http://www.rlweiner.com Strategic Technology Advisors to Nonprofits and Educational Institutions Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:53:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last month we mentioned GivingUSA's annual assessment of individual giving which showed that donations from individuals had dropped 5.7% overall in 2008. Things were even worse on the corporate side. The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy's 2008 assessment of corporate gving (PDF) reports that corporate giving was down nearly 8% overall ... http://www.rlweiner.com/corporate-giving-declined-in-2008 If you missed The Chronicle of Philanthropy's June 23 online discussion Using Social Networks to Promote Good Causes, the transcript is now available. The discussion featured: Danielle Brigida, the social-media outreach coordinator at the National Wildlife Federation, in Washington, DC where she manages the organization's voice on online networks such ... http://www.rlweiner.com/transcript-using-social-networks-to-promote-good-causes This Tuesday The Chronicle of Philanthropy will host another free online discussion about how nonprofits can use social media. The speakers include: Danielle Brigida, the social-media outreach coordinator at the National Wildlife Federation, in Washington, DC where she manages the organization's voice on online networks such as Facebook, MySpace, Care2, Change.org, ... http://www.rlweiner.com/online-discussion-on-june-23-using-social-networks-to-promote-good-causes Last week I posted John Elbare's advice for new nonprofit consultants. Today I'm posting Karen Nyhus' advice, originally posted on NTEN's nptechconsult forum (for members only) in response to a request for "resources and tips for our nonprofit technology community to help them start things off right in 2007." ... http://www.rlweiner.com/advice-for-consultants-part-2 The Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University has posted the application for the 2009 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation. The Drucker Award is given to a social-sector organization that demonstrates "change that creates a new dimension of performance. In addition, the judges look for programs that are highly effective ... http://www.rlweiner.com/deadline-july-1-100000-drucker-award-for-nonprofit-innovation This is such a lame phishing scam that I can't imagine anyone falling for it.  But I received three of these messages in the past two days so I'm passing it along. I reported this account to Google, so I hope they'll disable it. Dear Webmail User, This message was ... http://www.rlweiner.com/phishing-scam-dear-webmail-user Heather Carpenter's Nonprofit Leadership 601 blog posted a list of resources for people who are new to the field of nonprofit technolology. This post lists books, reports, Web sites, blogs, and conferences that nonprofit techies — and not just those newbies — should know about. We're happy that TechSoup is listed right ... http://www.rlweiner.com/nonprofit-technology-601 This post was inspired by my colleague Kris Putnam's advice for new consultants (So, You Want To Be A Philanthropy Consultant? and Starting A Consulting Business? 15 Things To Do Right Now). I received the following via CharityChannel's Consultants forum in 2003. I was just completing ... http://www.rlweiner.com/advice-for-consultants-part-1 The good news from the annual GivingUSA report (PDF) on U.S. philanthropy is that total giving for 2008 was estimated to have exceeded $300 billion for the second year in a row, for a total of $307.65 billion. But, unfortunately, most of the news was bad. This was ... http://www.rlweiner.com/givingusa-reports-a-drop-in-2008-giving As I mentioned last week, the Chronicle of Philanthropy held a live online discussion about how nonprofits can use social networks to promote their organizations. On the panel, was Danielle Brigida, social-media-outreach coordinator at the National Wildlife Federation; marketing and communications consultant Nancy E. Schwartz; and Felicia Carr, director of online ... http://www.rlweiner.com/transcript-promoting-causes-on-online-social-networks