A few weeks ago, I received a link to "NonProfit Social Network Survey" – an effort focused on analyzing how nonprofits are using social media and networking tools to connect with their supporters and raise money. I was intrigued, but had a few additional questions for the researchers from that report. They kindly responded and
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The US Postal service has a special kind of stamp. After raising the postage rates a few times in the relatively short timeframe of a few years, the USPS was getting criticized by people across the country for making their current stamps they had at home obsolete. If you bought your stamps at a time
Continue reading »How To Live Blog (Or Twitter) An Event Effectively
Photo Credit: Josh Hallett (hyku) There are two types of content creators at any event. The ones who are creating content because they want to, and those who are creating content because they have to (often because they have been sent to “cover” the event for a team or organization). For both, the toughest question
Continue reading »8 Marketing Lessons From "The Rescue"
On April 25th, tens of thousands of people across the world “abducted themselves” as part of “The Rescue” in a show of support for the child soldiers that have been recruited over the past 20+ years as part of the conflict in Uganda and neighboring countries. The documentary has spawned several interesting real life advocacy
Continue reading »How To Cost Less Without Lowering Your Price
Do you know how much your product or service costs? Hint: it's not the price you are asking for it. In global warming terms, environmental cost is commonly referred to as a "footprint." Most people understand that an environmental footprint of a product or company isn't just about the manufacturing, but also the process of
Continue reading »When Conversation Doesn't Matter
People who work in social media spend a lot of time talking about conversation. We (I include myself in this category) talk about having a dialogue with customers, about encouraging two way interactions and generally being more open with how business communicates. But does the weary business traveller finally arriving at her hotel after a
Continue reading »5 Provocative Questions In Digital Advocacy From Changemaker ...
On Friday last week I had a chance to attend a "charrette-style" unconference called Changemakers put on by the University of California – Santa Barbara and their Center for Information Technology and Society. The attendees included people from the Sierra Club, MoveOn.org, Deloitte, Stanford, and thinkers like my friend and fellow Zero G buddy Doc
Continue reading »The Personality Project: Women of Personality
There are generally three kinds of ideas. The most popular two are the ones that you act on right away and those that you never do anything about. Those are the majority. Most of us love the third kind. Those are the ideas that are too big or complex or important to do quickly, but
Continue reading »5 Ways TurboTax Is Reinventing Tax Day With Social Media
If you are among the millions of Americans dreading the next few days until April 15th, you are not alone. Tax season is upon us and as every form of media conspires to remind you of the significance of Wednesday, whether you do your own taxes or not, you are likely feeling some pressure. In
Continue reading »Interview: Personal Branding For The Millennial Generation
If there is one thing you can learn from Dan Schawbel, it's how to choose a niche and own it. He's a 20-something social media consultant for EMC as his day job, but over the past several years he has focused his blog and extracurricular work on becoming a personal branding expert for the millennial
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