The world of nonprofit blogs is small, but growing. I thought I'd point you in the direction of a few I check regularly: hopefully they'll provide a good jump-off point for discovering many more. These few are all US-based - our transatlantic cousins are ahead of us in the use of this technology.

First up is Getting Attention. Nancy E Schwartz updates very regularly with great content. Recent gems include tips on starting online conversations, using your enewsletters to best effect, and she has a whole category on blogging in case you're still wondering why you should care.

The Nonprofit Blog Exchange is a great resource for links to other nonprofit blogs: just scroll down and look at the huge list under the heading 'Blogroll'.

Kiri Leroux at NonProfit Communications is always interesting, and currently has a post up on things you can do to make your website more user-friendly - without having to redesign the whole thing.

Kiri has also been linking a lot recently to the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. Let me explain: A 'carnival' happens where a host collates a number of posts, from various blogs, on a given topic. The host creates a single post on his or her own site, linking to all the posts (or the best, depending on numbers participating) submitted on the subject. It's a very cool way of discovering lots of new, relevant sites. The Donor Power Blog is hosting next week's carnival and it's an open topic - so if you're blogging on the subject of nonprofit fundraising you need to get your entry in, tout de suite! Help! I think that means me!

In the next week or so I'll be searching out UK-based nonprofit blogs - give us your recommendations, regardless of geography, and we'll see if we can build our own list of blogs that deserve our attention.

Anna Crofton