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Which Social Networking Analysis Term Best Describes Virgin America?
I’ve been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute. This is a post to help me identify what I don’t know about social network analysis…
Are Charity Leaders Ignoring a Spike in Nonprofit Fraud?
Are charities ignoring a spike in fraud?
FrontlineSMS:Medic is super thankful for your support Netsquared community!
Just after winning $45K at Netsquared: (Right to Left) Dieterich Lawson, Alex Harsha, Isaac Holeman, as well as the cast from The Extraordinaries, winners of the 15k second prize. Photo via elstudio.
The Right, and Wrong, Questions for Donors to Ask of a Charity [5]
The right —and wrong — questions donors should ask before making a gift
The State of Chinese Philanthropy a Year After the Killer Quake
The state of Chinese philanthropy
How to score a PR win with your dusty old reports
IssueLab recently told me this was possible. I said, “really? Prove it with a guest post.” And here’s what they have to say:
Does your organization have a stale list of publications on your web site or a shelf full of research you produced years ago? Are you looking for a way to hook into a hot news topic or online discussion but you don’t have the resources to produce new research?
Nonprofits often think their older work isn’t newsworthy anymore – but we know from IssueLab’s user behavior that people are looking for research on relevant topics, no matter how old it is. In the same way that lessons from very local issues can be applied regionally or nationally, or extrapolated data can provide important indicators for a bigger picture, older research can and does inform and support current debates.
Research reports provide ‘milestones’ that can serve as benchmarks, historical records, examples of successes and failures, a resource for further information (through citations and references), a method for identifying gaps in the sector, and as indicators of change over time. How would we know whether policy shaped action, or action led to policy change - without older research?
The point is, research can always be relevant for someone, somewhere. Nonprofits shouldn’t shy away from archival work just because of its publication date. Constituents are looking for your work! As an example, in IssueLab, the three most requested reports published before 1990 were viewed almost 600 times in 2009 alone. That’s almost 20 years after they were first published!
We think it’s vital that the collective body of research remains large enough to reflect the importance of an issue at any given time. So, dust off that report, digitize it if necessary, and start sharing it as a “backgrounder” on your web site, in the comments section of blogs where there is debate and conversation about an issue related to your work, twitter it as a “resource”, add it to IssueLab’s forum for nonprofit research, or even include it in your next e-newsletter as a testament to how far your issue has come or evidence of the fact that things haven’t changed enough!
To add your research to IssueLab, create a free account today and list as much research as you’d like - just go here - we take care of the rest.
To The Twitterverse and Beyond: A Taxonomy of Twitter Tools from Brian Solis
Click to see larger image Flickr Photo By @briansolis and @jess3 Last October, Brian Solis created the definitive list of Twitter Tools, a handy list of Twitter helper applications by key categories. Given Twitter’s explosive growth and crossing the chasm…
Thank you: Acteva!
The N2Y4 Mobile Challenge Conference was a very full two days of sessions, brainstorms, idea sharing and Project pitches. There was an incredible set of Featured Projects participating, as well as 300 inspired and inspiring changemakers. All those involved contributed to important conversations and we all left San Jose with ideas to share and more projects to work on. The Conference, and all the great moments and connections that came with it, couldn't have been possible without the generous support of our sponsors.
Thank you!
Ravindra from SMSOne.in at n2y4 interview
Ravindra created a network of unemployed Indian youths recruiting them from villeges and training them to collect sms ads from local advertisers (politicians and vendors) and to have the public people to subscribe for this messages deliveries over mobile phone via sms.
check out smsone.in.
Does America Need a ‘News Corps’? [6]
Does America need a ‘News Corps’ to revitalize journalism?
