Comments on: What’s ahead in 2010?

By: Amy Sample Ward

Amy Sample Ward — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:21:11 +0000

In reply to Noel.

Hi Noel-

Thanks for adding in to the conversation! I really like your idea of separating and thus being explicit about which resources are tangible and intangible – it also makes me think about goals that categorized the same way. So often with social media and activity online, it’s hard to really measure or track progress against a goal because that goal may be something that’s inherently hard to measure or intangible.

I hope you’ll keep me and the readers here posted about your progress throughout the year!

Thanks again

By: Noel

Noel — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:44:53 +0000

I’ve blogged my resolutions here http://transformedbyyou.blogspot.com/2010/01/resolutions-wont-be-televised.html. For me, it’s trying to understand how we can make better use of those hidden resources we forget about – tangible – like getting more involved in transition towns and – intangible – like making sense of people’s motivations and hopes to get them fired up about working together for the better good.

By: Amy Sample Ward

Amy Sample Ward — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:58:31 +0000

In reply to Scott Anderson, PhD.

Hi Scott-

Thanks for sharing your goals for 2010! I’m very excited both by what you are focusing on as well as the specific example you provided.

I previously have worked with and for private foundations and have found that there is a great deal of emphasis, at least in that community of funders, on collaborations – the process, the tools that support, and so on. I really hope you’ll keep us posted on the project!

Thanks again for sharing.

By: Scott Anderson, PhD

Scott Anderson, PhD — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:37:20 +0000

In 2010, my professional goals are to help nonprofits
1. Become more efficient in using their resources
2. Maintain and enhance opportunities for funding
3. Develop novel collaborations that leverage and attract new services and sources of income.

Recently, one of our clients (my company provides software solutions for health, human, and social service organizations) was awarded a substantial grant from a private foundation. The purpose of the grant is to further enhance how they use our technology to collaborate with more than 60 agencies to provide services (housing and other) for people living with HIV/AIDS. I thought it was very cool that using collaborative technologies can be used to attract private funds, that then result in better technology solutions for collaboration. Fun to be a part of it all!

By: Amy Sample Ward

Amy Sample Ward — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:34:11 +0000

In reply to David Barrie.

Hi David-

Thanks so much for sharing your focus area for 2010 – I really like the quote and think it’s a wonderful idea to explore for myself as well.

I was just reading your blog today and was feeling inspired as well. Where are you located? Maybe we could get together in person!

Thanks again for joining the conversation here and I hope you continue to do so 🙂

By: David Barrie

David Barrie — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:45:05 +0000

My focus for 2010 is to realize this great piece of advice from a PPT published in 2006: “For participation to go mass, the host/cause needs to find ways to plug into micro-communities to motivate them.” http://bit.ly/6wDEqE – Happy New Year! We’ve never met but your work is an inspiration! 🙂

By: Amy Sample Ward

Amy Sample Ward — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:35:54 +0000

In reply to David Wilcox. Thanks, David! Glad to be back, though it was a big overwhelming to dive back in :) So much good stuff to come in 2010!

By: David Wilcox

David Wilcox — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:28:14 +0000

Thanks Amy, great to have you back online and in the UK. Your time off – now on – reminded us again it’s the people that make stuff buzz 🙂

By: Amy Sample Ward

Amy Sample Ward — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:22:09 +0000

In reply to David Wilcox. Thanks for adding this to the conversation, David! I really like the way your focus areas for Social Reporting apply to community building in general. I see a blog post emerging :)