Local Government 2.0 Uses Facebook, Twitter to Communicate With Public

Local Government 2.0 Uses Facebook, Twitter to Communicate With Public: "The city is one of a growing list of wired municipalities connecting to citizens young and old through social media. While not every administrator will feel comfortable hosting live chats or Tweeting “is hungry. Join me for lunch today at Taste of Town,” Government 2.0 is going viral."

Sky Sports | Home | Don't miss these | Charity wallpapers

Sky Sports | Home | Don't miss these | Charity wallpapers: "The campaign 'There is Moore to know' features a series of powerful images with England stars Theo Walcott, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick, David James, Micah Richards and Shaun Wright Phillips.

And skysports.com has teamed up the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK to offer these unique images to download as your wallpaper."

Online giving making gains, but at a slower pace - Investment News

Online giving making gains, but at a slower pace - Investment News: "In its annual survey, including 203 non-profit organizations, the number of online gifts grew by a median of 28% in 2008, according to the Washington-based newspaper, which reports and researches philanthropy."

Unified Communications Options for Nonprofits

Unified Communications Options for Nonprofits: "What is unified communications (UC)? UC is a popular buzz word, but its broad usage makes it difficult to define. Generally, UC refers to a large family of technologies and organizational practices that simplify and integrate multiple forms of communications like phone conversations, email, video and Web conferencing, instant messaging (IM), voicemail, fax, and SMS messages."

Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004

Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004: "Writing a weblog today isn't the bright idea it was four years ago. The blogosphere, once a freshwater oasis of folksy self-expression and clever thought, has been flooded by a tsunami of paid bilge. Cut-rate journalists and underground marketing campaigns now drown out the authentic voices of amateur wordsmiths. It's almost impossible to get noticed, except by hecklers. And why bother? The time it takes to craft sharp, witty blog prose is better spent expressing yourself on Flickr, Facebook, or Twitter."

Influential Marketing Blog: How To Live Blog (Or Twitter) An Event Effectively

Influential Marketing Blog: How To Live Blog (Or Twitter) An Event Effectively: "There are two types of content creators at any event. The ones who are creating content because they want to, and those who are creating content because they have to (often because they have been sent to 'cover' the event for a team or organization). For both, the toughest question to answer is how to do this in a way that results in quality content, but also doesn't detract from your experience of actually being at an event and participating in it. This post is about a few tips and ideas that should help you deal with that challenge based on what I've learned from attending dozens of events and watching how hundreds of people create content:"

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Social Networks Are Red Hot, Web Sites Are Diddlysquat

By Mark Hrywna

Nonprofits have plenty of room for improvement to their Web sites while their presence on online social networks is growing and expect to continue, according to two surveys released during the Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Francisco this week."

Download the Consumers Guide to Donor Management Software | NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network

From NTEN and Idealware

Download the Consumers Guide to Donor Management Software | NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network: "Download the Consumers Guide to Donor Management Software

The Consumers Guide provides you the unbiased comparative information you need to narrow down your choices in a fundraising system. The information is divided into two reports—the actual Consumers Guide, which provides summaries and recommendations across all 33 of the systems we reviewed, and the Detailed Reviews, which provide the detailed evaluations of twelve specific systems."

Conference blog keeps you in the loop « Minnesota Council on Foundations Blog - Philanthropy Potluck

Conference blog keeps you in the loop « Minnesota Council on Foundations Blog - Philanthropy Potluck: "The national Council on Foundations’ (COF) annual conference began this morning in Atlanta. COF’s president Steve Gunderson writes, “There is energy and urgency in the air. It’s a critical time for the country and the world. And it’s just the right time for the more than 1,300 people here to reexamine philanthropy’s place, today and tomorrow.”"

Using the Internet for social action

Using the Internet for social action: "You would never get Joe Solomon to admit it, but he’s a powerful agent for social action.

And being a Web kind of guy, he’s not focusing only on Vancouver, the province or even the continent, for that matter."

Largest U.S. Fund-Raising Software Company Expands Overseas - Philanthropy.com

Largest U.S. Fund-Raising Software Company Expands Overseas - Philanthropy.com: "Largest U.S. Fund-Raising Software Company Expands Overseas

In its latest effort to expand its fund-raising services globally, the Charleston, S.C., nonprofit software company Blackbaud announced on Thursday that it has acquired RLC, a privately owned software company in Almere, the Netherlands."