of writing things down to define a complex project: It becomes a tool for clarifying a collaborative vision. Posted: 4/7/01; 9:00:00 AM #

It's a New Era of Accountability
	In It's a New Era of Accountability Dan Moore of the National Association of State Charity Officials looks at changes needed in the regulatory environment for nonprofits in the United States. Posted: 4/10/01; 12:00:00 AM #

GrantSAT
	The GrantSAT (the Grant Proposal Self Assessment Tool) provides assessment criteria for many aspects of a proposal. A good complement to a proposal library. Posted: 4/7/01; 9:00:00 AM #

6 April 2001

failed dotcoms are having trouble unloading their old equipment
	The Mercury News looks at how failed dotcoms are having trouble unloading their old equipment to nonprofits who have no place for it all. Posted: 4/6/01; 9:00:00 AM #

Creating a Vision for the Sector
	Creating a Vision for the Sector is the title of the annual conference of the National Association of Nonprofit Associations. It's in Albany, NY, USA in June. Posted: 4/6/01; 9:00:00 AM #

database of 600 or so successful grant proposals.
	The Grantsmanship Center maintains a database of 600 or so successful grant proposals. You can search proposal abstracts for free, but the actual proposals are only delivered on CD ROM. Posted: 4/6/01; 9:00:00 AM #

Community Research Network's sixth annual conference
	The Community Research Network's sixth annual conference will he held in Austin, TX, USA in early July. Posted: 4/6/01; 9:00:00 AM #

Electronic Advocacy
	John McNutt is maintaining a page of links to resources on Electronic Advocacy. Posted: 4/6/01; 9:00:00 AM #

MIT to Offer All Courses Online
	In an effort to counter the "privatization of knowledge" (something you've heard me rant about), MIT to Offer All Courses Online. Posted: 4/6/01; 9:00:00 AM #

Human Services Technology Forum
	There will be a Human Services Technology Forum in Seattle next week. The agenda looks packed with good stuff. Posted: 4/6/01; 9:00:00 AM #

Overcoming the Persistence of Lack of Time
	Brava! Beth Kanter takes a lesson from Dali and offers us Overcoming the Persistence of Lack of Time, as a response to technology planning challenges. Posted: 4/6/01; 9:00:00 AM #

5 April 2001

eNormicom
	In response to Nonprofitabletech.com, Jayne Cravens recommended eNormicom. Posted: 4/5/01; 9:00:00 AM #

ERICA Awards
	The high profile ERICA Awards for nonprofit "esolutions" are accepting applications. Posted: 4/5/01; 9:00:00 AM #

jobless dotcommers looking for nonprofit work
	Reena Jana looks at some of the jobless dotcommers looking for nonprofit work. Posted: 4/5/01; 9:00:00 AM #

Progressive Social Change Funds
	The Nonprofit Sector Research Fund has released a report on Progressive Social Change Funds and how they might survive in a competitive marketplace. Posted: 4/5/01; 9:00:00 AM #

4 April 2001

I mentioned the other day that there are some changes coming at Nonprofit Online News. Just a little heads up: (1) People have been asking for years how they can support the news service and we are finally going to have a way to do that. (No, we are not going to be forcing any advertising on you.) (2) There will be an expanded set of ways (of both means and frequency) in which you can receive your news. (3) We will be adding new departments and types of news. And (4) we will be creating several new ways to find past news items and linked resources that are of interest to you. Posted: 4/4/01; 9:00:00 AM #

reactions to Nonprofitabletech.com
	The response to our April 1st project has been fantastic! In our first feature in a year, we look at reactions to Nonprofitabletech.com. Posted: 4/4/01; 9:00:00 AM #

1 April 2001

our first month
	Nonprofit Online News was launched in April of 1997. We are a hundred years old in Internet years, or something like that. There were a total five news items in all of our first month. It's been four very interesting years. Now, stay tuned for changes.... Posted: 4/1/01; 9:00:00 AM #

Nonprofitabletech
	It's an auspicious launch date for Nonprofitabletech! These guys seem to have what it takes to "dominate" the nonprofit sector and I sure wouldn't want to be up against them. You better check this out.... Posted: 4/1/01; 9:00:00 AM #