Twitter/Facebook: Time Well-Spent for Child/Youth Advocates? | Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center

Twitter/Facebook: Time Well-Spent for Child/Youth Advocates? | Connect for Kids / Child Advocacy 360 / Youth Policy Action Center: "Twitter/Facebook: Time Well-Spent for Child/Youth Advocates?

by Ray Schultz, Child Advocacy 360

This year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference drew standing-room only crowds to sessions on social media. But one question remained unanswered after hours of talk: Can Twitter and Facebook perform miracles for hardworking child advocates?

That’s dubious, based on the evidence."

The Extraordinaries: Will Microvolunteering Work? : NPR

From NPR

The Extraordinaries: Will Microvolunteering Work? : NPR: "Through The Extraordinaries, you might be able to use your smart phone — while waiting in the dentist's office or standing in the DMV line — to:

• translate a foreign-language document into English

• add identifying tags to photos and videos for a museum

• give advice to a college applicant"

Does your nonprofit's Web site make the cut? | Charity Chat

Does your nonprofit's Web site make the cut? | Charity Chat: "These days Web sites are the charity’s public face, reflecting its mission, finances, professionalism, tenor and so on.

I should know. I look at these sites all the time and there are some things that just make me nuts. So while it’s on my mind, I thought I’d share a few thoughts on the good, bad and ugly of nonprofit Web sites."

Prospecting - Philanthropy.com-Former Google Executive Seeks Philanthropy Advice

Prospecting - Philanthropy.com: "June 30, 2009
Former Google Executive Seeks Philanthropy Advice

A former Google executive is asking for advice on where to make a donation."