by Rob Cottingham | Oct 31, 2012 | Everything Else, Speaking, Speechwriting
Lauren Bacon shares a personal demon (possibly a genetic one!) about public speaking and imposter syndrome: My mother [is] a brilliant and successful woman who has spent her entire career in the nonprofit housing sector, and who runs an organization that she has built up from a small nonprofit with a few apartment buildings to … Keep reading →
by Rob Cottingham | Oct 28, 2012 | Everything Else
Old media often see Internet as a cesspool. While we can find that stuff if we want to, Coates tells us that the Internet can offer amazing opportunities to find and curate positive community. He tells us the story of one of his commenters who would write amazing,... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 5, 2012 | Everything Else
via youtube.com A web browser is a fantastic thing. I try imagining how I’d have felt in my 20s seeing the kind of tech I take for granted today, and wind up on the floor hyperventilating in panic. But it’s still just a browser. You know what I love most... by Rob Cottingham | Sep 27, 2012 | Cartoons, Everything Else, Social Signal
A few weeks ago, I let you know that Measuring the Networked Nonprofit was on its way, bringing with it the combined wisdom of Beth Kanter and Katie Paine on how nonprofits can measure their impact in an era of free agents and networked activism.It’s a…
by Rob Cottingham | Sep 22, 2012 | Everything Else
via techpresident.com TechPresident reports that the AFL-CIO’s Super PAC, Workers’ Voice, is rewarding its volunteers with a points system: registering gets you 50 points, and agreeing to receive text messages scores 14 more. Amass enough points, and you... by Rob Cottingham | Sep 18, 2012 | Everything Else, Social Signal
Google Engage for Agencies came to Canada a year ago, training agencies in AdWords and other Google products so they can then offer those products to their clients. Yesterday Google celebrated the program’s first Canuck birthday with a four-city conf…
