Resource Roundup

Okay, I'm finally managing to emerge out from under the avalanche of good resources over the last couple of weeks (it's been ugly ever since I went on vacation for a week - that will teach me to do that!). It's been a hard week to catch up, though, as there's been a lot of great new resources:

Ten video sharing services compared (DV Guru)
A high level look at 10 online services (YouTube, GoogleVideo, and eight more) geared for those who want to share video with a minimum of fuss.

Using Social Networking to Stop Genocide (Democracy in Action Blog)
A detailed and practical look at how two small organizations used social networking - Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, YouTube blogs, and more - to grow exponentially and help stop genocide in Darfur.

The Intersection of Blogs and Community (The Knowledge Tree)
Nancy White provides a thoughtful conceptual framework for thinking about blogs as community tools

Creating Apps that are larger than the sum of their parts (PlasticBag.org)
A thoughtful look at the components of creating web applications which engage participants in creating emergent communities

Easy Ways to Publish Your Own RSS Feeds (TechSoup)
An overview of tools and techniques to create a feed that other people can pick up programmatically

Hosted CivicSpace On Demand Goes Beta (Social Source)
CivicSpace On Demand offers an integrated, simple-to-use solution for running a group's website, collecting money (donations & memberships), sending sophistocated emails/ e-newsletters, and maintaining a constitutent relationship management system. It is entirely web-based, avaliable in minutes and accessed through your web browser.

Are Your Email Campaigns Being Delivered? (The Agitator)
To shed some light on email delivery issues, Roger Craver and Tom Belford interview the cheif technologists at GetActive and Convio, and deliver some valuable tips (look for the PDF as well as the post)

Online Politics 101 (ePolitics)
A useful, detailed (and funny!) guide to online techniques - websites, emails, blogs, video, viral campaigns, etc - to promote causes.

The Top Ten Ways Businesses, Associations and Organizations Can Use Social Networking (The Social Customer Manifesto)

Instant Messaging Tools and Technology: A Mini-Guide (Kolabora)
A great guide to instant messaging - what it is, why you would want to use it, and an overview of the available tools