The exponential nonprofit September 16, 2013 Steve Boland Article, Measurement, Technology 1 comment The average smart phone is a miracle of functionality. These mini-computers provide over a billion people with such amazing features as […] Read more
Ballmer: Cautionary tale for nonprofits August 23, 2013 Steve Boland Article, Management, Technology Comments Off on Ballmer: Cautionary tale for nonprofits The biggest of the big can still fall victim to wishful thinking about the past. Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer announced […] Read more
What’s a “home” phone number? July 13, 2013 Steve Boland Communications, Technology Comments Off on What’s a “home” phone number? Many nonprofits have already noticed a trend in how we communicate with people by phone. The old school organizations – […] Read more
Taming Big Data. May 7, 2013 Steve Boland Article, Measurement, Technology No comments yet The first step for nonprofits toward the use of Big Data is getting access to large sets of information that […] Read more
Lessons from eBenchmarks 2013. April 10, 2013 Steve Boland Communications, Measurement, Technology No comments yet Nonprofit data geeks across the interwebs rejoiced last week with the release of the 2013 eNonprofits Benchmarks study. Any nonprofit communications or […] Read more
Tech tools for nonprofit evaluation. January 23, 2013 Steve Boland Article, Measurement, Technology No comments yet Program evaluation is the “eat your vegetables” of the nonprofit sector. Everyone agrees this is a good idea, but often […] Read more
Big Data for little nonprofits. November 28, 2012 Steve Boland Article, Measurement, Technology No comments yet There may have once been a day when nonprofits could go to the community and say, “We do good things, […] Read more
Stop mailing annual reports. November 14, 2012 Steve Boland Article, Communications, Content, Management, Measurement, Technology 1 comment Effective nonprofits tell their story. It’s not enough to just do good work; we rely on public support and so […] Read more
Nonprofits and response media. November 7, 2012 Steve Boland Article, Communications, Content, Technology No comments yet Nonprofits have their lingo as much as any other segment of the economy. Sometimes we get so engaged in the […] Read more
Crowdfunding 101 October 10, 2012 Steve Boland Fundraising, Management, Technology 1 comment Buzzwords and catchphrases evolve when there is some cool opportunity for success. People get excited, and sometimes we realize that […] Read more