"If it takes a village to raise a child, what does it take to raise a village?" Hal Roark, Executive Director for the Broadmoor Development Corporation.

During today's lunch at NTC New Orleans, I had the pleasure of sitting with Hal. Hal's organization is one of the many fine organizations that are working to help rebuild the region after Hurricane Katrina - to raise a village. While many of the challenges these nonprofits face are unique, there are certain best practices that these organizations can leverage to better use the Internet to aid in the fulfillment of their respective missions. According to Hal sometimes it is not a technology question, it is simply having someone help them by sharing the 8-10 steps needed to be more successful with an online campaign or to increase Web site conversion rates, etc. 

That is truly the vision behind Convio's Connection Cafe. And, while we would never claim to have every answer, we think that the talent and experience of our client community, Fusion Partners and staff, combined with people who write the blogs we link to (an hundreds more) and the comments and feedback you, the visitors to Connection Cafe provide, can make this spot a great resource for connecting people, ideas and technology.

Join us in the discussion, provide your feedback and comments and check out our online profile . People like Hal are counting on us. As Hal told me:

"The more all of us in the nonprofit sector learn and share, the better off we will all be."