Brad Rourke’s Blog
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On My Radar 4/14/09
* UN Diverts US Funds * GM Recalls 1.5M Cars * US To Iran: Nukes OK? * Chicago Library Bans Smelly People * Phil Spector Guilty __________ These are the stories that interest me this morning: The U.N diverted and wasted USAID funds, according to a federal report. The U.N. had received $25M from USAID…
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Chronicle: Follow These People. Me: Too Long.
Andrea Jarrell pointed out an interesting article recently in the Chronicle of Higher Education. It’s a list of ten people to follow on Twitter, but it also includes some interesting discussion of what Twitter is and how you might use it. It’s geared toward academics — people who often live and interact in pages rather…
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On My Radar 4/13/09: Bangkok Riots * Amazon Vs. "Gay" * Nonprofit Bubble * UK Dirty Tricks Campaign * WH to GM: Prep For Bkrptcy
* Bangkok Riots * Amazon Vs. GLBT * Nonprofit Bubble Burst * UK Dirty Tricks Campaign * WH to GM: Prep For Bkrptcy __________ These are the stories that interest me this morning: Mass antigovernment protests in Bagkok are being met with military force. Western governments have warned travelers to stay away from Thailand as…
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On My Radar 4/12/09: Held Capt. Freed * Warren Cancels * CTO for USA, pls. * Skype Out Of eBay? * Endless Election
* Held Capt. Freed * Warren Cancels * CTO for USA, pls. * Skype Out Of eBay? * Endless Election __________ Note: I’ve redesigned my blog top to bottom. Kinks are still being worked out. Feedback welcome, and I hope you enjoy. These are the stories that interest me today: Capt. Richard Phillips has been…
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Nonprofit Challenges: Waste
This is the last of my three-part video series on challenges and pitfalls facing nonprofits and other mission-driven organizations. This segment focuses on the problem of waste: As an independent consultant with no real apparatus to speak of (which is by design), it’s easy to spot expenditures in organizations that simply don’t need to be…
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On My Radar: * What Will Apple Build? * Fiji Pres Disbands Govt * CIA Prisons Closed * D&D Dad RIP * Rove Vs. Biden
* What Will Apple Build? * Fiji Pres Disbands Govt * CIA Prisons Closed * D&D Dad RIP * Rove Vs. Biden __________ These are the stories I am most interested in this morning: A recent very large order of memory chips from Apple has many in the tech world guessing what’s next. AAPL has…
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On My Radar: * What Will Apple Build? * Fiji Pres Disbands Govt * CIA Prisons Closed * D&D Dad RIP * Rove Vs. Biden
* What Will Apple Build? * Fiji Pres Disbands Govt * CIA Prisons Closed * D&D Dad RIP * Rove Vs. Biden __________ These are the stories I am most interested in this morning: A recent very large order of memory chips from Apple has many in the tech world guessing what’s next. AAPL has…
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Nonprofit Challenges: Wanting To Live Forever
I am in the middle of a three-part video series on challenges and pitfalls that nonprofit organizations face. This second challenge is (like all these pitfalls), not unique to nonprofits, but it does afflict many. That is the tendency to begin to confuse the health of the organization with the effective pursuit of the mission.…
