Mark Rovner recently commented on the state of online philanthropy, and what I found most interesting about his post was that he framed it as an issue of "donor acquisition." This, to me, is the heart of the problem with how nonprofits are approaching -- or not approaching -- social media.
happy birthday beth kanter!
Beth Kanter, nonprofit technology blogger extraordinaire, is celebrating her 51st birthday on January 11!
prithee, more badinage
In honor of the upcoming Jane Austen-fest promised to me by PBS this fortnight...
blogging for the hearts of donors
Shel Israel just posted an interview he did with Dr. Nora Barnes, chancellor professor of marketing and director of the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.
perpetual motion machine
At the end of the day today I spoke for a long time with Rebecca Krause-Hardie, an Arts/Technology blogger with whom I appear to have a great deal in common. It was a free-wheeling conversation, not least, I suspect, because I had ingested very little besides several vats of coffee throughout the course of the day, a circumstance that I fear might have led to some rambling and incoherency on my part.
eight things meme
Ceci n'est pas une pipe
One of the news articles I tagged for re-reading last week was this one from the Wall Street Journal -- it's from August 2007, but was recently tagged by somebody with the nptech tag.
target practice
The year is almost one week old. I've been busy hanging art and making lists, but in the meantime I've been thinking about some of the year-end posts I've read recently about goals for 2008, resolutions, and the like.
video snacking for cultural organizations
The New York Times published an article by Brian Stelter on Saturday about the growing trend of workers watching short videos online during their lunch breaks, either on YouTube, CNN.com, or elsewhere.
good night irene
Today was a busy day!