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June 2005 Edition

Nonprofit Online News Journal

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	June 14th, 2005: Welcome to the seventh issue of Nonprofit Online News Journal, the second since we moved to a subscription supported model. We're very proud of this one. We have two articles related to content syndication. The longest piece in this issue is my own work on 'Streaming Grantmaker Knowledge', a step by step guide to RSS based syndication for grantmakers based upon, and supported by, some work we recently did for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. That piece is complemented by Molly Holzschlag's very practical review of best practices in 'Where is Your Feed?'. We're very pleased to be publishing 'There is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch', a hard hitting piece by Putnam Barber on the subject of the culture of entitlement in the nonprofit sector.
Ethan Zuckerman reviews the research done by Mike Best on whether ICT for Development actually works. And finally there is one more piece by me, a profile of Barbara Kibbe and her work at The Skoll Foundation. We also have our usual monthly resources, including 17 annotated and categorized online resources, seven book reviews, and a Quicksheet on the subject of Online Publishing. All in all, this issue is a rich collection of the provocative and the practical. We hope you enjoy it.

Table of Contents

Letter From the Editor ... 6
Contributors ... 7
Sponsor: Action Without Borders ... 8
About the Journal, & Subscriptions ... 9

Articles:

Streaming Grantmaker Knowledge ... 10
By Michael C. Gilbert
With the support of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, we recently completed a report laying out the steps and supporting resources needed for a grantmaker to being to syndicate their online content over the Internet via the RSS protocol. We took an aggressively simple approach to the challenge and the result was this six step process.

T.I.N.S.T.A.A.F.L. ... 18
By Put Barber
Putnam Barber is one of the most experienced observers of civil society that I know. The title here comes from the adage 'There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch'. He explores the dark side of our sector's culture of entitlement and while I don't always agree with his indictments, I think he is on to something both a little ugly and very important.

Role Models of Rigor and Vision: Barbara Kibbe and The Skoll Foundation ... 21
By Michael C. Gilbert
I have been an admirer of Barbara Kibbe's for years and I was curious where she would end up after leaving the Packard Foundation, the place where she had very much made her mark on the sector. I can think of no better match for her than The Skoll Foundation. I finally caught up with her a few weeks ago and the result is this three part profile covering her work at Skoll and her writing.

Where is Your Feed? ... 25
By Molly E. Holzschlag
Molly E. Holzschlag has reviewed the emerging patterns on how weblogs present their syndication feeds and links. The article includes a useful table for those who want their RSS easily found.

Mike Best with Evidence that ICT4D Works ... 27
By Ethan Zuckerman
Mike Best is a leading figure in studying the relationship between information technology and development. He recently did some research testing a theory that multidirectional networking technologies (like email) are conducive to democracy. His results are summarized here by Ethan Zuckerman.

Other Resources:

Online Publishing Quicksheet ... 30
News ... 31
Book Reviews ... 47
Classifieds ... 49

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