Archive for July, 2010

One more week of #floodofsupport

July 27, 2010
One more week of #floodofsupport

TweetWe have a little less than a week to go for my little crowdfunding experiment #floodofsupport. I have been learning some good lessons already, which–beside doing a good deed–was the point. Right now, unfortunately, I’m still ways away from the $1,000 goal. The project started out well, but has been stagnant for the last...
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Notes from the #acso2010 conference

July 26, 2010

TweetI just returned from San Francisco, where I presented in a seminar on social media at the annual conference of the Association of California Symphony Orchestras. I was invited by seminar moderator Oliver Theil, public relations director at the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. My co-presenter was–and I still get goose bumps saying this–the venerable...
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1,000 followers on Twitter: from slacktivism to activism (#floodofsupport)

July 14, 2010
1,000 followers on Twitter: from slacktivism to activism (#floodofsupport)

TweetWe all know that Nashville got hit with a terrible flood a few months ago. This terrible flood didn’t spare the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO). The orchestra’s damages were approximately $42 million and after insurance and support from FEMA, the remaining financial gap could be as much as $10 million. A flood is no...
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A review of The Networked Nonprofit

July 13, 2010

TweetI’ve been an avid fan of Beth Kanter’s blog for the past few years. It might come as no surprise that I pre-ordered her, and co-author Allison Fine’s, book The Networked Nonprofit. And if you’re a reader of their blogs, it might also come as no surprise that the book fully lived up to...
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