Originally written in 2015, but never published. This blog (and series) discusses efficient SharePoint site management through the establishment of standards. It emphasizes the importance of creating a standards page to enhance user training, ensure consistency, and simplify maintenance.
Continue readingA Small Non-Profit is typically 100% volunteer run with varying degrees talent to implement, use and sustain technology. To select the optimal degree of technology, would an online trade fair be useful? This question is considered in this draft Event-Idea.
Small Non-Profit (SNP) Technology usage is considered through a functional model. Simple and complex solutions are discussed for each function.
Technology is great but its acquisition and use must not get in the way of a Small Non-Profit’s (SNP) purpose. How mature and the costs of ownership are factors in deciding how much technology can reduce – or increase The Burden of Volunteering.
If a volunteer hour is worth about $50, what is your organization doing to maximize this gift?
Continue readingSmall Non-Profits (SNPs) likely make up the majority of organizations registered under Alberta Societies Act [1]. Based on numbers just released from the Alberta Government, two thirds of these organizations no longer exist [2].
Some thoughts on a book that was garbage – and why that is a good thing. Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash by Elizabeth Royte, Jennifer Aquino, et al. [1]. An excellent survey of the world of trash and the disposal of other unmentionables.
This blog is part of my ongoing effort to remember what I have read. I have tried to write it for your enjoyment, but its primary purpose is, better recall of this worthwhile book.
Continue readingThe Jetsons would have us believe that flying cars and moving sidewalks are just around the corner. It turns out that the Jetsons live in an unhealthy environment in which the citizens would be fat, isolated and unhappy. The book, the Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time, by Jeff Speck [1] gives an alternative, and brighter future.
This blog is part of my ongoing effort to remember what I have read. I have tried to write it for your enjoyment, but its primary purpose is a better recall of this worthwhile book.
In a previous blog, Factoid Bingo was introduced. Think of this blog as sort of an annex. It records details that bog the main blog down. Poke around and use the details noting that it is written primarily as a memory jog for myself.
Factoid Bingo helps a large(ish) group of people introduce themselves to each other. Best played in person, the game shares an interesting fact about a person via a randomized list of Factoids. In the game, each player tries fill the card by finding the owner of the respective facts. Prizes are given for blackouts, lines and to the introverts in the group.
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Organizational Biology 