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Hype vs. Reality: What digital channels are the most effective in 2010?

Care2

Here is the evidence from one global campaign in 2010 to demonstrate how different digital channels compared. A common strategy is to recruit and mobilise large number of people to put public pressure on a person, government of company. I hear the questions every week: "Should we start with Facebook or email?" The Case: 1GOAL Campaign.

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Nonprofit Technology Down Under

NTEN

> Scholarship Application Closed on December 17, 2010. Winners will be announced by December 31, 2010. > Scholarship Application Closed on December 17, 2010. Winners will be announced by December 31, 2010.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Charity and government support remain crucial but are insufficient to address the magnitude of the task at hand. Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer.

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Towards Global Access for the Print Disabled

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. Counterproposals have been made, governments have been engaging with rights holders, consumers and NGOs (or not!)

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Connect2Compete: The Biggest Digital Inclusion Project in the U.S.

Tech Soup

Department of Commerce (NTIA) stimulus grants in 2008 and 2009 and so it has had no government funding and has been struggling to successfully get off the ground. The site also has a zip code search function to find classes close by. One thing hobbling the project has been that it took place well after the flurry of U.S.

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Nonprofit? Really, is that the best name we can come up with?

ASU Lodestar Center

This is a big deal because the federal government confers some nice benefits on the ones with a public mission. Our 2010 Compensation & Benefits Report will give you the clear picture you need to understand the AZ sector. We should stop a minute and notice a big division in the sector that makes proper naming difficult. Bronze medal.

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Share Your Green Tech Story and Win a Laptop or Tablet!

Tech Soup

Both laptops come preloaded with Microsoft Office 2010, a Windows operating system, and Microsoft Security Essentials. Dispute Resolution/Governing Law/Waiver of Jury Trial. Dell Core Windows 7 Laptop from InterConnection. HP EliteBook 8440p Core i5 Windows 7 Laptop from PCRR. iPad 2 from CDI.

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