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In Brief
News and Items of Interest from March and April
Great Resources
"The eNonprofit: A Guide to ASPs, Internet Services, and Online Software" includes an introduction to what ASPs are and do, a directory of over 100 services, a detailed planning tool for evaluating and selecting an ASP, a glossary, and a resource list. The 56-page guide is available as a free download.
Copy of the guide available from compasspoint.org >>
Sector Crossroads
The Social Enterprise Sourcebook profiles 14 nonprofits engaged in social enterprise, or the use of earned income ventures to support mission, and catalogs their challenges and successes. These case studies provide examples of social enterprise from which other nonprofits can learn and borrow. The 104-page sourcebook is available for free as a PDF.
Copy of the sourcebook available from northlandinst.org >>
The Independent Sector has created a Web-based resource center focused on the growing trend of for-profit/nonprofit partnerships. Mission & Market: The Resource Center for Effective Corporate-Nonprofit Partnerships "aims to offer the resources nonprofit and corporate executives need to help them build effective partnerships that enhance both mission and business goals."
More from independentsector.org >>
A consortium of seven organizations representing business, government, and nonprofits has prepared Working Better Together: How Government, Business, and Nonprofit Organizations Can Achieve Public Purposes through Cross-sector Collaboration, Alliances, and Partnerships. The report draws on regional dialogs held around the country with representatives of the three sectors and details the ways the sectors have used collaboration to form partnerships with each other to address complex problems that no one sector can handle independently. The executive summary is available free of charge.
More information, a link to the executive summary, and purchase information are available at independentsector.org >>
Online Communities
Building a real, enduring loyal online community can be difficult--but immensely important and rewarding. "Community Connections: Using Technology to Further Your Mission" provides advice on building successful online communities and outlines the tools and technologies available to turn a Web site into a living, breathing entity, not a stagnant brochure.
More from charityvillage.com >>
The Benton Foundation article "Building Online Communities: Transforming Assumptions into Success" debunks some popular if unfounded assumptions about online communities and lists resources for additional information about what it takes to build and maintain effective online communities.
More from benton.org >>
Digital Divide
The Digital Divide Network is a great resource for those just learning about the issue and its implications and for those interested in staying on top of the latest facts, figures, and thinking about the digital divide.
Visit digitaldividenetwork.org >>
Eszter Hargittai's article "Second-level Digital Divide" takes a different look at the digital divide and examines the effect of differing online skill levels on users' access to content on the Web.
More at firstmonday.org >>
E-philanthrophy
Many of the presentations made at the e 3rd e-Philanthropy Conference, held March 4 and 5, are available for download.
More at independentsector.org >>
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