Here’s the first thing I teach organizations that come to me for advice on their new website: Figure out which content is ‘forever’, and which content is ‘time-bound’. Then make sure that you write the ‘forever’ parts so that they are independent of the moment of reading: Avoid announcements like ‘soon’ or ‘next year’ and… Continue Reading
I work on three machines with different operating systems, and sometimes in internet cafés and other random locations. Yet, wherever I am, my contacts and calendars are already synced – thanks to a service called Plaxo. Plaxo is an online address book and calendar – just like many others. The exception: Its synchronization tools. With… Continue Reading
Over the last ten years, the internet has completely transformed communication between people and organizations, and I believe that its influence will continue to grow. What consequences will this have for existing nonprofits ? How can they move from a static web presence to an active interaction with donors, members, volunteers and committees? How do… Continue Reading
Last weekend I met with an old friend who specializes in providing trainings and tools for grassroots organizing in Germany. One of her campaigns had introduced her to the content management system Joomla, and she was wondering whether this was a good occasion to create a website to promote her business. here are now some… Continue Reading
‘Getting Things Done’ is a method for time- and self-management, proposed by David Allen in 2001. As opposed to other methods based on objectives and priorities to define, ‘Getting Things Done’ – or GTD in brief – works with the ‘stuff’ that fills one’s life already. In a way, it represents a bottom-up approach to… Continue Reading