New Faces, Blog Changes

Laura let everyone know last week that Idealware's web site is up for a major upgrade, coming soon. The Idealware blog won't be left behind -- we're happy to announce new bloggers and some other important changes that coincide with the Web Site update. Here's what you'll want (and need) to know:

New Bloggers!

We're growing the blog roster, with an eye towards landing at ten bloggers posting about twice a month, for a healthy and diverse amount of content focused on helping nonprofits use software and technology to serve their missions. Joining Heather Gardner-Madras [2], Steven Backman [3], Eric Leland [4], Laura Quinn [5] and myself [6] are:

Johanna Bates [7] has a strong background in technology management, with special knowledge of the web and online communications.

Debra Askanase [8] brings her background of 20 years of community organizing with a focus and expertise in how nonprofits use social media to the blog.

Andrea Berry [9], who currently serves as Idealware's Director of development, brings her expertise in fundraising and donor management systems to the blog.

Marc Baizman [10] brings a broad range of tech skills to the blog, with a background as both a nonprofit technology director and consultant in the sector.

New RSS Address!

Take note that, if you're one of the hundreds of people who subscribe to this blog in an RSS Reader, we will be moving to a new RSS address. You can change your settings now, and that's recommended, as the old feed will stop updating once we're on the new site. The address is:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/idealwareblog [11]

(Just click on that link to subscribe)

It's All About You

As we make changes and improvements to the blog, we're eager to hear from you. What do you look to get from the Idealware blog? What works? What doesn't? What would you like to see more of? What burning topics are we failing to address? With a bigger group of bloggers and a renewed focus, we want to write about the things that you'd like to know more about. Feel free to offer your suggestions any time, either in the comments, or to Idealware at our Twitter feed [12] or Facebook page [13].