As the year ends you can always count on donation appeal emails and lots of online lists like recaps and top tens. I pulled together some of the best that deal with nonprofit technology into a list of my own.
Anyone who knows me knows that I am a big fan of Idealware, the nonprofit that does research and publishes information on technology for other nonprofits.
So it comes as no surprise that I have been delighted to work on the 2010 Comparing Open Source Content Management Systems: WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and Plone report. It includes unbiased detailed reviews with a feature summary, as well as a directory of consultants.
Back from the Nonprofit Technology conference with new ideas and two of the five Idealware blogger interviews posted.
More Fun with Open Source Content Management
I’m really thrilled that the Idealware report comparing 4 top-notch open source Content management systems is now available. And the CMS Showdown at SXSW makes a handy companion too!
Great Resources on Vendor Websites
One of the great things about working in the nonprofit sector is the spirit of sharing and helping one another succeed that I continue to find among organizations and consultants for online technologies. But vendors also offer valuable resource sections…
Minimum Usability Testing: Now there’s no excuse not to do it.
According to the author of the web usability bible “Don’t Make Me Think” Steve Krug, testing one user is 100% better than testing none and testing one user early in the project is better than testing 50 near the end. To that end, I’d like to suggest testing 5 or 10 more often and found a couple of services that make it possible.
Sproutbuilder Update and Alternatives
Updated information on Sproutbuilder’s nonprofit plans and a quick look at some other online widget tools.
Should you use a volunteer or intern to do your social media?
Will social media become so important that current experimental forays will come to haunt their organizations?
Finding Inspiration in your Email List
Proposes a little experiment you might want to try with your email or donor list to reconnect with the people behind the names.
Making a case for updating to WordPress 2.7
…WordPress just released another major upgrade – 2.7 (Coltrain), but this one is clearly worth doing and doing right now …
