Link Friday

It’s been a while since I’ve posted a bunch of links without much comment, but over the past few days a bunch of new things came across my “desk.” Looking over them I realized I could weave these four disparate links into a narative.

Google has cemented it trend of giving away services to nonprofits by announcing, free payment processing from Google Checkout. Speaking of free stuff and Google YouTube is letting nonprofits setup video channels free of charge. This means your nonprofit can extend your brand onto YouTube.

And if you thought online video was just fun and games, the Will it Blend videos increased sales of blenders five times.

Now as I’ve mentioned Web 2.0 isn’t a build it and they will come venture. So you need to think more about what exactly your organization is trying to accomplish, Michael Brooke calls this being a ball bearing not a beach ball.

Flash Player gets HD Support

Later today Adobe will release a new version of the Flash player with H.264 support. That means that churches and ministries have a new option for delivering video online.
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CCO + Cool = CCOol!

Okay, so I couldn’t think of a “pun-nier” title for this piece, but that’s not the point. I got “CCO” in the title, which is good enough for SEO.

Coalition for Christian Outreach (CCO) has the unique endeavor of helping churches, colleges, and other academic organizations. They do this by providing Read more >>

Kintera launches Kintera Connect

A few weeks back I posted that Kintera might open up their platform a bit, well today the door got a little wider.
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Moveable Type Comes Home

Back when I first heard of blogging engines Moveable Type was all the rage. When we were looking for Open Source platforms for use at Silas Partners, Moveable Type was out of the running because it’s free version was not open source.

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Kintera may open up

This would be big news! Allan Benamer over at Confessions of a Non-Profit IT Director is heaaring that Kintera may open up their platform.
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Use Your Powers For Good

Finally.

Dominating the American television viewership each week and averaging something like 40 million ‘votes’ (almost the same amount cast each four years for the President of the United States) American Idol has done something. This year they have given us Sanjaya and Mindy-Doo which have had people talking for hours and hours on the news. In recent seasons the show has delivered the somewhat legitimate Kelly Clarkson, Ruben (who??), Claymates (I shudder), a country mega-star Carrie Underwood, and even the ‘Soul Patrol.’
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SPAM Wins, Pappa Needs a Brand New Bag

ARS Technica reports that spam will overtake non-spam or “real” email this year. This is bad news. How about that for in depth analysis!

Ok why is it bad news? Not so much because we’ll all be getting more spam. The real issue is Read more >>

Wiiornament - 2007

We like to have fun here at Silas Partners. Today is a day where we have some time set aside for some fun. We setup two bowling alleys in our office.
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Link Roundup - March 30

gokubi on Donor Management: These are great ways to start to visualize processes. The detail here is impressive, make sure to post some appreciative comments if you find it helpful.

EchoDitto on Online Presence: I gave a talk on this point to a group of pastors a few weeks ago. If you’re not online then your not part of the conversation. If you think there isn’t a conversation about you online, think again.