Idealware has assembled another one of its "quick" reviews of vendor tools, this time profiling "A Few Good Email Newsletter Tools." They talked to seven nonprofit technology experts (including myself) to find out what eNewsletter tools have worked well for them. As usual for Idealware, the article includes capsule reviews of vendors, complete with prices. I've compiled this list numerous times myself for

Internet consultant Robert Weiner has written an excellent article for Idealware on the ten common mistakes that organizations make when selecting and using donor databases. Robert writes: "The software tool itself is only half the story-the other half lies in understanding what you need, and then following through. Sophisticated fundraising combines a realistic

I just got a copy of the pdf for my story in the Fall, 2005 issue of Nonprofit Quarterly, Tech Success Stories: Innovative Uses of Technology by Nonprofits

By Peter Campbell

I'm organizing a session at the upcoming Nonprofit Technology Conference in Seattle. "Taking it to the Streets," about using technology to provide direct client service. The panel will feature Sean Dewitt of FCNY, Paul Hagen of Exponent Partners, and Paul Lamb of StreetTech. We decided to subvert our original topic a bit to incorporate what we consider to be the real street level service challenge: how to effectively collaborate with partners and local governments to develop technology

Guy Kawasaki is one of the most innovative, imaginative, and accomplished contributors to Silicon Valley.At his March 23 keynote speech at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Seattle, Guy will address the qualities and process needed for nonprofits to rethink and transform their work in this new age of technology possibilities.

N-TEN: What interests you about participating in the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Seattle?

Guy Kawasaki: I enjoy speaking to nonprofits because they represent the purest form of evangelism. Some of the most dynamic people work for organizations like

M+R and the Advocacy Institute have released the eNonprofit Benchmarks Study, which
is the first of its kind to look at the overall effectiveness of nonprofits using the Internet to raise money, build e-mail lists, and influence political causes. The study provides an across-the-board look at how well leading American nonprofits are performing online.

"These days, for dot-coms, success on the Internet is based on sales and revenue," says Benjamin Smith, vice president at M+R Strategic Services and a study co-author. "For nonprofits, success online is more difficult to measure. Is it the quality of information provided, donations collected, or impact on policy? This study helps nonprofits identify key success metrics to

LearnSomething and N-TEN today officially released results from their 2005 survey of e-learning activity in the nonprofit sector. The 2005 survey builds on the research begun in 2004 by N-TEN and Isoph, now part of LearnSomething, and shows continuing growth of e-learning among nonprofits. Access to the survey report is freely available on the Web at http://www.isoph.com/pdfs/2005_Nonprofit_E-learning_Survey.pdf.

Key findings from the report indicate that:

• Memberships associations and organizations that provide technical or management

  support

  to nonprofits are leading the growth of
  

A recent issue of Wired Magazine looked at how disaster relief efforts have spurred growth in online fundraising. In addition to the usual chart that shows the growth in money raised online, there's also a chart that compares online versus direct mail average donation sizes. NARAL Pro-Choice America direct mail average donation is $26, online

A fun collage of Web 2.0 company logos courtesy of Stabilo Boss, almost dizzying to look at. Is this a bubble or a boom?

I'd like to see someone do this with all of the great N-TEN Member Organizations or perhaps the sponsors and Science Fair exhibitors at the

Interesting News from Yahoo! and AOL - They plan to introduce a service that will guarantee legitimate email gets delivered into inboxes on their platforms, for a fee. From a Wired News article:

Two of the world's biggest e-mail account providers, Yahoo and America Online, plan to introduce a service that would charge senders a fee to route their e-mail directly to a user's mailbox without first passing through junk mail filters, representatives of both companies said Sunday.

If you don't sign up for the service, your email will still be delivered, but might end up in a spam filter. The service will be managed by a