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Jun 20, 03:36 pm: A little bit o' work news
In case you’d like to keep up with us be reading our press releases, CompuMentor Trio to Share Leadership Responsibilities.
tagged: compumentor, ceo, techsoup
Jul 26, 04:01 pm: We're looking for some talent
And when I say we I mean the final CompuMentor family of products, TechSoup, TechSoup Stock, and NetSquared. There are some other names and URLs but I’ll spare y’all. I won’t spare the incoming Communications Director. It’ll be part of their job to sweat our penchant for a new names and logos.
And when I say talent, I mean this mess o’ jobs. There’s a couple we’re really hard at working on filling:
If you or someone you know would be a great fit for the job, send ‘em my way first. I have an in at the place.
tagged: compumentor, techsoup, jobs, employment, helpwanted, nptech, nonprofit, communications, ecommerce, events
Dec 13, 10:19 pm: My job here is done
Daniel Ben Horin, the founder of CompuMentor, has finally been persuaded to start a blog.
tagged: net2, danielbenhorin, techsoup, blogging
Oct 26, 07:24 pm: Our comments on TechConnect
San Francisco’s TechConnect program is a ”...new City-wide initiative for universal, affordable, wireless broadband access.” My colleague Greg Beuthin was instrumental in writing our
response.
tagged: techconnect, compumentor, broadband+access
Oct 4, 04:03 pm: Want a grant proposal?
When CompuMentor reorganized our consulting services department into what we know call TechCommons we spent a lot of time thinking about how we can extend the work we do. One of those ways is to share our grants. Under a creative commons license.
Our first full-fledged TechCommons campaign is Healthy and Secure Computing. This is a three year effort to improve the baseline technology infrastructure in nonprofits. Of course, we can only reach so many of those nonprofits. So we decided, as I said above, to make our successful grant applications available so that other organizations can, if they choose to, implement them in their areas.
And here’s the first.
tagged: nptech, hsc, compumentor, proposal
Jun 15, 04:17 pm: Social Bookmarking Tool Comparison | ConsultantCommons.org (beta)
Thanks to Nancy White and Beth Kanter, the Social Bookmarking Tool Comparison on ConsultantCommons.org continues to grow.
In fact, I’m starting to wonder if I should turn it into its own book (rather than a book page) so that we can break down the sections. Already, it’s starting to be very long.
Feel free to comment on the version as it stands or to jump in and help edit the document.
May 25, 05:37 am: Growing through networks
Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow from the Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge struck a cord with me. Not just because of recent conversations about the values of creating platforms. But because of the changes we’ve been at at CompuMentor.
We’ve recently redone the way that we provide direct services. We’ve moved from a typical consulting model where growth means hiring or subcontracting to strategies that involve using a network of talented individuals that are already working in this field. You can only see the beginnings of this idea now. You can see it in ConsultantCommons.org and our description of the renamed Consulting Services department, TechCommons.
Basically, we’re trying to understand how we can use our position and size—and TechSoup and TechSoup Stock—to provide solutions to systemic problems.
We don’t want to solve these problems—backups, security issues, tool and vendor selection—alone. We want to hook nonprofits up with the technology providers, funders, tools and support materials to get their problems solved.
I haven’t been talking a lot about this. At least, not here though if you’ve talked to me anytime in the last six months you’ve heard the rundown. I’m not talking about it yet because we’re still establishing our goals. If you are interested, though, in some of the conversations, check out Healthy & Secure Computing on ConsultantCommons. You’ll see (and can contribute) to some of what we’re working on.
(HBS article via del.icio.us)
May 24, 04:28 am: Getting started | ConsultantCommons.org (beta)
You may have noted some changes to consultantcommons.org. The navigation elements are being changed and moved around. We are adding a help section.
This really is in beta. You know that part of web development where you keep it in house and you just share your product with a small number of users? Well, we decided to skip that step. This site has always been publically available. We really do want and will respond to your comments. Let us know if the site is or isn’t working for you and how or how not.
