The Internet allows us a glimpse at an ever-expanding world, and as Michael Pollan precociously noted in his 2002 Botany of Desire, might actually be a viable industry some day :-). Its pervasiveness into our everyday lives makes a good ol’ fashioned glimpse out the window seem like a whole new revelation.
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Posts Tagged as ‘Web 2.0’
November 2, 2009
Leaf Peeping
September 24, 2009
Making Web 2.0 Work
Web 2.0 tools present a vast array of opportunities—for companies that know how to use them.
Here’s an article that speaks to the corporate manager about how to make these new technologies work. A few of my rephrasings of their critical factors to success:
1. The new bottom-up culture needs support and participation from leadership. [...]
August 5, 2009
Volunteer Time Equals Computer Use
While this interactive graphic from the New York Times has many fascinating aspects, one of the most thought-provoking for me is the trendline for volunteering.
According to the NYT, Americans spend about an hour a week on volunteer activities, including tutoring, coaching teams, working in a soup kitchen, ushering at church and handing out political fliers. [...]
July 22, 2009
Book Review: slide:ology
slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations
By Nancy Duarte
WOW! An amazing overview of graphics and editing for anyone who puts together PowerPoints or any other presentation materials–worth a good overview.
Top Four Tips
1. “If you want to be a great presenter, you must think like a designer.”
2. Follow the 10:20:30 Principle–no more [...]
May 23, 2009
Facebook Ads for Fun (not Profit)
A month or so ago, a volunteer Facebook Page admin & I decided to play around with some Facebook ads for our Page. He had done the research on the ins-and-outs of successful ads, and since the cost was mere change, we decided to spend $25 in the name of experimentation.
We used GoogleDocs to [...]
May 20, 2009
Top 5 Roles for Virtual Volunteers
Wondering what virtual volunteers can do for you?
First, you need to put your creative thinking hat on. It’s about breaking the traditional volunteer position into much smaller pieces. For me, Carter McNamara has long been a go-to resource regarding non-profit management. It’s no different for volunteers, where he’s updated his list of [...]
May 15, 2009
A new verb: Wolfram (or Alpha?)
This is a little outside of my usual ‘Web 2.0 for non-profits’ post, but as alerted this morning by the Fischbowl–and I love that a high school teacher is not only on the cutting edge for his students, but also keeps me posted!!,
THERE’S A NEW SEARCH ENGINE
Wolfram Alpha
Watch this. If you like data, or [...]
January 9, 2009
Segmenting Facebook
Think about new media users as one of three types: Influencers, Advocates & Enthusiasts–do you have a strategy to reach each of these??
Good heavens, no! We all hardly know about this stuff, let alone have THREE separate strategies to reach a market on JUST ONE TOOL!
These guys recommend we get a segmented strategy:
Article from [...]
January 6, 2009
Social Media for Social Good
I’m starting out the new year right, recapping Convio’s webinar on new media for nonprofits. Emily Riley of Forrester Research and Beth Kanter of Beth’s Blog discuss the vast spread of knowledge via the web and its new tools.
* It’s not just for youth! Soon, they too will have less time to spend [...]
