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Celebrating 25 Years of Innovation and Impact: Reflecting on Our Journey

The MatrixFiles

I say “officially” because May 1 is the date on our incorporation papers, but the real date is April 22, when I opened up shop in shared office space in Georgetown, Washington, DC. If you want to read about the first 10 years at Matrix Group, here’s a blog post I wrote back in 2009 ! I’m not someone who looks to the far future, either.

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Great reads from January 12th through January 14th

Amy Sample Ward

The guide features 12 real-life strategies organizations are using right now to succeed during the downturn, in addition to tons of great tactical advice, creative samples and other resources. Nominations and entries can be received until January 21, 2009, so act fast!

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How @GoodwillIntl is Celebrating Labor Day with Twitter Campaign #150jobs AND Measures Success

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Since 2009, we’ve posted a weekly first-person success story and podcast on our My Story blog. An initiative like this also demonstrates how content can have a life beyond the week or two after it’s posted. How has your organization considered extending the shelf life of its content strategy? ” # 150jobs – ow.ly/dm4V4.

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Moving on to my next adventure

Judi Sohn

Do you know anyone who lives in the Washington, DC area and reminds you of me, professionally speaking? On one hand you’re really excited about having the time to pursue your own interests and have an independent life from your child, but on the other hand it’s so hard to let your kid go out in to the cold, mean world.

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Win a copy of Being the Difference: True Stories of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things to Change the World

Have Fun - Do Good

In his address to Congress last night, President Obama said, "But in my life, I have also learned that hope is found in unlikely places; that inspiration often comes not from those with the most power or celebrity, but from the dreams and aspirations of ordinary Americans who are anything but ordinary." ordinary heroes book

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Cause Camp 2017 Speaker Lineup Announcement

NonProfit Hub

Named one of the most influential women in technology by Fast Company and one of BusinessWeek’s “Voices of Innovation for Social Media,” Beth was Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation 2009-2013. Thousands of nonprofits in all 50 states, across Canada, and in more than 30 countries have participated in Kivi’s trainings.

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Wearable Computing: Sussing Out the Frontiers of Nonprofit Technology

Tech Soup

As luck would have it, I got to chatting right away with Ned Malik, CTO of Vision Online , a DC-based company that provides cutting-edge information technology to government. That’s one reason I went to the Wearables DevCon Conference. Ned explained that the wearables are a hot topic now. The conference attracted 1,200 attendees.