In January, after the Haiti Earthquake struck, if you were participating on social networks, you couldn't help but notice the many, many Tweets and Facebook status messages about the Haiti Earthquake. The messages included pleas for support or retweeting the news, but beyond that the stream included pleas from people on the ground in Haiti asking for emergency assistance or letting loved ones and friends know they're okay. A new American Red Cross survey shows many web users would turn to … [Read more...]
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Visiting the Smithsonian On Vacation
I'm on vacation this week and next! We're visiting family at the Jersey Shore, but stopping in DC to take the kids to the Smithsonian and other DC highlights. You might see a few blog posts or tweets but don't expect a fast reply via email. Playing tourist in DC, it is interesting to see how much your online digital life impacts your offline life. The Smithsonian is one of the Networked Nonprofits we feature in the book. My kids, who had been introduced to the Smithsonian through the … [Read more...]
America's Giving Challenge 2009 Assessment and Reflection Paper
Allison Fine and I, along with my Zoetica colleague Geoff Livingston have completed the assessment and reflection paper for 2009 America’s Giving Challenge for the Case Foundation. This is Case Foundation's second online competition that encouraged people to leverage their social networks to raise money and awareness and recruit supporters for the causes they care about most. Allison Fine and I wrote the reflection paper for the first challenge. This year we took a more intercative approach … [Read more...]
Nonprofit 2.0 Reflections: Sharing Practices Around Listening and Free Agents
I attend a lot of conferences, but mostly as a keynote speaker, workshop leader, or panelist. I don't often get a chance to listen and learn. That was the gift of attending Nonprofit 2.0 Conference, especially the "unconference sessions" in Washington, DC on Friday. A big thank you conference organizers! We kicked off the conference with an interview style keynote about the Networked Nonprofit, moderated by fabulous Shireen Mitchell (aka digitalsista). The best part is when the audience … [Read more...]
Thank You For Making The Networked Nonprofit Launch A Hit!
It was a special launch day for our book, The Networked Nonprofit, thanks to you! On June 21st, the book was in the top 200 bestsellers on Amazon for the past five hours. During the peak, it was ranked as the #1 nonprofit bestseller, #3 for general industries, #19 in the overall business segment, and #108 overall in America! We really appreciate everyone's contributions to this success. What a send off! We had a lot of fun with the Ustream live stream and Twitter chat where we discussed the … [Read more...]