Two Futuring and Innovation Center people have their own blogs. Check ‘em out.
Randy Moss has been writing for several months COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION: A clearing house for ideas on how new technology can mobilize communities.
David Neff and his fiance just started wesayso just in time for Halloween,
We’ve been having some interesting background discussion in the Society about things blog-wise. (Why is it the most interesting discussions are on e-mail?) There are a lot of issues to consider about the appropriate role for blogs in the ACS and the risks involved in supporting internal (e.g., FISpace) and external blogs. Well, at least [...]
This morning I went into Walnut Creek to do a little early Christmas shopping while my wife’s out of town. WC is the upscale shopping hub of the East Bay. The beautiful, the tony shop there—what an old friend of mine used to call “the glossies.” It’s also one of the few places in the [...]
Here’s an interesting partnership brouhgt to my attention by Randy Moss. Go to http://bcs.meetup.com/ put in your zip and see what comes up.
MEETUP.COM PARTNERS WITH BREASTCANCER.ORG TO ORGANIZE LOCAL BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUPS
October 29, 2004 (New York, NY) – Meetup.com, the Web site that helps people organize local meetings around any cause [...]
The Salvation Army bell ringer may be no more.
Forced to stop the bell at certain stores and a light that says people are moving towards the Internet, the most resourceful charity, the Salvation Army, at $1.3 Billion per year, may stop the bell.
They took in $94 Million last year at the bell, but it pales [...]
We’ve been having a little background discussion among FICenter people of how the ACS might support the electronic health records (EHR) movement. Here’s a little hiccup we haven’t tackled: the cost. It’s really big, according to a recent study, and it may not be the panacea some hope for.
Billions and billions of dollars for healthcare [...]
Universities are taking in hefty donations. How about the American Cancer Society?
Donations to universities are on the rise, with some schools hitting all-time highs in terms of single – donation amounts. Last month Howard U. received a gift valued at $70 million and earlier in the month Baruch College recieved $53.5 miliom in [...]
Wired News: It Works: Rural Health-Care Tech
PDAs to do rurual health–sort of like C-Tools.
Few Americans Buy Meds Online
Long time no see guys and gals! Today a I bring you this nice little article bebunhking the claim that everyone and their dog is buying their Meds online. I thought this was the most interesting part “More then 60 percent said they thought drugs bought from internet vendors [...]
Here’s an article from the Washington Post about the increasing number of “medical tourists” going to India to get lower cost treatment. Just like other labor in India, surgeries can be done at a fraction of the price of the job in the US.
Three months ago, Howard Staab learned that he suffered from a life-threatening [...]
