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Where Will The Writers Come From?

From Pew Internet Research comes a disturbing report on teens (12-17), technology and writing. In my household, with a 14-year-old and two parents paranoid on the subject, this report has landed like a bombshell! While 87% of teens engage in some form of electronic personal communication — text messaging, email or instant messaging, posting comments […]

Learn More April 25, 2008

Does Nonprofit Branding Matter?

Only if your nonprofit wants to survive in the online era, when there is absolutely NO barrier to entry. Anyone who can build a website can attract a constituency to support precisely what your organization is already doing. Your protection? Your brand … clearly recognized, sharply defined, and positively regarded. In The Agitator’s recent DonorTrends […]

Learn More April 24, 2008

Talking To Boomers Online

In The Agitator’s latest DonorTrends survey (completed last month), 62% of Boomers said they had never donated online to a charity, 78% had never donated online to an issue advocacy organization, and 86% had not given online to a political campaign. Still a lot of fields to plow here! [And much more data to come […]

Learn More April 22, 2008

Isn’t Creativity Delightful?

Tell me this video , 20Things to Do with Leftover Matzoh, isn’t wonderful! Every nonprofit needs a way to "officially" recognize creativity … including plain ‘ol thinking outside the box. Thanks to BL Ochman for pointing me to this. Tom

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Ready For Mobile Messaging?

Here’s a report from Nielsen that 23% of all mobile phone users (or 58 millon users) have been exposed to advertising on their phones in the past 30 days. Half (51% or 28 million) of those who recall seeing mobile advertising in the previous 30 days say they responded in some way. Teens, Asian-Americans and […]

Learn More April 21, 2008

Nonprofits Have No Claim On Ethical High Ground

The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently reported a study by the Ethics Resource Center on ethical standards and behavior in nonprofits. Guess what? Nonprofit ethics are pretty miserable … and apparently in decline. This based upon a survey within our own community. Should we expect the public (specifically donors and would-be donors) to believe differently than […]

Learn More April 18, 2008