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This week, I experienced two things that many online tend to celebrate. The first is that I crossed the 1,000 follower mark on Twitter and the second is that I achieved the goal of my personal communications plan. If you have been reading my blog for long, you may have a guess as to which one I celebrated more. Read the rest of this entry »
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Yesterday, Mashable wrote on two studies predicting political inclinations by technology use. The first was on a study showing that smartphone users were significantly more likely to support Obama than Romney. The later post had a graph showing how web users favorite pages could predict their presidential choice. I highly encourage you to take a look at that graph, but my most surprising take-away was that Pinterest users were on the Romney side of the graph. Read the rest of this entry »
If you’ve watched Mad Men at all, you’ve heard variations of this line thrown around at least a few times. Likewise, if you’ve been in nonprofits for very long, you’ve heard our sector’s variation, “Everyone’s a fundraiser”. These phrases are used so often, that it seems like there is an assumption that everyone knows what they mean, but in both cases, it’s clear that everyone could use a bit of explanation. Read the rest of this entry »