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Ron McKee

The Art of Getting ReTweeted - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media... - 0 views

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  • Ron McKee on 17 Apr 11
     
    Is there an art to getting ReTweeted on Twitter? Dan Zarrella says yes and has been studying the "Science of ReTweeting" for the past nine months. Zarrella analyzed five million tweets and 40 million retweets and compared the two, noting the time of day they were tweeted and ReTweeted, which words and url shorteners were used most often, and more. Check out the results of Zarrella's study below.
Rebecca Winchester

Phone Tweets Trickling Out of Egypt - 1 views

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  • Rebecca Winchester on 01 Feb 11
     
    The tight controls over the internet in Egypt, and especially the internet blackouts, have caused rebellion thoughout the country and outrage throughout the world. Despite the government's attempts at complete internet control some Egyptians are getting messages out via social media networks in particular twitter.
Andrew Frederick

Digital Patient Data Holds Promise and Problems - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...27unboxed.html

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  • Andrew Frederick on 28 Feb 11
     
    In an attempt to improve health care and reduce long-term expenses, the U.S. government is in the process of digitalizing patient medical records. There are arguments on both sides of the aisle with obviously complications for smaller physician practices. Even though this new system is working for the Mayo Clinic and other large health organizations, I'm skeptical that smaller non-profits will have the resources and correct strategies to make this transition with limited help from the government.
Mitchell Crase

Kundra: Federal CIOs need to decentralize mobile device ownership - FierceGovernmentIT - 0 views

www.fiercegovernmentit.com/...2011-02-25

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  • Mitchell Crase on 28 Feb 11
     
    This article discusses why government is moving away from providing IT directly to its employees in exchange for identifying the proper services to empower employees. The government realizes that owning the equipment personally isn't paying off for them. This may be more true for the government than other sectors. The same changeover seems to be occurring in the nonprofit sector.
Ron McKee

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | A New Kind of Transparency: Damage Control in ... - 0 views

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  • Ron McKee on 17 Apr 11
     
    Clearly, social media has emerged as a powerful mobilizing tool, particularly for issues like labor disputes, where political passions run high. Whichever side you're on, labor or management, experiences like the one the DSO and its musicians have faced for the past six months tell us that social media is here to stay and nonprofits have to understand how to manage - no, embrace - the now-dominant form of communication for more and more of their community members.
Colin Moore

California Considers 'Do Not Track' Legislation for Online Privacy - 0 views

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  • Colin Moore on 11 Apr 11
     
    California would be leading the charge for individuals online privacy rights, with a bill currently in the house that can be likened to the "no call list". The bill would not allow companies to track your online habits, as most do now, in order to provide web sites with advertisements based on your previous web history. This legislation is mirroring legislation at the federal level, as the Obama Administration has stated its interest in creating a "privacy bill of rights".
Carolyn Callery

Friends of Transit website example - 0 views

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  • Carolyn Callery on 11 Apr 11
     
    This is an example of just how easy it is to keep a client base or target population informed of what your organization is doing. When a news story about Friends of Transit aired on the local Fox station, they simply had to go the Fox website, embed the link to the video onto their own website, and now the actual video is available for viewing on the campaign's website.
Ron McKee

California Technology Chief Sees Big Things For Social Media - OhMyGov News - 0 views

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  • Ron McKee on 19 Apr 11
     
    The head of California's state office of technology sees social media as a "force multiplier" and is aggressively expanding the state's mobile presence this year, aiming to double the number of mobile apps offered in 2011. Adrian Farley, the acting director and chief technology officer of OTech, told OhMyGov.com in an exclusive interview that the state of California, one of the earliest adopters of social media in government, had been very fortunate in experiencing almost no cultural pushback in attempts to integrate social media into official public communications. 
Ron McKee

How Non-Profits Can Maximize Engagement on Facebook - 1 views

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  • Carolyn Callery on 18 Apr 11
     
    Yet another journalist's/expert's opinion on how to best use facebook for a non-profit, including the importance of goals
  • Benjamin Hutter on 20 Apr 11
     
    Gives good tips on how an organization should use facebook. Some of the good tips promote communicating to the fan-base as well as encourage fan-to-fan communication. One of the most important things about NPOs and Facebook is to have a purpose with your page. This article strongly condemns having a page "just to be on facebook" and says that having a strong purpose makes facebook that much more successful.
  • Ron McKee on 20 Apr 11
     
    "It's important for any digitally-minded non-profit to be on Facebook because of the sheer number of active users. So, great - you set up a Facebook account for your organization. Now what?" Note:  "Eight of the world's top ten brand use the Buddy Media Platform (sponsor of "The Facebook Marketing Series") to power their social marketing on FB."
Andrew Frederick

E-book sales top paperbacks for first time in February - Apr. 15, 2011 - 0 views

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  • Andrew Frederick on 18 Apr 11
     
    Even though I knew e-books were emerging on the market during the last few years to compete with paperbacks, I was shocked to read this news that e-books sold more than paperbacks last February. This shift from paperbacks to e-books marks a monumental shift in literacy and education in our society. This could also be a huge shift for education non-profits and public schools, especially well-off universities that have the money to use kindles and alike products. The next two years will see the biggest surge according to Barnes and Noble exec Marc Parrish. No doubt, this will change the way people and organizations read and get their information.
Ron McKee

South Carolina: Internal Emails Reveal Speed Trap Profit Motive - 0 views

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  • Ron McKee on 22 Apr 11
     
    Internal emails regarding Ridgeland, South Carolina speed camera system shows profit drives deployment decisions: An ongoing federal lawsuit against the speed trap town of Ridgeland, South Carolina uncovered internal emails last month that shed light on the motivation behind the state's only photo enforcement program. Since July 2010, Ridgeland has allowed the private firm iTraffic to operate a mobile speed camera van on Interstate 95, despite a state law outlawing the practice and a pair of attorney general opinions warning that the photo ticketing was not legal.
Ron McKee

Net Zero Energy: Inside the Federal Government's Most Energy-Efficient Building - 0 views

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  • Ron McKee on 21 Feb 11
     
    As governments push to adopt sustainable practices, one holy grail is creating working environments that achieve net-zero energy consumption. That's the idea behind a newly opened office building at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colo. Known as the Research Support Facility (RSF), the structure is designed to create as much energy as it consumes, making it one of the world's most energy-efficient buildings.
Ron McKee

How Secure Is Cloud Computing? - 0 views

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  • Ron McKee on 17 Apr 11
     
    Technology pop quiz for business owners: What's more secure? A. Data stored in redundant back-up server installations (or "the cloud"), automatically updated and maintained, in a facility secured from outside threats. Or B. Data stored or backed up to an on-site tape or flash drive, whenever the company's controller or non-IT back-office staffer remembers to do it - then left in the drive? For many, the answer in theory is A, but in practice, it's B. Why is this important? Because studies have shown that 70 percent of companies go out of business after a major data loss and 60 percent of companies that lose their data will shut down within six months. Yet those unfamiliar with cloud computing still believe onsite back-up is a safe, secure solution. Therein lies one of the most compelling reasons to embrace cloud or ERP (enterprise resource planning) computing.
Jason Escareno

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management - 1 views

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  • Jason Escareno on 10 Apr 11
     
    ""There's way too much made of a couple of acquisitions to make our market seem uncompetitive," said Gene Austin, CEO of Convio in Austin, Texas. "We are all competing in a very healthy way, in a way that fosters innovation and better things for the clients," he said. He pointed to as examples Kintera and Blackbaud, as well as other "small yet emerging organizations that will also bring innovation and competition to the marketplace."
  • Jason Escareno on 10 Apr 11
     
    Consolidation in the sector will continue to some degree as the firms move toward Software as a Service (SaaS). Major mergers will dictate the direction of cloud computing...
Mitchell Crase

Businesses look for ways to achieve top placement in Web searches - The Boston Globe - 0 views

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  • Mitchell Crase on 18 Apr 11
     
    This is article talks about search optimization. The process is fought continously to maintain the lead. The black and white hat approaches are mentioned. Some of the techniques used to achieve maximum results are explained, such as the use of algorithms.
Ron McKee

FBI - The Intel-Driven FBI - 0 views

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  • Ron McKee on 22 Apr 11
     
    See photo at top left of article showcasing one of their high-tech, computer laden facilities on display for this article "What are the most significant security threats? What do we know about them? What don't we know? What is just around the corner that we should be preparing for now? These are the kinds of questions we ask ourselves every day. It's part of our intelligence-driven, threat-based, future-focused approach to defending the country from a range of national security and major crime threats. Today, the FBI combines its investigations and intelligence operations to be more predictive and preventative-more aware of emerging threats and better able to stop them before they turn into crimes. "
Andrew Frederick

Let's Compete on Innovation Rather Than Patents - 0 views

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  • Andrew Frederick on 17 Jan 11
     
    I found this article to be very interesting, especially relating to the comparison of the U.S. and Chinese patent system. China is increasing it's supply of patents, hoping to stimulate innovation and start-up inventions in the country. China is starting to heavily invest in 4G telecommunication. Wadhwa is offering a different perspective on this issue and ultimately plays down the hype of this story. He asks for the U.S. to concentrate on being a leader in innovation, rather than patents, which seem like nuclear weapons in an everlasting tech arms race that doesn't seem to allow for revision.
Andrew Frederick

Steve Jobs Taking Medical Leave Of Absence - 0 views

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  • Jobs has struggled with health issues in recent years and the news that he will be taking a leave of absence comes a year and a half after the chief executive received a liver transplant. In 2004, Jobs announced he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and, that same year, underwent surgery to remove the cancer. He took a medical leave of absence between January and June 2009, with Cook taking over responsibilities for day to day operations. He received a liver transplant in 2009. When asked about his health at an Apple press conference in July, Jobs replied he was "doing fine" and "feeling great." Yet others have expressed concerns about the CEO's health. The New York Times writes, "In recent months, Mr. Jobs has looked increasingly frail, according to people know have seen him." The lack of a precise end date on Jobs' leave of absence is troubling to some, suggesting the CEO's health issues could be complex and more long term. Cook, not Jobs, took the stage at a recent press conference in New York at which Verizon announced that it would begin carrying Apple's iPhone. Jobs is expected to appear with News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch to unveil the media mogul's new iPad newspaper, The Daily.
Mitchell Crase

6 More Cloud Platforms You Don't Know About (But Should) -- Application Development Trends - 0 views

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  • Mitchell Crase on 06 Feb 11
     
    It is increasingly apparent that finding the perfect cloud platform is a lot like getting married. The perfect partner if hard to find. Yes there are 5 major players as of today that include Google, Oracle, Microsoft, Amazon but even they aren't identical in this field. A better bargain might be found with one of these baby clouds so it appears to be worth the look. All of the usual IT issues are what will last, what's next and how much did that cost? The clouds are coming no matter what though....
Andrew Frederick

Verizon challenges FCC Net neutrality rules - Jan. 20, 2011 - 0 views

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  • Andrew Frederick on 24 Jan 11
     
    This article covers a major issue in net neutrality, an argument that will ultimately come down to the courts deciding whether the government can legitimately intervene in private business. The appeal from Verizon that challenges the recent adoption of net neutrality by the FCC was certainly expected. Either private businesses will win their appeal for less government regulation or our government will really begin to regulate service providers.
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