Brad Rourke

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  • Explained: Why You Tweet So Much

    Someone unfollowed me on Twitter the other day. You don’t get a note or anything when that happens; I just happened to notice. It doesn’t bother me, but sometimes I like to know why. My guess is that they were seeing too much volume in my updates, and it was overwhelming their Stream. Fair enough.…

  • On My Radar 4/29/09: Test Scores Up Since NCLB

    Dear friend: if you enjoy my work or find it useful, please consider sharing it with others, through Twitter or Facebook or Digg or . . . you get the picture. When people share, it lets me know I should continue. It is the sincerest form of encouragement. * Test Scores Up Since NCLB *…

  • What We Can Learn From The White House's Missed Opportunity

    By now you’ve heard about the Air Force One flyover in New York City that has turned into a PR train wreck for the White House. Those of us in the nonprofit and philanthropy worlds can learn from it. What Happened Someone wanted to get a money shot of the President’s office-in-the-air near the Statue…

  • On My Radar 4/28/09: News Circulation Steep Drop

    * Newspaper Circs Drop * Music Bigs Settle With Family For $7K * Big Corps Need Cash * Verizon Doing Well __________ Here are the stories that interest me this morning, along with why I think they may be interesting or useful to nonprofit, philanthropy, or community-based organization leaders: Newspaper circulation continues its slide. Among…

  • How To Dice An Onion

    I know normally this space is devoted to discussions about issues that affect nonprofits, philanthropy, and community-based organizations. But I like to change things up once and a while so I made this video that shows my favorite, sure-fire, simple way to dice an onion. Watch: Before I learned this, I always was unsure just…

  • On My Radar 4/27/09: GOP Culture War

    * GOP Culture War * New Political Online Source * Spacey To Play Abramoff __________ These are the stories that interest me this morning, along with my take on why they might be interesting to nonprofits and community-based organizations: Republican culture war brewing. While the Beltway GOP leaders have a “consensus” that it’s time to…

  • Job Seekers: Ways To Use Social Media

    I wrote recently about how organizations can use people’s social media feetprints to find talent. There’s also been lots written about how careful people need to be with what they post in the social media sphere lest they inadvertently make themselves unemployable. But I think if you’re looking for a job and you’re not using…

  • On My Radar 4/24/09

    * Web-Only News Site Stumbles * Mystery Donor Mystifies * Times Fdn Suspends Gifts * Youth Volunteering Less __________ Here are the stories that interest me this morning, along with my take on why they might be of interest to nonprofits and community organizations: Rocky Mountain News web-only news site stumbles. INDenver Times, an online-only…

  • Why Be In Social Media?

    Any new trend generates jargon. It’s necessary in order for people to talk about the ideas embedded in the trend. Pretty soon, the people who follow the trend use so much jargon it loses its meaning. We’re about at that point with this thing people are calling “social media.” Amber Naslund suggests a good thought…