CRM systems can make a huge difference for any arts organization. But when a small non-profit can't afford the biggest and best tools, what CRM features are critical to their organization? Taylor shares her findings in an infographic.
Free Tools and New Ideas from the Nonprofit Technology Conference (Part II of III)
And Now for Something Completely Different
I thought I'd share some of the interesting, and hopefully heartening, things that I have come across recently and wanted to share. (Please note, I am not endorsing any of the services or products herein.) Talenthouse, an online networking tool for artists from many disciplines, encouraging exposure, collaboration, and audience engagement globally. (Thanks to Dana Oshiro at ReadWriteWeb for the tip)
Start Mobile whose Art for Everyone iPhone wallpaper art has been used to benefit non-profit organizations. (A more in-depth story to come)
Tele_Trust, a piece by artistic duo Lancelmaat (with the technical development of V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media), uses technology to analyze real-life socialization (instead of moving socializing onto a virtual platform). Though authorities have been alarmed by the full-body cloak, filled with sensors and circuitry, it's a neat reminder of how "in our changing social eco-system we increasingly demand transparency; while at the same time we increasingly cover our vulnerable bodies with personal communication-technology."
And much thanks to NTEN for highlighting this: iWith's third annual photo competition, "Documenting the Digital Divide."