[NGO] Putting together a why plone for NGOs list
David Bain
david.bain at alteroo.com
Wed May 31 11:43:18 UTC 2006
Nevermind my PageRank question, did some reading.
http://www.webworkshop.net/pagerank.html
On 5/31/06, David Bain <david.bain at alteroo.com> wrote:
>
> Sorry to be asking an obvious question. Could you clarify what you mean by
> Google PageRank?
> For example in the context of Plone.org how do you measure it to be a
> 9/10?
>
> I usually think of page rank as how high up in search results a site comes
> for a particular phrase. So for the phrase 'plone', plone.org would have a
> very high page rank, but might not do so well for the phrase 'blueberry
> cheesecake'.
>
>
> On 5/31/06, Andrew Burkhalter <andrewb at onenw.org> wrote:
> >
> > We talked a lot about pulling this type of a NGO-centric marketing
> > list together at social events during the recent Seattle Plone
> > bootcamp, so I'm thrilled to see this taking shape.
> >
> > Jon did a good job of throwing out the main things we had discussed,
> > but I wanted to add Google PageRank to the list. In a sector where
> > more-often-than-not, we're working to get new ideas and information
> > out to know people, this is huge! Plone.org is a 9/10 on PageRank
> > (higher is almost unheard of) and the human friendly urls contribute.
> >
> > Since I joined this NGO list mid-thread, what's the intended location
> > for this information. I think maintaining/evolving this list of
> > appealing NGO traits, if it could live on plone.org , would be a good
> > task of this list and contribution back to the community. Thoughts?
> >
> > Cheers!
> > Andrew
> >
> >
> >
> > On May 27, 2006, at 9:29 PM, Jon Stahl wrote:
> >
> > > Absolutely... the PF is one of the key indicators of mature, stable
> > > community. :-)
> > >
> > > best,
> > > jon
> > >
> > > David Bain wrote:
> > >
> > >> My goodness!!
> > >> What can I add?
> > >>
> > >> I think I'd mention the strong and active Foundation (the Plone
> > >> Foundation).
> > >>
> > >> On 5/27/06, *Jon Stahl* < jon at onenw.org <mailto:jon at onenw.org>>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> David Bain wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > I'm putting together a "Why plone for NGOs" list. If you
> > >> have any
> > >> > suggestions please shoot them this way.
> > >>
> > >> Hi David-
> > >>
> > >> Here are some of the reasons that we at ONE/Northwest
> > >> (ourselves an
> > >> environmental NGO) chose to focus our NGO website consulting
> > >> services
> > >> practice on Plone, and why continue to be passionate about it
> > >> after two
> > >> years and over 60 sites launched:
> > >>
> > >> -- Plone is incredibly easy to use for folks who don't know
> > >> HTML. Most
> > >> of our clients are able to successfully maintain and update their
> > >> sites
> > >> after a single 90-minute training. This is huge in the NGO
> > >> world,
> > >> where
> > >> staff turnover can be high and technology skills low.
> > >>
> > >> -- The maturity, stability and general competence of the Plone
> > >> community
> > >> is a huge asset to NGO users, who can't afford to easily jump
> > >> ship
> > >> when
> > >> an open-source community has a big meltdown. Many of the Plone
> > >> developers I've met have a strong social mission in their work
> > >> and
> > >> share
> > >> the broad values of the nonprofit sector: openness, fairness,
> > >> honesty,
> > >> service, sharing, etc.
> > >>
> > >> -- Plone is extensible and highly customizable. Nonprofits are
> > >> just a
> > >> tax status; the NGO sector has a huge range of business
> > >> processes and
> > >> technical requirements. Plone isn't suitable for everything,
> > >> but it's
> > >> flexibility and adaptability is a huge asset to a sprawling,
> > >> diverse
> > >> and vibrant sector.
> > >>
> > >> -- Plone's strong support for web accessbility standards and
> > >> multi-lingual content is extremely important to many NGO
> > >> customers who
> > >> serve diverse populations.
> > >>
> > >> -- While there is always room for improvement, Plone has good
> > >> documentation, and it's getting better fast. It's miles ahead
> > >> of most
> > >> open-source products.
> > >>
> > >> -- Plone has a broad economic base, with customers (and
> > >> resources)
> > >> drawn
> > >> from many sectors. This gives the Plone community access to
> > >> significant
> > >> development, and organizational resources, and again, promotes
> > >> long-term
> > >> stability of the platform.
> > >>
> > >> -- Plone has a strong focus on "playing nice" with other
> > >> technology
> > >> systems, including tools that are of keen interest to the NGO
> > >> sector
> > >> such as DemocracyInAction, GetActive, Salesforce.com
> > >> <http://Salesforce.com>, and others.
> > >>
> > >> Hope this is helpful.
> > >>
> > >> best,
> > >> jon
> > >> ----------
> > >> Jon Stahl
> > >> ONE/Northwest
> > >> www.onenw.org <http://www.onenw.org>
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