Archive for October, 2008

There’s Always Room For Improvement

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

I’ve belonged to West Austin II Toastmasters for two and a half years. We meet in the back room of an IHOP restaurant each Thursday at 6:45 AM. I estimate that I’ve seen more than 500 speeches, evaluations, and impromptu talks during that time.
The club averages about 22 people per meeting. The tables are set [...]

Health and Medicine 2.0

Friday, October 24th, 2008

With almost everything bearing the “2.0″ label these days, I suppose it’s not surprising that we’d get Health 2.0 and Medicine 2.0. They’re really complementary ideas. They emphasize a more patient- or consumer-centered view of the health model. This video is about Health and Medicine 2.0 and their . The qualities of the new model [...]

The Sky Is The Limit In Vertical Farming

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

 At Pop! Tech, Dickson Despommier, Phd, just delivered a presentation on vertical farming, a concept that brings agriculture back to cities, inside their buildings in fact.  
Now for those of us who went to college in the 70’s, when we think of growing things indoors, marijuana is the crop that usually comes to mind. But Dr. [...]

Pop! Tech Live Feed

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

For some reason, Pop! Tech didn’t publish its live feed until after the opening session. You can watch it at http://live.poptech.org The conference runs through Saturday. Stay tuned for “near live blogging.-)”

Pop! Tech Starts Today

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

My favorite technology conference starts today and you can attend it too. Pop! Tech is a conference held each October in beautiful Camden, Maine. I had the pleasure of attending in 2006 and I not only enjoyed it, I benefitted from it as well.
The theme this year is Scarcity and Abundance. Speakers include Malcolm Gladwell, [...]

Practice saving the world

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

FISpace is about the future and innovation. Want to practice collaborating with others to solve some hella problems? Then check out SUPERSTRUCT, the first massively multiplayer forecasting game. It was created by the Institute for the Future to use multiplayer gaming to see how people solve complex problems like the ones the world will [...]

Blog Action Day : What are you talking about?

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

It’s Blog Action day and what are you talking about? Check out what our good friends at United Way Central Texas are talking about here.  And our other friend Michelle Greer is adding here.

Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty from Blog Action Day on Vimeo.

YouTube becomes second highest used search engine

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

Still debating whether to have an official presence on YouTube? Still wondering if you should take advantage of their non-profit program. Well you better hurry or you are going to miss the boat. Adage announced today that YouTube just beat yahoo in terms of people searching for information. That means the new ranking is
Google
YouTube
Yahoo
Who would [...]

Chris Brogan’s Top 5 Apps

Monday, October 13th, 2008

What can I say? Brogran always does a super job picking out new and interesting things. Check out these top 5 and let us know what your non-profit thinks of them. Right now I am digging Scrumy. Basecamp replacement anyone?

Addictomatic – great search tool. Just go there and search for something. (Hat tip Kevin [...]

How does your non-profit listen?

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Are you a google alert type of person or more of a glass at the door person? I asked this question of a ton of people on twitter and my other non-profit hookups and here was the response. How many of these are you using to listen to the conversations people are having about your [...]