- C-Span Video of Press Conference
- Transcript of Press Conference
- Chronicle of Philanthropy: President Obama Seeks the 'Most-Promising Non-Profits in America'
- Chronicle of Philanthropy: White House to Spotlight Innovative Non-Profit Groups
- Huffington Post: The White House Office on Social Innovation: A New Paradigm for Solving Social Problems
- Politics Magazine: Moving America Forward - The combination of politics, policy and press
- Skoll Foundation: Sally Osberg Writes on the White House Social Innovation Event
- Tactical Philanthropy: The Innovation Fund & The Serve America Act
- Chronicle of Philanthropy: House Panel Proposes Cutting President's Budget for National Service and Social Innovation
- Chronicle of Philanthropy: White House Gives Some Details on Social Innovation Fund
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Obama announces $50 million fund to help non-profits
President Obama gave a press conference on 6/30/09 to announce a $50 million fund to help non-profits expand social projects.
Social Media Reading - 063009 Part Two
- How Twitter Will Realize Obama's Bipartisan Vision - Interesting read on how the Twitter platform will change conversations between conservatives and progressives. Makes the hypothesis that Obama won more as an independent than Democrat.
- Aviary Makes Screen Grabs Insanely Easy - All you have to do is put http://www.aviary.com in front of any URL and it will create an editable screenshot for you.
- Firefox Releases Version 3.5
- Top 5 Killer Features in Firefox 3.5 - Improved javascript engine is the feature I'm most looking forward to in the new release.
- Sacramento Speakers Network - Sacramento, CA - $12 - 7/1/09
- Staffing Transitions: Conducting Compassionate Layoffs - $65 / $95 - 7/21/09 - Webinar
Facebook Fan Pages
- Facebook: CAPAction
What Else I'm Reading
- Online Journalism Then and Now - Humorous look at a mock-up of an "online" news page
- Print-on-Demand Obama Capsule Book - Very cool idea. Photojournalist Rick Smolan and HP are offering a book called "The Obama Time Capsule". Poeple will be able to customize the book and buy it on Amazon.com.
- Amtrak testing WiFi on trains on the east coast
- SeeClickFix - Web site allows you to report non-emergency issues (broken parking meters, tree problems, etc.) and then receive alerts when they are fixed. Also allows you to see alerts for things happening in your neighborhood.
- ChallengePost - New web site aims to use the Internet to solve problems through open-source marketplace
Personal Democracy Forum 09
I wasn't able to attend the 2009 Personal Democracy Forum. Thankfully, there were a lot of people that were tweeting and live blogging from the event.
Some Key Points
Some Key Points
- Rasiej - Talked about new Cisco routers being shipped to China, and that the Internet community has the responsibility to express outrage when governments try to cut access to quash free speech.
- Worldwide, the United States ranks 139th in voter turnout.
- Jordan Raynor
- Local Government Engagement Online Research
- Joho the Blog
- Day 1 Recap from TechPresident
- Mark Pesce (@mpesce) Keynote
- The Not-So-Hidden Politics of Class Online - Session given by Danah Boyd (@zephoria)
- 'White Flight' Online? danah boyd asks at PDF - Are their real social divisions and a case of "white flight" on? Danah Boyd says yes. This article basically synthesizes what Danah had to say.
- The Not-So-Hidden Politics of Class Online [video]
- A Fine Blog - Provocative Ideas from Personal Democracy Forum
- Make The Future: Imagining White House 2.0
- Participatory Medicine at PDF 2009: Can We Get a Do-Over?
- Michael Wesch from his talk at PDF '09, The Machine is Changing Us: YouTube Culture and the Politics of Authenticity
Social Media Reading - 063009
- The crippling effect of having to be everywhere at once -This blog makes a lot of sense. It's one of the reasons I've chosen not to hop on Friendfeed, and it's the main reason I stayed off Facebook for so long. You do need to pick and choose your battles.
- All About NTEN in 5 Minutes - A great video interview with Holly Ross where she talks about NTEN and the role of social media for non-profit organizations.
- Facebook: Sharing Hope.TV
- Facebook: Trust Agents (Chris Brogan and Julien Smith)
- Cusp Conference 2009 - Sept. 16-17, 2009 - Chicago, IL - A conference about the design of everyghing
- Update on "How to Use Twitter for Business and Still Have a Personality" - 6/30/09 - Original cost was $37.42, but they've reduced it to whatever you can afford.
What Else I'm Reading
- Time Should Equal Money Well Spent - Interesting read on time management and what your time is worth
- Poke.ly Brings Facebook Pokes to Twitter - Say it ain't so. Please don't start poking people on Twitter. Take it to Facebook if you want to poke someone.
- TV.com Beats Hulu to Facebook Integration - You can now use your Facebook account to sign in to TV.com (instead of creating a new account)
- Cisco Promotes Telecommuting - Cisco reports that it has saved more than $277 million in productivity costs by allowing employees to work from home
Monday, June 29, 2009
Social Media Reading - 062909
- The Story of ComcastCares - Frank Eliason blogs about why he started the Twitter account ComcastCares. He was recently featured in an article in USA Today about companies using Twitter to provide customer service.
Facebook Fan Pages:
- Facebook: Socialfish
- Democratic Gain - Progressive Political Career Bootcamp - July 17, 2009 - Washington DC
What Else I'm Reading
- The Twitter Cycle: Curiosity, Abandonment, Addiction. Global Visitors Hit 37 Million
- Huggies Targets Social Media Moms with New Campaign - Built on Facebook. Co-sponsored with Circle of Moms. Mixed reviews in Mashable comments.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Social Media Reading - 062809 Part Two
- Ruminations on the Future of Newspapers - The newspaper model (as we know it) is dead. But, that does not mean that journalism is dead.
- How Broadway Talks to its Audiences Using Social Media - Both with use of established social networks (Twitter, etc.) and home-grown social networks (based on the Ning platform), Broadway is using social media to evangelize the show and also keep the product fresh.
- Businesses use Twitter to communicate with customers - Article mentons how several name brands are using Twitter to make sales and improve customer service. Includes mentions of Jet Blue (@jetblue), Dell Outlet (@delloutlet), Comcast (@comcastcares) and Starbucks.
- @kanter - She's using guest bloggers right now as she moves cross country, but if you're looking for someone to follow that knows about social media for non-profits, Beth is it.
- The Top 100 Tweeps to Follow
- Introducting act.ly - Petitions Designed for Twitter - A Twitter application that makes it easy for you to sign petitions and share those petitions with the people that follow you on Twitter. The only question I have about it is how are those petition shared with the people that matter? Is it up to the person that created the petition?
Webinars and Conferences
- MarketingProfs - Digital Marketing Mixer 2009 - October 21-22
What Else I'm Reading
- Almost Half Of Britons Have Lied About Giving
- 4 Tips to Keep Your Recurring Gifts Recurring - If you already have a well-established recurring fit program but are having problems with dropped gifts, this is a great read to help out on those gifts.
Social Media Reading - 062809
- Fortune 100 CEOs are Social Media Laggards
- Two have Twitter accounts
- None write blogs
- Thirteen have LinkedIn profiles, but only three have more than 10 connections
- Michael Dell has 500+ connections
- Nineteen CEOs have profiles on Facebook
What Else I'm Reading
- Breakthrough Study Finds Adults Mentored as Childern in Big Brothers Big Sisters are Better Educated and Wealthier than Peers - Study was conducted by Harris Interactive. 449 people were surveyed: 200 that participated in Big Brothers Big Sisters and 249 that didn't.
- Even Cattle in Africa Are Using Mobile Phones These Days - RFID tags are placed in the cows stomach and then the information can be tracked via mobile phone.
- Perez Hilton #1 Traffic Source Facebook - Gets more traffic from Facebook than Google
- A new landmark in computer vision - Google presents a paper on landmark recognition where a computer can identify images of 50,000 landmarks.
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