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Link Sharing is Caring
After two weeks on the road I'm still playing catchup. But here are some things worth reading and checking out: "Uncertainty is the enemy of philanthropy" article from USA Today : "When times are tough, non-profits should focus on maintaining...
2008 Blackbaud Quarterly Conservation Group Meeting
I'm in Washington, DC today for a meeting of Blackbaud's conservation and environmental groups. This is a quarterly meeting for our clients in the DC area and includes some very well known and progressive organizations. My presentation is based...
The Baudcast Goes Green
Episode 16 of The Baudcast is all focused on environmental organizations. It sheds some light on how they are leveraging Web 2.0 and other technologies to move their mission forward. Blackbaud's Chad Norman has pulled together an all star cast that...
Book Review of CauseWired
Tom Watson explores the societal impact of online social networks in his new book CauseWired: Plugging In, Getting Involved, Changing the World (Wiley, November 2008) CauseWired is the first book focused on making sense of social media in the nonprofit...
The Illusion of Control
Gerry McGovern is a web content management guru. He's a very popular author and speaker on the subject. I had the good fortune of meeting Gerry a few years ago at a CASE conference in the UK. Every week, since 1996, Gerry has published an e-newsletter...
Upcoming NetWits Live @ Portland Event
After a very successful and sold out event in NYC earlier this year, Blackbaud Interactive is holding a West Coast edition of NetWits Live. This time the free event will be held in Portland on October 2nd. Here are some of the great speakers and sessions...
Social Networking Ideas and More
The latest episode of The Baudcast covers a lot of topics and is well worth a listen. Episode 14 is nearly 40 minutes long and a lot of the discussion is around the value of social networking and how nonprofits can begin to leverage it. The panel discussion...
Blackbaud's 2008 Asia Pacific Customer Conference - Day 1
G'day from Sydney and Blackbaud's 2008 Asia Pacific Customer Conference . I'm really looking forward to the next two days of the conference. The event is taking place at the Harbours Edge Events Centre in Darling Harbour here in Sydney. The...
Upcoming Presentations in 2008
I've done about 15 or so presentations this year at conferences and events. So now I feel like I'm in the homestretch of the year with only a few major conferences left on the schedule. Here are some upcoming events where I'll be presenting...
Random Samples and Signals
This is a busy travelling work week for me. So here are some things of note and some tunes for a Tuesday: We Are Media NTEN 's Social Media curriculum project where the community is the curriculum. Each week there will be a new theme related to social...
2008 AMA Nonprofit Marketing Conference
Today's blog entry is coming from Washington, DC and the 2008 American Marketing Association's Nonprofit Marketing Conference . This is a three-day conference with a variety of speakers and sessions all around the theme of "Telling Your Story...
2008 ePhilanthropy Foundation Symposium
Good morning from New York City . I'm attending today's ePhilanthropy Foundation Social Networking and Nonprofit Online Strategies Symposium at Columbia University . The agenda for the event is pretty exciting and there are 100+ people from across...
Social Networks: It's (still) about the Relationship
Last week, TechCrunch published an article about the Causes Application that was also syndicated in the The Washington Post and picked up by many nonprofit media outlets and bloggers . Causes reported the online fundraising results from their first year...
2008 Blackbaud Interactive Internet Symposium - NYC
An early morning here in Gotham City. Getting ready for a sold out event and a day full of speakers. Here's a run down of what's happening: Blackbaud Interactive Internet Symposium Grand Hyatt | New York City | 5.22.08 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast...
Questioning Social Networking
I'm spending some time this morning finishing my presentation for this week's Blackbaud Interactive Internet Symposium in New York City. I have developed a reputation for constantly tweaking my slides right up until the last minute. Alfred Hitchcock...
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