Archive for February, 2007

Sniffing out Cancer

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

So there seems to be a lot of stories about "sniffing" out cancer lately in the media. From the tried and true "dogs sniffing cancer" to this article about US scientists that have devised a color test which shows up unique chemical changes in the breath of people with lung cancer. Can you imagine a [...]

David Golub’s Presentation

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

The audio of David Golub’s presentation 2/23/07 regarding the two innovative projects for which he won the FICenter’s Distinguished Innovator Award.
MP3 File
And here’s the PowerPoints ( Download fic_preso_v.FINAL.ppt
) from his presentation.

Now we’re talkin’

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

Google has just dropped the other shoe: it announced a more complete set of hosted enterprise applications. So it’s game on with Microsoft.
Google Apps Premier Edition brings together the company’s email,
calendaring, instant messaging and voice over IP applications with its
word processing and spreadsheet functionality and email for mobile
devices.
It is available as hosted service costing $50 [...]

David’s Innovation Page

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

Welcome and thank you for taking time to join the conference call and visit this blog.
My name is David Golub and I am the Regional Vice President for Queens with the American Cancer Society’s Eastern Division.  I have been with the Society for nearly eight years, with my first positioin as Vice President of Creative [...]

Money, fame and the biggest prize of all: You get to make a difference!

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

Over the past few weeks I’m noticing more and more prizes, incentives, challenges in the nonprofit sector than ever before. Perhaps I’ve just been hiding under a rock and they’ve always been around or perhaps the media cycle is just picking up on it and pushing it more than usual? Whichever the case, I’m loving [...]

Widget fundraising interview

Friday, February 16th, 2007

Be sure to read the interview by chum Britt Bravo with Carnet  Williams, the CEO of ChipIn, on the NetSquared blog. Not only does Carnet explain how the ChipIn widget works, but he also gives his views and assumptions about fundraising. For example:
I think there are a couple of things that we have assumed. One [...]

Even Second Life is going mobile

Friday, February 16th, 2007

A company called Comverse has written software to enable Second Life inhabitants (just call me Chester) to access the virtual community over Java capable hand-held devices. You can use SMS, IM, and MMS to interact in the environment. 
Since ACS has a successful Second Life Relay and the original Relay For Life in the "real [...]

Participating In A Foundation

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

The John Motley  Morehead Foundation will receive $100 million from Houston art patron Mary Cain. The gift underscores a new trend in philanthropy :  collaborative giving.  Instead of launching a Cain Foundation from scratch, Mrs. Cain is boosting the Morehead Foundation .  In recognition of the gift , the Foundation will change its name to [...]

Anytime, anywhere

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

Technology Reports has an article today about how rapidly the mobile device networks are becoming the systems of choice for connecting to the internet and using the net’s services. There may be a touch of hype from the recent wireless industry conference in Barcelona in the statements, but, for the most part, I think it’s [...]

A “pipe” dream?

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

Yahoo! has just launched a tool that may mark another milestone in empowering web users to make the internet into the information utility they want rather than just be a passive observer of what others have chosen to serve up to them. It’s called Yahoo! Pipes, and it’s a graphic interface that enables people with [...]