November 2010
1 post
September 2010
2 posts
“What many people miss about privacy and Facebook is that the company has always...”
– Seth’s Blog: Do you actually care about privacy?
“Write your way out of it.”
– Nikki Giovanni (via amcleod)
June 2010
3 posts
1 tag
“The trigger word “because” is so powerful that it didn’t really seem to matter...”
– The Two Most Important Words in Blogging | Copyblogger
“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and...”
– ~ François-René de Chateaubriand
via Scott Marshall / Throbbing Manhood
The Fredericton Evening Capital : 20 May 1884 →
A large party left Fredericton en route for Kicking Horse Pass in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, accompanied by Willard KITCHEN who was taking the party to work on a contract for constructing about a mile of the Canadian Pacific Railway through solid rock. They will take the steamer at Sarnia for Port Arthur and the rest of the journey will be made by rail. The wages will be from $2 to $3...
April 2010
1 post
“It sounds counter-intuitive. You have to spend time exercising. But, research...”
– ~ Jonathan Fields
Comment on 80 Ways to Steal Valuable Minutes for Your Work Day: Lifestyle: American Express OPEN Forum
March 2010
3 posts
The Seven Needs of Real-Time Curators →
This is Robert Scoble’s take on the topic that’s been making the rounds: “curation” of the masses of information we have thrown at us / available nowadays. The first step is defining curation, of course, and I was intrigued by this line right off the top: “Blogging is curation for Web 1.0.” Read on…
Facebook Changes Social Contract, Yet Again →
Oh, sheesh… so Facebook is changing its not-so-much privacy policies again??? Seems every time you login there, the sharing rules have changed. And always, it seems, in the commercial best interests of Facebook and its advertisers, rather than in the protective best interests of the social network’s users - especially the naive, the careless, and the very young and vulnerable.
Stowe...
"Comfortable is just boredom with good PR" →
The 5.75 Questions You’ve Been Avoiding - by Michael Bungay Stanier
February 2010
7 posts
“[R]esearch shows that multi-tasking is actually detrimental to productivity, and...”
– ~ Lateral Action
To Bee or Not to Bee : The Nature of Things with... →
A world without bees would be unrecognizable…
Missed it? You can watch this great documentary online. (45:05)
Creating More Social Capital →
The current strain on the social sector is real whether you are a small shop run by volunteers or a large multi-million dollar budget organization…or anything in between.
Nonprofit groups that want to survive the downturn should:
Ask for something other than money.
Keep in mind that while donor dollars may be limited, volunteers may offer an embarrassment of riches.
Make sure they’re...
“It all started when Amrit Hallan asked on Twitter: “Wondering what keywords...”
– Tweet Fearlessly, Block Ruthlessly - Michel Fortin
January 2010
40 posts
PDFmyURL.com →
Convert and save PDF from any webpage for free
Sometimes “loads of features” can be too much of a good thing, and all you want/need is a straightforward simple tool that does one thing and does it quickly and easily. This is one of those. Enter the URL of the page you want to save as a PDF, and there you go. Web page is PDF-ified. Moving on. Nice.
“A study found that dogs that watched another dog get a reward for following a...”
– Truly Gifted: An A-Z DIY Holiday Workshop For The Pet On Your Holiday List : Planet Green
Lovely Charts →
If you’re looking for a way to jazz up your organization’s reports, newsletters, web pages and other publications, what about a chart? Not just the usual boxes and arrows with plain-Jane text labels,…
Nonprofit Newsletter: Free Tools to Create and... →
One small nonprofit I work with has chosen to publish its monthly membership newsletter as a magazine-style document in Portable Document Format (PDF), rather than as an email blast. The idea is to…
Learning Tools Directory 2010 →
Non-Profit Toolbox →
Try These Dynamic Digital Storytelling Platforms |... →
Posterous.com: Email Blogging for NonProfits →
Someone was asking about “microblogs” the other day, whether Posterous.com is a platform that small nonprofits should be looking at, and how it might be used by organizations that already maintain a…
Flickr for non-profits - 8 lessons learned →
Association Chat (#assnchat) Blog Launched →
Launched today, Association Chat’s new blog helps association folks to connect with colleagues in the weekly #assnchat Twitter chat, and extends the conversation’s reach from Twitter to the wider…
Online Fundraising Startup Guide - 10 Online... →
Watch“Time Management”
The Last Lecture of Randy Pausch… and additional resources.
How To Tell A Story with Your Data →
BBC News - Online activism gets tactical with new... →
Facebook Bra Color Meme: So, Did It Work? →
Many women (and, apparently, some men) flooded Facebook with unusual status updates over the past two days in a meme calling on “girls” to post the colors of the bras they were wearing, ostensibly to…
Foursquare: 8 Ideas for Nonprofits -... →
13 Must Have Blog Techniques & Tools - The... →
iPhone Apps for Nonprofits and Fundraising →
Principled Innovation Blog » Top Ten 2010... →
Is Your Nonprofit Website Mobile-Friendly? →
Have you noticed there’s one prediction that turns up consistently at the top of every list of “Top 10 Trends for 2010”? Welcome to the decade of the Mobile Internet. Is your nonprofit blog or…
College of Association Marketing: "Data... →
How to Develop an Effective Strategic Fundraising... →
Making the most of your social media monitors →
Social Media Business Council | Disclosure Best... →
125 Ways to Save on Meetings →
Acronym: Innovation with boundaries →
“The one prediction I will venture is that 2010 is the year when those who are...”
– The Times They Have A’ Changed Jeff Cobb : Hedgehog & Fox
The Big What If ... Volunteer programs were set up... →
Spike Jones’ 11 Lessons to ignite a fan... →
Fundraising online is hard. — SocialFish →
Nonprofits Get Free Help with Web Analytics →
No time, no budget, and no skilled resources available for your nonprofit to dive into web analytics and make sense of what the numbers mean for your goals and objectives? The Analysis Exchange wants…
What is it like to work at an association «... →
Is mediocrity really the worst option? →