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Resources and News for NonprofitsFinding Your Focus
Two articles on time management and the ability to focus recently caught our interest. While Tony Schwartz’s blog post in Harvard Business Review and Melinda Beck’s article in the Wall Street Journal center on an individual’s ability to focus, there are lessons that...
Writing for Change
With the advent of our modern day web 2.0 world of blogs, social media, and constant updates, there seems to be a lot of place for criticism with little advice on action. It’s just easy - point out a problem that people should be aware of. But what about making...
DIY cardboard arcade goes viral
We could point out how the use of social media (Facebook events & pages) plus online video (Vimeo) has catapulted this story to viral status, but that would almost ruin the point of the entire project. So instead, please enjoy this amazing story of a 9-year-old...
YouTube & Nonprofits
YouTube is the third most visited site in the world. It has 4 billion videos viewed every day (up 3 billion from May 2011). One hour of video is uploaded to YouTube every minute. Sound too good to be true? Check it out: http://www.onehourpersecond.com/. And despite...
The Shower Principle
In a recent episode of 30 Rock, the character Jack Donnagy (played by Alec Baldwin) references the Shower Principle (which is not a real thing…yet). He defines this principle as the moments of inspiration that occurs when your brain is distracted with the problems at...
Social Media Today
While digging through our Twitter feeds this morning, came across this gem of an info graphic on the state of Social Media today. While a lot of it pertains to personal use & brand efforts at the Fortune 100 level, it is a good overview on attitudes and use cases...
Social Media Code of Conduct
It’s a big, bad world out there in Social Media land, and the corporate & non-profit worlds have taken notice. Posting opinions counter to company policy, writing misleading personal blog entries, or sharing compromising pictures have all landed employees and...
#FF & Outdated Social Media Strategy
Social Media has moved beyond that status of buzzword into a full on business titan. With Yelp’s public offering today, and Facebook’s looming around the corner, the idea of Social Media being simply a passing fad is extremely antiquated. Unfortunately, so is most of...
The Oscars & Engagement
The Academy Awards ceremony that took place this past Sunday night is now two days behind us and a world away in terms of these ever immediate, social media dominated times. Reviews have been posted, opinions shared, controversies discussed. But as this year’s...