NPLIC NonProfit Leadership Institure of California

Most of us are tired of hearing that “government should be run like a business”.  While it may be trite, those of us from the business world understand the frustration of taxpayers who look at how the money is spent and collected.  Nonprofits, however, are more like businesses than government.  Fund

A lot of nonprofits are looking for ways to reach new people and raise more money.  Many are turning to Social Networking sites such as Facebook to accomplish this.  I would challenge you to first put together a plan that includes (if you don’t have one already), a donor management and tracking syst

I am reading a book to review for the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School.  It is entitled “Grown Up Digital”- How the net generation is changing your world” by Don Taopscott.  He wrote the books “Growing up Digital” and “Wikinomics”.  This is a must read for anyone who is trying to reach the new g

How many times do find yourself forgetting to answer an e-mail?  You probably get a whole bunch every day and you “filter” the ones you will answer when you are busy.  This creates a problem when you click on one and don’t reply right away.  The act of clicking on the message gives it a [...]

Every day I receive an e-mail from Diigo in Education that sometimes has links to new sites.  I have been trying to keep a running spreadsheet on the ones I think might benefit a nonprofit.  I also get links from friends who have new sites as well. There are so many choices today, I am [...]

While I believe that Mozilla and even Google are on the right track and that Microsoft is a behemoth, it doesn’t mean that using an alternative to MS Explorer for a browser is the right thing to do.  About a year ago I decided to switch to Mozilla’s Firefox for my default browswer.  Just this [...]

Web 2 0 for nonprofits This is the presentation from the Developers’ roundtable at the Long Beach Nonprofit Partnership

The Nonprofit Institute of California (NPLIC) was formed in 2008 to assist nonprofits with understanding business concepts and processes, including the use of technology.  The first effort was a series of classes aimed at teaching the basic business concepts from organization through Accounting and