Blogs and Nonprofits

Some of my friends from the nonprofit field said they were not familiar with the "blog" format. Thus I copy below an earlier news item from our Centre's e-newsletter which talks about blogs and nonprofits...

What is a Blog?

A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is "blogging" and someone who keeps a blog is a "blogger." Blogs are typically updated daily using software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog. Postings on a blog are almost always arranged in cronological order with the most recent additions featured most prominantly.

Blogs and Nonprofits:

For potential use of weblogs (i.e. blogs) for nonprofits, check out the following articles - "An Introduction to Weblogs," "Weblogs: The Promise for Nonprofit Organizations," and "Weblogs and the Nonprofit Sector".

(Sources: CCSG e-newsletter September 2004; links of articles from Techsoup.org)