Pepsi Contest Faces More Charges of Cheating - NYTimes.com

Pepsi Contest Faces More Charges of Cheating - NYTimes.com: "Pepsi Refresh, the online fund-raising contest with a $20 million giveaway for charitable causes and nonprofit groups, is again receiving complaints that its results are being manipulated."

School Tech: 6 Important Lessons From Maine's Student Laptop Program - Yahoo! News

School Tech: 6 Important Lessons From Maine's Student Laptop Program - Yahoo! News: "When students at Skowhegan Area Middle School decided to undertake a study of the town's history, they departed from traditional readings and paper writing. They instead made podcasts about historical landmarks that cumulatively produced a walking tour, recorded interviews with town elders and created websites for local farmers. Like the 225 other middle schools in Maine, every seventh and eighth grade student has been provided with a laptop computer, making projects like these accessible."

Content Curators and the Challenge with Organizations | NFi Studios

Content Curators and the Challenge with Organizations | NFi Studios: "Content curation has received increased attention and is a major industry topic among marketers and journalists. Jeff De Cagna writes “One of the most significant innovation opportunities for associations is content curation that helps their stakeholders make sense, make meaning and make better decisions around their personal and professional challenges.”"

SocialFlow Tries to Crack Science of Twitter | Fast Company

SocialFlow Tries to Crack Science of Twitter | Fast Company: "Social media experts are a dime a dozen. Self-proclaimed gurus boast of their ability to manipulate the blogosphere, to make anything go viral--or, in the words of one social media satirist, to 'jack the strat.' But is there really a science behind having success on social media?"

Haiti Quake Shook Mobile Giving Awake- The NonProfit Times Dec 20, 2010

We are posting some selected articles from December that may have been missed. This one is from Nonprofit Times

Haiti Quake Shook Mobile Giving Awake- The NonProfit Times Dec 20, 2010: "Haiti Quake Shook Mobile Giving Awake

Within 42 minutes of last January’s earthquake in Haiti, the Mobile Giving Foundation (MGF), in Issaquah, Wash., launched its first text-to-give campaign for the nonprofit Yele Haiti. Charity founder Wyclef Jean used his celebrity status to alert his 1.5 million followers on Twitter that they could text their support for Haitian relief.

He raised $3 million in the first 72 hours and the age of mobile giving was born."