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The Blogging Revolution

I'm teaching my blogging workshop this week, so it seems appropriate to mention a related resource or two. Although it is focused on the business of government, David Wyld's report on The Blogging Revolution (98 page PDF) covers a solid half of the issues that any civil society organization would need to address. The second section on blogging as a social phenomenon is particularly strong and touches on such core issues as The Blogging CEO, Employee Blogging, and Social Networking. Part Three opens the door to some issues that nonprofits are mostly still ignoring, including The ROI of Blogging and Blogging Behavior Research. If you're serious about blogging as a strategy, you ought to take a look at this. Posted: 9/10/07; 9:48:22 PM #

Capacity Building for Local NGOs

I just finished exploring Lainie Thomas' Capacity Building for Local NGOs (index page for eight PDFs), published by the Catholic Intitute for International Relations and made available in its entirety online by Progressio. Although it follows the traditional focus on the organization (rather than the community of practice or the network), this is nevertheless very good basic material for grassroots organizations. Over the course of eight substantial chapters, the book really does cover a remarkable range of subjects, including: organizational principles, the role of trustees, meetings, strategic planning, accounting systems, staff development, project management, filing and record keeping, and external relations and publicity. Posted: 9/10/07; 9:37:39 PM #