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On My Radar 4/23/09
* New Cell Phone Connection To Cops * Fox Producer Punks MSNBC * Step Toward Human Cloning __________ These are the stories that interest me this morning, along with my take on why I think they matter for nonprofits and community organizations: New software allows emergency victims to connect their cell phone directly to police.…
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On My Radar 4/22/09
* Kerry To Save Newspapers * MySpace Execs Out * U.S. Capitol Police Bad Behavior __________ Here is my take on the stories that interest me this morning, and why I think they may be interesting to nonprofits, foundations, and community organizations: Kerry to save newspapers. Alarmed that his money losing hometown newspaper, The Boston…
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Online Engagement Takes The Same Rules As Offline
Many local organizations are trying hard to engage their publics — whether to become more relevant, to improve a project, or to listen better and so improve overall operations. My good friend and colleague Dave Moore, has written a piece that outlines his “Six steps to Community Engagement and Action.” It’s a great list. As…
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On My Radar 4/21/09
* Foundation Giving To Decline * Obama Signs Natl Service Bill * Health Care Reform Heats Up __________ Here is my take on the stories that interest me this morning, and why I think they may be interesting to nonprofits, foundations, and community organizations: Foundations plan to reduce giving in 2009. In a survey of…
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Nine Tips For Better Meetings
Especially among nonprofits and community organizations, meetings are a plague. They seem to be called at the drop of a hat, they run over time, and all too often the chief result of one meeting is another meeting. But if you focus on the purpose of the meeting, and follow some simple guidelines, meetings can…
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On My Radar 4/20/09
* Kids Addicted To Gaming * Commercial Radio Seeks Donations * Charge: AARP Official Embezzled * URL-shortening Mystery @NYT __________ Here is my take on the stories that interest me this morning: 8.5% of kids are “addicted” to video games. In the first serious study of its kind, researchers adapted a gambling diagnostic survey and…
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Why Domino's Wins: The Case For Leadership
On Monday evening, Domino’s officials became aware of a truly disgusting video circulating on YouTube, evidently made by a pair of employees, that showed one of them making sandwiches for delivery and putting pieces of cheese up his nose and spitting on them. The video was causing an uproar, and observers had pieced together clues…
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How To Promote Your Art In Today's World: Trent Reznor Of Nine Inch Nails Gets It
Here is a great example of what Andrea Jarrell calls asking better questions. Kevin Rose (Digg founder) had set up an interview with Trent Reznor, founder and frontman of Nine Inch Nails. Like the White House’s electronic town hall,the questions are raised and voted on ahead of time by the Digg community. You could see…
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