CivicActions Sponsors Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit
In just over a week, over 150 Drupaleers will gather in Seattle Washington for the first Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit .
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Voting on NTEN NTC Sessions for 2010
I just took some time to review all, ALL of the 10 pages of sessions proposed for the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) organized by the Nonprofit Technology Entrepreneurs’ Network (NTEN). There are some great proposed sessions, and I encourage everyone who is considering attending to take the time to review and vote on the sessions . I always here some people grumble a little at the final agenda (before or after the conference), and this is our opportunity to really shape it.
Site upgraded to Drupal 6
It may or may not be obvious to you, but I upgraded my site recently to Drupal 6, I used the Acquia distribution of drupal, figuring it had a bunch of modules i was going to use, and then I added a few more that were not included. I could have just downloaded all the…
Blog Actions Day 2009: October 15th
I just signed up for Blog Action Day 2009. The topic is Climate Change, or as some are starting to call it: Climate Disruption. My actualy blog post will probably be filed on The CivicActions blog , but I'll be sure to copy it hear as well. I…
Slide Deck: Free Tools To Set Up Your Listening Strategy
Yesterday I gave a presentation at Seattle NetTuesday (originally mentioned here ). The presentation went really well.
Free Tools To Set Up Your Listening Strategy
On Tuesday September 22nd, 2009 (tomorrow) I’ll be giving a lightening talk at Seattle NetTuesday on free tools that nonprofit organizations can use to develope and execute a listening strategy to enhance their use of social media and the web.
CivicActions Bookmarks on Delicious
Last year I wrote about how an organization could aggregate shared bookmarks from multiple people and present them on their website . In the recent redeisgn of CivicActions.com we implemented this functionality. You can see the shared bookmarks feed in the center column at the bottom of the home page, or you can look at a more complete list .
Facebook Tip: Add a Tab With Custom HTML To Your Page or Profile
Recently a client asked if there was a way to add some custom HTML to a Facebook “Page”. I did a little research and found the My Info application and some handy instructions for adding it to your page, rather than your profile.
What Features Are Essential for Small Business and Nonprofit Organization Websites
Recently Acquia solicited some feedback from us about what kind of features we though would be useful to small businesses for their upcoming product, code named “Acquia Gardens”. While we typically only work with small businesses with a social mission, we often do hear from businesses looking for web development work.
My Ignite Seattle Presentation On Green Cabs
On August 3rd I presented on the topic of Green Taxi Cabs at Ignite Seattle. Photo courtesy of Randy Stewart, Stewtopia on Flickr Here is my slide deck, when the video becomes available i will post that too. What Makes…