1. The video I found was from the United Way of Guelph: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXWRo5Sjau8
2. I found a series of podcasts called Conquering Nonprofit Chaos on Podcast Alley. (http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=50370) The other two podcasts directories were not found at the URLs provided on the course page.
3. You Tube was easier to find what we were looking for than the podcast directories, maybe simply because the volume of information available is larger. I did find some information on the podcast directory related to fundraising but I wasn't able to find anything directly related to the United Way. I chose the video on You Tube because it was from a neighbouring United Way. I chose the podcast because it seemed like it might be useful despite being very basic information.
You Tube could be useful for us if we begin creating our own videos that we want to share with interested audiences. Podcasts could be useful for offering some of the training that we provide to our volunteers and non-profit organizations.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Assignment9 blog
Assignment #9: Online Applications & Tools
Zoho writer seems like it would be useful if we weren't on a network and able to share documents quickly through the network. Some of our committees might find it useful when we are dealing volunteers that do not have access to computers on our network. Our campaigners could also use it to collaborate with volunteers at their accounts.
It has been interesting figuring out how to have multiple users access a document at the same time. I also like the feature that you can publish to either .pdf or LaTex formats directly.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Assignment #8: Wikis
The three wikis that I explored were:
1. The ALA conference page
2. Waterloo Way Wiki
3. WATSTART
The idea of using a wiki for a conference is a good one, but our organization doesn't hold any events that are of this magnitude. The Waterloo Way Wiki looks like a resource that we could use to research potential or current volunteers and donors and has brought to my attention that I should be looking for such wikis. I can't see an application for us implementing such a wiki other than perhaps setting up a listing of our funded agencies but I have concerns about having such information open for public editting. The Watstart wiki was again an interesting resource but I can't see the application for us.
The only user-generated content I think we would implement on our website would be more of a blog for experiences that our volunteers have, I'm not sure where the definition lies for if a user-editted blog is considered to be a blog or a wiki.
The negative side to wikis is the fact that because their content is based on opinion of whoever edits them, they may not always be factual and so implementing one for our organization would require careful monitoring to ensure that the information posted is factual.
The three wikis that I explored were:
1. The ALA conference page
2. Waterloo Way Wiki
3. WATSTART
The idea of using a wiki for a conference is a good one, but our organization doesn't hold any events that are of this magnitude. The Waterloo Way Wiki looks like a resource that we could use to research potential or current volunteers and donors and has brought to my attention that I should be looking for such wikis. I can't see an application for us implementing such a wiki other than perhaps setting up a listing of our funded agencies but I have concerns about having such information open for public editting. The Watstart wiki was again an interesting resource but I can't see the application for us.
The only user-generated content I think we would implement on our website would be more of a blog for experiences that our volunteers have, I'm not sure where the definition lies for if a user-editted blog is considered to be a blog or a wiki.
The negative side to wikis is the fact that because their content is based on opinion of whoever edits them, they may not always be factual and so implementing one for our organization would require careful monitoring to ensure that the information posted is factual.
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