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Resource Roundup 8/31

By Laura Quinn
Created 2009-08-31 12:31
By Laura Quinn [1], August 31, 2009
Learning from Obama: Read the (E-)Book [2] (e-politics)
The prolific and always useful Colin Delaney has put out a new, free e-book " Learning from Obama" - chock full of interesting insights for nonprofits and political groups about the tactics and technologies Obama used in his campaign

Online Video: Why I’m a Believer [3] (frogloop)
Shirley Sexton makes the case for why online video is an important tool for nonprofit communications.

How to Use Facebook for Nonprofit Organizations [4] (CharityHowTo.com)
CharityHowTo sells useful and practical online videos on how to use specific software applicable to nonprofits, for a small fee. This one on Facebook is particularly interesting, providing a step-by-step guide to getting started.

Networking Basics: What’s a Firewall? [5] (Smallbusinesscomputing.com)
Great, very friendly and understandable article on what a firewall is and how it works

Is Direct Mail Dying? [6] (Mal Warwick's Newsletter)
In a word, no. In two words: that's silly. Here's a well written piece from Chuck Pruitt saying why.

The Shrinking Generational Digital Divide [7] (NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network)
Research based look by a AARP staffer of what older people are doing on the internet

Visualizing the Social Software and Collaboration Marketplace [8](CMS Watch)
Several useful diagrams showing the huge variety of software tools able to help organizations and business with collaboration and social media tasks

If We Can Do It, So Can You: Mobile Evaluations at the 09NTC [9](NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network)
Useful case study of NTEN's session evaluations by mobile phone at their NTC conference

Online Community Building: Gardening vs Landscaping [10] (Stanford Social Innovation Review)
Very useful metaphor to help think through the role of an online community moderator

Build Your Own Social Network : Elgg [11] (Beaconfire Wire)
A collection of resources about Elgg, a free and open source tool that allows you to build your own private social network for your constituents.

How I Raised $1,000 on Facebook Without Breaking a Sweat [12] (Blue Avocado)
Nice case study on using Facebook for a birthday campaign

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[1] http://www.idealware.org/users/laura-quinn
[2] http://www.epolitics.com/2009/08/10/learning-from-obama-read-the-e-book-dont-wait-for-the-movie/
[3] http://www.frogloop.com/care2blog/2009/8/18/online-video-why-im-a-believer.html
[4] http://www.charityhowto.com/video_info.php?vid=18
[5] http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/webmaster/article.php/3832901
[6] http://www.malwarwick.com/learning-resources/e-newsletters/august-2009.html#idmfrhfte
[7] http://www.nten.org/blog/2009/08/25/shrinking-generational-digital-divide
[8] http://www.cmswatch.com/Trends/1659-Social-Software-Collaboration-Marketplace-2009?source=RSS
[9] http://nten.org/blog/2009/07/23/if-we-can-do-it-so-can-you-mobile-evaluations-09ntc
[10] http://www.ssireview.org/opinion/entry/online_community_building_gardening_vs_landscaping/
[11] http://www.beaconfire.com/blog/2009/08/17/build-your-own-social-network-elgg/
[12] http://www.blueavocado.org/content/how-i-raised-1000-facebook-without-breaking-sweat