Comments on: Web 2.0 is getting beat up a bit (rightly so…) http://zenofnptech.org/2006/12/web-20-is-getti.html Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:25:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Catherine Carey http://zenofnptech.org/2006/12/web-20-is-getti.html/comment-page-1#comment-81 Catherine Carey Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:03:12 +0000 http://www.zenofnptech.com/?p=66#comment-81 Examples would be most helpful. I explain to nonprofit leaders that an RSS reader is like having your own newspaper. Sure, it's a pain to set it up. But it's great to have the news you need to stay *up-to-date* in one place. Because who has time to check a bunch of websites? Modestly persuasive, clearly I need to improve this story. Examples would be most helpful.

I explain to nonprofit leaders that an RSS reader is like having your own newspaper. Sure, it’s a pain to set it up. But it’s great to have the news you need to stay *up-to-date* in one place. Because who has time to check a bunch of websites?

Modestly persuasive, clearly I need to improve this story.

]]> By: Michelle Murrain http://zenofnptech.org/2006/12/web-20-is-getti.html/comment-page-1#comment-80 Michelle Murrain Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:36:24 +0000 http://www.zenofnptech.com/?p=66#comment-80 Thanks, Michele, that's a great idea - that the lesson is in the underlying principles. That's important to not lose track of in our discussions of the tools. Thanks, Michele, that’s a great idea – that the lesson is in the underlying principles. That’s important to not lose track of in our discussions of the tools.

]]> By: Michele Martin http://zenofnptech.org/2006/12/web-20-is-getti.html/comment-page-1#comment-79 Michele Martin Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:55:31 +0000 http://www.zenofnptech.com/?p=66#comment-79 Totally agreed that we need to be thinking through what works and what doesn't work for nonprofits. I've begun a wiki to explain to nonprofits the different tools of Web 2.0, available resources and concrete examples of organizations that are using the tools. That's available here: http://nptechbestpractices.pbwiki.com/ Any examples, resources, etc. that your readers have to offer are greatly appreciated. I also starting thinking yesterday that potentially the bigger lesson in Web 2.0 isn't necessarily the tools as much as the underlying principles. The ideas of transparency, dialogue, fast/cheap resources, etc. are values that I think are increasingly becoming part of how nonprofits need to be doing business in a world that is adapting to these kinds of themes. Totally agreed that we need to be thinking through what works and what doesn’t work for nonprofits.

I’ve begun a wiki to explain to nonprofits the different tools of Web 2.0, available resources and concrete examples of organizations that are using the tools. That’s available here:

http://nptechbestpractices.pbwiki.com/

Any examples, resources, etc. that your readers have to offer are greatly appreciated.

I also starting thinking yesterday that potentially the bigger lesson in Web 2.0 isn’t necessarily the tools as much as the underlying principles. The ideas of transparency, dialogue, fast/cheap resources, etc. are values that I think are increasingly becoming part of how nonprofits need to be doing business in a world that is adapting to these kinds of themes.

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