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The Passing Deliverability Storm
I promise to work in a new topic or two soon. But with the Washington Post deigning to attend to
our little industry, this is the week for congressional e-mail
deliverability, and in the wake of all the sound and fury, here's a
quick wrap to launch your holiday (maybe) weekend.
DIA's own Monday response to the Capitol Advantage study that churned up so much frothiness was widely linked, not least by Capitol Advantage itself, which quickly footnoted its study. Our post generated the traffic spike documented at right to our usually bucolic blog, and a bit of good discussion in the comments section as well.
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05:00 PM Oct 06, 2006 -
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Live From the Internet...
DIA members Students for a Sensible Drug Policy hashin' it out on Fox News over home drug testing kits.
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06:00 PM Oct 03, 2006 -
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CapWiz Plays Rough -- and Wrong -- on Congressional Delivery
In this morning's Washington Post, Jeffrey Birnbaum's K Street Confidential column (free registration/bugmenot needed) reports the allegation by Capitol Advantage (aka CapWiz) that competing vendors -- including DemocracyInAction, which is dignified specifically with a charge of "fail[ing] miserably" -- are to various degrees not delivering messages to Congress through write-your-rep web pages.
At least as pertains DemocracyInAction, they're talking through their hats.
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01:30 PM Oct 02, 2006 -
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dotOrganize: The State of Social Change Technology
dotOrganize,
beneath the steady helmsmanship of our good chum -- anyone who posts a
comment on this blog earns that appellation -- Leda Dederich, has
dropped its exhaustive survey of online technology in the social change sector. It's a good read for providers, consumers and consultants alike, and if it should find its way into the hands of a few management or board types with a hand in the budget process, so much the better.
A few random nuggets:
- Communications and fundraising tools are the key things that most organizations want;
- Almost every organization -- large or small, wealthy or poor -- is pressed by poor data integration (one wonders if this is ever a sliding scale, like an individual's experience of "happiness");
- There's still a relatively high non-adoption rate for the most basic online tools: 39% of respondents don't use e-mail newsletters (though more than that say they don't keep e-mail lists at all -- so who are they mailing their newsletters to?) and 47% don't take online donations.
- "Users tend to expect technology vendors to provide around the
clock support and intensive customization at below market value."
Hmmmm.
Leda has more to say about the report's genesis on her blog, ScoutSeven.
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10:30 AM Oct 01, 2006 -
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Before and After November 7: What to Expect, Why Elections Matter and What Your Organization Can Do to Prepare
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03:30 PM Sep 28, 2006 -
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