2005 Websites of the Week
December
18 - 31, 2005
The mission of the Southern
Rural Development Center is to strengthen the capacity of the region's 29
land-grant institutions to address critical contemporary rural development
issues impacting the well-being of people and communities in the rural
South. While the focus is regional, the site contains many resources useful
to any nonprofit, in particular the collection of training curricula on
organizational effectiveness. Go to:
srdc.msstate.edu/training
December
11 - 17, 2005
The Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations is
located at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in
1984, the Mandel Center offers the nation's most fully developed program in
nonprofit management and was one of the first university-based programs in
the country focused on the education of nonprofit leaders and managers. As
an academic center that aims to enhance the effectiveness of nonprofit
leaders and managers, the Mandel Center offers a variety of services for
individuals and organizations who want to learn more about or be active
members of the nonprofit sector. Go to:
www.case.edu/mandelcenter
December
4 - 10, 2005
The Faith and Service Technical Education Network
(FASTEN) offers informational resources and networking opportunities to
faith-based practitioners, private philanthropies, and public administrators
who seek to collaborate effectively to renew urban communities. An
initiative of Pew Charitable Trusts, FASTEN actively identifies best
practices in faith-based services and multi-sector collaboration, and
produces and disseminates educational materials for practitioners in the
public and private sectors. Go to:
www.fastennetwork.org
November
27 - December 3, 2005
Nonprofit Hub is a site created to help the nonprofit
neophyte, whether student, staff member, volunteer, donor, or simply a
citizen with a question about jargon used in the nonprofit world or an
aspect of management or fundraising practices. This for profit site, which
generates revenue through sponsored links, is very easy to navigate and has
resources arranged is 14 categories. There is no charge for the resources.
Go to:
www.nonprofithub.com
November
20 - 26, 2005
The Finance Project is a specialized nonprofit
research, consulting, technical assistance and training firm for public and
private sector leaders nationwide. They provide consulting services
directly to clients, and technical assistance and support for groups on
behalf of foundations, government programs and agencies, and others. They
strive to help policymakers, program developers, and community leaders,
including state and local officials, foundation executives, academic
researchers, service providers, and advocates by providing: creative new
ideas for policies, programs, and system reforms; comprehensive tools for
identifying, refining, and expanding the use of promising practices, and,
effective policy and program tools to help clients identify needs and
achieve goals. Go to:
www.financeproject.org
November 13 - 19, 2005
For over a quarter of a
century, Public Agenda has been providing unbiased and unparalleled research
that bridges the gap between American leaders and what the public really
thinks about issues ranging from education to foreign policy to immigration
to religion and civility in American life. Nonpartisan and nonprofit, Public
Agenda was founded by social scientist and author Daniel Yankelovich and
former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance in 1975. Public Agenda's two-fold
mission is to help American leaders better understand the public's point of
view and enable citizens know more about critical policy issues so they can
make thoughtful, informed decisions. Go to:
www.publicagenda.org
November 6 - 12, 2005
Civic Practices Network (CPN)
is a collaborative and nonpartisan project bringing together a diverse array
of organizations and perspectives within the civic renewal movement.
CPN
shares a commitment to bring practical methods for public problem solving
into every community and institutional setting in
America. The site includes manual and
resource guides, sample course syllabi and much more. Go to:
www.cpn.org.
October
30 - November 5, 2005
CIRCLE (The Center for
Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement) promotes research
on the civic and political engagement of Americans between the ages of 15
and 25. Although CIRCLE conducts and funds research, not practice, the
projects that we support have practical implications for those who work to
increase young people's engagement in politics and civic life. CIRCLE is
also a clearinghouse for relevant information and scholarship. CIRCLE was
founded in 2001 with a generous grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts and is
now also funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York.
It is based in the University of
Maryland's
School of Public Policy.
Go to:
www.civicyouth.org
October
23 - 29, 2005
The Nonprofit FAQ is a compilation of frequently asked
questions, and their answers, based on on-line communications about
nonprofits (mostly in the United States of America) beginning in the early
1990s. It is a project of Action Without Borders, the publishers of
www.Idealist.org,
www.Idealistas.org (in Spanish) and
www.Idealiste.org (in French). Its editor is Putnam Barber. The
Nonprofit FAQ was created by Ina Frank, Jayne Cravens, Putnam Barber and
others. In the late 1990s, it was merged with The Internet Nonprofit Center,
founded by Cliff Landesmann, and operated by The Evergreen State Society,
then a nonprofit support organization based in Seattle, Washington. Go to:
www.nonprofits.org
October
16 - 22, 2005
The mission of the Midwest
Center for Nonprofit Leadership (MCNL) is to enhance the performance and
effectiveness in the nonprofit sector through high quality
community-oriented education, applied research, problem solving and service.
MCNL applies the resources and talents of the University and the sector to
the problems and issues facing the nonprofit sector so its members are
better prepared to serve their communities. MCNL creates opportunities for
the leaders of this vital community to come together as colleagues to learn,
network and support each other, and to encourage personal, professional and
organizational renewal and effectiveness. The Midwest Center is a service
and outreach unit of the L.P. Cookingham Institute of Public Affairs in the
Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration at the
University of Missouri - Kansas City. Go to:
www.bloch.umkc.edu
October
9 - 15, 2005
BoardnetUSA is the unique
website revolutionizing the way nonprofit boards and new leaders find each
other. The site is a resource for individuals interested in board service or
nonprofits looking for new board members. The site is designed to be a
common technological platform for a national collaborative network of
communities working locally to enhance nonprofit board governance. A network
of community partners works together on common themes of populating board
rooms as well as individually developing services tailored to their local
market.
The Volunteer Consulting
Group, a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization in New York
City
with over 30 years of experience aiding in the development and strengthening
of nonprofit organizations, initially developed the concept of boardnetUSA.
With assistance from philanthropic and corporate supporters the Volunteer
Consulting Group serves as the primary management and coordinating entity of
the growing national network that is boardnetUSA. Go to:
www.boardnetusa.org
October
2 - 8, 2005
The Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable
Communities is a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization that exists to
inspire, strengthen and expand philanthropic leadership and funders’
abilities to support organizations working to improve communities through
better development decisions and growth policies. It brings together
foundations, nonprofit organizations and other partners to address the range
of environmental, social, and economic problems caused by development
strategies that fail to consider the big picture. The excellent “Resources”
section will be of special interest. Go to:
www.fundersnetwork.org
September
25 - October 1, 2005
SurveyMonkey is an online surveying solution that features a free and paid
for version. Both versions offer excellent surveying, data collection, and
customization features. There are a number of features and benefits
available with a professional subscription. You can create surveys with an
unlimited number of questions, spanning an unlimited number of pages. Unlike
other services, you are not charged extra for long surveys. You can use any
logo up to 50K in size at the top of every page in your survey and more. If
you click on “pricing” in the left margin, you will be directed to a page
that includes links to many of the other online survey services for an easy
comparison of features. Go to:
www.surveymonkey.com
September
18 - 24, 2005
The Social Enterprise
Alliance is a membership organization devoted to building sustainable
nonprofits through earned income strategies. The
Alliance
offers a network connecting entrepreneurial nonprofits with learning
opportunities, technical assistance and resources to further their efforts.
The members are predominantly nonprofit practitioners and grantmakers, but
include technical consultants, for-profit businesses and academics as well.
The Social Enterprise Alliance links nonprofit executives who have operated
in isolation with an ongoing forum for addressing the needs and concerns of
the enterprising nonprofit. Go to:
www.se-alliance.org
September
11 - 17, 2005
The Technology Source Archives are now available at
www.technologysource.org. This journal, focusing on using information
technology tools to enhance education, was published from 1997 through 2003
first by Microsoft (1997-1998), then by UNC-Chapel Hill (1998-2001), and
finally by the Michigan Virtual University (2001-2003). It was taken offline
by the Michigan Virtual University in April, 2005. Go to:
www.technologysource.org
September
4 - 10, 2005
This website hosted by the
United Way of Texas, is divided into four major sections. The first three
sections contain descriptive information about various resources, primarily
found online. These sections are Nonprofit Management, Nonprofit Financial
Management, and Community Convener. The final section, FAQs, contains some
frequently asked questions about these subjects as well as links to
resources where such specific questions can be answered. While some
resources are specific to Texas, most will be useful to all nonprofits. Go
to:
www.gslis.utexas.edu
August
28 - September 3, 2005
This website contains the
results of a partnership between the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the David
and Lucile Packard Foundation. The partnership was initiated by Tom Reis, a
program director within the Philanthropy and Volunteerism unit at Kellogg,
and by Barbara Kibbe, then the director of Packard’s Organizational
Effectiveness and Philanthropy Program and now vice president for program
and effectiveness at the Skoll Foundation. As representatives from two of
the very few funders doing grantmaking to build the capacity of philanthropy
and nonprofits, Reis and Kibbe were troubled by their perception that the
U.S. nonprofit sector was not keeping up with the pace of change. This
website is designed for individuals who want to do a better job of using
their own resources (money, time, expertise) and for those who are employed
as philanthropy professionals or advisors. It is primarily constructed to
help improve the practice of philanthropy. But it also contains material for
those who are working to change philanthropy. Go to:
www.futureofphilanthropy.org
August 21 - 27, 2005
This website is hard to
describe because it’s a blog but it offers so much more than the “typical
“blog. In some ways, it provides a glimpse of where the web is headed. The
creator of the site is Deborah Elizabeth Finn, nonprofit technology
consultant and self-described Cyber-Yenta who aims to bring resources and
needs together seamlessly in the nonprofit sector, mostly through strategic
use of information and communication technologies.. As of this date, it
includes a post on "Ten Things (Just Ten!) That Every Nonprofit Executive
Needs to Know About Information Technology". The links listed in the left
margin of the opening page make a visit to this website worthwhile. Go to:
http://blog.deborah.elizabeth.finn.com/blog/
August
14 - 20, 2005
The BBB Wise Giving Alliance
was formed in 2001 with the merger of the National Charities Information
Bureau and the Council of Better Business Bureaus Foundation and its
Philanthropic Advisory Service. The BBB Wise Giving Alliance is a 501(c)3
charitable organization, affiliated with the Council of Better Business
Bureaus. The BBB Wise Giving Alliance collects and distributes information
on hundreds of nonprofit organizations that solicit nationally or have
national or international program services. It routinely asks such
organizations for information about their programs, governance, fund raising
practices, and finances when the charities have been the subject of
inquiries. Go to:
www.give.org.
August 7
- 13, 2005
The Low Income Networking and
Communications (LINC) Project is a project of the
Welfare
Law Center.
Since 1998, the LINC Project has worked to build the technology capacity of
low-income grassroots groups across the country, enabling community-based
organizers and low-income individuals to gain a presence in public debates
on economic justice issues, be informed, reach new allies, educate
communities, share strategies, and participate in the democratic process.
The website includes technology tools and resources developed for low-income
grassroots groups as well as resources for and information by and about
grassroots groups that organize on economic justice issues. Go to:
www.lincproject.org
July
24 - August 6, 2005
Bridgestar®, an initiative of
the Bridgespan Group, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing
leadership for the nonprofit sector by attracting, connecting and supporting
leaders — established and aspiring — for greater effectiveness and social
impact. Bridgestar publishes a newsletter, Leadership Matters. The site also
offers an extensive collection of downloadable articles and other resources.
Go to:
www.bridgestar.org
July
17 - 23, 2005
Conflict Resolution
Information Source (CRInfo) is a free, online clearinghouse, indexing more
than 25,000 peace- and conflict resolution-related Web pages, books,
articles, audiovisual materials, organizational profiles, events, and
current news articles. In addition to its easy-to-use search engine, CRInfo
(along with its partner project, Beyond Intractability) provides easy
browsing of information on 600 peace- and conflict resolution-related
topics. Also available are recommended readings from a panel of editors on
425 topics, along with 225 "executive summary"-type overview essays on key
topics. The education section includes a "build your own" virtual textbook
system, an Internet-based conflict research training program, and extensive
links to resources on elementary, secondary, and higher education, as well
as professional training. An extensive Networking section helps users
connect with the network of people working in conflict resolution-related
fields. Finally, a set of Conflict Resolution FAQs provides easy access to
many of the most common questions asked by CRInfo users. Go to:
http://v4.crinfo.org/index.jsp
July 10 -
16, 2005
The Faith and Service Technical
Education Network (FASTEN) offers informational resources and networking
opportunities to faith-based practitioners, private philanthropies, and
public administrators who seek to collaborate effectively to renew urban
communities. FASTEN actively identifies best practices in faith-based
services and multi-sector collaboration, and produces and disseminates
educational materials for practitioners in the public and private sectors.
Go to:
www.fastennetwork.org
July 3 - 9, 2005
Capaciteria is a comprehensive, searchable database directory of
administrative resources that help nonprofits leverage their own capacity.
It promotes peer review because members can comment on and rate individual
resource links as well as add useful new links. Like Google, search requests
return link results weighted to rise based on ratings and popularity given
to them by nonprofit users. Members can use the 'Favorites' feature to
personalize their list of easily accessible links in Capaciteria. Learn
about Capaciteria's unique features and 90 categories of information at
http://www.capaciteria.org/.
June
26 - July 2, 2005
The American Marketing
Association (AMA) Foundation's mission is to be an essential resource to
nonprofits, helping them achieve greater success through effective
marketing. As the nonprofit philanthropic arm of the American Marketing
Association (AMA), the AMA Foundation achieves this goal through support of
nonprofit marketing conferences and other training initiatives,
scholarships, research, on-line and electronic resources. The Foundation
works in partnerships and other strategic collaborations with the AMA, AMA
chapters, marketing practitioners and academics, and scores of voluntary and
community organizations. The Foundation also champions and supports
excellence in marketing and diversity in the marketing profession. Go to:
www.marketingpower.com
June 19 - 25, 2005
Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find
and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making
agencies. Grants.gov is the single access point for over 900 grant programs
offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies. The US Department of Health
and Human Services is the managing partner for Grants.gov. Go to:
www.grants.gov.
June 12 - 18, 2005
Organizers' Collaborative is
a membership organization of activists and technology consultants dedicated
to providing social change groups with proven, easy-to-use technology and
support that is specific to the needs of organizers. OC provides focused
training and assistance coupled with expertise in organizing, technological
best practices and free, customized, state of the art software, and online
infrastructure to link organizations, individuals and organizing resources
Organizers' Collaborative
facilitates the use of low-cost, easy to use, and open source technologies
in order to strengthen individual grassroots organizations and unify the
progressive movement. Go to:
www.organizerscollaborative.org
June 5 -
11, 2005
The Spitfire Strategies Smart
Chart has made communications planning easy for hundreds of nonprofit
communications groups. Now the planning tool goes high tech as Spitfire
announces the Interactive Smart Chart. Now live, www.SmartChart.org offers
all the features of the printed Smart Chart in a Web-based format that makes
it easy for nonprofits to hone their communications goals, identify their
target audiences and craft high impact communications strategies. Plus, it’s
free for all nonprofit organizations. Go to:
http://www.spitfirestrategies.com.
May 29 -
June 4, 2005
onPhilanthropy.com is a global resource for non-profit
and philanthropy professionals. It is free of charge and features several
industry-leading e-mail newsletters. onPhilanthropy.com is published by
Changing Our World, Inc. a leading U.S. fundraising and philanthropic
services company. onPhilanthropy.com has become one of the leading online
voices in the sector having grown to five different newsletters and feeds,
and attracting more than 100,000 non-profit and philanthropy professionals
to the site and newsletters each month. Go to:
www.onphilanthropy.com
May 22 -
28, 2005
The Foundation Center has created an online resource to
show how the next generation can have an impact in their communities and
with their favorite causes. Go to:
youth.fdncenter.org
May 15 -
21, 2005
WorkingForChange is an online
journal of progressive news and opinion published by Working Assets. The
comprehensive Web site is made up of resources for people with progressive
values. Anyone with Internet access (members and non-members alike) can
speak out on urgent issues, read informative news and columns, go shopping,
make a donation or volunteer their time. You can visit the site on a daily
basis to read the latest dispatches from nationally syndicated reporters and
columnists including Molly Ivins, Robert Scheer, and Greg Palast. For more
information, go to:
www.workingforchange.com
May 8 - 14, 2005
AllianceStrategy.com offers resources and readings on
alliance strategy and management. The site is maintained by Ben Gomes-Casseres,
author of The Alliance Revolution and co-author of Mastering Alliance
Strategy, a professor at Brandeis University, and the principal of Alliance
Strategy Consulting. Most of the information on this site is provided free
of charge; some sections are restricted to clients or require prior
approval. The tabs above lead to major sections; each section has a separate
menu; and all pages are shown at the Site Map. Go to:
www.alliancestrategy.com.
May 1 - 7, 2005
APRA's collection of Web pages – links to Internet pages created by and
for advancement researchers or their peers. This collection is a launch
point for research work. APRA believes experts should guide the way, and the
professionals who built these pages are experts in finding worthwhile Web
sites. Each researcher's page consists of a unique set of links. Your visits
to several of these mega-pages will give you access to the most current
sites and tools researchers are using to identify and qualify prospective
donors. Collection includes Web sites built and maintained by researchers or
their peers, all employed by nonprofits. Go to:
www.aprahome.org
April 24 - 30, 2005
Grantcraft, a project of the Ford Foundation, is a
resource for grantmakers on the tools and techniques of effective
grantmaking. Even if you are not a grantmaker, you will find this website
very useful. The site offers guides, videos, and case studies that offer the
practitioners’ view of philanthropy on subjects like practice and methods
that make grants more effective, insights into relations between grantees
and grant makers, lessons about how to organize grantmaking work for best
results, and much more. Lots of downloadable materials. A free registration
is required to access these. Go to:
www.grantcraft.org
April 17 - 23, 2005
The Resource Network of the United Way of America
offers information, downloadable documents, and links to resources related
to the identification and measurement of program- and community-level
outcomes. Go to:
national.unitedway.org/outcomes
April 10 - 16, 2005
The Institute on Governance explores shares and
promotes the concept of good governance in Canada and throughout the world,
and aims to help government, the voluntary sector, communities and the
private sector put good governance into practice.
The Institute carries out research, runs professional
development programs, and provides advice in the following knowledge areas:
aboriginal governance; accountability & performance measurement; board
governance; building policy capacity; technology and governance; youth &
governance. Their site includes some interesting reports and useful tools.
Go to: www.iog.ca
April 3 - 9, 2005
Knowledgeplex is a research and news archive on issues in community
development. Developed by the Fannie Mae Foundation, Knowledgeplex contains
free full text articles from noted journals such as Housing Policy Debate, a
list of "hot topics" -- including capacity building for nonprofit
organizations, and access to professional and online communities. Readers
can also learn of new reports and policy developments regarding community
development. Go to:
www.knowledgeplex.org
March 27 - April 2, 2005
The Management Information Exchange (MiX) website
offers nonprofits a free, reliable and `consistent source of management
information and expertise. It addresses the nuts and bolts challenges of
motivating people, managing change, communicating for results, working with
boards of directors and developing high performance management systems. The
MiX website collects useful articles, reports, sample documents, and
research from nonprofits, government agencies, and corporate sources and
makes them readily available at the click of a mouse. The information is
drawn from the management practices of the private and nonprofit sectors.
The Milano Management Information Exchange (MiX) initiative expands on the
research begun in 1997 by the National Congress for Community Economic
Development (NCCED). Go to:
www.lcmmix.org
March 20
- 26, 2005
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
informs and illuminates the nation's major public policy debates through
research, analysis, and information dissemination in order to: improve the
socioeconomic status of black Americans and other minorities; expand their
effective participation in the political and public policy arenas; and
promote communications and relationships across racial and ethnic lines to
strengthen the nation's pluralistic society. Go to:
www.jointcenter.org/index.php
March
13 - 19, 2005
The website is a joint-effort of ActKnowledge and the
Aspen Institute. The site defines a theory of change as: “an innovative tool
to design and evaluate social change initiatives. By creating a blueprint of
the building blocks required to achieve a social change initiative’s
long-term goal, such as improving a neighborhood’s literacy levels or
academic achievement, a theory of change offers a clear roadmap to achieve
your results, identifying the preconditions, pathways, and interventions
necessary for an initiative’s success.” The site introduces a process for
developing a theory of change, gives examples of this process, and tackles
several interesting advanced topics on putting the process into practice. Go
to:
www.theoryofchange.org
March 6 - 12, 2005
ServiceLeader.org, a project of the RGK Center for
Philanthropy and Community Service at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public
Affairs of the University of Texas at Austin, provides information on all
aspects of volunteerism. According to the site, volunteer managers and
service leaders will find information on best practices and volunteer
management in the section for volunteer managers. A document library
provides full-text documents on volunteer management to download. Topics
include screening, matching, record-keeping and evaluation, to legal issues,
risk management, virtual volunteering and much more. Go to:
www.serviceleader.org
February 27 - March 5, 2005
BetterManagement is a unique mix of online
educational activities that combines interactive web resources and extensive
business management articles on best practices for performance management,
change management, risk management and IT management. Staff researches
business topics and industry issues from over 250 information resources
worldwide - business publications, professional organizations, academic
institutions, consulting firms, and solutions providers. Fresh information
for business managers is presented every week. Many resources are available
at no charge but free registration is required. Resources on performance
management are extensive.
Go to:
www.bettermanagement.com/default.aspx
February 20 - 26, 2005
The mission of the Finance Project is to support
decision-making that produces and sustains good results for children,
families and communities. To this end, it develops and disseminates
information, knowledge, tools and technical assistance for improved
policies, programs and financing strategies. Services include: research and
analysis; policy tool development; technical assistance; development of web
based clearinghouses; management of major, multi-state initiatives; and
developing peer and organizational networks. The Finance Project also
develops and disseminates an array of published resources: including papers
related to financing, governance and management in education, welfare
reform; family and children's services and community building and
development; published and unpublished reports and studies of federal, state
and local financing, governance and management issues and strategies,
prepared at the request of federal and state government clients, private
foundations and other organizations. Go to:
www.financeproject.org
February
13 - 19, 2005
Founded in 1971 as the Association of Voluntary Action
Scholars, the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and
Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) is a neutral, open forum committed to
strengthening the research community in the emerging field of nonprofit and
philanthropic studies. ARNOVA brings together both theoretical and applied
interests, helping scholars gain insight into the day-to-day concerns of
third-sector organizations, while providing nonprofit professionals with
research they can use to improve the quality of life for citizens and
communities. Principal activities include an annual conference,
publications, electronic discussions and special interest groups. Go to:
www.arnova.org
February 6 - 12, 2005
The directory contains listings (and links where
possible) to research papers, articles, books, websites, forums, programs
and materials related to social enterprise. This directory, developed by
Olszak Management Consulting, Inc., is provided in partnership with the
Social Enterprise Alliance, an organization committed to building
sustainable nonprofits through earned income. Olszak Management
Consulting, Inc., developed this directory as a resource for anyone
interested in the field of social entrepreneurship, including businesses,
nonprofit organizations, consultants, researchers, academicians, students,
funders and investors. There is no charge to use to the Social
Enterprise Research Directory. If you are a member, just log in. If you are
not a member, you can register at the site. Go to:
db.olszak.com
January
30 - February 5, 2005
This site aims to provide visitors with cutting-edge resources on leadership
and value systems with a special emphasis on the consideration of
multicultural, global issues. Resources at the site have been written or
selected to assist leaders in all kinds of organization to develop their
skills. In addition, the site examines the qualities and behavior of famous
leaders throughout the centuries. Visitors are invited to take the free
leadership assessment and the homepage signposts most of the site content.
Thought-provoking feature articles share the limelight with regular
sections: 'themes' offers in-depth work on change, knowledge, organization,
and value systems and '4Es' discusses the four essential Es of leadership.
(Review by Emerald Publishing Group). Go to:
www.leader-values.com
January
23 -
29, 2005
Complied and maintained the Human Interaction Research
Institute, the PCBR database contains 332 descriptions of capacity-building
programs being carried out by U.S. foundations. From this database, you may
obtain program profiles and conduct searches for programs under one or more
search categories. Each program profile includes (a) a narrative description
of the program, (b) contact information to learn more, (c) details about how
the program is structured and funded and what types of assistance it offers
to nonprofits, and (d) whether and how it has been evaluated. Each profile
has been submitted for approval to its sponsoring foundation, and any
changes requested have been made. The entire database is updated annually to
incorporate new or changed information, including additional profiles. Go
to:
www.humaninteract.org
January
16 - 22, 2005
This impressive site, created by David Skyrme
Associates, offers information and advice on creating and implementing
successful knowledge-based strategies. The site provides an introduction to
knowledge management (KM) for people new to the subject. If have a basic
understanding and want to learn more, the site will meet your needs as well.
The site’s areas of expertise include strategy development, planning and
implementation, knowledge commercialization and analysis of developments and
best practice in knowledge management. First-time visitors to the site may
wish to follow the ‘K-Map’ for a guide to the key pages that will be most
relevant to their stage of KM maturity. Alternatively, searching from the
home page is simple and effective. If time is short, yet you are still
curious, head straight to the home page and click on ‘Popular Pages’ for a
concentrated hit of KM strategic thinking and tools. Go to:
www.skyrme.com
January 9 -
15, 2005
The nonprofit sector is a rapidly growing area of research, social policy
and social action. This dynamic field is at the center of such contemporary
public policy debates as the future of federal social policy, the changing
role of religion in public life, national service, and the privatization of
public services. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly provides
cutting-edge research, discussion, and analysis of the field and leads its
readers to understanding the impact the nonprofit sector has on society. To
access past articles, go to:
nvs.sagepub.com/archive
January 2
- 8, 2005
enVision.ca, the Virtual Resource Center, is a service of the
Community Services Council of Newfoundland and Labrador. The purpose of the
site is to provide an online place where nonprofit organizations can find
ready access to information and resources, learn new skills and increase
their productivity, and more. The site includes links to nonprofit
management resources, sector research and policy papers. While the focus of
the website is nonprofits in Newfoundland and Labrador, other nonprofits
will find much useful information. Go to:
www.envision.ca
December 19, 2004 -
January 1, 2005
OMB Watch's nonprofit advocacy project has announced
the launch of its new "Nonprofit Issues Blog." "Weblog," and "blog," are
popular terms to denote a website (or a portion of a website) that contains
short, frequent posts and Web links. The entries are usually sorted in
reverse chronological order and archived by category and date. OMB Watch's
new blog will cover a wide range of nonprofit issues, and will be updated
throughout the week by OMB Watch staff. Go to:
www.ombwatch.org
To view 2004
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