Joseph Bartmann via CAHeidelberger
CIS 427—DSU—2009.04.27
NOTES FROM A NON-PROFITEER
online tools for the non-profit sector

Part 1: Working untethered
Joseph Bartmann: IT and Non-Profits

I am my own office!
 Joe works for several non-profits, several
locations
 needs access anywhere
 sometimes works all night, needs access
anytime
 trend for future of knowledge work?
 no regular office?
 supply labor to many buyers?
 what’s in your online toolbox?

Skype
 SF Green Project: nothing but Skype!
 free calls in and out with SkypeOut
 voicemail shoots e-mail text version

Highrise and Backpack
 products from 37signals of Chicago
 big following, 3 million+ users
 Highrise: organizes contacts, notes, to-do list
 Backpack: personal organizer; pages for
projects, ideas, trips, etc.

Google
 Joe: “Google owns me”
 Gmail & Google Calendar all day every day
 great for organizing
 Google Search
 Google Maps

Delicious, Dropsend, Doodle,...
 Del.icio.us for sharing links
 Dropsend: sending huge files
 online storage also available
 Doodle: collaborative scheduling/planning
 create poll
 send link to participants
 vote for best event/date/time

Part 2: Social network Sites
Joseph Bartmann: IT and Non-Profits

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
 updates friends and followers on upcoming
events and running projects
 creates groups/events to promote
 Sioux Falls Green Drinks: promoted exclusively on
Facebook and LinkedIn
 got 30+ to attend first event after one week of
promo

Basecamp
 another 37signals product
 “ultimate in simple project collaboration”
 great for multi-org projects
 message board, live chat
 to-do lists and milestones
 track project time
 file-sharing, collaborative writing

Squidoo
 created by marketing guru Seth Godin
 (also has #1 one-man blog on Technorati: 3000+
posts! [CAH is at 2347 posts])
 use Squidoo to create “overview” page—
a.k.a. lens—to draw attention
 Sioux Falls Green Project summer internship

Ning
 build your own social network!
 used among workshop participants
 now hosting 8 internship finalists in three-
week-long group interview process

Slideshare
 use for posting slideshows after live
presentation (skip the handouts!)
 can also share Word documents
 see Joe’s presentations from the Rural
Learning Center
 note the embed option!

Wordpress
 blogs for entire org: ReimagineRural.com
 homepage for ongoing program:
DesignSD.org
 quick temporary site: Building the Rural
Learning Center
 Joe’s personal blog: BartBlog!

“Operational Awareness”
 no one tool
 pros and cons to each
 know what’s out there
 keep that toolbox loaded!