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Re: Working with Blackbaud

Will Hull — Mon, 07 May 2012 12:24:41 -0000

Thanks Laura. You too. Best of luck to you.

Re: Working with Blackbaud

Laura Roach — Mon, 07 May 2012 12:15:11 -0000

Best of Luck Will! I know you'll do great you have already started contributing to the amazin Sphere Consulting Team.

Re: The Purpose of this Website… Fulfilled

Will Hull — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:13:29 -0000

Indeed, Henry. The right foundations are of the utmost importance in this industry. You helped set the course, so many years ago.

Re: The Purpose of this Website… Fulfilled

Henry — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:03:45 -0000

Just remember who first showed you HTML ;)... which by now seems so long ago and was just a tiny drop in the bucket of knowledge you have these days.

Re: In Search of a Job in the Government / Public Sector? Please Hold…

Will Hull — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:01:48 -0000

As a follow up to this article, I found a survey by the Washington Post on the issue: http://www.washingtonpost.com/...

Please take a look and be sure to add your input. Thanks.

Re: Play Ball Sports Portolio WordPress Theme (For Sale)

Will Hull — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:20:06 -0000

Thanks for the feedback, Henry. I will see what I can come up with next.

Re: Play Ball Sports Portolio WordPress Theme (For Sale)

Henry — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:39:58 -0000

Nice Design. I think Food and Travel themes might be popular as well.

Re: Ponderings on a Random Thursday

Will Hull — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:48:04 -0000

Thanks for the feedback, Jean. Usually that has been the case with my past, that when one door closes another one opens; and it is usually for the better. Thanks for posting.

Re: Ponderings on a Random Thursday

Nana — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:37:28 -0000

Since I am LOTS of years older than you Will, I have faced uncertainty, unemployment, difficulty more than you and, being a woman of faith, I usually turn to the Lord and ask him to just guide me. He's taught me when a door closes, He's opened a window somewhere and I just have to be patient until I find it. Good luck, God bless.

Re: Support Fallout: Nuka Break

Will Hull — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:28:45 -0000

Me too, Kirk. Me too.

Re: Support Fallout: Nuka Break

Kirk Henderson — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:10:02 -0000

Judging by the way people react when a train has to be off loaded or when there is a metro delay, I am worried if atomic war breaks out.

Re: A SoCal State of Mind

Will Hull — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:57:04 -0000

Thanks Steve. I may not make it to the next wings nite, but I will make it to the next meeting at Chammps at Pentagon Row on July 6th. Maybe you can come down for that?

Re: A SoCal State of Mind

Steve Sauer — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:46:06 -0000

Will, that's great you're going to be closer to both sides of the family out there! This sounds like a good fit. And congratulations to Christine on her new position out there! I hope I get to see y'all again in your remaining month here. You gonna go out for wings one last time? I may have to make it down if you do. And hey, it doesn't make much sense for the American Sportfishing Association to be based out of the D.C. area anyway! You should persuade them to move to SoCal. I mean, come on! Does EVERY association have to be based in the D.C. area?

Re: Living an Excellent Adventure

Will Hull — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:21:49 -0000

I'm sorry, but I don't understand the intent of your comment. Would you mind resubmitting your comment? Thanks.

Re: Living an Excellent Adventure

ta155 — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 06:10:34 -0000

But while there's still plenty of excellent work being done on television ... In the wake of the cancellation of the excellent Terriers (which drew around a ...

Re: A Few Words About KeepAmericaFishing™

Will Hull — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:38:11 -0000

Thanks, Adam. After working with Convio for so long and other eCRMs such as Listrak, Blue Hornet, etc. it was real easy to pick up Salsa and run with it. It is very intuitive from an e-marketer's perspective. There are only three things I would improve on.

1. Make a CName for each account. For instance: http://keepamericafishing.sals... or something to that effect.

2. I would enable editing on action alert templates but still control the ability to create a header and footer within an action message that would go to the legislator or target of a given action alert message.

I really like the color scheme of salsa as well. With a given color you are aware of what module you are in.

3. Do you anticipate the ability to auto-send messages in the future? E.g. the Welcome Series I describe on my portfolio page (http://www.willhull.com/portfo... This would also be a great addition to the platform.

Thanks for writing. I am really glad you found my Web site..

Re: A Few Words About KeepAmericaFishing™

Adam — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:46:40 -0000

Hey will - good to hear DIA/Salsa is working out for you. Let us know if you have any questions.

Re: I’m a Free Agent Again –
Seeking a Web Developer Position

Will Hull — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:29:02 -0000

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Re: I’m a Free Agent Again –
Seeking a Web Developer Position

Will Hull — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:26:16 -0000

Yes, I am open to relocating. As you say, if the fit is right, I am willing to consider anything. Thanks Shar. I really appreciate it.

Re: I’m a Free Agent Again –
Seeking a Web Developer Position

Sharleen — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:50:22 -0000

Are you willing to relocate? If so, I can put in a good word for you with the web dev team at the Grand Sierra. They aren't looking for another team member per se, but if the fit is right, they might be interested.

Re: I’m a Free Agent Again –
Seeking a Web Developer Position

Shawnhand — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:25:03 -0000

Interesting. I feel a sort of collision between our paths. First I'd like to commend you on your ability to be selective to find a situation that provides happiness before money. I can relate as I have been looking into DIY Thesis (wordpress based) as a smaller piece of a biger project. I found this (http://infolab.stanford.edu/~s... interesting when looking at SEO. It's a syllabus from a October 1998 Stanford Computer Science class taught by none other than Larry and Sergey of Google. The other interesting thing about the syllabus is that class started approx. 1 month after Googles incorporation as a privately held company.

Re: Online Personalized Fundraising:
The Risk/Reward Ratio

Will Hull — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:39:17 -0000

Thanks Marc. I hope you find what I write about interesting and something worthwhile to contribute to the nonprofit-related dialog. Best of luck to you with your project at Autism Speaks.

Re: Online Personalized Fundraising:
The Risk/Reward Ratio

Marc Sirkin — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:25:33 -0000

Will - thanks for the blog post. I'm thrilled to find your blog and am looking forward to trying to find time to catch up on your older posts and to keep up with your thoughts here.

Re: The Rally To Restore Sanity and/or Fear: My Perspective

seanpowell — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:01:20 -0000

Great write up Will-literator! I liked the pics even more. I am so mad I missed it! Thanks for sharing.

Re: Exploring the Fortress Model

Will Hull — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:37:10 -0000

Nonprofits and the Government sector entities belong to the public. No one person or entity can own either. Nonprofits are ran by boards who then select a CEO/President to oversee the day-to-day operations of the organization and the Government sector is responsible to the people via the elected officials who pass legislation and budgets enabling them to function. I think the public should be entrusted to work as evangelicals for the causes that they believe in. Social networks are making this possible.

It is true as you state, "there's a certain responsibility on the indivdiual worker to be prudent about what gets voiced publicly" and rightly so. Perhaps it is a factor of controlling what is said and knowing what is said at all times that creates a resistance to opening up to the public to spread the effect of their work because there is an unknown factor out there. Something could be said by someone who is John Q. Public and the organization could continue to function without even knowing what is being said. Their reputation is on the line when this sort of activity is happening. There is a fear that what is being said is not in line with the needs/current goals of the organization. Most of the public means to do no harm by acting on behalf of the organization. However, without removing the possibility, the possibility will remain for someone to speak ill or act inappropriately on behalf of the organization without the organization's knowledge or it might happen to be brought up by an evangelical who saw the comment/actions and they, in turn, notify the organization about it so that the organization can begin to address it.

I will bet that 99% of people who work to spread the word about an organization will do no harm if they are empowered with the correct information about the organization. The problem is, there is a lot of work involved in making sure what is said about the organization is true, accurate and timely. Advocating and activating a partnership with public "free agents" will build a relationship of trust on both sides and a greater willingness on behalf of the "free agent" to pitch in to help accomplish the mission of the organization. Social media / new media is a tool that makes this easier every day. Blogs, social networks, xml site feeds (think of Eventbrite.com that can broadcast the details of an organization's event picked up from such a feed), etc. are all enabling the average person to contribute in ways never before possible. Look at what happened by enabling staff at 3M to devote some of their time to something that interests them using your example above. What if 3M decided that the staff member couldn't use 3M's resources and tightly held them close. We wouldn't have a great way of keeping our notes organized.

A lot can happen through collaboration and network weaving (http://bit.ly/caHsLg). It will take some energy, that is true. But the results can bring about something no one could have imagined when in the founding stages of fostering the cooperation of the public.

Thanks for speaking up Vince. It is great to know that you're reading and willing to speak up on the subject.

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Re: Play Ball Sports Portolio WordPress Theme (For Sale)

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Re: Ponderings on a Random Thursday

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Re: Support Fallout: Nuka Break

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Re: A SoCal State of Mind

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Re: Living an Excellent Adventure

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Re: A Few Words About KeepAmericaFishing™

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Re: I’m a Free Agent Again – Seeking a Web Developer Position

Re: I’m a Free Agent Again – Seeking a Web Developer Position

Re: I’m a Free Agent Again – Seeking a Web Developer Position

Re: I’m a Free Agent Again – Seeking a Web Developer Position

Re: Online Personalized Fundraising: The Risk/Reward Ratio

Re: Online Personalized Fundraising: The Risk/Reward Ratio

Re: The Rally To Restore Sanity and/or Fear: My Perspective

Re: Exploring the Fortress Model

Re: I’m a Free Agent Again –
Seeking a Web Developer Position

Re: I’m a Free Agent Again –
Seeking a Web Developer Position

Re: I’m a Free Agent Again –
Seeking a Web Developer Position

Re: I’m a Free Agent Again –
Seeking a Web Developer Position

Re: Online Personalized Fundraising:
The Risk/Reward Ratio

Re: Online Personalized Fundraising:
The Risk/Reward Ratio