I spent 5 years working with 4 nonprofits on a collaborative technology project. Below I share the lessons we learned, the challenges and the benefits of having nonprofits collaborating on a technology project. This was the project the developed the SafeChat Silicon Valley crisis counseling service. It involved four domestic violence service providers near San… Read more »
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Facilitation Methods for Training
I created this handout on Facilitation Methods to highlight some of the most popular techniques, along with a brief explanation of each method. A key to using these successfully is matching the method to your goal for that part of your training – are you looking to get folks to share their knowledge on a… Read more »
Antidote to WordPress vulnerability – Static Site Generators
The advantages of CMS website management tools come at a high price. An alternative is Static Site generators
Static Site Generators – Technical Requirements, Options & Migration
Website management tools like WordPress leave your nonprofit’s website vulnerable to attack, hacking or being held hostage. A new type of website management tool known as Static Site Generators makes websites less vulnerable. In this article, we go into the technical how-to’s for the technically inclined. This is part two of a series. In part… Read more »
Get the Inside Scoop on What Topics Interest Your NonProfit Website Visitors
Google Analytics has a section called Affinity Categories. Based on the websites that people visit before and after they visit your website, along with other information Google collects, Google Analytics categorizes the kinds of content that interest your website visitors. Here is an example from one of my nonprofit client’s websites. What does the data… Read more »
Technology Educator & Strategist – What Is That?
Here are six examples of the types of projects I work on as a Nonprofit Technology Educator and Strategist. I work with all types and sizes of nonprofits, primarily in the areas of technology and communications, providing consulting support as well as training services. Santa Clara Domestic Violence Technology Collaborative – Digital Crisis Counseling… Read more »
Add Website Magic to Your Nonprofits’ Online Campaigns
A dedicated website page for your nonprofit’s fundraising or advocacy campaign adds the magic needed to help make that campaign successful online. The magic comes from you making it as easy as possible for people to learn more, take action and share your campaign online. When you don’t create a page specific to your campaign,… Read more »
Digital Crisis Counseling – Technology Meets the Hotline
Nonprofits provide digital crisis counseling services using online chat or text via a computer or mobile device. These services augment the traditional telephone counseling hotline services provided by organizations that support survivors of domestic or intimate partner violence, sexual assault, human trafficking and many other issues. While phone hotlines have been in use for decades,… Read more »
Quality vs. Quantity: Reframing Personal Productivity Online
Most articles about online productivity are framed as helping you to do more – automate this, multi-task that, consume more faster, etc. Most professionals I know – especially those in the nonprofit world – are already consuming too much information, most of it online. I’m encouraged by seeing folks reframe how they think of online… Read more »
Six Nonprofit Technology Questions for Board Members
Recently Kevin McCray, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Ground Water Association asked me “Do you offer a list of appropriate questions for board members to ask of staff/management when management is making a recommendation for a technology purchase? We can offer up our rationale and background, but we think they should focus on… Read more »