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YouTube – Viewer Beware

Here is a video spoofing “An Inconvenient Truth,” Al Gore's documentary on global warming. It's designed to appear as though an average “skeptical Joe” made it. But as ABC News reports, it's actually covert propaganda from an ExxonMobil PR firm. YouTube is a great place for advocacy groups to experiment creatively with getting your messages […]

Learn More August 13, 2006

Network for Good – Online Fundraising

Thanks to Beth Kanter at Blogher.com for noting a study of Network for Good's online fundraising experience. This study is based on analysis of $24.5 million in charitable giving online through Network for Good in response to three major crises: the December 2004 tsunamis, Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 and the Pakistan earthquake of October […]

Learn More August 12, 2006

Press Releases Are So … Yesterday

Just when you thought your media relations operation was really humming, firing out those compelling press releases, along comes CNN with I-Reports and CNN Exchange, presenting new challenges … and opportunities. Recognizing the power behind the Web 2.0 wave of user- and viewer-generated content, CNN has enabled a broad range of “citizen journalist” tools and […]

Learn More August 11, 2006

Hot Jobs at Grist

Award-winning e-publication Grist, where intelligence and edge mix nicely to serve up environmental news and commentary, has two key job openings. They're looking for a Development Director and an Executive Editor. Positions are in Seattle. Here's your chance to shape environmental dialogue in America. Grist has 600,000 monthly visitors, excluding ours. Adding our visits would […]

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Fleeing Flying

In his Changing the Air Travel Story post today, Seth Godin speculates that less and less business travel is inevitable, given the latest terrorist threats and resulting precautionary measures. I never liked to fly, and for years made my weekly business trips from DC to NYC on the Metroliner. As a result, I watched one […]

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Polarization

On the one hand … The Pew Research Center just released a report on Americans' attitudes on social issues, in which they conclude: “Despite talk of 'culture wars' and the high visibility of activist groups on both sides of the cultural divide, there has been no polarization of the public into liberal and conservative camps.” […]

Learn More August 10, 2006