YouTube is an inexpensive way to leverage the power of video to reach your audience. Not sure where to start? If you are new to YouTube, watch this video to learn some of the basics. If your nonprofit is already using YouTube, send us a note and we will post your video to Blue Trolley Press.

Twitter Jump Start is a fantastic tool for nonprofits that have been wondering what all that “twitter stuff” is all about. John Haydon, of Corporatedollar.org, lays out a simple to follow plan for setting up your account, customizing your profile, and conducting a campaign.

Policymakers, journalists, nonprofit practitioners and activists rely on nonprofit research to do their jobs. Are you giving them what they need? To generate the biggest impact from the knowledge shared, your research report should be engaging to the various audiences it will touch, and not simply to a narrow group of analysts or academics. Today, a very wide range of readers engages with nonprofit research, not only because of a growing desire to learn and educate about causes individuals support, but also because Web 2.0 and initiatives like IssueLab have …

We’ve added a new feature to BTP that will really help save you time. Our Free Downloads page is a collection of free applications and white papers that we believe will keep you informed make you more efficient. We will be adding to it regularly and welcome your suggestions. 

Blog World Expo 2009 will take place in Las Vegas October 15-17. On the 15th, the Social Media Business Summit will take place.  We had hoped to give you the speaker lineup before the early bird registration deadline, but as yet they haven’t released it. I know that’s been frustrating for some of you that were waiting for the schedule to make the decision on whether you would go.