Some good alternatives to wordpress, Joomla for the do it yourself web setup

One option for nonprofit website design that may not exactly be the best choice. It could serve a supplemental purpose though as a technical resource.

Description of wordpress database capabilities

Debating social media devices and technology with politics

This is the future phone generation for 2012 in the USA... This will probably have an immediate blunt impact on mobile web needs for nonprofits and profits

This is a very disturbing truth about social media that you would think people are aware of , but are they?

US has to play by international rules

New domain names are coming....

This article covers accounting in non-profits fairly comprehensively.

This article covers donor database implementation for a non-profit. Giftworks was endorsed for ease of use. Administrators are happier with a more customized solution when its possible. Microsoft Access was criticized because it seems less directed toward the non-profit sector. It was interesting to note that the competition for donor dollars is increasing. A highly integrated database clearly outperforms segmented data. The online database with a trained rep might be the best choice of all.

This article discusses why government is moving away from providing IT directly to its employees in exchange for identifying the proper services to empower employees. The government realizes that owning the equipment personally isn't paying off for them. This may be more true for the government than other sectors. The same changeover seems to be occurring in the nonprofit sector.

A promising report on a potential reduction in spam traffic. I'm very under impressed on any supposed actions to reduce spam so far. My opinion is that email boxes are exactly backwards because every company believes it is an imperative function. No, I believe every email should require a pre-authorization which big business will fight to the end.... This strikes me as politically motivated

This article was good at showing the different ways blogging can inflict cost. You can choose the method which matches your flexibility to pay. $12000 annually will still be more than some can afford to pay. Carrying a full-time employee to manage the blog is the bulk of the cost so some may consider adding this as a responsibility to someone capable in the organization in the interim.

If a nonprofit dabbles in web design this is more specific to design choice for the web creator but it was worth the inquiry for myself. Drupal has been proven to better the better choice for a larger organization that wants more features. Wordpress has held an advantage for the smaller startups for ease of use. There is a convergence between the two that is occurring but Drupal still maintains a lead. The problem with the more complex applications in a site is that it will require more maintenance which a very small nonprofit or company would seek to avoid. I generally consider it very difficult to maintain a mobile web solution and keep a good selection of applications running without some expert support. The old standard of a simple website appears to be waning quickly. The choice now appears to be how much work you want to pay your website manager to do rather than determining if you need one.

I like this article because it has applications to things like oil pipelines. Whenever I hear of a leak in a pipeline I wonder why technology fails to automate a relatively quick solution. If there is a proper array of monitoring devices responses can and should be automated to provide a rapid response beyond a simple call for help...

good explanation of web 2.0 video. Social media is one of three central parts of web 2.0

If you want to know what web 2.0 is then watch this video

I don't think this really covered web 2.0 which is actually a buzzword but an interesting method for document saving that could be useful by opening a wiki account is presented

Wiki documents is a cool group tool

The emerging business structure applicable to nonprofits. You will have to pay taxes but the confusion is in the donation structure. There is a link to that information contained within

Was seeking answers to what is an L3C?

This article talks about a recently legalized alternative business structure for nonprofits to consider. Establishing an L3C instead of a nonprofit seems a better title. This is similar to considering if you want to be LLC or corporation from the nonprofit standpoint. If you are allowed to make a little more profit it seems to be a good choice. The lack of a long track record could make it risky.

A nonprofit business structure you should know about