The Hatcher Group just released a new report on how nonprofits are using new media for social change, which is based on a survey of 30 nonprofits working on state-level advocacy issues. It provides an overview, metrics and strategic insight into several tools, including blogs, Twitter, Facebook and social news sites. The free report is available here (PDF). -M
Now that TIG is over, I've moved on to the other items on my to do list.
The first two don't need much explaination, but I suspect that number three may. No, I am not considering becoming an arsonist. Feedburner is actually a tool for bloggers. It lets us more easily track how many people are subscribed to our feeds and, for commercial ventures, more efficiently profit from content. While Matthew and I aren't looking to profit from our content, we do like to know what people are interested in. So now technola has the burn.
If you are already subscribed to our feed, you don't have to do anything. You could subscribe to our new feed. It is a little bit prettier and fancier than are old feed. You can quickly e-mail an article to another person or save it to del.icio.us. But you don't have to.
If you haven't subscribed, you now have two options. You can either subscribe to our feed or sign up to get an e-mail when we post new content. If you are interested, see the links on the right-hand side. - K
If you want to get your daily dose of technola, but don't always have time to read the posts, check out the technola del.icio.us tag. We tag all of the tools and resources that we feature in our posts, so that you can have instant, unmediated access to the goods. You'll find the del.icio.us RSS feed here, and while your at it why not subscribe to technola's full RSS feed? If you're new to RSS, or just want a refresher, check out these resources:
Finding out what people think about your Web site is difficult. Statistics, surveys, and usability testing can give you part of the picture, but all of them have their shortcomings. So I'm always on the look out for new ways to connect with the people who use my sites. And today, I learned that del.icio.us has a tool to help me do that. (Thank you, Twitter and Jeremiah Owyang!)
Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking site that lets you to store, organize, and share bookmarks. Beyond that, you can also search and see what other people are bookmarking. For example, you can see what sites people have labeled non-profit technology or legal aid technology.
If you took a moment to look at either of those examples, you would have noticed that people will often add a description when they bookmark a site. And Del.icio.us lets you search by URL and find all of the descriptions for a site, which is a great way to see what people are saying about your Web site.
I found a couple of neat highlights from the legal aid community.
So check - how del.icio.us are you? - K
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