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The article include 7 tips on how to choose donor-management software. The alternative is the cloud..The article suggests that there is one to fit any budget but the interaction values have to be individually determined. A willingness to adapt to the structure of good software is recommended over doing the way you always have.

Choosing software for donor management

This is the alternate approach to buying software for donor management which theoretically is the better approach after a non-profit reaches a certain size

One would think this would be the other way round

This site is all about Yugma, signup and use for virtual net meetings... I am still unclear how this integrates with Skype for instance... It is multiple platform capable .... Linux,Mac,Windows and that might prove important.... I was disappointed by a 3 person use maximum however.... This service is a bit more revenue driven than some other cloud services which are easier to get for free

A non-profit out of California has created software for human rights workers that is designed to secretly store data about human rights violation abuses in the country where they are located. There is talk about it already being used in the Middle-East recently. The software includes a 'panic button' that a human rights worker could use that would instantly delete all the files on the computer about government violations. The data is then stored in the cloud and accessable only with a password and secret 'key.' This is a great example of nonprofits working together to fight enormous challenges, with human rights being one of the most dangerous and exhaustive areas of work in the non-profit sector.

This article is too brief for content but the message is that cloud based Microsoft Office is here now. Anyone can try it out supposedly.

some info on the secure content box which can popup over and over and over and over and over if somebody doesn't get a handle on it

The evil secure content popup box terrorizing websites going to the cloud can be stopped!

It's greta to see how many students are benefitting from such projects

This article describes how one organization saved thousands on their technology budget by utilizing free services, using video conferences, working from home, and combining services (to name a few).

""There's way too much made of a couple of acquisitions to make our market seem uncompetitive," said Gene Austin, CEO of Convio in Austin, Texas. "We are all competing in a very healthy way, in a way that fosters innovation and better things for the clients," he said. He pointed to as examples Kintera and Blackbaud, as well as other "small yet emerging organizations that will also bring innovation and competition to the marketplace."

Consolidation in the sector will continue to some degree as the firms move toward Software as a Service (SaaS). Major mergers will dictate the direction of cloud computing...

Survey tools automatically collect and tally responses in "real time," which means you can watch the results come in as they're being submitted. Results are often organized and presented graphically using charts and tables. Most tools will even produce reports based on the survey results. You can share the results with members of your staff, and even with survey respondents. post date:  Feb. 1, 2011