Archive for the 'Info Tech' Category

Non Profit DIY: Teleprompter

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Jerry Markham and Tom Stagg designed and built a homemade teleprompter for the American Cancer Society High Plains video production unit. Says Tom Stagg “We set out to build a teleprompter for under $100, and came in well under budget.”
TOOLS
Tools used were A table saw, router, screwdriver, drill, and sewing machine.
PARTS
Parts were 50/50 [...]

Non Profit Nerds..No going out this Friday

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Why? Because you will need to be home getting ready for the Facebook land grab.  You don’t want someone else grabbing your name do you? Both personal and professional. In the menatime go let Facebook know you own your Non Profits name here.  And also read up on all the rules here.  Of course Facebook [...]

Lights. Camera. Help is coming along…

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Just wanted to give you a little heads up on what’s going on with the Non Profit Film Festival I am starting up this year. All in all we are getting some great Films in the PO Box. Including this one:
The most recent film received was Prostition: Beyond the Myths. This is a 30-minute documentary [...]

Mail Chimps rocks my non profit world..in a pinch

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Just a quick story for the trenches. We are switching massive email providers here at ACS High Plains and one vendor dropped the ball a little. They were supposed to have a email collection form up in time for this massive paper mailing we did. We advertised “SAVE TREES. SIGN UP ONLINE HERE: WWW.CANCERENEWS.ORG”
However [...]

What can your Non Profit Do Online…right now?

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

David J. Neff, @daveiam, blogger at www.fispace.org and Director of Web, Film and Interactive Strategy at the American Cancer Society shares the 5 tools nonprofits can be using today to enhance their online presence and efficiency.

City of Austin Revolution

Monday, May 18th, 2009

I was lucky enough and honored to get invited to a special City of Austin meeting about the city’s Web Site.  You see we are having some issues with it.  In fact this was not your average City committee meeting with the council facing the usual number of crackpots, deadlocking over issues and it airing [...]

Let’s Continue the Conversation – Fundraising in Online Social Networks

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Hey All,
Just wanting to continue the conversation from the NTC09 conference.  Here is my presentation from the session “No Country for Old Media: Fundraising in Online Social Networks”. Leave me some comments.
Social Media Fundraising In Online Networks
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Light. Camera. Help. Now Open to Non Profits

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Austin, TX—Lights. Camera. Help., the premiere film festival exclusively for non-profit and grassroots organizations, officially opened its submission process last night.
Four prominent non-profit organizations showed their support for the festival by formally submitting their films at the Reel-to-Reality event held at Southwest Key’s East Side Community Center.
Representatives from the American Cancer Society, United Way, the [...]

How do Non Profits handle Distance Mgmt?

Monday, April 20th, 2009

How does your non-profit handle distance mgmt? How do you interact/manage/meet/discipline employees that work from home or even work across the globe?
Does your non-profit even have remote employees? I’m starting the conversation and I hope you join in. The fist commentors will win a prize from the FISpace prize closet.

Is Second Life Dead?

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Special guest post from our friends at Dell who I was recently on a panel with.
http://en.community.dell.com/blogs/direct2dell/archive/2009/04/12/virtual-worlds-are-alive-and-kicking.aspx
Enjoy!