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What your Association can Learn from a 2003 Technology Forecast

Virtual

It inspired me to look up an article to see what we thought the future held back in 2003. I found a great one on CNN/Money - What’s Hot for 2003 As usual, the tech life is getting better, faster, cheaper–and more confusing. . Technology Association Board' It’s a reminder of how quickly the market can change.

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What fundraisers Need To Know About Next Era of Digital Technology

Beth Kanter

Are these aspects of the DNA from 2003 still the same? I keep coming back to a decade old quote from Clay Shirky, “When the technology becomes boring, it becomes socially interesting.” We need to get to that point of more adoption. I spoke about how the technology is evolving and future implications. Fundraiser DNA.

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6-Year Online Giving Study Helps Nonprofits to Fundraise More Effectively

Wild Apricot

Network for Good and TrueSense Marketing have just released a landmark study of “the online giving experience” between 2003 and 2009. The Online Giving Study looks at $381 million in donations made to 66,470 different nonprofits through the nonprofits’ websites, donation portals and social networks. read more ).

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The Long Road to Standards Adoption

Virtual

With its much-anticipated announcement this week, Apple became the latest and the last of the leading smartphone vendors to adopt Near Field Communication or NFC technology. The company announced NFC will be in its forthcoming iPhone 6 models and will become the enabling technology for a new mobile payment ecosystem called Apple Pay.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Leadership Limerick: Time for.

Idea Architects

As Harvard economist Ed Glaeser notes, "Communications technology and face-to-face interactions are complements like salt and pepper rather than substitutes like butter and margarine.” Labels: conferences , leadership limerick , meetings , technology. Oct 2003 (1). Sep 2003 (2). Aug 2003 (1). May 2003 (2).

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6 Simple Ways to Facilitate Conference Connections

Idea Architects

Simple technologies allow us to more easily find, connect with, and tap into the brain trust of a much larger group of individuals than before. Oct 2003 (1). Sep 2003 (2). Aug 2003 (1). May 2003 (2). Apr 2003 (1). Mar 2003 (1). Feb 2003 (3). Jan 2003 (2). What’s on your iPod?

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Five Lessons from the Road

Idea Architects

Use of any new technology should be considered in light of the character of the relationship an organization (or individual) wants to have with their members, customers, and stakeholders and how to reflect that and their core values and personality in doing so with the new technology. Oct 2003 (1). Sep 2003 (2).