Alex Steed’s recent connective predictions post got us at Social Ch@nge thinking about the future of technology and civil society. Here’s our predictions for 2009 and beyond, based on some of the trends we’ve been watching at Social Ch@nge this year.
1) Cells will save lives
One of the things you will surely see more of is [...]
Budgets are an inescapable reality of non-profit life, and they’re especially important when everyone’s panicking about economic crisis. Here’s how to make a budget, and start 2009 off panic-free.
What’s a budget for?
Your organization functions on at least two kinds, a budget that covers your organization as a whole, and smaller program or project budgets. If you’re writing [...]
This year’s going to be different! Tackle 2009 head on by putting these five basic resolutions into practice and kiss your non-profit office headaches of 2008 goodbye.
“New Year’s Resolutions” Original Photo by Flickr user Ian Turton, CC Licensed
1) I will back up my computer every two weeks.
Computers crash, even in the new year. Back them up.
2) I [...]
I’m really interested in how people that do not communicate the way I do are embracing and using the web. Using 2.0 tools, they are able to connect with their own community, and with people like me. Want to see what I mean? Check out In My Language on Youtube. When you have a tool [...]
You’d think with the election over, we would shut up about Obama’s internet strategy - but not so much. Because it turns out that an oft-quoted statistic about his campaign isn’t quite right. See, I went around telling everyone that small donors formed the bulk of his campaign contributions. I bragged about [...]
Are you a social media trysumer? A digital dilletante, you are constantly trying out all sorts of social media sites, online networks and forums. You flit from one to the next, finally settling on a few that work for you - for now. You are, rather literally, a social butterfly. You just might be the [...]
In our last post, we wrote about the brilliance of the Obama internet campaign. Apparently, Joe the Plumber is now joining the fray - with an internet fundraising site.
Secure Our Dream is a terrific example of what not to do. Let’s take it apart…
1) Unclear Mission
If you’re going to convince people to give [...]
Google has apparently applied for a series of patents that will enable it to a put a value on how connected you are, within your social network. Akin to the “pagerank” system used by the search giant for valuing the popularity of websites, “friendrank” would help identify individuals who are particularly influential within circles [...]
To promote a new gorilla habitat, the London Zoo came up with a virtual gorilla. You download it to your desktop, then make sure all its needs are taken care of: food, water, etc. In time, the baby gorilla will grow into a mighty silverback. (I’m waiting for a virtual Jane Goodall to [...]
A remote funding developer. They work from home, they take up less support costs and they don’t involve supervisory time - what’s not to love? I worked as a remote funding researcher recently, and while I’m not willing to flat out say it doesn’t work (comments welcome from people doing just fine at this job) [...]
