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Blog Post: Is Corporate Citizenship a Dying Concept? 24 Aug 2013 | 02:30 am
The news website, Truthdig.com, recently ran a piece by William Pfaff that makes the assumption that American corporations no longer have any citizen-like obligations to the American nation. It circul...
Blog Post: Why Kansas City Has a Shot at Bridging the Digital Divide 23 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm
I had the opportunity to participate in the launch of the new Kansas City Digital Inclusion Fund. It addresses the thorny problem of bringing the 25 percent or so of people in the city who are still n...
Forum Post: Valencia, Spain government switches to open source software (LibreOffice) 23 Aug 2013 | 03:29 am
Valencia region government completes switch to LibreOffice "The administration of the Spanish autonomous region of Valencia has completed its switch to LibreOffice, a free and open source suite of of...
Forum Post: I need your (not so stinking) badges 22 Aug 2013 | 11:13 pm
Some organizations give out online badges when an online user reaches a certain level of usage, reaches a certain milestone, proves a set of skills or knowledge via an online quiz, etc. For instance,...
Forum Post: Re: What website builders are nonprofits using or not and why? 22 Aug 2013 | 05:15 pm
I love Artisteer, BUT it does have glitches that you will not be able to fix without proper skills and background in HTML and CSS. Also, if you don't have experience in web design or the science behin...
Forum Post: Re: Adobe Captivate, or Adobe eLearning Suite even better!! 22 Aug 2013 | 12:39 pm
Adobe Captivate, or Adobe eLearning Suite even better!! Agreed!
Forum Post: Re: How to change web masters 22 Aug 2013 | 04:42 am
Jayne has some good info for getting a new person, and I'll just add from my experience doing lengthy website builds: If you have a chance to negotiate a new contract with a web developer, I would sch...
Forum Post: Social Media Policies: The Case of the Turtle Creek Chorale 22 Aug 2013 | 03:08 am
"Members of the Turtle Creek Chorale, a thirty-four-year-old predominantly gay group with more than 200 performers, are using social media platforms like Facebook to voice their frustrations about the...
Forum Post: special issue of International Journal of Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Marketing 22 Aug 2013 | 02:41 am
Dr. Richard D. Waters of the University of San Francisco School of Management is editing a special issue of the International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing on the best practices ...
Forum Post: Crisis Centers Texting to Connect With Troubled Teenagers 22 Aug 2013 | 02:34 am
The Chronicle of Philanthropy summarizes a story from The Wall Street Journal (behind a pay wall) about some national organizations that operate crisis hotlines for people in distress that are trainin...
