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At the Arkansas Children’s Hospital, one of thousands of causes on Causes.com. Campaigns, timely updates, passionate supporters add up to move the needle By Kim Bale Socialbrite staff Lots of nonprofits and social change organizations have used Causes (formerly Facebook Causes) to raise funds and amplify their efforts, but the vast majority of them haven’t […]
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Openbook: A new way to search on Facebook
An article on TechCrunch last week shared information about a new Facebook search engine called Openbook at youropenbook.org. Apparently, two developers built the site to demonstration how public our Facebook information really is. Search gap filled? In a perfect world, where everyone understood Facebook’s privacy settings and was OK with how Facebook used their public […]
Short takes on 10 worthy projects
Watchitoo, DoGood, ClassWish, Zynga, business ethics & more We’ve been deluged recently with updates and rollouts of interesting new sites, tools and services. There’s no way to fully do them justice, but they deserve attention, so here’s a roundup of eight worthy projects and websites that have crossed our desk: Watchitoo: Collaborate […]
The iPad’s potential for nonprofits
My son Harry, like most kids his age, loves screens: computer, video games and television. “Screen time” in our house is limited and a reward for good behavior. Harry was very aware of the launch of the iPad and wanted one. (Me, too.) So after a good report card, I bought an iPad. And now I’m […]
‘Open Government’ review: Big & beautiful ideas
Book chronicles how the Gov 2.0 movement is slowly becoming a reality We’ve known for years how social media and Web 2.0 have been transforming the way political campaigns are run, the way we interact with big institutions, the way news is reported and distributed — indeed, practically all facets of modern society. So […]
