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News for February 2002

21 February 2002

Eureka Learning Case Studies
	Eureka Communities is a fellowship program and learning community for social service leaders. Some of that learning is shared in the form of social service case studies, in areas as diverse as the arts, digital divide issues, hunger, and the environment. Posted: 2/21/02; 12:10:18 PM #

Roundup 2002 Registration
	Registration is now open for the 2002 Circuit Rider Roundup, a conference of hands on nonprofit technology folks, being held this year in Orlando, on April 5 & 6. Posted: 2/21/02; 12:09:45 PM #

20 February 2002

TOP Application Kit
	The Application Kit for the Technology Opportunities Program grants is available. Competition for these grants is fierce and the deadline for application is March 21, 2002. Posted: 2/20/02; 9:54:49 AM #

Paul Robeson Fund
	I'm pleased to see that the Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media requires that there be an organizing component to the projects they fund. Too much great content is developed that accomplished little because it was designed with the content itself, rather than the users in mind. Posted: 2/20/02; 9:53:55 AM #

Demystifying eLearning Portals
	In Demystifying eLearning Portals, Bray Brockbank makes one very important point: Knowledge management and online learning systems are not useful as stand alone projects that are glued onto the side of an organization. Posted: 2/20/02; 9:52:52 AM #

September 11 Relief Database
	The Better Business Bureau has launched an online September 11 Disaster Relief Database, containing 275 agencies that have raised funds in response to 9-11. Posted: 2/20/02; 9:51:58 AM #

19 February 2002

Community Mapping for Neighborhood Knowledge
	This reminds me very much of something I worked on a few years back for the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. In Community Mapping for Neighborhood Knowledge, Community Technology Review profiles asset and knowledge mapping in Los Angeles. Posted: 2/19/02; 2:10:36 PM #

Turnover and Vacancy in Nonprofits
	Compasspoint has made its research report on Turnover and Vacancy in Nonprofits available for free as a PDF download. Posted: 2/19/02; 2:10:02 PM #

Online ads can build brand awareness
	I'm not a fan of online advertising, but the Yessirnosir experiment shows that, although clickthrough rates have plummeted, ads can build brand awareness. Posted: 2/19/02; 2:09:39 PM #

16 February 2002

Social Ecology Newsletter
	The newsletter of our sister organization Social Ecology has evolved nicely in the last few months. In addition to the usual product and service announcements, it is starting to publish great tips for consultants and other technical folks about developing software systems for nonprofits. Posted: 2/16/02; 2:04:34 PM #

15 February 2002

Shaping the Network Society (DIAC Symposium)
	The eighth bi-annual "Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing" (DIAC) symposium will look at Shaping the Network Society. It asks the all important question: In whose interest will our new information infrastructure be developed? It will be held in Seattle in May 2002. Posted: 2/15/02; 12:56:54 PM #

14 February 2002

Nonprofit Leadership and Democracy Curriculum
	In another example of open courseware, the Union Institute Center for Public Policy's Nonprofit Leadership and Democracy Curriculum is available in full online. Posted: 2/14/02; 10:41:36 AM #

Global Information Technology Report 2002
	Much of the Global Information Technology Report is available online. Posted: 2/14/02; 10:40:10 AM #

13 February 2002

Social Enterprise Sourcebook
	The entire content of Jerr Boschee's The Social Enterprise Sourcebook is available online. It profiles 14 cases of profitable enterprises run by nonprofit organizations and identifies budgets, success factors, and other key elements of the projects. Posted: 2/13/02; 11:42:57 AM #

Profile of Foundation Incubator
	Nonprofit Express profiles the Foundation Incubator. (Note: login required.) Posted: 2/13/02; 11:42:42 AM #

10 February 2002

News Archives Back Up
	I'm pleased to announce that the Nonprofit Online News Archives are back up. You could still get to our inventory of several thousand items through the calendar interface, but we're pleased to reenable the archives where you can browse the news by month. Posted: 2/10/02; 2:08:54 PM #

Second DC Luncheon
	Washington DC was the largest of our 2001 luncheons. (Actually, it was a dinner.) We'll be returning to Washington DC on March 8 with our 2002 Technology Leadership Series. Posted: 2/10/02; 2:03:25 PM #

8 February 2002

Structuring A Successful Volunteer Technology Project
	By now many nonprofits have learned that a poorly structured volunteer technology project can be very costly. TechSoup offers some ideas for how to frame the work of volunteer techies so that they produce long term value. Posted: 2/8/02; 12:38:15 PM #

5 February 2002

The Ecology of Freedom

In my talks, I often refer to the "ecology" of nonprofit organizations. This reflects my belief that it is extremely practical and powerful to regard organizations as living systems. It also reflects my value system. Many of these ideas are well captured in the book The Ecology of Freedom, by Murray Bookchin , which touches on issues of justice, technology, and the organic nature of social organizations. Posted: 2/5/02; 12:02:22 PM #

4 February 2002

Stephen Murphy on Email Newsletters
	Kate Golden interviews Stephen Murphy on the use of email newsletters. Murphy works for the American Society for Health Care Risk Management and has some very sensible advice. Posted: 2/4/02; 1:44:29 PM #

Anatomy of an Email Newsletter
	Madeline Stanionis offers her take on the anatomy of an email newsletter. I could quibble with some details, but this is really a good primer. Posted: 2/4/02; 1:44:11 PM #

2 February 2002

CopyLeft
	The New Scientist has an excellent article on copyleft, the great experiment in open intellectual property development. It's epitomized by the open source software movement, but extends to many other fields. Posted: 2/2/02; 12:22:42 PM #

Marketing Patriotism
	In Marketing Patriotism David Barstow and Diana Henriques explore how companies are exploiting cause related marketing and "blurring the lines of charity and profit" since 9-11. Posted: 2/2/02; 12:22:24 PM #

1 February 2002

My First Death Threat
	Three months ago, I received my first death threat. It had a big impact on me and my family, so I wrote a feature about it. It speaks both to my own experience and to the importance of the freedom of expression to the nonprofit sector. Posted: 2/1/02; 8:24:25 AM #