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NPTech Summary: Happy Holidays!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Things are slowing down during the holidays , so here's a short version of the NpTech Tag Summary. Commentary here ) Maybe that's why we've heard rumblings in the blogosphere and on listservs that the YouTube Nonprofit Channel was backlogged on accepting applications. Leave a comment and I'll summarize in the next NpTech Summary.

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NpTech Tag: Roundups from and about Facebook and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This articles provides some excellent tips and strategies for a successful group approach to blogging. Dave McClure has a guest post on TechCrunch called " Seven Steps to Graphing Your Facebook Strategy. Use the track trends option and set to track "Nptech" for nptech related twitters.

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NpTech Tag: Change.org To Launch White-Label Social Network for Nonprofits, GeekToys that Give Geekbumps, and Blog Readability

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Most NpTech blogs are high school level. One hopes that nonprofits deciding to roll their own social networks, aren't creating their own social silos and have gone into it with a solid strategy, clear objectives and measurable metrics , and can evaluate the ROI. Don't have your strategy and plans in place yet??? No worries.

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Finding the Best People: Strategies for Effective IT Hiring

NTEN

There are, however, specific strategies and tools that will position you for success in the hiring process. Tags: IT staffing NPTech NTEN Newsletter cassie scarano. Needs Assessment. The first step in ensuring effective hiring of technology staff is to engage in a comprehensive needs assessment. Screening Candidates.

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Whats Your Groundswell Social Technographics Profile: I'm A Creator

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The post on Forrester also shares some of the control issues and concerns that a social media strategy will bring up and it looks like they are eating their own dog food. I've noticed this in the nptech stream, we have conversations scattered in listservs, forums, blogs, twitter, facebook, myspace, and other social media nooks and crannies.

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2011 NTC Preview: Let's Talk About Tech, Baby

NTEN

Ask on listservs ( ProgEx , NTEN Affinity Groups , ISF Yahoo group , etc.) This is not the time for jargon -- save that for talking to your developers (or your NTEN listserv buds). Start thinking about success stories that you can share with your organization. to get success stories. is going end-of-life!"

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Ten Ways Small NGOs Can Collaborate

NTEN

The MobileActive listserv is a good one for phone-based app's. 9) Develop a partnered IT strategy. Why would nonprofit want to collaborate on IT Strategy? Here are ten practical things you can do, starting tomorrow: 1) Join a list-serve or social media group. Pick one that fits your size and mission, and addresses technology.