Book Review: e-Riches 2.0

I’m reading a lot this summer. It’s summer. That’s what you’re supposed to do, right? Well, there’s no beach involved, but I’m on goodreads if you care to sign in and find my lists or keep your own.
e -Riches 2.0: Next-Generation Marketing Strategies for Making Millions Online by Scott Fox is a [...]

Evidently Even I Can Podcast!

Podcasts are really just a way, like TV, of diplaying audio and video content. And iTunes is the TVGuide of podcasts.
Podcasting for Nonprofits 101 is one of the workshops covered at NTEN’s National Technology Conference 2009–blowing all economic predictions out of the water with a record and 300+ over expectiations 1500 attendees. [...]

Engaging Techie Volunteers

From the TechSoup webinar, Managing IT Volunteers.
A techie can be ‘into social media’, an enthusiastic learner, or can be from the IT profession–with specific skills and interests. Since I’m engaging virtual volunteers, I’ve modified some of the in-person hardware/software type suggestions to include working with virtual tech volunteers, too.
Step 1: List tasks.
Ask staff, [...]

Wikis (vs. Blogs)

Wow, this can’t be that unusual of a post–there’s got to be tons of info already out there. Just catch this Kennedy-Nixon debate on the subject:
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A dear friend called me–she must’ve been really lacking for tech info!–to determine if she should use a blog or a wiki on her [...]

Learn the New Web

In 12 lessons, this is a self-paced course at School Library Journal. Come learn with the librarians about 12 new tech tools. Bookmark the site and take the self-paced learning journey –one per month? one per week? with your staff?

Web 2.0 for Volunteer Management

Here’s an article on Enhancing Your Youth Program With Web 2.0 Tools, which is really a basic overview of 2.0 tools for your non-profit. There’s a bibilography of links to the tools and other info on virtual volunteering.
This is Susan Ellis’ Energize, Inc. (volunteer management guru) ‘bible’ to virtual volunteering.
Get informed, get connected: [...]

New Tool, New Volunteer Management in Teams

I’m multitasking today, demonstrating ‘live blogging’ while attending Temple University’s Center for Intergenerational Studies’ webinar on Baby Boomer engagement.
I’ll be back after the webinar with a ‘Cover It Live‘ review…..

Click here to view Part II on Implementing….
Click Here to view my notes on Part I of the webinar on Self-Directed Teams
Read more about teams at [...]