John Kenyon - Nonprofit Technology Educator & Strategist

Consider a Gift to CompassPoint

I have long been a fan of CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, their awesome staff and their CEO, Jeanne Bell. I encourage you to consider a gift this holiday season to support this organization and the broad range of services they provide that support San Francisco Bay Area nonprofit organizations.

Their latest appeal explains their impact this year - "(Our) capacity building and leadership work has gone deeper and become more geographically dispersed than ever: from intensive leadership development on our Next Generation Leaders of Colors program to partnering on the Hewlett, Irvine, and Packard foundations’ Community Leadership Project, an initiative to strengthen grassroots organizations that are led by or serve low-income people and communities of color in the Greater Bay Area, Central Coast and San Joaquin Valley."

In addition they are a primary source of training on a variety of topics from technology to financial management.

You can learn more about CompassPoint here and Make a Donation here.

Thanks to CompassPoint for continuing to support the success of nonprofits.

Ten Excellent Practices for Managing a Database

Robert Weiner has published his 10 Best Practices for Managing a Database and I love them.

I especially like the tools he recommends in #6 that scan for sensitive data. I also appreciate that they are applicable to the small and medium sized orgs that I work with the most.

I am fortunate to have Robert as a guest speaker for my NTEN Technology Leadership Webinar Series (coming again in January) and my classes at USF. If you need assitance with choosing, implementing or managing a database, I strongly recommend contacting Robert.

Robert quoted one of my Ten Nonprofit Technology Commandments, which reminds me to republish those!