Brad Rourke

Brad Rourke’s Blog

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • Why You Need A Link Sharing Strategy

    You need a strategy to get this link-sharing to happen in order to spread your messages. There appears to be a sea change beginning (especially if you add in demographic analyses), where people rely more and more on information coming to them from trusted connections — not because they read it in a newspaper.

  • 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…