I just wanted to thank all the readers for making this a pretty amazing year for the blog. (Yeah, there’s me and then there’s the BLOG – my virtual alter ego) We finally received over 3000 unique visitors this month which is pretty amazing considering that we only had 593 visitors in our first full month of operation in April and that I didn’t really start posting seriously until June. And let’s not forget the RSS love. I consider every RSS subscriber to this blog like hard-earned currency. And this month on the 19th, the blog had 145 subscribers checking in for one day. That’s a lot of RSS bling for one day!
As usual, I’m always searching for more news and views to give to you all regarding nonprofit technology. I think I’m going to really buckle down and cover CRMs in more depth over the next year (Kintera, GetActive, Convio, salesforce.com and Blackbaud Infinity), do more startup Skypecasts (I’ve got the Shaw Treatment already in the can, ChipIn next , and Modest Needs further out), and of course, like all self-centered blogs, be on the lookout for coverage of myself (that is, my other alter ego, founder of my own nonprofit startup).
What I’ve discovered so far while blogging:
- Some consultants REALLY dislike being not considered part of the nonprofit community. Don’t worry — a lot of consultants have personally told me that it’s not an issue for them. They’re just glad to pitch in anyway.
- The Internet is not just for porn — it’s for paeans to sexy MFPs.
- I’ve had more fun with Blackbaud writing about them than I’ve had with taking care of Raiser’s Edge
- People really like the “Confessions” theme and St. Augustine — perhaps I’ve cornered the market on current and recovering Catholics interested in nonprofit technology (what a niche!)
- The nonprofit 2.0 concept is out there — but it probably shouldn’t be tied to current technology
Anyway, I look forward to next year… see you after the New Year’s…
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Looking forward to reading you in 2007!
Hmm .. “probably shouldn’t” — that’s a hedge ..
I’m not good with forward-looking statements as I’m always continually surprised by how the Web turns out… I think the nonprofit 2.0 concept needs some working on because as I’ve pointed out before, the use of technology does affect the cultural practices of an organization. So which comes first? The technology for a nonprofit 2.0? Or the management practices and organizational mindset that could adopt and incorporate that technology? I would suggest the latter is the more appropriate trait we should look for in a nonprofit 2.0 and NOT the technology. And unfortunately, that is much harder to find in the nonprofit management field — that is CERTAINLY not taught in any nonprofit management school that I know of. They’re even farther behind then the current practitioners… sigh.
Allan,
2006 has been a great run for me as well. My sincere thanks to you for all your thoughts, advice, opinions, and support as my own web 2.0 project has been getting going. It has been invaluable.
I hope 2007 brings you a great deal of attention, both to this blog as well as your startup plans
We really need to start talking about our web 3.0 ideas now…