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Leveraging celebrity for contribution and connection

Like lots of people, celebrities (musicians, artists, authors, actors, etc.) often support various charities and causes.  Sites like Look to the Stars and Celebrity Charity Magazine document celebrity giving, as do special sections of more general sites, from Charity Navigator to Celebrity Gossip.net. But celebrities are special cases (aside from their relative wealth).  Although some… Continue reading Leveraging celebrity for contribution and connection

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Reflections on a “Biblio-Social Experiment”

(cross-posted from phillynetsquared.org) On our last Net Tuesday (December 1), we held the Philly Net Tuesday Book UNclub at Robin’s Bookstore.  The idea was pretty straightforward… We would discuss books in Net Tuesday’s scope of interest: social networking/media, nonprofit technology and social change.  (That’s the “biblio” part.)  And we would use the style of an… Continue reading Reflections on a “Biblio-Social Experiment”

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Why nonprofits should promote social media in general

The NetSquared “think tank” topic this month is: What do you think the role of nonprofit organizations is in the changing world of social media? When I first read it, however, I mentally transposed “the changing” to “changing the” and read it as: What do you think the role of nonprofit organizations is in changing… Continue reading Why nonprofits should promote social media in general

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Libraries facilitating self expression

I’m frustrated by the seeming lack of commitment of libraries (especially community-anchored public libraries) to their role in facilitating patrons’ ability to speak. Librarians entusiastically rally ’round the flag of “Intellectual Freedom“, but they think of it almost entirely in terms of defending patrons’ right to read stuff written by others. All very well and… Continue reading Libraries facilitating self expression