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Nonprofit Technology Conference 2006

The annual Nonprofit Technology Conference, put on by the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network, will be held here in Seattle on March 23-24, 2006. Through February 27, N-TEN has agreed to give their member rate to every subscriber of Nonprofit Online News, which amounts to a $100 discount off the non-member rate. The online registration process is rather complex. It involves signing on to the N-TEN website and then selecting "Gilbert Center Promotion" as the Source Code when you get to the registration form. If you get bogged down at all, are more comfortable on the phone, or want to register more than one person, it might be simpler to just call N-TEN at 1.415.397.9000. This conference has an amazing pedigree. It has the distinction of the annual meeting of the premier international professional association for noncommercial technology workers. But it also traces its lineage to the down and dirty peer groups of the Circuit Rider Roundups. As a result, it offers a combination of education and networking that is hard to find anywhere else. I hope to see you there. Posted: 2/9/06; 4:41:06 PM #

The Art of the Start

Guy Kawasaki's book The Art of the Start lives up to its subtitle: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything. It embraces a kind of empowering, even liberating realism that I have always loved myself and which Kawasaki simply oozes. If you're going to be unrealistic in your goals (and in a way, all of us who want to make the world better are "unrealistic"), then you better face the truth head on in every aspect of your implementation. This book has chapters devoted to each of those aspects: Positioning, Pitching, Planning, Bootstrapping, Recruiting, Fundraising, Partnering, Branding, and Rainmaking. It concludes with a chapter on the Art of Being a Mensch. What a delightful and practical book! I should also mention that Guy Kawasaki will be keynoting the Nonprofit Technology Conference, coming up in Seattle on March 23-24, 2006. Posted: 2/9/06; 4:38:54 PM #