Dell, University of Texas empowering entrepreneurs — blog | Austin Business Journal

Dell, University of Texas empowering entrepreneurs — blog | Austin Business Journal: "For the fifth consecutive year, Dell and UT’s RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service are teaming on the 2011 Dell Social Innovation Competition, with more than $100,000 to be awarded to turn innovative social concepts into new businesses or nonprofits. The program, which seeks students with groundbreaking ideas to improve areas of critical human need, is open to higher education students worldwide."

The Social Side of the Internet | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project

The Social Side of the Internet | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project: "The internet is now deeply embedded in group and organizational life in America. A new national survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project has found that 75% of all American adults are active in some kind of voluntary group or organization and internet users are more likely than others to be active: 80% of internet users participate in groups, compared with 56% of non-internet users. Moreover, social media users are even more likely to be active: 82% of social network users and 85% of Twitter users are group participants."

Professionalism in Nonprofit Technology: Should My Techies be Accidental? | NTEN

Professionalism in Nonprofit Technology: Should My Techies be Accidental? | NTEN

Filmmakers Get Hands-on Experience Helping Local Nonprofit | BU Today

Filmmakers Get Hands-on Experience Helping Local Nonprofit | BU Today: "The graduate students’ project was part of a regional competition sponsored by 7DayPSA, which seeks to bring together local filmmakers and nonprofit organizations. The goal of the program is to provide nonprofits with limited budgets with broadcast quality PSAs while giving young filmmakers a forum to showcase their work. Commitments are obtained from local media outlets to air the winning spots for a year."

QR codes for Nonprofits | Idealware

QR codes for Nonprofits | Idealware

Pepsi, Google, Salesforce.com: Philanthropy, Social Media Style - Erika Morphy - Selling It - Forbes

Pepsi, Google, Salesforce.com: Philanthropy, Social Media Style - Erika Morphy - Selling It - Forbes: "Pepsi is rolling it out again this year, albeit with some tweaks: voting in some cases was said to be unfair last time around, with smaller and less influential groups complaining that the organized voting by their larger counterparts violated the spirit of the competition. So this year Pepsi is eliminating Refresh Project’s biggest $250,000 grant category, the Wall Street Journal reports, the source of many of these complaints."

Google Finds It Hard to Reinvent Philanthropy - NYTimes.com

Google Finds It Hard to Reinvent Philanthropy - NYTimes.com: "Nearly five years later, however, the hyperbole looks more like hubris. DotOrg has narrowed to just one octave on the piano: engineering-related projects that often are the outgrowth of existing Google products. Dr. Brilliant was sidelined in early 2009 after his loose management style created much disenchantment in DotOrg’s ranks.

The company’s top executives rarely mention DotOrg, which is now run by Megan Smith, a business development executive who devotes only part of her time to the organizatio"