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Why Your Email Newsletter Annoys Your Readers

In the last year, hundreds of nonprofit organizations have launched email newsletters, many of them in response to our research and writing on the power of electronic mail. But for some reason many seem able to repeat, in email, the very same mistakes that email was meant to avoid. I sometimes think it's because they are more interested in the content than in the relationships. I hope that Anthony Quinn's wonderful piece on Why Your eMail Newsletter Annoys Your Readers will help set some of them straight. Posted: 1/31/02; 1:26:37 PM #

Beyond Access:Foundation Guide to Ending the Digital Divide
	In Beyond Access: A Foundation Guide to Ending the Digital Divide (PDF file), the National Center for Responsive Philanthropy weighs in on the technology funding issue. Their conclusions are familiar ones, including an overemphasis on equipment. Posted: 1/31/02; 1:26:20 PM #

Doom for Search Engines Charging for Listing
	Hal Plotkin predicts doom for those search engines and directories charging for listing. This is also a powerful lesson for nonprofits whose mission involves dissemination of information. Posted: 1/31/02; 1:26:05 PM #