Remember the moment when Facebook went from the exclusive realm of your cool friends, to something that your grandma was on? That same moment just happened on Twitter…and not just to me. How can I tell that Twitter has hit the tipping point?
Well, first, check out the latest series of Doonesbury strips. It’s funny because [...]
Hey, does this sound like your non-profit job description?
“…Creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for clients, partners, and society at large.”*
Surprise: the secret word for your job is marketing. Why is it a secret? When you work as a fundraiser, “marketing” is a bit of a dirty word – it sounds corporate, [...]
The internet is a joy forever, but sometimes it’s not actually helpful to your workflow. Ever worked eight solid hours and then wondered where the time went? Find yourself falling down a rabbit hole of possibly useful websites? Not getting anything from your Facebook breaks?
You clearly need to enjoy the benefits of going analog. Here [...]
Whether it’s blogging, communicating with donors, or trying to lure Facebook users to a cause, your writing skills have never been more important. On Twitter, your masterful haiku skills might come in handy – but beyond that, what does it mean to write in the age of distraction? Thankfully, Cory Doctorow comes to the rescue. [...]
Right now, there are an estimated 300,000 children around the world who have been forced to take up weapons – many as young as 6 years old.
Since 1998, War Child Canada has been working to educate and mobilize Canadians on this issue. War Child is known for to creating innovative and unconventional outreach strategies, [...]
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 [...]
The latest version of Google’s SketchUp software was released yesterday. Aside from having a cute name, the software has some great potential use in your non-profit toolbox.
For those that haven’t played with it, SketchUp is a three dimensional modeling program. That means you can create little virtual models of practically anything: a house, a train, [...]
Yesterday morning, 1.2 million people in 6 major US cities read a morning edition of the New York Times that was a little…different. The Times was dated July 4, 2009, and announced that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had ended; global warming was fixed; and the economy was on the upswing. Good news! Or [...]
Cartoons are such potent generators of social change, and so under fire in terms of media freedom, that Cartooning For Peace has become a regular side event to the United Nations World Press Freedom day.
This group started in response to the Jyllands-Posten Mohammed Controversy, when a Danish newspaper printed 12 cartoons that were intended 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) [...]
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