Michael Stein: Internet Strategy for the Nonprofit Sectortag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-453852009-06-25T09:56:11-07:00Michael Stein is an Internet Strategist who empowers nonprofits to use the online medium for communications and fundraising. He's the author of three books and numerous articles about the Internet, and consults regularly to nonprofits nationwide.TypePadMichaelSteinInternetStrategistAuthorhttp://feedburner.google.comMadera Group is on the movetag:typepad.com,2003:post-684891512009-06-25T09:56:11-07:002009-06-25T09:56:11-07:00Madera Group, for whom I work on several client projects, shared some of their news recently in an email update. In May, Madera Group joined a dozen public benefit organizations, including Earth Island Institute, The Redford Center and International Rivers...Michael SteinThough popular, Facebook Causes ineffective for fundraising, writes Washington Posttag:typepad.com,2003:post-681421232009-06-15T16:00:33-07:002009-06-15T16:00:33-07:00The Washington Post reported in April 2009 that Facebook Causes have been relatively ineffective for nonprofits seeking to use them for fundraising, something nonprofits have suspected for some time now. The Post authors write: The Facebook application Causes, hugely popular...Michael SteinThe WordPress anatomy of Robert Weiner's websitetag:typepad.com,2003:post-673195632009-05-27T07:01:50-07:002009-05-27T07:01:50-07:00My good friend Robert Weiner is also a nonprofit technology consultant and he recently rebuilt his consultant website using WordPress. In this interesting blog post, he pops open the hood and reveals how he built his website with WordPress, who...Michael SteinThe hidden potential of footers on websitestag:typepad.com,2003:post-673192892009-05-27T06:55:41-07:002009-05-27T06:55:41-07:00The posts on the various Blackbaud blogs are usually a little too technical for me, but a recent item by website designer Raheel Gauba caught my eye with a discussion about the hidden potential of footers on websites. Raheel writes:...Michael SteinChange.org launches "Jobs for Change"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-669981512009-05-19T10:40:47-07:002009-05-19T10:40:47-07:00Change.org has launched a new career service and online marketplace for social change jobs called Jobs for Change. They've created the site in partnership with more than a dozen nonprofits, including Young Nonprofit Professionals Network, AmeriCorps Alums, Echoing Green, Network...Michael SteinCharityHowTo.com shows you howtag:typepad.com,2003:post-667211772009-05-13T07:03:13-07:002009-05-13T07:03:13-07:00CharityHowTo.com is a new website that offers step-by-step video training guides for nonprofits and charities on how to use the Internet for marketing, fundraising, communications, and much more. They're live now in a soft launch and their initial offerings are...Michael SteinAll you need to know to Twitter tag:typepad.com,2003:post-667201692009-05-13T06:39:52-07:002009-05-13T07:06:04-07:00Paul Boutin has a good article in the New York Times on May 6 on the basics of Twitter, and it's a useful article both for newbies and aspiring experts. It covers Twitter on mobile phones, Facebook integration, search, sharing...Michael SteinA Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systemstag:typepad.com,2003:post-667198312009-05-13T06:29:35-07:002009-05-13T06:30:14-07:00Idealware and NTEN, with the support of NPower, have announced the publication of their new Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems. This report looks at 33 different donor management systems that cost less than $4,250 in the first...Michael SteinGetting your videos onto the Webtag:typepad.com,2003:post-650465632009-04-03T10:58:48-07:002009-04-03T10:58:48-07:00Michael Hoffman from See3 has written a good article on getting your videos onto the Web, published in February 2009 on Idealware.org. Online videos can be a great way to showcase your organization's mission and work - but you'll need...Michael SteinUsing RSS tools to feed your information needstag:typepad.com,2003:post-650455032009-04-03T10:52:25-07:002009-04-03T10:52:25-07:00Peter Campbell offers an excellent review of how best to use RSS tools to feed your information needs in an article on Idealware.org in March 2009: "The Internet gives you access to a virtual smorgasbord of information. From the consequential...Michael Stein