I was just checking out the list of confirmed presenters for net2. Although I'm anxious to see an actual agenda, I'm really excited to see the diversity of speakers. I think it's both smart and brave of Compumentor to put folks like Howard Rheingold, Joan Blades, and

I've heard of the municipal wireless projects in Philadelphia, New York, and San Francisco. But who knew that St. Cloud Florida was leading the pack? It's a light story from the AP today, but it did strike me for a couple of reasons:

1. It just goes to show that so much of making any project work is public relations. We all ought to take public relations classes.
2. Every time I think I've thought of all the ways that municipal wireless can be used by
   

Sort of. Andy Goodman, author of "Why Bad Presentations Happen to Good Causes," used to be a sitcom writer and wrote for both of those shows. (Don't ever hum the theme song to "The Nanny" around him, no matter how catchy it is!).

We should all be thankful he left the industry and joined us here in the nonprofit sector. He did a webinar for us the other day (hands-down the BEST I've seen), and I finally finished reading his book on the bus this morning.

If you're ever planning to present at an

If you came to NTC 2005 in Chicago, you probably remember Esther Dyson, and you either loved or hated her (I remember the evalutation forms very clearly!). Well, she's bringing her market-centered thinking to the latest nonprofit debate about certified email. This Thursday, Mitch Kapor (another favorite rabble rouser of

Dear friends and colleagues:

I will be leaving N-TEN as Executive Director at the end of June to pursue other interests. The N-TEN Board has begun the search for a new Executive Director. During this transition period we will be moving forward with our programs and planning.

I've greatly enjoyed my tenure at N-TEN. It has been a privilege to work with the dedicated and
      

From Modern Mechanix by way of BoingBoing.

The folks at the ePhilanthropy Foundation have a new book out. From their announcement:

" Major Donors: Finding Big Gifts In Your Database and Online is designed to help nonprofit managers, staff, and

There are some great pictures from the NTC (I still have to upload a LOT!). If you took pictures, and want to share them with the community, upload them to Flickr and tag them with 06NTC. Take a look at the NTC photos already uploaded!

We're doing our darn-dest to get all the conference information wrapped up on the N-TEN site, but we have links to the NTC plenary recordings now, and wanted to get them out to you. You can relive the magic of Guy and Trish from the comfort of your own home computer!

Recordings of Guy's plenary:

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The N-TEN board met for the last time under the leadership of long-term board Chair Ami Dar of Idealist.org on the Saturday after the NTC. Pesky term limits have limited his reign, but not his impact! We're forever indebted to Ami for his generosity of spirit, ideas, enthusiasm and time. I'm hoping that