January 2011
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Global Libraries - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation →
james3neal:
Global Libraries - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: http://bit.ly/gD4B0v â thelibrarynews (thelibrarynews) http://twitter.com/thelibrarynews/status/31931016755019776
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Daily Video - The Future of communication →
visualoop:
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“When someone demands to know how we’re going to replace newspapers, they are...”
– Clay Shirky (via dominickbrady)
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““To be clear how I judge a site, I think a good home page should have the...”
– Extreme Website Makeover: From Ick to Slick! | Network for Good Learning Center - Learn how to raise money online for your nonprofit (via thenpotumble)
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Realizing Your Worth: Social Media: An essential... →
realizedworth:
If you ‘tweet’ you probably volunteer. This new report demonstrates the importance of utilizing social media to engage volunteers. This applies to Employee Volunteering programs as well as Nonprofits.
Amplify’d from pewinternet.org
The Social Side of the Internet
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Watchedcelis:
You mean I’m not a journalist? Journalism.org study reveals most twit/ blog info come from old-school media! Lol! [vid] http://bit.ly/h1CeDo
(we recommend watching it in full screen)
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Think QR stands for Quality Relax? This might...
nimbyist:
QR codes for nonprofits getting a lot of attention this week - this informative post by @TheDMailMan ► http://ow.ly/3Kz0P (via @JohnLepp)
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How words get the message across →
infoneer-pulse:
Longer words tend to carry more information, according to research by a team of cognitive scientists.
It’s a suggestion that might sound intuitively obvious, until you start to think about it. Why, then, the difference in length between ‘now’ and ‘immediately’? For many years, linguists have tended to believe that the length of a word was associated with how often it was used,...
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KCET's prime-time ratings slip 38% in first three... →
“Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and...”
– From the full text of President Obama’s 2011 State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery and released by the White House press office. (via newshour)
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Webinar tomorrow on empowering communities during... →
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We'll watch this State of the Union. →
The New Social Sector: How to come up with a tag... →
sarahmollet:
Rather than sitting in a room with your (possibly burned-out) staff and hoping for the best, turn your tag line search into a donor/volunteer cultivation opportunity.
Gather a group of your stakeholders (clients, board members, volunteers, community leaders and some select staff) and complete…
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If you could make a documentary about anything,... →
10 steps to creating a killer ‘call to action’ on... →
You might have a great design, compelling content, and lots of visitors to your site. But what’s it worth if no one does anything on the page?
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What's for lunch today? Bring your brown bag to... →
Webinar today on responding in a crisis, starting... →
FCC Approves NBC-Comcast Deal, Lone FCC Member... →
cheatsheet:
The Federal Communications Commission approved the deal by a 4-to-1 vote, overriding the objections of one member who worries the venture will centralize too much power in a single company. Who’s that one member? Democratic Commissioner Michael J. Copps, a key FCC proponent of net neutrality.
WatchWho doesn’t like TED? Here’s a great video on interaction through communication and (although briefly) the importance of people.
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Rethinking Public Media? →
The Knight Foundation report, “Rethinking Public Media:More Local, More Inclusive,More Interactive” provides a detailed prescription of reform strategies to enhances public media’s relevance in today’s media culture.
The page includes a link to read the report online or download as a PDF.