Nonprofits turn to Lake Norman Facebook users

Nonprofits turn to Lake Norman Facebook users: "United Family Services' Mooresville/Lake Norman Office, The Ada Jenkins Center and the Davidson Housing Coalition have formed a media campaign called Tell Two to help raise awareness of the agencies through social networking."

Usability News 112 - Owens_Trick or Tweet: How Usable is Twitter for First-Time Users?

Usability News 112 - Owens: "Trick or Tweet: How Usable is Twitter for First-Time Users?
Justin W. Owens, Kelsi Lenz, and Stephanie Speagle

Summary. Social networking websites have become common tools people use for communication and sharing media such as photos. Currently, one of the most popular social networking websites is Twitter. A usability study was conducted with first-time users to determine ease of use and satisfaction with the site. The evaluation revealed several issues involving signing up for a new account, site terminology, and basic communication."

FutureLab

FutureLab: "We are challenging people across the nonprofit and philanthropic community to come together to develop transformative ideas that will make our organizations more powerful forces in creating the kind of society we all want."

5 Ways to Optimize Your Online Surveys | eMarketing & Commerce (eM+C)

5 Ways to Optimize Your Online Surveys | eMarketing & Commerce (eM+C): "A good online survey functions like a GPS for your business. A simple yet thoughtfully assembled online survey gathers important feedback — e.g., market information and customer “coordinates” — that keeps your business on track and moving in the right direction."

Is the Used Computer Market Going Away?

Is the Used Computer Market Going Away?: "If your organization has considered acquiring a refurbished PC, but is tempted by the falling prices of newer IT equipment, you may wonder just why you might consider buying refurbished over a shiny new model. You’re not alone: others have also questioned — sometimes loudly — how long the used computer market can last given the diminishing prices of new equipment.

Yet to paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the refurbished computer’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. Nor are they anything new: Oakland Technology Exchange West’s Bruce Buckelew, who has been refurbishing computers and supplying them to low-income students for a decade, recalls doomsday forecasts about the computer refurbishment field way back when he first started."

Showdown At The Web Corral: Convincing Your Boss to Fix a Hideous Website | Switch | Fast Company

Showdown At The Web Corral: Convincing Your Boss to Fix a Hideous Website | Switch | Fast Company: "Q: I work for a nonprofit with a hideous website. Hideous in the sense that the copy is generic and bland and filled with jargon. Supremely unsticky, in other words."

Google Makes Hyperlocal Search An Even Hotter Topic | Technomix | Fast Company

Google Makes Hyperlocal Search An Even Hotter Topic | Technomix | Fast Company: "Google's given its mobile browser version a serious make-over, and added in some very neat tweaks that result in a 'redesigned local search experience on your phone.' The two new killer features are a category-based local services feature, for quick access to the right information, and a behind-the-scenes tie-up with your desktop Google map usage so that you can integrate search results from the PC to your smartphone. The promo video does a tidy job of explaining it all:"

Carroll County News: Story: Recovery Arkansas Web site has new features added

Carroll County News: Story: Recovery Arkansas Web site has new features added: "Arkansas Coalition for Excellence (ACE): ACE is committed to the state's nonprofit sector. As the state's designee, ACE pursues nonprofit ARRA grants, contracts and public program opportunities.

For more information visit: http://recovery.arkansas.gov/."

Social media keep flood victims connected

Social media keep flood victims connected: "(09-28) 18:49 PDT -- With their homes and offices flooded, landlines overloaded and electricity knocked out, residents of the typhoon-stricken regions of the Philippines managed to report news of their plight to the world by using cell phones and social networks."

Tips From the Twitter Elite | FastMinds | Fast Company

Tips From the Twitter Elite | FastMinds | Fast Company: "The Who's Who of twitter were out in full force at this week's 140 Conference at the Los Angeles Skirball Center. I got to heckle speakers with @adventuregirl (+1 million followers), talk branding strategy with @ijustine (700,000 followers), and speak on a panel with @pistachio (author of Twitter for Dummies)."

Idealware: Reflections on Idealware’s Facebook Launch

Idealware: Reflections on Idealware’s Facebook Launch: "Reflections on Idealware’s Facebook Launch

by Kaitlin LaCasse
As you may know, we at Idealware launched our Facebook fan page on Wednesday, September 16. Now that we have been trying to nurture the page for over a week, I thought you might be interested in what we’ve seen (so far). A disclaimer before you continue: we are tracking results, but don’t really know what they mean yet, it has only been a week after all."

Josh Nelson: New Media & Social Change: How Nonprofits are Using Web-based Technologies to Reach Their Goals

Josh Nelson: New Media & Social Change: How Nonprofits are Using Web-based Technologies to Reach Their Goals: "A new Hatcher Group report reveals how nonprofits are using new media technologies to advance social change. Based on interviews and a 70-question online survey of 30 nonprofits working on state-level advocacy issues"

CWTA - Press Releases

CWTA - Press Releases: "Mobile Giving Foundation and the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association Launch Charitable Mobile Platform to Drive Giving in Canada

Non-Profit Plan Canada Goes Live with First Canadian Mobile Giving Short Code"

Blog Action Day 2009: Climate Change

Blog Action Day 2009: Climate Change: "Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world's bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day on their own blogs with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. Blog Action Day 2009 will be the largest-ever social change event on the web. One day. One issue. Thousands of voices."