Friday, July 13, 2007

The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Google Offers Free Software to Nonprofit Groups

The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Google Offers Free Software to Nonprofit Groups: "Google Offers Free Software to Nonprofit Groups

By Nicole Wallace

Google has announced that it is making the educational version of its Google Apps product available free to nonprofit organizations in the United States.

The collection of communication and collaboration tools includes e-mail and calendar programs, Internet-based telephone and text-messaging services, and word-processing, spreadsheet, and Web-publishing applications."

SDA Asia Magazine::Features::Now Nonprofits Benefit From Google Apps

SDA Asia Magazine::Features::Now Nonprofits Benefit From Google Apps: "Friday, 13 July 2007
Now Nonprofits Benefit From Google Apps


Google, often known for using every inch of space in its site for marketing is now doing something good. It has offered Google applications free of cost to nonprofit organisations..."

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Why Nonprofit Managers Must Use RSS — And How to Start

From Dem In Action via Tech Soup

Why Nonprofit Managers Must Use RSS — And How to Start: "Why Nonprofit Managers Must Use RSS — And How to Start
Go from zero to RSS expert in three easy steps

By: Jason Zanon

July 9, 2007

This article originally appeared on the Web site DemocracyInAction.org, which provides affordable e-advocacy tools to other nonprofits.

It's come to the point where nonprofit staff who aren't using RSS aren't really doing all of their job.

I know, I know — you don't believe me, and you don't care.

You already use the Internet, so why take time you don't have to learn some new way to get the information you already get? Especially when the first thing an evangelist says about RSS is that it's actually like 11 different data formats and nobody can even agree what the acronym means?"

NPT TechnoBuzz

NPT TechnoBuzz: "incorporating Video: The digital storytelling revolution for nonprofits

By Jennifer Gilomen
You’ve probably seen a lot of people in your field jumping onto the video bandwagon, producing everything from videoconferences to digital stories to podcasts. If you’re just getting started, you’ll find a dizzying array of formats and methods of distribution. But taking the first steps to producing and disseminating your own videos doesn’t have to be daunting; it just takes some solid identification of your goals, a prioritization of your audience(s), a reasonable assessment of the expenses involved, and a bit of training in the technology and practices of shooting and editing."

Monday, July 09, 2007

Live Earth Sets Internet Record With 10 Million Viewers -- Live Earth -- InformationWeek

Live Earth Sets Internet Record With 10 Million Viewers -- Live Earth -- InformationWeek

A view from Vacation in Maine

Thought I'd share the spot from which I'm doing most of my postings for the first two weeks of July. Thanks for your support of the AFP Blogs.

Main Page - Form 990 Wiki

NCCS Wiki page on 990,

Main Page - Form 990 Wiki: "Form 990 Review: Let's Reason Together to Create the Best Possible Form

The revisions to the Form 990 this year represent a 'once in lifetime' opportunity help shape the development of the nonprofit sector. Here are a few of the ways that it could help the nonprofit sector:

* The 990 (or electronic reports derived from it) becomes a truly 'public-friendly' document, widely used by donors large and small.
* The governance questions spurs significant improvements in how nonprofits are managed and in the relationships between executives and boards.
* The document becomes the foundation for standardized reporting of program outcomes."