presented at this year's Grinspoon Institute for Jewish Philanthropy's annual conference November 13-14 in Springfield, MA, and walked away impressed with some of interesting things that camps are doing with technology. Kevin Martone, the Institute's Technology Program Manger, wrote this guest post highlighting how three camps used technology creatively to meet their goals: online/offline relationship building through blogging and Facebook, engaging current families with an unique iPad/iPhone app, and social fundraising through livestreaming a phone-a-thon. As Kevin writes, "These camps evoke incredibly strong emotions in their alumni, campers, and parents. They need to use the tools available to harness these emotions and connect them to the real world.

NP Tech, the Israeli organization designed to make technology more accessible to social organizations in Israel, recently launched GuideStar Israel. In this interview, Royi Biller, CEO of NP Tech, talks about the technology needs of Israeli nonprofit organizations, why it is important to have a GuideStar Israel, and the launch of TechSoup Global in late 2010.

Will Kiva Kill Your Nonprofit? Donations 2.0 panel discussion at SXSW Interactive explores what "donations 2.0" means, and DonorsChoose, Opportunity International, Kiva and Amnesty International are using this model for fundraising.

There are plenty of other business functions besides sales and marketing that benefit from social media integration: human resources, internal communication, product development, training, customer service. I recently gave a presentation that talks about the ROI of integrating social media with these business functions. The slide show is embedded. Looking forward to your thoughts and contributions.

Nonprofits can tell the best stories. But why tell them on the same old social media platforms? I'm excited about Animoto, Whrrl, Posterous and Blip.tv. They are easy to use, offer beneficial social media aspects, and spice up your digital storytelling with something new.

What are the online giving trends for 2010, and beyond? What will be the technology, culture, and needs? In this post, I created a graphic description of the history of online giving, and offer five trends that I see in the coming year.

Social Media tips from Affilicon Israel 2009.

An introduction to how to set up, create, edit and list podcasts, from the Podcasting session at NTEN's 2009 NTC.

The multimedia website application Apture is a new tool that helps nonprofits to tell their story better. In this post, I demonstrate the application and its potential. I invite you to tell me how your organization can use this powerful tool to tell its story better!

In 2003, most nonprofits had yet to realize the full potential of the technological revolution already taking place. In this post, I look back at the past, and consider what nonprofits can learn from the past in order to be fully prepared for the technological future.