http://blogdoug.connectingup.org Doug's Blog Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:26:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just helping out my old mate Denis Moriarty from Our Community spread the word about Giving Week.  He says: (1) Watch Julian Morrow’s very funny Giving Week clip Watch the Chaser’s Julian Morrow’s 60-second video clip – not as controversial as some of his stunts but stunning nonetheless – http://www.givenow.com.au/julian_morrow (2) ... http://blogdoug.connectingup.org/?p=207 Josh Goodwin, from our DonorTec technology donation program in Australia www.donortec.com.au, recently asked our nonprofit organisation donation recipients to send in photos that captured what their organisation is about and he made it into a competition called 'A Jpeg's worth a thousand words', for which entries are still pouring in. ... http://blogdoug.connectingup.org/?p=203 Do you have an idea for using government information that you’d love to have but you can’t get now? Would you like to win $5,000 for your favorite nonprofit? Well, all you have to do is come up with a great idea for the nonprofit sector to use government information to ... http://blogdoug.connectingup.org/?p=198 Andrew Denton brought us that ironic song in 1992 to satirise one of the more depressing aspects of our occasional cringe factor as a nation. Having returned from there on my most recent trip, there are many reasons to feel envious of our cousins across the ditch but I'll mention a nonprofit sector one here. While we ... http://blogdoug.connectingup.org/?p=190 There's some potentially great work emanating from the Gov 2.0 Task Force . According to its website: "The Taskforce is made up of policy and technical experts and entrepreneurs from government, business, academia, and cultural institutions. Its work falls into two streams. The first relates to increasing the openness of government through ... http://blogdoug.connectingup.org/?p=187 Well, Senator Conroy has finally unveiled his "Digital Economy Future Direction Paper" and (surprise, surprise) not a single mention of the nonprofit sector in 103 pages. He calls this a ‘roadmap for Australia’s Digital Economy Future’ but for the nonprofit and charity sector it’s simply a dry gulch. In over 100 ... http://blogdoug.connectingup.org/?p=177 Not that they've bothered to tell anyone about it but last year's Senate Committee Inquiry into the Disclosure regimes for charities and not-for-profit organisations has finally received a response from the Government on its recommendations. Well, if you can call a skew-whiff, photocopied table a response. But hold the fanfare. ... http://blogdoug.connectingup.org/?p=169 It's been fascinating watching the various reactions to the launch of All For Good , a nonprofit sector initiative that seems to closely parallel the Obama adminstrations's United We Serve program. It's attracted some very heavy hitters, including Google, Facebook, Craig's List and many more. The intention is that: "All ... http://blogdoug.connectingup.org/?p=167 The Australian Government put its toe into the water of online transparency last week with an interesting development called Gov 2.0 . According to its website, "The Taskforce will advise Government on structural barriers that prevent, and policies to promote, greater information disclosure, digital innovation and online engagement including the division of ... http://blogdoug.connectingup.org/?p=165 Good morning! My name is Doug Jacquier and I am the CEO of Connecting Up Australia. It’s great to be here in Sydney and may I personally welcome all our delegates, speakers and sponsors, especially those who’ve travelled great distances and invested precious time and money to be here. For those ... http://blogdoug.connectingup.org/?p=159