Society Page: Alan Rosenblatt Helms Moving Ideas
Alan Rosenblatt, as nonprofit-savvy as he is whip-smart, has assumed the editor's desk at Moving Ideas, where he's writing a daily policy blog. He's already head of the Internet Advocacy Center, and writes the Dr. Digipol blog about digital-age politics.
Moving Ideas is still working through chrysalis after nearly going under around the beginning of the year, but the progressive-activist-hub function it aspires to is still an important one, and it has a substantial NGO network. We're excited enough to see where Alan takes this thing to pass along his call to share job postings, event announcements, offers for guest blogging and discussion hosting, and anything else that would be of network to a nationwide network of nonprofit activists.
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Jason Z.
04:00 PM Aug 22, 2006 -
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Myspace--Tentative Best Practices
Lately, it seems Myspace.com is becoming integrated into many a nonprofit organization's marketing plan. Well, why not? It's free, and you have the opportunity to reach millions youngsters and not so youngsters at the same time. With a little effort, your organization's Myspace profile can effectively help grow your list and increase visibility within the progressive community. Here, I've compiled some best practices that have emerged so far.
Jason Z.
01:30 PM Aug 19, 2006 -
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Affordable Webinar Tools
Either by accident or some inscrutable will of the cosmos, three different parties in the last month or so have come knocking for insight into web meeting tools. Since we run regular webinars, we traffic this space a bit -- and while I'd hardly characterize any of us here as experts in the field of online meeting software, it's not inconceivable that the evaluation of tools we've had to do might be useful to others.
If you're looking for web meeting/screencasting/live presentation software that's more affordable than the name-brands like WebEx, there are some pretty good options available, with an open source project in the pipes. DemocracyInAction uses ASAP by Convoq, which costs $500 a year but has unlimited meetings, and very rarely have poor feedback on it from clients: meeting participants just need a recent version of Flash. A few months ago, we re-upped for a second year.
There's a very similar tool at the same price (Java-dependent, rather than Flash) at Glance.net, and others that are worth looking into especially if you're just looking for a one-off or won't need the thing regularly for the entire twelve months.
A grid of what I came up with as our best options for mixing affordability and usability can be found Read more...
Jason Z.
07:30 PM Aug 16, 2006 -
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Firefox Crop Circles
Wow.
From Slashdot.
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Jason Z.
06:00 PM Aug 15, 2006 -
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Ribbett
Checkout DIA member Care2's blog
Frogloop, you might see someone
familiar.
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Elissa
04:30 PM Aug 15, 2006 -
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Political MySpacing, Whether You Like It Or Not
Politicians not hep to MySpace are being introduced to it with unauthorized profiles.
Let's see ... unknown supporter creates bogus (but not hostile) profile for Governor of Minnesota. Governor of Minnesota wants MySpace to tell who that person is so s/he can help them create a real MySpace profile.
Maybe it's an upstart consultant's metaguerrilla2.0marketing. Beats sending out resumes.
(Via Raw Story.)
Alternative strategy: join the revolution and start a blog like the President of Iran. Embassy seizure strictly optional.
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Jason Z.
10:00 AM Aug 14, 2006 -
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The Unexpectedly Self-Critical Eloquence of Google News
Sometimes an algorithm is worth a thousand words.
(screen capture from the computer-edited Google News a few minutes ago)
Here are those links in clickable format.
New York Times
BusinessWeek
Turkish Daily News
Update: How to hide your Google search trail.
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Jason Z.
07:30 PM Aug 13, 2006 -
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Public Citizen Files Against RIAA
DIA users helped drop an
amicus brief this week in support of one of the numerous innocents the Recording Industry Association of America has tried to run down in its anti-file-sharing berserker act.
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Jason Z.
09:30 AM Aug 11, 2006 -
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Who Can't Use a Little Campaign Training?
The New Organizing Institute is bringing together the Internet gurus from the Kerry, Dean, Clark, and Edwards campaigns as well as MoveOn, the DNC, AFL-CIO, and top fundraising and direct marketing consultants to teach 2006 campaign staff how make the most out of their websites and email lists.
Sounds impressive.
Experts in these areas will show you how to conduct a successful email fundraising campaign, organize volunteers online, outreach to bloggers, coordinate your field and online work, and make smart choices about political technology.
Registration fees are based on a sliding scale, so it's definitely worth checking out.
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Mara
12:00 PM Aug 10, 2006 -
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