Not surprisingly, social media is playing a huge role at the 2008 Conference for Nonprofits . The event kicks off in two weeks right here in Charleston, and I wanted to let everyone know how they can stay connected via the social web. The Conference blog and discussion forum are back again this year...

Last Sunday, I spent six straight hours manning the Go Green Charleston booth at the first annual Charleston Green Fair . I really had a blast chatting it up with everyone that stopped by, and loved spreading the knowledge with our "Is it Recyclable" tabletop game. It was an amazing event ...

If you're heading to Portland on October 2nd for NetWits Live , I hope to see you there. I'll be joined by Holly Ross (Executive Director of NTEN), Allison Van Diest, and a super surprise mystery guest to present 4 sessions on hot Internet topics. If you do make it, feel free to use this forum...

Making the decision to go with a fixed width or fluid width for your website can be agonizing. The geek in you welcomes the challenge of designing a site that fills any browser, while the marketer in you wants the absolute control over the layout afforded by fixed width design. In the end, fixed width...

Here are four webby things I wanted to share with you all this morning. Episode #12 of The Baudcast is hot of the griddle, and ready for consumption at Blackbaud.com or the iTunes Music Store . This was a fun episode to tape, so a big thanks goes out to Garrett Keating and Micheal Sola for taking the...

I am typing this as I fly back from the Giving Institute’s Summer Symposium and board meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. I believe this was the 6th Summer Symposium I have been able to attend. Hands down it was the best with regards to content and sharing of ideas. The Symposium created and conducted by...

Startup costs are at an all time low, ideas are everywhere, and there are millions of content-creating users out there ready to help out. It's never been a better time to be a webby guy who's into webby things. These are good times. These are the salad days. New services, tools, and sites bubble...

One of the most interesting webby things I get to do here at Blackbaud is produce, host, and edit all of our podcasts. Podcasting is a great way for any organization to create inexpensive social media that is informational, portable, and shareable. We have three different brands of podcasts here at Blackbaud...

I'm really not obsessed with Twitter...well, no more than you are at least. OK, maybe a little more. Either way, I just wrote this article for Fundraising Well and The NonProfit Times , and thought it should end up here on Webby Things. Enjoy! Twitter Makes Relationships Work — Right Now Social networking...

My brain has been buzzing ever since I read the big Google Friend Connect press release yesterday. Social networks form natural silos or walled gardens, and even FriendFeed may not be able to break them down (despite an AMAZING feature set - I've loving you FriendFeed ). This is a big challenge,...