Comments on: Nonprofits: Tech Advice for 2010

By: Dana Hagenbuch

Dana Hagenbuch — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:47:42 +0000

Great post about planning for nonprofit IT. Another essential piece is the “human” side of IT, essentially how to staff your organization’s IT function. At Commongood Careers, we often advise nonprofits about how to make these hires — whether it’s building IT responsibilities into a non-IT staff member’s role or hiring a dedicated IT resource.

I’ll be leading a webinar on this topic through NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Leadership Academy in the fall. In the meantime, I invite your readers to check out tons of resources about recruiting and hiring the best possible staff at: http://www.cgcareers.org/articles/category/best_practices_for_hiring_managers/

By: Emma Smith

Emma Smith — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:19:57 +0000

I think it is very important for non-profits to pay heed to advice such as this. Social media offers a particularly special gift to this sector for various reasons. One, as you point out, it is cost efficient! Non-profits whose main aim is to channel as much funding into their cause as possible should really be utilising free means of researching and communicating. In addition to this, social media enables non-profit orgs to enter into real dialogue with publics and beneficiaries as well as engaging the public with causes online.
I think the issue of transparency is particularly important too and organisations should be making greater efforts to provide information to potential donors.

By: Barbara Green

Barbara Green — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:17:23 +0000

If you are interested in finding out more about using social media as an effective way to tell about your nonprofit organization and build a community of traffic, check out GCN’s Nonprofit University class on creating a social media plan on April 1, 2010.

Social media can be an effective vehicle for sharing and building community and effectively telling your organization’s story to a large community of people on the internet. However, without the “ HOW” of understanding the concepts that drive social media it can’t be worked to your organization’s advantage. Our Creating a Social Media Plan Workshop will teach you techniques to help you leverage social media so that it benefits your organization. This workshop has been specifically designed for organizations who want to develop Web 2.0 communications programs. In addition, case studies will be examined, as well as social media trends.

This workshop will help you Understand:
• The concepts that drive social media
• Developing your online identity
• Potential of online collaboration
• What tools are appropriate to select for social media to achieve the organization’s goals.
• And More. . .

By: Brendon

Brendon — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:09:11 +0000

A very insightful article. I would like to add that if you like to support non-profits, my organization is an opportunity to do so. I work with CafeGive out of Portland, Oregon and we help raise money for NP’s by allowing people to shop through various online merchants (Macys.com, Altrec.com, etc.). A portion of the sale is donated to a selected NP, at no extra cost to the consumer. We now have 24 non-profit organizations which we partner with, and others are signing up all the time. Check us out at http://www.cafegive.com to start your charitable shopping!

By: Lauren Vargas

Lauren Vargas — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:40:23 +0000

Great advice for the new year. Thank you for the shout out! Active listening is a key ingredient for 2010.

Lauren Vargas
Community Manager at Radian6
@VargasL