Really, really terrific items in this newsletter. If you don't already subscribe, you really should.         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PULSE! The Online Newsletter of the Nonprofit Management and Governance Support Services Community ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May 25, 2001 Volume 5, Number 4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A service of the Alliance for Nonprofit Management ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pulse! Contents: (1) Call for Nominations - Terry McAdam Book Award (2) 5th Annual National Circuit Rider RoundUp (3) Call for Proposals: Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness and Performance (4) Research Survey: Spreading the Word about Programs and Ideas (5) Advancing Community Technology ~ The Next Wave (6) Fulbright Czech Republic Fellowship (7) Nonprofit E-Learning Partnership - Organizational Effectiveness Tool (8) Calls for Nominations - Two Technology-related Awards (9) KEEPING UP WITH THE NONPROFIT NETIZENS: New Technology e-Newsletter (10) LEARNING TOOLS OF THE TRADE: Free Sample Nonprofit Management Training Models ............................................................. P U L S E !   N E W S : (1) CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - TERRY MCADAM BOOK AWARD Nominations are currently being sought for the most inspirational and useful new book published that makes a substantial contribution to nonprofit management.  The Nonprofit Management Association (now the Alliance for Nonprofit Management) established the Terry McAdam Award in 1989 to commemorate NMA board member and New York Community Trust Vice President Terry McAdam.  The award is sponsored by the New York Community Trust with support from the Chronicle of Philanthropy.  The 11th McAdam Book Award Committee seeks nominations that fit the following criteria: only first editions of books published in 2000 or 2001 will be considered; books must specifically address issues of nonprofit management, management consultancy, or advancement of the nonprofit sector; Alliance membership is not required to nominate books; anyone can be a nominee; multiple submissions are acceptable; and, the quality of the book design will be considered, as well as content.  The McAdam Award winner will receive a commemorative plaque and a $500 stipend underwritten by the New York Community Trust.  For further details about the award, visit http://www.allianceonline.org/events.html.  To nominate a book, simply send us the book _title_, author's name, publisher, and your name and phone number.  Nominations can be submitted either via fax (202-955-8419) or email ( This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ).  The nomination deadline is June 15, 2001. (2) 5TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CIRCUIT RIDER ROUNDUP The Circuit Riders, an affiliation of organizations and individuals who provide technology support to not-for-profit and community-_base_d organizations, invite you to join them at the 5th Annual National Circuit Rider RoundUp. The RoundUp takes place this June 28th through July 1st at the Denver Executive Tower Inn. This year's event will start with the 2nd Annual Day of Service on June 28th, 2001 with the RoundUp following on June 29th through July 1st, 2001.  The National Circuit Rider RoundUp is intended for those who are relied upon to provide support for technology in their work and are interested in sharing how technology can be used to increase the capacity of the organizations and movements that they serve, among others.  You can learn more about and register for this year's RoundUp at: http://www.onecolorado.org. The Circuit Riders grew out of the progressive social change and environmental movements.  Over the past five years, this community has grown to include more than 300 people from around the country who utilize technology for social justice, community development, and environmental and political action.  They share in common a commitment to the accessibility of technology to all and wish to extend their network to those working in under-represented communities. These include individuals and organizations within, or that who provide services to, communities of color, women, gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender people, people with disabilities, senior citizens, people living in poverty, those for whom English is not the first language, and residents of rural communities.  This year's RoundUp is hosted by Colorado Environmental Coalition and TechRocks, the technology arm of the Rockefeller Family Fund.  It is the leading national gathering and professional development conference for people and organizations that provide onsite technology assistance to nonprofit organizations. Whether you're an old pro or a new hand at technology assistance, the Circuit Rider RoundUp is designed to have something to offer you.  To learn more about the conference, visit http://www.onecolorado.org.  A limited number of scholarships are available.  Contact Holly Ross of TechRocks for more information at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it [Nonprofit Mailing List, May 23, 2001] (3) CALL FOR PROPOSALS: NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND PERFORMANCE Proposals are being sought for Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness and Performance:  Challenges and Advances in Theory and Practice , a conference for researchers and practitioners that will be held April 18-19, 2002 in Kansas City, Missouri.  The conference is being sponsored by the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership Cookingham Institute of Public Affairs, Bloch School of Business and Public Administration, University of Missouri - Kansas City.  The purpose of the conference is to advance our knowledge about nonprofit organizational effectiveness by bringing together those researchers and practitioners who have a serious interest in development and application of the theory and practice of nonprofit organizational performance.  Questions that illustrate the range and types of topics expected to be addressed at the conference include:  How do commercially-oriented (or entrepreneurial) nonprofit organizations assess their effectiveness? How do stakeholders assess their effectiveness? What strategies and models are being used or developed for evaluating and enhancing their effectiveness?  Do answers to these questions differ when dealing with donative nonprofits (as opposed to commercially-oriented)?  Are donative nonprofit organizations being evaluated using criteria more appropriate to commercial nonprofit organizations?  By whom, why and with what effects? Are other distinctions among public benefit nonprofit organizations important for understanding differences in performance assessment and improvement? What have been the effects of the emphasis on program outcomes measurement for improving overall organizational effectiveness?  What are grant-making foundations doing to assess the success of their efforts to build capacity or enhance nonprofit effectiveness?  What has been the impact of capacity building efforts on nonprofit organizational effectiveness?  Proposals for papers are due October 1, 2001.  Proposals should be no more than two pages and include a statement about the problem or issue to be addressed, an indication of how the paper fits with current knowledge about this issue (including a very brief review of the most relevant literature), and a de_script_ion of the methods of analysis to be used or approach taken.  Proposals should be sent to: Jill Cook, Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64110.  Jill Cook may be reached at 816-235-1177 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  A panel of reviewers will select proposals and authors will be notified of their decision by November 15, 2001.  Abstracts of the paper will be due to the conference organizers by March 15, 2002. [Nonprofit Mailing List, May 16, 2001] (4) RESEARCH SURVEY: SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT PROGRAMS AND IDEAS The Center for Social Innovation at Stanford University is conducting research on how nonprofits spread programs and ideas from one community to another. A brief web survey has been designed for nonprofit leaders, and CSI requests the help of nonprofit capacity builders to disseminate the survey _link_ to nonprofit leaders, to clients and colleagues throughout the nonprofit sector who might be interested: http://63.211.208.101/GSBNP/survey.asp.   To learn more about their research, the CSI's website is http://www-gsb.stanford.edu/csi/csi_research_pathways.html.  The survey should be active at least through mid-June and perhaps a few weeks longer.  The results will be available on the CSI website.  For questions, contact Beth Anderson, Center for Social Innovation, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford, CA 94305-5015; Tel: 650-723-2432; Fax: 650-723-0516; This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it (5) ADVANCING COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY ~ THE NEXT WAVE The 10th Annual CTCNet National Conference, Advancing Community Technology ~ The Next Wave , will be held June 15-17, 2001 at the Town & Country Resort, San Diego, CA in collaboration with the America Connects Consortium (ACC) and the Association for Community Networking (AFCN). More than 40 workshops are planned.  A few of the topics to be covered include: Starting a Community Technology Center; Technology Planning - How and Why; Uncovering Diamonds and Building a Great Staff; New Trends in Funding, Entrepreneurship & Partnering; Workforce Development Strategies; Distance Learning - Virtual Worlds, MOOGs and more; Community Organizing and Mobilizing for Policy Change; Creating Cultural and Multilingual Content; Women and Technology; Innovative and Sustainable Community Technology Programs; Wireless and Wired Networking; Fame and Fortune Through Program Evaluation; Cool Tools for Assistive Technology; From Start-Up to Old Guard: Business Planning and Tech Integration Lessons; and, Networking in the Global Community.  Also planned is a Technology Pavilion, eBuses (municipal buses that have been refurbished with wireless internet access via satellite, network capabilities and wheelchair accessibility), other demonstrations of mobile/wireless tech, and of course, salsa and margaritas out by the pool!  Attendees in past years have included directors and staff from a diverse range of community technology centers, schools, libraries, colleges and universities.  Other participants included representatives of leading education, civil rights, labor, and digital divide organizations; community and political leaders; technology industry representatives; major funders; researchers; and others interested in the field.  Conference tracks are designed to appeal to all levels of experience. For more information, contact: CTCNet, 372 Broadway Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, tel. 617-354-0825; fax. 617-354-8437.  For details, visit http://www.ctcnet.org/confhome.htm. [Nonprofit Mailing List, May 16, 2001] (6) FULBRIGHT CZECH REPUBLIC FELLOWSHIP The 2002-2003 Fulbright Scholar Program for Faculty and Professionals announces a new fellowship to bring an American specialist in NGO or non-profit management to the Czech Republic. The specialist may conduct research, teach undergraduate or graduate courses, and/or consult with non-profit organizations. The basic eligibility requirement is a Ph.D.or, for professionals, equivalent professional experience in NGO development and management. Fellowship is for three to nine months. Activity must be completed during the 2002-2003 academic year. Deadline for submission of applications is August 1, 2001.  For application materials and additional information, contact:  Muriel Joffe, Ph.D., Senior Program Officer, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, TEL: 202-686-6249; E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ; FAX: 202-362-3442; Application materials are also available on the CIES Web site at: http://www.cies.org. (7) NONPROFIT E-LEARNING PARTNERSHIP - ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS TOOL CompassPoint Nonprofit Services (http://www.compasspoint.org) and SmarterOrg (http://www.smarterorg.com) recently announced a partnership to develop and deliver online learning courses for nonprofit organizations.  The partners will embark on a year-long pilot project to help nonprofit organizations utilize e-learning within their professional development and organizational effectiveness programs. Both partners will also develop a range of materials and case studies to document and disseminate best practices throughout the nonprofit sector.  With funding from The James Irvine Foundation, the partners will develop a pilot online course that can be replicated in other areas and ultimately incorporate different learning modules.  The partners' first online course, Budgeting for Nonprofit Programs and Proposals, will launch in summer 2001 and is _base_d on CompassPoint's nonprofit financial management training and consulting programs. The course fee of $125 will include both the online course and expert tutor support for six months.  To encourage coordination across program, fundraising, and administrative staff, organizations wishing to provide online learning for five or more staff persons will receive discounts. Discounted pricing will also be available for smaller nonprofits.  The complete press release is available at http://www.smarterorg.com/news.htm. (8) CALLS FOR NOMINATIONS - TWO TECHNOLOGY-RELATED AWARDS 1. The Tech Museum of Innovation Awards will celebrate the successful implementation of a new technology or a novel implementation of technology when it is made accessible and useful and will reward people and organizations that have harnessed the power of technology to serve human needs. The Tech Museum of Innovation Awards will spotlight promising, new applications that possess a high potential to have a lasting, beneficial impact and are intended to publicize recent success stories and breakthroughs. Each year awards will be presented in five universal categories: Health, Education, Environment, Economic Development, and Equality. Up to five finalists in each category will be honored, and one finalist per category will receive $50,000 at the annual Awards gala.  The Tech and its partners are seeking nominations by anyone who can identify a worthy candidate, including self-nominations. Nominations can be submitted online or sent by mail or fax http://www.thetech.org/techawards/form_nomination.html.  Eligible nominees will be contacted and invited to submit an Application for the Awards.  Nominations deadline is June 1, 2001; Applications deadline is July 1, 2001; Award ceremony will be November 1, 2001.For details, visit http://www.thetech.org/techawards/. 2. Ericsson announced recently that it will award five non-profit organizations $100,000 USDollars in Web development services and equipment through its Ericsson Internet Community Action (ERICA) program. ERICA and it's innovative Awards were created in 1999 with the intent of empowering non-profits to be more effective agents of social change by engaging them in the possibilities that the Internet can bring to their cause.  Non-profits can obtain official ERICA entry forms, guidelines and more information about the award at http://www.ericsson.com/erica.  Entries are due by June 5, 2001.  For further information, contact Helen Simpson, Program Manager, ERICA; Tel: 905-206-7851; Mobile: 416-833-3112; E-Mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit http://www.ericsson.com/erica. ...................................... ...................................... (9) KEEPING UP WITH THE NONPROFIT NETIZENS: NEW TECHNOLOGY E-NEWSLETTER DOT ORG is a new e-newsletter recently launched by Michael Stein and Marc Osten.  It is designed to be a practical how-to guide with tips, tools, techniques and case studies about nonprofit use of the Internet. Each issue will have a central theme.  Issue # 1 is about Email Newsletters.  Future issues will cover Building Web Site Traffic, Working with ASPs, Collecting Online Donations, Using HTML Email, Evaluating Internet Presence Efforts, and more.  To SUBSCRIBE send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  To receive Issue # 1 please send your email to: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  To view Issue # 1 on the web, visit http://www.summitcollaborative.com/dot_org_issue1.html.  For more information about DOT ORG, visit http://www.summitcollaborative.com/dot_org.html. ...................................... (10) LEARNING TOOLS OF THE TRADE: FREE SAMPLE NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT TRAINING MODELS Five short training modules from the faculty of Seattle University's nonprofit executive program are now available for free at http://www.mnpl.org/trainings.  The modules were designed to help graduates of the Executive Master of Not-For-Profit Leadership program more quickly transfer some of their new skills to their staffs or boards.  Most of the modules take one or two hours to deliver.   Their development was supported by a grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.  Topics include: Improving Nonprofit Boards by Dr. Mary Stewart Hall; Nonprofit Policy Advocacy: Getting Started by Kathleen Pierce; and Outcome _base_d Evaluation, authored by Janet Boguch.  Each module includes recommended training techniques, _script_s for the presenters, sample handout materials, the content of recommended overhead transparencies, a list of other resources, and participant feedback forms.  Those wishing more information on this project can contact Dr. Mary Stewart Hall at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it [Nonprofit Mailing List, May 2, 2001] ...................................... 052501-05-04 PULSE! 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