Flickr Photo: Michelle BreaA couple of weeks ago, I wrote about some new strategies I'm using to keep track of the nineteen million things I'm either supposed to know or do something about. It's been working really well for me, but I realized that my netvibes page was missing hard tech news.

At the same time, we've been thinking about starting a book club here at NTEN and I wondered what good old fashioned books folks were reading about social media.

I asked for recommendations for both on Twitter yesterday and got a great list of ideas that several people asked me to compile. Here it is:

Here’s a roundup of some useful books on managing and leading your organization’s technology.

Managing Nonprofits.org: Dynamic Management for the Digital Age

Ben Hecht and Rey Ramsey

The digital age has dramatically changed the way we all do business—from the tasks we do everyday, to the pace at which we must adapt and embrace change. Managing Nonprofits.org focuses on adapting leadership styles and management decisions to this new reality. Each chapter highlights a case study to offer context and real world examples. (NTEN members get discounts on Jossey Bass/Wiley Books)

Nonprofits and Technology: Emerging Research for Useable Knowledge

Michael Cortes and Kevin Rafter, editors

Michael Cortes and Kevin Rafter have collected research papers on topics ranging from technology infrastructure to the use of online advocacy in order to explore how technology helps, and hinders, nonprofit effectiveness. This work is a welcome addition to the relatively new field nonprofit technology, as hard data is hard to find.

We had a very interesting 501 Tech Club last night here in SF. Topics ranging from Beverly Hills 90210 to ethanol usage in sugar producing companies to my current obsession, Thomas Friedman's "The World is Flat." I can't remember who said it (claim credit

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

Seth Godin is full of ideas. They're not always relevant to nonprofits, and they're not always (IMHO) on the mark, but they're always provocative. And, Seth's been relating more and more of his thinking to the noprofit sector. His latest e-book is called Flipping the Funnel, and he's crafted a version specifically for nonprofits.

Jonathan Peizer, former Soros Foundations CTO, announces the publication of his new book, The Dynamics of Technology for Social Change. I like that this book is not focused on the technology itself, but the more important part - how to effectively work with all the different constituencies required to make a technology project work in this sector. I'm looking forward to getting our

The GSM Association has just issued a new report, The Role of Mobiles in Disasters and Emergencies. Since it is published by the global trade association of GSM operators, some of the conclusions need to be taken with a grain of salt. Nevertheless, there are interesting case studies of the use of mobiles in the tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and terrorist attacks in Istanbul and London. The report concludes that text messages get through much better than voice during peak loads in the midst of a disaster. Analysis of network data showed that the peak loads, while high, were comparable to those at other peak times, such as New Years. The study shows that mobiles may be the first operational

I've finally gotten my hands on the new book The Accidental Techie: Supporting, Managing, and Maximizing Your Nonprofit's Technology, by Sue Bennett, with Tom Battin, Cristina Chan, Eugene Chan, Mary Lester, and Jonathan Stein. I think it's an outstanding contribution to the field of nonprofit technology and should be on everyone's bookshelf. The premise of the book is that many nonprofit "technologists" have little (if any) formal technology training, and have had