Aliya Abbasi's Field Reports

Resources for TA-NPO

Aliya Abbasi — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:28:14 -0600

These might help when you are looking for answers to common non-profit and technology issues. Sign up for newsletters or just browse when you have a question:

http://nationalserviceresources.org/
"The Resource Center is your one-stop shop for online tools and training resources to strengthen your volunteer or service program...contains online training tools, event calendars, and effective practices, as well as a catalogue of printed publications and videos available on loan."

http://www.techsoup.org/
"TechSoup.org offers nonprofits a one-stop resource for technology needs by providing free information, resources, and support. In addition to online information and resources, we offer a product philanthropy service called TechSoup Stock. Here, nonprofits can access donated and discounted technology products, generously provided by corporate and nonprofit technology partners."

http://ctcnet.org/
"The Community Technology Centers' Network (CTCNet) is a national membership network of community technology centers (CTCs) and other non-profits, united in their commitment to provide technology access and education to underserved communities."

http://nten.org/
"NTEN is a professional community that connects people involved in nonprofit technology and strives to help them effectively use technology in their work."

http://npower.org/
"NPower is a national network of local nonprofit organizations that provide high-quality, unbiased, affordable and appropriate technology assistance to other organizations."

Summary of our first conference call...

Aliya Abbasi — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:51:35 -0600

10/06/06

We are in MA (2), NC (2), and CA (4)

We are working on a variety of projects:
organizing and maintaining computer labs
setting-up a samba server,
creating utilities to document system downtimes,
planning and designing websites,
contributing to existing free and open source software,
comparing existing software and suggesting a best-fit to npos,
usage guide/documentation for clients,
writing articles and improvising workshops.

We are interest in:
Free and Open Source Software - (tag FOSS)
Beta-Testing the www.ctcvista.org - (tag suggestions)
Fundraising for Technology - (tag fundraising)
Website Development (not CMS) - (tag webdesign)

Next steps:
Blog, Blog, Blog!
Summary of our conference call (tag tamm)
One-on-one phone meetings in 3rd week of October
:)

Tagging Explained

Aliya Abbasi — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 12:36:26 -0600

Articles of Explanation

http://www.technorati.com/help/tags.html ->"Think of a tag as a simple category name. People can categorize their posts, photos, and links with any tag that makes sense."

http://learn.netsquared.org/getting-started-with-tagging/what-is-tagging -> "is the ability to assign topical keywords to a wide range of digital content, like photos, bookmarks (favourite web sites) and blog posts."

http://blog.leveragedpromotion.com/public/item/117546 -> "is a way to associate an individual blog post with the larger conversation in the blogosphere."

http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/webbuilding/page5508.cfm?cg=searchterms&sg=what%20is%20tagging -> "is a collaboratively generated, open-ended labeling system that enables Internet users to categorize content such as Web pages, online photographs, and Web links."

http://www.rashmisinha.com/archives/05_09/tagging-cognitive.html -> "A cognitive analysis of
tagging (or how the lower cognitive cost of tagging makes it popular)...associating an item with a bunch of words, writing down those associations."

Video Presentation

http://news.com.com/1606-2-5798694.html?tag=nl