1) NTEN has released a CMS Satisfaction Survey which compares a bunch of CMS vendors. There was a lot of talk on this topic recently on some of the ASAE listserves, particularly as pertaining to small staff associations. The report is free to NTEN members, $50 to non-members (but seeing as membership is less than $85 per year (since it's currently pro-rated), you might as well join this very useful association.
2) Another awesome idea from NTEN - they have just started "Office Hours", where volunteer experts on any number of given topics - such as communications, IT, fundraising, and leadership - can chat with you in real time in online chat rooms on certain scheduled dates/times. Again this is a member benefit, but you can at least read all about it.
3) It's not too late to register and come with me to BlogPotomac, on June 13 at State Theater in Falls Church. "BlogPotomac seeks to provide a local "un-conference" on best marketing practices for the social media community in the D.C. metro area."
4) Did you see the article in the Washington Post about how real-world social networks can be shown to be impacting behavior (such as quitting smoking)? Mark Kuznicki has a good post on how non-profits are slow to realize the value is social networks for charitable causes and invites us to attend the Toronto Social Tech Training Workshop June 22-24. - "a unique hands-on Web 2.0 oriented learning intensive for people working in the social change sector. "
5) Fellow blogger buddy Jeff Cobb of Mission to Learn fame has launched a new blog, Hedgehog and Fox. Check it out. I particularly love this recent post about cultivating your blog like a flower garden.
6) Jamie Notter has a real job! So exciting. Read all about it here - he's merged his consulting business with an AMC, Management Solutions Plus, and has come over to the dark side of association management. Should be interesting, and I expect we'll be able to read all kinds of new insight on his blog from this experience.
7) Google have launched Google Health:
"Google Health puts you in charge of your health information. It's safe, secure, and free.
- Organize your health information all in one place
- Gather your medical records from doctors, hospitals, and pharmacies
- Keep your doctors up to date about your health
- Be more informed about important health issues"
8) We all know mobile applications are the next wave. Here's a good summary brought to you by the Carnival of the Mobilists of what's going on in that particular tech-verse. (did I just invent a new word? probably not... )
Anyway, happy reading. And if you are local or in town, come to BlogPotomac, it will be a chance to schmooze with DC's fledgling but very active social media scenesters.
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