Technology & Design
Internet Exchange Rates
New media broadened exposure, but greater passivity reduced the currency unit of each view. How do we understand those units?
Tag: Social Media
Innovations in online social networks that solve global problems
Nonprofits
Five New Nonprofit Voices to Follow
Five new, young blog voices from the nonprofit sector.
Technology & Design
Redefining Marketing and Media
Changes in social media and how it alters marketing and fundraising:
Fundraising
Social Media Fundraising: Power of Individuals
Organizations should recognize the need for being “real” online and can honor that by being proactive in online relationships.
Social Innovations
Twitter Diplomacy
Marcia Stepanek reports back on the Alliance for Youth Movements conference and the power of social media in modern politics.
Technology & Design
What’s Next: Keeping an Eye on Parks
ParkScan, an interactive Web tool, enages residents as park monitors.
Philanthropy
What’s Next: A Kickstarter for Creative Types
Artists, musicians, writers, and other creative types are asking the public to underwrite their dreams via an online fundraising platform.
Podcast
Collaboration
Heather McLeod Grant - Social Change With a Networked Mindset
Navigating social networks could well be the ultimate nonprofit management tactic. In this audio lecture recorded at the Nonprofit Management Institute, Heather McLeod Grant discusses how individuals and organizations are using networked approaches to promote social change efforts. She focuses on the work of the Monitor Institute, in particular, and offers tips on how to use social networks effectively.
Podcast
Nonprofits & NGOs
Jeff Patrick - Social Networking for Nonprofits
MySpace, Flicker, YouTube, and Facebook are big brands and major movers in the commercial, social networking world. In this audio lecture recorded at the 2008 Nonprofit Management Institute, an event convened by the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Jeff Patrick of Common Knowledge shares how nonprofits can use such tools—and customize their own—to capture constituencies and raise funds. He further shows where social networking is headed so that nonprofits can begin to incorporate it into their long-term horizons.