Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Speakers came from Stephenson Strategies, DC government, NPR, and the Sunlight Foundation. The District adopted consumer technologies for use in the public sector to make the District’s public information more accessible. The speakers wasted no time discussing the values and benefits when opening up the flow of information.

District of Columbia 52

District of Columbia Management API DC 52

NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

This shift started fifteen years ago with the widespread adoption of the World Wide Web. But [data] are also creating a host of new problems. In a digital age, these methods have been revolutionized, fundamentally altering the landscape in which data become information.

Data 91

Data New York Government Digital 91

Care2

JUNE 13, 2009

So Im surprised by the reversal in adoption by boomers. In less than 10 days, I was able to recruit 20 hosts from my 500+ "friends," many of which I had never met, and asked them to get 10 of their friends to come to a live event at my home in Suburban Washington, DC. For me it was no problem.

Facebook 50

Facebook Social Media Advocacy Online 50

Forum One

MAY 29, 2005

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

Influence 52

Influence Social Media Internet Web 52

Judi Sohn

JULY 9, 2009

I’m sitting here on the train to DC, skimming the 1,000 or so posts and analysis about Google Chrome OS. Because it will not gain mainstream adoption. For example, I blogged about a problem with Gmail rendering back on June 19th. Was it a known problem? No way to find out. Most of the time, that’s good enough.

Google 100

Google Adwords Doc gMail 100

Classy

AUGUST 23, 2021

In this example, Capital Area Food Bank uses powerful statistics to clearly define the problem they’re addressing in their campaign and highlight the harsh reality of rising food insecurity in the DC Metropolitan area. . Most importantly, adopt mobile-responsive fundraising software. Increase font and donation button sizes.

National 71

National Raise Headline Campaign 71

Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2014

Advice from Alan Royal about what you can expect to get out of a training event is ringing in my ears as I sit down to write about my four days at the Nonprofit Technology Conference, in Washington DC , March 13-15, 2014.As Can we please get away from describing things as problem this and problem that?

NTC 36

NTC New Zealand Netsquared DC 36

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Shortly after the Colorectal Cancer Coalition was incorporated as an organization in March 2005 we hired an admin, bought her a laptop and gave her a desk in a tiny single room office sublet from another organization in Washington, DC. Focus on solving problems, not adapting to solutions. Instead, I solve a problem one step at a time.

Lesson 96

Lesson Cancer Learning PDF 96

NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Shortly after the Colorectal Cancer Coalition was incorporated as an organization in March 2005 we hired an admin, bought her a laptop and gave her a desk in a tiny single room office sublet from another organization in Washington, DC. Focus on solving problems, not adapting to solutions. Instead, I solve a problem one step at a time.

Lesson 96

Lesson Cancer Learning PDF 96

Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 16, 2007

A lot of what we're doing is equally applicable anywhere else, and easy to adopt and take pieces from, just ones that will apply to any other co-working space. Because other people are invested in this problem as well. Even if they don't have local certification, they can take ideas from what we're doing.

Green 40

Green Interview San Francisco Environment 40

Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

22 Nationwide, Uber adopted a complex new “full fare” algorithm in 2021 that many drivers claim makes it increasingly difficult to track rider fares or understand what they will earn on a given ride. Compounding the normal difficulties of raising capital, platform cooperatives face additional problem of larger start-up costs.

Platform 140

Platform Technology United States New York 140

Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 1, 2006

Before I left for Peru, I did an interview for the Big Vision Podcast with Jonah Sachs, the Principal of Free Range Studios , an advertising and marketing firm with offices in Washington DC and Berkeley, California that specializes in non-profits and socially responsible businesses.

Storytelling 40

Storytelling Causes Interview Free 40