new media

2010 fundraising outlook: lessons from the Haiti response.

I’m amazed by the generous outpouring by Americans in response to the Haiti earthquake last month. What can nonprofits learn from the Haiti response that will translate into success for the rest of the year? I’d like to take a minute to look at an article by Peter Schoewe about the fundraising outlook for 2010. [...]

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Dramatic increase in media consumption demands adaption from nonprofits.

The velocity of media consumption in our world increases every day. My blog reader proves the point. I subscribe to over 100 blogs and “thumb through” literally thousands of articles and posts each month. You may not read very many blogs, but how many magazines, TV shows, websites, social networks, do you look to each [...]

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How social media democratizes the news

Clay Shirky, professor, speaker and author of the new book Here Comes Everybody, gave a TED Talk last month entitled “How Twitter can make history.” He focuses on Twitter specifically, but it’s clear the general framework of what he talks about is much more about the broad implications of social media. It’s a great presentation [...]

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