If you are a CTC, you should know about the CTCNet program, Connections For All. They are sponsoring a number of Accessibility Institutes around the country for CTCs to learn how to make their centers and program accessible for people with a broad range of abilities. Good work for a good cause.

Where is your domain name registered? What email address is set to receive updates from the registrar? How long is registered for? These are all things that you should know about your domain name. Our friends at Public Interest Registry, who manage the .org domains, have launched a new public service campaign, Protectyour.org. You can view or download 5 simple things that you should do to make sure that you retain ownership of your domain name. Pass it on!

If you are a CTC, you should know about the CTCNet program, Connections For All. They are sponsoring a number of Accessibility Institutes around the country for CTCs to learn how to make their centers and program accessible for people with a broad range of abilities. Good work for a good cause.

My NTEN Recommended Readings for the Wall Street Journal ran

My friend and colleague Eugene Kim blogged about the Kintera data sharing announcement at my request, in light of the recent Open API conversations that NTEN hosted. Below are his thoughts, re-posted here with permission.

Implications of the Kintera Data Sharing Announcement

By Eugene Kim, Blue Oxen Associates

AndyDale reported earlier this month that La Leche League will be using

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
David Hall

Since launching an online communications strategy in April, the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) has raised $63,000 in online donations. Much of this success comes from growing our email list from 3,000 to 23,000 people over the past seven months. Online donations of major gifts this year show more individuals giving "large" ($1,000 or more) gifts. We've also seen a big increase in our $1,000+ (Patriot Circle) gifts, receiving

Covenant House California
Esti Iturralde

There are an estimated 1 million homeless youth in the United States - thousands of them living in abandoned buildings, inside dumpsters, in parks and alleyways, trying to survive on the streets. Since 1998, Covenant House California (CHC) has been serving homeless and at-risk youth ages 13 to 24 in the Bay Area.

We launched online messaging, advocacy, fundraising, events, and community-building tools in June 2006, and

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA)
Ted Kohnen

With the busiest fundraising month quickly approaching, I remember spending last December glued to my computer during the last four days in December, constantly refreshing our donation report pages. We were concerned that Katrina-related donations might diminish December fundraising. The response to Katrina had been phenomenal: $230,000 in online donations in September alone. But December 2005 remained strong. In fact, PPFA saw an 18%

Dottie Schindlinger, Verve Internet Solutions
"Given that the vast majority of nonprofits are very small organizations with few (if any) staff members, all nonprofits can reap great rewards by investing in technology. For example, online hosted solutions can allow groups of volunteers to manage processes in a decentralized, organized way. Fundraising campaigns can be run less expensively and have greater reach. The problem is that, historically, few funders have been willing to invest in nonprofit infrastructures and