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News for July 2002

28 July 2002

Alliance NCNA 2002 Conference Material
	The Alliance for Nonprofit Management and the National Council of Nonprofit Associations have published the session material from their 2002 joint conference. Posted: 7/28/02; 10:52:10 PM #

Strengthening Nonprofit Advocacy Project preliminary results
	OMBWatch has released the preliminary results of the Strengthening Nonprofit Advocacy Project. Posted: 7/28/02; 10:51:49 PM #

Can the Internet survive filtering?
	Jonathan Zittrain asks Can the Internet survive filtering? Posted: 7/28/02; 10:51:27 PM #

24 July 2002

Stan Hutton leaves About.com

Stan Hutton, an author of The Nonprofit Kit for Dummies, is stepping down as the Guide to the nonprofit sector for About.com. Noting that it's become "harder and harder to run a site about nonprofits in the commercial context" and that he can no longer directly reach his readers because of the consolidation of their newsletters. Thank you, Stan! You contributed a lot! Posted: 7/24/02; 10:33:47 PM #

Drucker Community Innovation Fellows
	The Drucker Foundation has selected its 2002-2003 Community Innovation Fellows. Posted: 7/24/02; 10:30:35 PM #

21 July 2002

When Internet Companies Morph
	When Internet Companies Morph is a paper by Robert J. Kauffman, Tim Miller, and Bin Wang on how 125 companies changed their strategies to survive the bursting of the dotccom bubble. I've seen a number of nonprofits do the same thing, in effect becoming consulting firms. Posted: 7/21/02; 10:35:50 PM #

Email Content Filtering
	David Strom looks at the alarming trend toward content filtering by ISPs. If you publish newsletters or action alerts, there may be large numbers of people who never get your email because their ISP stops it before it ever gets to them. Posted: 7/21/02; 10:35:29 PM #

Introduction to capital campaigns
	Zimmerman Lehman has a nice introduction to capital campaigns. Well done. Posted: 7/21/02; 10:35:09 PM #

AMA Study on Physicians Use of the Internet
	The American Medical Assocation has released a study on physicians use of the Internet. Posted: 7/21/02; 10:34:47 PM #

Life imprisonment for online civil disobedience?
	The U.S. House has passed a bill that, in addition to extending the government's ability to spy on us online without a warrant, provides for life imprisonment for computer hacking. This looks to me like it could mean life in prison for acts of online civil disobedience. Posted: 7/21/02; 10:34:27 PM #

15 July 2002

Control Your Identity or Microsoft and Intel Will
	Jon Udell says Control Your Identity or Microsoft and Intel Will. The impact of invasive technologies from the major technology monopolies is of deep concern to any organization that is outside the mainstream, but the ones I worry most about are human rights organizations. Posted: 7/15/02; 12:21:47 PM #

The Great Open Source Giveaway
	If you had any doubt that open source values are nonprofit values, you should read The Great Open Source Giveaway by Graham Lawton in New Scientist. Posted: 7/15/02; 12:21:14 PM #

APLAWS Web Content Management
	The APLAWS Web Content Management tools are open source and can be freely adopted by any local authority in the UK. The focus is on web standards relating to navigation, metadata and accessibility. Posted: 7/15/02; 12:21:00 PM #

TOOL: The Open Opinion Layer
	Hasan Masum describes TOOL: The Open Opinion Layer, a framework for distributed tracking and aggregating of opinion. It's a tricky concept, but very important. Posted: 7/15/02; 12:20:46 PM #

Creating the New Public Network
	I'm frustrated right now with the fact that there are content partnerships I want to pursue but I can't because the technology vendors of my potential partners don't support some basic interoperability protocols. That's why I applaud Tom Lyon when he reminds us that connectivity is the key, in his vision for Creating the New Public Network. Posted: 7/15/02; 12:20:30 PM #

14 July 2002

Internet Nonprofit Center Bulletin
	I recommend subscribing to the Bulletin of the Internet Nonprofit Center. The current issue focuses on nonprofit accountability and Putnam Barber's insights and resources are always valuable. Posted: 7/14/02; 12:27:05 PM #

11 July 2002

Business Plan Archive
	The Business Plan Archive collects Internet boom time business plans. It's a great example of learning from our past and our mistakes. I wish the nonprofit sector were this transparent. And I pray that the nonprofits who are now considering developing or funding new Internet projects take advantage of these lessons. Posted: 7/11/02; 3:39:16 PM #

Reconceptualizing the Digital Divide
	In Reconceptualizing the Digital Divide, Mark Warschauer reframes the closure of the digital divide as more a matter of social inclusion. It is sound reasoning that draws upon some good lessons from the literacy movement. Posted: 7/11/02; 3:39:05 PM #

cable could close Internet

In an article on how cable access could close the Internet, Cara Garretson looks at how unregulated and monopolistic control of Internet access means that a small number of companies may have control over not just the service, but the very content that customers receive. Do you want those companies controlling the content that you send to your supporters, or that they send to you? Posted: 7/11/02; 3:38:52 PM #

9 July 2002

IDA report on pooling European open source software
	This is potentially a huge open source initiative. A European Union report recommends the creation of a pool of open source software, to help curb the climbing costs of e-government. Posted: 7/9/02; 11:59:46 AM #

Voluntary and Community Sector Grants
	The Voluntary and Community Sector Grants web site is a U.K. government initiative to disseminate information on government grantmaking to nonprofit organizations. Posted: 7/9/02; 11:59:24 AM #

8 July 2002

Community Technology Review call for abstracts
	Community Technology Review has issued a call for abstracts for their fall 2002 issue. The focus is on community building, volunteer corps programs, and international models. The deadline is July 26, 2002. Posted: 7/8/02; 11:29:56 AM #

Deconstructing "half the world without phones" factoid
	Clay Shirky takes on the phrase "half the world has never made a phone call" and in so doing sheds some interesting light on the international digital divide. Posted: 7/8/02; 11:29:46 AM #

Drucker Award for Canadian Nonprofit Innovation
	The Drucker Award for Canadian Nonprofit Innovation is accepting nominations, which are due by July 31, 2002. Posted: 7/8/02; 11:29:33 AM #

Impact of Palladium and DRM
	Hal Varian is a very smart observer of the world of computing and understands how control is excercised online. His review of Palladium and Digital Rights Management should be setting off alarm bells right now. Posted: 7/8/02; 11:29:21 AM #

Sharp decrease in click through on email ads

Email advertising is decreasing in its effectiveness, according to new research. But I think the methodology is flawed. Just look at the language. It's all about advertising. What has really happened is that the amount of spam and other stupid email has increased, which makes the deeply permission based email (which is still the majority of nonprofit email) into a much smaller proportion. Posted: 7/8/02; 11:29:07 AM #

2 July 2002

Intrigues within the United Way of the National Capital Area
	For anyone who has served on a board -- and I've served on thirty -- the story of the intrigues within the United Way of the National Capital Area is gripping. For all of us, it contains lessons. Of course, we may only be getting one side of the story here. Posted: 7/2/02; 11:17:21 AM #

Technology In the Nation's Museums and Libraries
	The Institute of Museum and Library Services has released Status of Technology and Digitization In the Nation's Museums and Libraries 2002 Report. Posted: 7/2/02; 11:17:09 AM #