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Wine, Shotguns and Causes

In our Donor Trends study on Generational Giving released last fall we noted that the Post-Boomer generation of donors (those born after 1964) “are most open to groups they haven't heard about, while at the same time least familiar with groups already working on the issues they do care about.” In short, non-profit ''brands'' are […]

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US Broadband Usage — Latest Figures

The Pew Internet Project has just released its latest study on home broadband adoption in the US. Not interested? Then you ought to be fired. Some teaser facts from a very fertile report: 42% of all American adults (84 million) have a high-speed internet connection at home; 35% of all internet users have posted content […]

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Pew Internet Project

No one studies the social profile and impact of Internet usage in the US more thoroughly than the Pew Internet and American Life Project. PIP issues a steady stream of research on who’s using, how, to what end, with what impact.

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Politics Online

When I want the latest scoop on how the Internet is being used to pursue political and cause objectives, Politics Online is the first place I stop. They manage to find cutting edge examples worldwide of new communications technologies being put to practical use for electoral and issue campaigning.

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Watch Gore Run

I don't know if he's running or not. But if you want to see creative use of the Internet in the months ahead, Gore's effort to mobilize folks on global warming is the campaign to watch. Here's how he's using MySpace to promote and engage folks around his doc, An Inconvenient Truth.

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Senate Candidates & the Internet

The Bivings Group, an Internet consulting firm, reports that 96% of 2006 Senate candidates have campaign websites, 23% have blogs, 15% have Spanish-language content, and 5% have podcasts. Read full report.

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