CMF’s Robert Collier Appointed to Michigan Economic Development Corporation

Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and Governor-elect Rick Snyder, in an unprecedented sign of cooperation between incoming and outgoing administrations, announced that the Michigan Economic Development Corporation — the state’s economic development agency — will be governed in 2011 by a new leadership team that includes appointees of both the incoming and outgoing governors. Among the new appointees is Council of Michigan Foundation’s President & CEO (also a Forum board member) Rob Collier.

Congrats, Rob!

Top Ten Blog Posts of 2010

We launched this here blog back in March and we’ve seen steady growth across 2010. Let’s take a look back at the posts that meant the most to you (at least in terms of visits).

What was popular this year? Technology, people, and the economy.

User Scenarios for KM 2.0

This post was also our most-commented. No surprise there since we needle the Knowledge Management Partners pretty hard to give us feedback. Who will be using the new Drupal-based CMS we’re designing? This post lays out some possible profiles.

10 Questions or Less for Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz

Who doesn’t love Buffy? The Forum network’s resident social media maven, she’s always ready to share a resource or get us thinking about the next big thing.

Happy Holidays!

The blog will be shutting down for the next week, but we’ll be back in time for the new year. In the meantime…

Image by Andrew* on Flickr. Used under Creative Commons.

Jumo as Dashboard

I have to admit, like most others in the nonprofit tech community, I’ve been disappointed by Jumo‘s debut. I won’t reiterate the litany of complaints (you can read some of the most well wrought ones in this post by Amy Sample Ward here; don’t forget the smart comments on that thread, too), but I will say that it would be nearly impossible for Jumo to live up to the expectations that many brought to the new platform.

Expectations is exactly what I want to talk about today. Jumo says it is “a social network connecting individuals and organizations who want to change the world.” It’s been called Yelp for nonprofits. With its Facebook pedigree (and mandatory integration),  we in the nonprofit community had high hopes. A social network for nonprofits and world-changers? Sign me up.