Catching up

It’s not until I’ve spent a little time reading a wider array of nptech blogs that I have realized how much has changed in the last year or so, since I was last really imbedded in the field. I’m hoping that will provide some very interesting things to blog about over then next few weeks, as I regain my footing.

Obviously, the biggest change is the ubiquitous nature of Web 2.0, and the ways it’s made itself into the nonprofit sector. I think that a lot of Web 2.0, particularly RSS and folksonomies, are aspects of Web 2.0 that are incredibly helpful, and provide things that really do connect people, and help people decide in a much more granular way what they want to read, and have access to.

Some of Web 2.0, though is more hype than useful. How many nonprofits really need to have a blog? Sure, I’d love to see more nonprofits move from sending their newsletters out by email, to getting them into an RSS feed, which I can choose to look at, or not. Otherwise – I think it depends a lot on the mission of the organization, for sure.

Anyway, I’ll have more to say about Web 2.0 soon, once I finish catching up.