about beth dunn

What’s It All About?

Small Dots is where I (Beth Dunn) explore the current and emerging state of nonprofit technology, with an emphasis on artists and arts and cultural organizations. If you’re interested in the nonprofit world’s use of social network sites, blogs, wikis, photosharing, podcasting, screencasting, constituent relationship management, and other things that keep me up nights, it’s likely you’ll find something of interest here.

Why Should I Care?

Chances are, you’re in the trenches of nonprofit technology. You need to stay informed and make decisions about these things, and the landscape keeps shifting and you are seriously overworked as it is. Who’s got the time to read all those blog posts and summaries and twitters and tag feeds, and then figure out what’s signal and what’s noise? And who can tell you what’s actually going to help you do your job?

Well, I can try.

Who the Heck Are You?

I’m Beth Dunn, and I’m in the trenches too. I’m the Communications Director for a regional arts organization in the (roughly) Boston area, and I have to sort through all this dross and make decisions for my organization, too. I think best when I blog, which is why I started Small Dots.

I’ve been in communications since 1997, nonprofit communications since 2004, and I’ve been blogging since about 2003. I’m a darn good public speaker, an enthusiastic baseball fan (but not for the team you would expect), and an ex-professional chef. I also used to run a nightclub, which is where I learned most of what I know about promotions and marketing.

The rest, I learned from blogging.

You can drop me a line if you’d like. Or if you prefer, give me a call at 508-367-5019.