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The Information Diet: Not Just A Book, A Movement For Conscious Consumption of Information

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I love the chapter on “The Symptoms of Information Obesity” where he shares a persona based on his wife, Rosalyn Lemieux , that illustrates how too much information can warp our sense of time and other ways it can be toxic to our lives. His methods make use of some of the online software that helps you keep track of time.

Literacy 110
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Crowdsourcing: Measuring the Impact of the Crowd in Funding and Doing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It was good opportunity for me to look back at the crowdsourcing chapter in our book, The Networked Nonprofit , and update the examples and thinking. The presentation was followed by a discussion about how one might evaluate efforts to engage crowds. Think Yelp , eBay , or Amazon. A Crowd-Curated Exhibition.”

Measure 96
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[VIDEO] Emerging Trends in Nonprofit Social Media Marketing

Bloomerang

You don’t have to have any photography experience, any videography experience because I don’t and I made a 360 video and it was really pretty cool. If it’s out of line, you’re the expert, and this is just a collection of techniques and best practices that you can select from. Isn’t that so cool?