I got the impression from some people attending the Connecting Up New Zealand conference last week that they wished the genie would quietly slip back into the bottle. The torrent of opportunities and demands unleashed through the web is just too much. Could we just return to the uncomplicated days pre-Facebook, pre-twitter, pre-everything web! This [...]
There is lots of great sharing going on at the monthly Wellington NGO webmaster networking events which got underway in November last year. We’ve touched lightly on a heap of topics, and dug into depth on a few. Hot topics include choosing a content management system, email newsletter distribution options and analytics. At yesterday’s session [...]
If you get depressed thinking about the long running economic crisis and pending ecological meltdown, then Richard Heinberg’s book “The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality” is probably not for you. Within a succinct 288 pages Heinberg provides an update on the Club of Rome’s 1972 critique of the ludicrous oxymoronic notion [...]
Sadly I missed the livestream of the TechSoup 2012 digital storytelling awards last night. But this morning I woke to find the list of #TSdigs 2012 winners announced. The one-minute digital stories from the winners are mostly pretty slick. They’re like mini TV commercials. Not ads for products but calls for action from pretty big [...]
Even as a smartphone/ mp3 player/ laptop toting digital denizen, I’m still a fan of printed guides and manuals. There’s something about printed resources being self-contained and complete. After getting to the final page it’s almost like a statement rings out: there’s nothing more you need to know. Unlike reading online where links lead in [...]
It’s something of a truism to say that there are lots of demands on managers of community organisations. An indicative list might include things like service delivery leadership, overseeing staffing and financials, attending to the board, reporting and risk management, supporting fundraising and community engagement. It’s little wonder that managers shun adding anything else to [...]
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