NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: You Say Drupal, I Say Joomla. Can't We All Just Get Along?
After Idealware's latest report reviewing Open Source CMS tools, there were, as might be expected, a few dust-ups in the open source developers and users communities, which includes NTEN members like David Geilhufe. David wrote this response. NTEN board member Michelle Murrain, one of the authors of the report, responded to some of the criticism.
Deborah Elizabeth Finn kicked off another lively discussion by asking other nptechies how they factor their organization's Twitter "follow cost" into their Twitter communications strategy. There was a long discussion in the NTEN Discuss group, one of the affinity groups in our online community. Amy Sample Ward took up the discussion on her blog.
In other news, Lindy Dreyer has been working on a series of posts about organizational Social Media policies, including one addressing your organization's official presence on external existing networks (like LinkedIn, Facebook, or Twitter).
09NTC NTENny Highlights:
Starting with the 2007 Nonprofit Technology Conference, we've recognized NTEN members who contribute that extra "something" to the work of NTEN and this nonprofit technology community every year. Unlike your more traditional association credentials or awards, these "NTENnies" honor the spirit of the NTEN community by pointing out the lighter side of nonprofit technology.
I'll introduce each member of this year's class of NTENnies in these weekly member round-ups.
First up: David Neff, Director of Web, Film, and Interactive Strategies for the American Cancer Society's High Plains Division. He's the co-organizer of the Austin 501 Tech Club and a presenter at the upcoming NTC. We heart David and all that he's doing to engage nonprofit staff and techies-for-good in the Austin area using social media. We voted him "Most Likely to Be Promoting a Social Media Event Using Social Media While Attending a Social Media Event." You can see his "Meet NTEN" profile here.
