Okay, if social media is not broke but our approach is, and there are some reasons why it is broken, what can we do about it? Good question, here’s 5 possible ways to change your approach to social media: 1. Draw the lines between “soft benefits” and “hard...

I woke up on April 21st expecting to see huge murals, row after row of posters and not be able to walk a block without seeing something about the Kony2012 Campaign’s “Cover the Night” initiative. I, much like those who were leading the campaign I imagine, woke up only to be...

As I’m prepping for a presentation on storytelling this weekend I’ve been going back through some posts and resources to sum up what I think about story as it relates to the web and charity. Colleague/friend/former intern/BFF’s wife Hannah Eloge passed on a TED Talk I had...

Unless you gave up being culturally relevant for lent, you’ve probably seen the #Kony2012 video and campaign or at least heard about it. There are already many great articles summarizing, criticizing, critiquing, praising, etc.  the video, organization and campaign out there so if you...

I was lucky to do some “little communications consulting” for Education Generation and one of the recommendations I made was to develop a communications schedule. After I realized I never had one myself while at Opportunity International Canada I suggested a...

One of the lessons learned from blogging in 2011 was how hard it is to produce regular content all by yourself so… here’s the first guest post of 2012! Darian Kovacs is hard to describe and I continue to find out new things he does and people he’s connected to. If you had to...

With 2012 well underway, I was taking a look back at the year at re: charity and the blog. It was my first year of blogging and I have learned a great deal. I hope to be a bit more consistent in 2012 and find ways to get others more involved. That being said, here were the top 5 posts of...

I was lucky to go to TEDxVancouver recently which stirred up memories of last year’s presentations. One in particular was on “The Power of Story” by Greg Power that I find relevant to nonprofits and charities as we enter the hallowed end of year season. I’ll be posting...

Last week I wholeheartedly went to the ADELE concert with my wife at the Orpheum theatre in Vancouver (I say wholeheartedly as she used to have to drag me to concerts but I’m really starting to like them) and was completely blown away. I love chick tunes (no shame) and have been...

The hubbub here over some recent posts has pressed on a recurring problem. In the USA, since WWII the government has invested in difficult long-term science & technology research that is made freely available to the public. Companies are free to take this research and leverage it into...