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This article relays that a recent survey indicates that Americans still need local involvement in their communities. Rather than preventing this, as some believe, social media encourages involvement. The more things change, the more they stay the same...

With over 500 million users, Facebook is the undisputed king of social media. Many users are now turning to Facebook first to learn about businesses and organizations. So, how can a non-profit make the most of Facebook?

A detailed list of things non-profits can do to improve the way they use facebook. I'm sure it is surprising for organizations to find out how much work is truly involved in keeping a social media account up to date and relevant.

Real Estate is involved in NPOs, a must read.

Blackbaud is getting involved in non-governmental organizations

Obama gets involved in volunteering

A merger of two online companies with similar objectives now working together to further their missions. Ad Council promotes advertising and Communispace involves community members with businesses in specific areas. Combined, nonprofit organizations can utilize both to move the community to support their missions.

This blog addresses how sensitive issues can be kept private when used by nonprofits to form a community. Examples include how a nonprofit supporting the victims of human trafficking can story-tell their experiences to a wider community without endangering the privacy of the ones involved.

In Kansas City, they are involving the church with credit cards

Strategies for fund raising in a nonprofit organization. The article is largely subjective but does provide some good insights into the decision making processes involved.

Seems like an interesting initiative. Anyone in the class involved or know someone that is? --Andy

This strikes me as another press release. While interesting, I'd generally avoid linking to private company press releases, unless there's some clear innovation involved. A press release from Pew about a recent Internet study, or a Berkman Center release regarding recent research is OK. A private company press release should be viewed cautiously.

This looks to be a really interesting way to get people connected with Nonprofits. Using your Facebook account, you hook up with Jumo to connect to organizations you care about, and maximize your potential in doing work for them. Founded in February 2010 by one of the founders of Facebook itself, Jumo is still a work in progress. It appears to be a really streamlined way to get involved, and would be an excellent way to get volunteers for any organization.

Far too many NGOs are relying on Facebook and Twitter to get connected with donors, and its time that we try to break out of this two-party system. There are millions of potential donors, volunteers, or just concerned people to rely only on the "usual suspects." I personally find the team focus for fundraising to be the most interesting, and probably most-effective for getting people involved and raising large amounts of cash. Make it highly visible, and make it competitive, and people can have a lot of fun doing the right thing.

This article talk about the use of the component of biodiversity, especially as it involve the sale of material.

At first I had no intentions of using this article as a bookmark, however, after I got to reading it I realized the implications it has in regards to public administration. As technology advances and becomes more prominent within society people are finding more uses for it for personal and emotional gains. As more technology is available, it is more likely that children will have access to these also. This article describes the schools and law enforcemenets efforts to combat the problems that technology can bring to our society. This article also suggests public policy involved in these types of cases and can also spark ideas into ways that policy can become better and more fine tuned to fit the needs of our society today.