Ten Things (Just Ten!) That Every Nonprofit Executive Needs to Know About Information Technology

Some words of wisdom not only for Nonprofit Executive’s. Technology can be both a great an enabler or a burden to us as both organisations and individuals.
It is a challenge to us all to make the most of Technology and to ensure that it is working for and not against us. By following the suggested methods below, and getting good independent advice (easier said than done) when appropriate, you can at least have a plan in place to ensure that it is working in your favour.

Deborah Elizabeth Finn writes in her blog:
Ten Things (Just Ten!) That Every Nonprofit Executive Needs to Know About Information Technology

CTN Conference on 29-30 March 2006.

I have been asked to be part of a panel discussion at the Consumers’ Telecommunications Network Annual Conference – Content, Convergence and Consumers – to be held at the Country Embassy, Level 44 Grosvenor Place, 225 George Street, Sydney. The Convergence and Complaints panel discussion we would like you to participate in is on 30^th March 2006 at 1.50 pm.

I will be part of the VoIP & Consumers expectations, and will be arguing the case for consumers. Hope to see lots of you at the conference but also am interested in your feedback, as to what your expectations are of VoIP.

in response to “Does an online ballet dancer wear a Web 2 tu?”

1. What’s *really* new on the Web, as opposed to buzzwords and sound bites?From a technology perspective I am not sure that there is any one thing that is new, what we are seeing is the emergence of tools (like blogs) that make it easier for people, and organisations to express themselves, and the emergence of an allied set of tools (RSS) and sites (Technorati) that allow people to subscribe to information that they would like to share in.
I think what we are seeing is that now the web is being able to be used in a new and exciting way, and it is more the culture of the web that is changing – as apposed to the tools. Yes the tools are needed – but as time goes on the tools will change and update, but the opportunity presented by the web for people to not only have there say but choose to listen to what they think is worth hearing becomes a significant cultural shift.

2. Which tools best embody the new opportunities from your point of view and why?
Hard to say what tools will emerge as the best ones – but at this point of time the interesting concepts are the blog, tag’s and RSS. Who knows what will be next?

3. Who’s doing the best work with the new tools (technically or in terms of social benefit or both)?
Best work – dare I say is dependent on your point of view. I like the ease of use of wordpress – and from what I have seen of msn spaces I would have to say I am not a fan.
I am using performancing as tool for creating and editing blogs and I find it very user friendly.
With regard to RSS I am still searching for a good (or one that I am happy with) one. I am currently using firefox – but dont think that this is a good option in the long run.

4. What’s the bad news? What are the greatest barriers preventing web-based technology from producing social change?
In simple terms you could classify it into 2 categories – access and education.
It is unfortunate that the two seem to go hand in hand, and that often those in our society that could most benefit from the opportunities presented on the web, do not have one or both of the opportunity to access, and the education to use in a meaningfull way.
It is a challenge that unfortunately there are no easy answers to, but perhaps with the advent of easier to use tools such as those available in the web 2 world – and forums such as NetSquared and the Net2Conf things will improve.

Technorati Tags: cu06, ConnectingUp, net2

ten tips for better blogs

From
Rebecca Blood, noted authority on blogging. A respected thought-leader on the
Internet’s impact on business, media and society, Ms. Blood is an
internationally known speaker and business advisor. She is the author of The Weblog
Handbook.

 

www.rebeccablood.net/essays/ten_tips.html

Technorati Tag – can it be moderated

So you have gone to the effor to tag your posts, so that you can share thoughts, ideas and goals with others in the Community. All is working well and you have a liverly discussion ongoing. But with all good things there will come those who think that it is a good thing to abuse – I can see the advertisiers now – adding your tag’s to there posts.

So it does have me wondering how we will deal with this?
Will governments need to legislate as they have with the Spam Act?
Is it appropriate for governments to be involved in a system that is designed to allow people and organisations to have there say?

These and many other questions will need to be answered. Look forward to your thoughts.

Technorati Tags: cu06, ConnectingUp, net2

Performancing to assist in blog creation

Have found that adding tags to the blog was a pain in the butt, so have hopefully found an extension to Firefox that will make life easier. Well we shall see, make it so much easier to tag.

Technorati Tags: ConnectingUp

cu06

Blog for blog sake or with a purpose

I found this interesting blog on why non profits should blog why non profits should blog by following up on the tag for ConnectingUp 2006

Technorati Tag ConnectingUp

Web 2.0

Conference discussion blog do they work

New to all of this and interested to see how it all pans out, I see that NetSquared are seeking input into there conference via a blog and use of the tag net2conf. Hope it works will have to keep an eye on it to see if it is something we should look to promote for the CISA ConnectingUp 2006 conference

Second Post

Well since the last one was my first this will become my second post.

This is one way to spend a 40 degree evening in adelaide, but at least now I have a something that kinda resembles a blog site i guess. At least the tennis is entertaining, and Australia one the cricket.

First Blog

Well I cant be outdone. Have to keep up with the Jones’s. In this case my 50something old boss. Now if he can bother to find out what the world of blogging is about well why not me. Take a look http://spaces.msn.com/members/djacquier/ he is sure to be impressed that someone is bothering to look at his ramblings