ifPeople NewsDocument ActionsNews from ifPeople on open source, sustainability, systems thinking, collaboration, and our company's journey. Half-Admission for Friends of ifPeople at Go Green ExpoThe Go Green Expo, Atlanta's largest eco-friendly tradeshow, is coming this weekend, June 26 - 28. As a leader in Atlanta's green business scene, ifPeople's going to be there. You should too, because we're offering friends and clients half price off admission. Letting go of Numbers: The Real Social Media ROIOver the past few months, ifPeople has given and participated in workshops on developing social media strategies. A common issue that keeps materializing is the concept of social media ROI - how to measure it, how to articulate its value, and (perhaps most notably) how to prove it even exists. 2009 NTEN Follow UpIn late April, ifPeople attended the 2009 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Francisco. The two-day conference was attended by 1,450 representatives from various organizations and businesses around the world. The event focused broadly on ways nonprofits can use technology to elicit social change, but this year most presentations concerned exciting developments in open source software and social media, along with the fundamental best practices. Online buzz around the conference was incredible. (#09NTEN was the second most popular hashtag on Twitter, right behind the swine flu!) ifPeople launches sites for Self-Help and Partners for Democratic ChangeifPeople has launched two new partner sites, one for the Center for Community Self-Help and another for Partners for Democratic Change. The organizations faced different challenges, but with Plone we were able to meet these challenges and provide each organization the tools it needed to improve online outreach. New Trainings and Workshops!This summer, ifPeople is offering great opportunities for organizations to become experts in online communications, or to get new websites altogether. ifPeople Welcomes Two New Team MembersifPeople is proud to announce that we've added two new people to our Atlanta-based team. Idealware Study Evaluates and Ranks Open Source CMSsIt’s easy to understand why more nonprofits are flocking to open source content management systems (CMSs) like Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress, and Plone. Creating a website can be a daunting, time-consuming, and expensive process. But CMSs like these are free to use and can be easily updated by staff members not fluent in HTML or CSS. So they’re ideal for any nonprofit on a tight budget. ifPeople Becomes Georgia’s First Certified B CorporationPRESS RELEASE: ATLANTA, GA (April 17, 2009) – ifPeople, the Atlanta-based social enterprise, recently became the first company in Georgia to earn B Corporation Certification. Plone News RoundupAnother round of highlights from the Plone community, this time covering a new book, website, accolades for Plone, and World Plone Day. ifPeople’s Chris Johnson Speaking to Brazil for World Plone DayNext week, ifPeople cofounder Christopher Johnson will speak to an audience in São Paulo, Brazil, as a part of World Plone Day. Salsa Commons Gets FreshSalsa by DemocracyInAction is a full suite of online organizing tools developed to help organizations build awareness and mobilize donors, members, and supporters. Designed to engage constituents more effectively with user-friendly online technology, Salsa mixes well with the Plone Content Management System (CMS) and Salesforce.com CRM. ifPeople hiring: positions information updatedifPeople is seeking passionate, skilled people to join our team in Atlanta in both part- and full-time positions. We have updated the positions available information. GetPaid Release AnnouncedThis year, ifPeople cofounder Christopher Johnson has been leading an open source ecommerce project called GetPaid for Plone. His model of "social sourcing" was recently presented at the Plone conference in Italy, and now the product has its first release! ifPeople presents "social sourcing" at Plone Symposium NOLAifPeople's cofounder Christopher Johnson addressed the Plone Symposium in New Orleans (June 4, 2008) on fostering a collaborative open source community. The model, which was developed for leading the GetPaid for Plone project, combines an entrepreneurial spirit, collaborative design process, and facilitated communication with the traditional developer-led code-based work. News from Plone-landifPeople is active in the Plone open source community. As there is a lot happening in this international community, many of our clients find it helpful to get a summary of relevant news. Here is a brief snapshot of important news recently. NPR Features ifPeople Clients CCC and Climate InteractiveNational Public Radio (NPR) recently featured two ifPeople clients for their innovative work! The Center for Community Change, was featured twice already this year for their role in influencing the new administration, including their efforts is to bring grassroots organizers to the capital every week of the first 100 days! Another client, Climate Interactive, has been talked about a lot lately in Congress. NPR interviewed Bob Corell, who uses the CI model to explain what the impact of current national commitments to emissions reductions would be, if successful (prepare to be surprised). Climate Interactive Site Launches: Tackling the root cause of climate changeEven with the overwhelming majority of scientists are in agreement on how the devastating effects of altering our planet's climate are unfolding, the general public is still painfully ignorant about how climate works. Climate Interactive is working to change that...and they've got some really smart people on board. ifPeople Knowledge Sharing: More Atlanta trainings and upcoming webinarsThe year is off to a busy start as ifPeople is tapped as the Georgia Center for Nonprofit's trainer for website related courses in their Nonprofit University. ifPeople also launched a monthly webinar series, offering even greater access for website owners to build skills and improve the value of their website. ifPeople Client Digital Opportunity Trust Champions PloneLast month, the Plone Community celebrated World Plone Day 2008. ifPeople client Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) and the Toronto Plone Users Group joined Plone enthusiasts around the globe by hosting a successful half-day event to promote Plone. DOT welcomed representatives from business, academia, and government to their Toronto office to share the benefits of using Plone as a Content Management System (CMS). Targeting the Root Causes of Poverty: Trees For Life Uses Web Technology to Share It's Story, Raise Funds, and Manage RelationshipsTrees for Life develops models that empower people in poor countries around the world to improve their living conditions and inspire hope. What started as a tree-planting project in India has grown into a global people-to-people initiative that addresses the root causes of poverty, hunger, and disease. |
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