A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies. Read more posts on our blog.
- We had, ahem, a few problems with the wireless Internet at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference. To try to help mitigate the problem, Holly made a funny video. After it aired on the big screen, even the Washington Hilton IT staff wanted a copy, so we posted it to YouTube.
- Fortunately, the NTC made up for the connectivity failures with general fabulousness, including the release of two of our favorite reports each year:
- The 2011 e-Benchmarks Study from M+R found that a high unsubscribe rate is not necessarily bad, among other things.
- And the 2011 Nonprofit Social Network Benchmark Report found that 30% of the organizations that have raised more than $100,000 on Facebook have budgets under $5 million. Also, 90% of nonprofits reported having a Facebook presence, even after watching The Social Network.
- Google just consolidated their full line of nonprofit resources -- Google Earth, Google Grants, Google Apps, and
GoogleTubeYouTube -- into a single application process. Even better, they promise you'll get a response within 30 days. - Will Web X-Ray Goggles put "adult" sites out of business? Not unless naked HTML turns you on. Geeky goodness!
- Sharing.
- The Case Foundation recently relaunched their video portal, CaseSoup, and it's loaded with tutorials, livestreams, interviews, and even more good things for nonprofits than Maurice Sendak could dream up.
- You should also check out the winners from the 2011 DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards. (And, while it didn't win, one of our favorites, "Passover Moses", will almost certainly make you smile.)
- If you care about the future of journalism and public media, check out the National Conference for Media Reform, coming up April 8-10. NTEN Members can get a discount!