N-TEN'S "FORECAST" SERIES & OUR NEW BLOG http://nten.blogeasy.com
<> This month N-TEN launches our "Forecast" series, short essays by leaders in the nonprofit technology field on subjects that are just over the horizon. These essays will be excerpted in The aN-TENa, our bi-weekly newsletter, http://www.nten.org/news, but the full text is available at our new blog, http://nten.blogeasy.com. You'll be able to respond directly to the "Forecast" authors by using the blog's "Comments" feature, located at the bottom of the blog's web page. If you'd like to be featured in the "Forecast" series, contact Holly Ross, N-TEN Director of Programs, at [EMAIL PROTECTED] <> July 22nd N-TEN Forecast: "Will Nonprofit Technology Planning Become Extinct?" by Joni Podolsky, Independent Consultant, and Author of "Wired for Good" "Why is the function of information technology (IT) still considered separate, needing a separate plan? ...Will there ever be a time when technology planning will become extinct? Possibly. If both leadership thinking and technology evolve to the point where IT is seen simply as one of the necessary tools needed to achieve the mission, like electricity and the telephone, then it is likely that it would become a natural part of the organization's overall strategic plan, not requiring a separate strategic *technology* plan." Read the rest at http://nten.blogeasy.com. <> To read the rest of this "Forecast" and to respond directly to the author, please go to N-TEN's blog at http://nten.blogeasy.com. If you have an idea for a "Forecast," contact Holly Ross, N-TEN Director of Programs, at [EMAIL PROTECTED] <><><><><><><><><><><> N-TEN Regional Conferences: http://www.nten.org/conferences BOSTON, November 5-6 PHOENIX, November 13-14 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 18-19 WASHINGTON DC, Oct 23 <><><><><><><><><><><> Ed Batista, Executive Director, N-TEN Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network http://www.nten.org [EMAIL PROTECTED], 415.397.9000 ___________________________________ Nonprofit_tech_talk mailing list is a service of MAP for Nonprofits with partial funding support from the Greater Twin Cities United Way and Tech Foundation. Opinions expressed on this list are those of the individual author and not necessarily the opinion of MAP or the United Way. Nonprofit_tech_talk mailing list To post, send an email message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options (including to unsubscribe), go to: http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/nonprofit_tech_talk
