Hurricane Sandy has crippled the East Coast is this morning's New York Time's headline. But the story is personal for me. I grew up in Atlantic City and my parents still live in the house they've owned for over 50 years. Both elderly, they evacuated, although my father is in the hospital (not storm related) so they are safe, dry, and have power. We have no idea about the damage to the house, but coming through social channels, I found photos of my hometown, including the one above of … [Read more...]
Social Good Brasil Conference
From November 6-8 – 2012 I will be in Florianopolis, Brazil to keynote the Social Good Brazil – The Seminar, which brings together influential minds, social entrepreneurs and innovators, and connecting people from all walks of life to share ideas and actions to make the world a better place using technology, social media and innovative thinking. This will be my first visit to South America and I could not have asked for a more joyous introduction to social good and social media in that … [Read more...]
NTEN Webinar: Social Media Measurement Steps and How To Measure Engagement
Please join KD Paine and I for an NTEN webinar on October 30th at 11:00 am where will share tips, stories, and lots of practical information about how your nonprofit can transform its culture to embrace the data, a powerful simple framework, "The 7 Steps of Measurement," that will help your organization learn how to set measurable goals, come up with the perfect Key Performance Indicator, select the right measurement tools and metrics, and most importantly how to make sense of your data. … [Read more...]
Networked and Hyperconnected: The New Social (and work) Operating System
[slideshare id=14685935&doc=2012-10912-networkedandhyperconnected-ncsl-madisonpdf-121011095932-phpapp01] This is a terrific presentation from Lee Raine from the Pew Internet and American Life Project that looks at the issue being "hyperconnected" or "over connected" to the web, mobile technologies and social media. It is the same title of Raine's recent book. The presentation looks at how younger generations are always connected and are multi-taskers who count on the Internet as their … [Read more...]
Walk in Your Donor's Shoes: Be Your Donor Day – Oct. 24th
I'll never forget the advice that my colleague, Ettore Rossetti Director, Internet Marketing from Save the Children, offered during a panel I moderated at the NTC in 2011 on free agent fundraising He said suggested going out and trying to raise money for your organization through a social network as an individual and learn how easy or hard it is -- and fix those things are getting in the way of building a great relationship with donors and letting them fundraise on your organization's … [Read more...]
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