In doing some research for a potential project, I was exploring what kinds of eAdvocacy options were available to plug in to CiviCRM. Many of the big commercial eAdvocacy tools have big commercial price tags to go with them (and don't integrate directly with CiviCRM besides).
UPDATE: POPVOX and CiviCRM can now be integrated! See this blog post for more information.
(Nov. 3) A free hands-on workshop to explore Popular Education as a tool for the empowerment of peoples and the transformation of our communities.
Lunch will be provided (but please RSVP before October 28).
CEDC has a job opening for a web developer/media designer! The short form is that we're looking for a person who has a conscience and some skills. You know, like Drupal/Joomla skills, print design skills, logo skills, bow-hunting skills... Below is the complete job description and instructions on how to apply. Please pass it around to anyone who might be interested.
Be sure to check out "Leap of Reason", the new release from Mario Morino and Venture Philanthropy Partners, presenting "a candid indictment of the state of 'outcomes assessment' in the social sector." Congratulations to all of those involved!
Moira Gunn noted in her plenary at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference that sometimes important innovations occur in technology come through an alternate use of existing technology rather than in the development of new technologies. Of course, that’s not always the case. (“I will find a way to use bulky 8lb portable phones,” promised one attendee). Sometimes advances in technology go hand-in-hand with innovative ideas on how to use them.
In the fall of 2010, Sharon Lloyd of Seekers Church in Takoma Park, MD contacted CEDC regarding the opportunity to host a student coming to Washington DC from the Bokamoso Program, a partnership that is an international bridge between Washington, DC and Pretoria, South Africa. The Bokamoso project state in its mission that it seeks “to transform the lives of youth and empower community leadership in Winterveldt, South Africa, by coordinating assistance with the Bokamoso Youth Centre and facilitating its sustainability through scholarship, training, and resource development.”
We're behind the ball slightly on this one, but after congratulating the Drupal community, we also need to congratulate the Joomla community for the recent release of Joomla 1.6! Both projects had major releases with major improvements at the start of this year.
From their announcement, here are some of the updates in Joomla 1.6:
Congratulations to the entire Drupal community on today's release of Drupal 7 -- with thousands of contributors it is truly a community achievement! With major improvements in usability, flexibility, and scalability, all in a free and open source package, it's definitely time to check out the latest version! Note that with the release of Drupal 7, Drupal 5 is no longer officially supported.
The Drupal 7 marketing video is below, and you can always learn more about Drupal 7 at drupal.org.
As we enter this new year, it's helpful to look back on some of the things that we learned about SEO last year. Thanks to SEO Moz for putting a bunch of them together in a Christmas-themed video from the last week or two, summarized below. I'm pulling out Blekko for a focus since it has so much potential as a helpful SEO tool.
"The success of our company has been because we give," Marriott, chairman and chief executive of Marriott International, said in an interview after accepting the Civic Spirit Award presented by the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region at the Ritz-Carlton in Georgetown. "We're here to help people pull themselves up."
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The foundation, which holds and manages more than 700 charitable funds created by individuals, families and corporations, gave $54 million to nonprofits this year.
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