Archive for the 'Economics' Category

What bank should we use for our Non Profit?

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Hey All. Easy question for you today. I am in the process of starting my own non profit around Lights.Camera.Help.  and we need some help. What bank should we use? What bank does your non profit use? What’s important for us to look for in a bank? The first 5 responses will win a prize [...]

What the heck is a CryptoZoo? And how does it help my heart?

Friday, June 5th, 2009

Run with the cryptids, and you may run faster and weirder than you ever thought possible. It’s all part of a new game called CryptoZoo.
CryptoZoo, commissioned by the American Heart Association, is a free, non-commercial game that combines real-world physical activity with gaming and social media. The idea is to make physical activity [...]

American Cancer Society High Plains Social Media Guidelines

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Launch and learn right? These are our Social Media Guidelines for staff here in the High Plains Division of the American Cancer Society. We represent 7 states here in the US. Take a look and let us know what you think. The first 4 people to comment will win prizes. Feel free to adopt and [...]

City of Austin Revolution

Monday, May 18th, 2009

I was lucky enough and honored to get invited to a special City of Austin meeting about the city’s Web Site.  You see we are having some issues with it.  In fact this was not your average City committee meeting with the council facing the usual number of crackpots, deadlocking over issues and it airing [...]

We are all in the same boat! So be worried?

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Our good friend John Turner sent us this new report from GuideStar. How does this compare with your Non Profit? Leave us some comments!
http://www.daveiam.com/NPEconomicReport.pdf

Whither the media?

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Thanks to to the FIC, I attended a conference a couple of weeks ago titled the Future of Media Summit 2008. Here’s my report about it.

The Future of Media 2008 from David Collin on Vimeo.

Using Intangibles to Search for Rentals

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Hubbuzz is a new site that allows you to use adjectives to describe the ideal place for your next rental apartment. It uses reviews and ratings from residents to generate descriptions of the areas that they are in. It uses a community approach to capture the intangible feel of neighborhoods and helps those hipsters and [...]

Our Multicultural Economy

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

I received my copy of The Multicultural Economy–Minority Buying Power in 2007 today in the mail from the University of GA’s Selig Center. And it confirms what I think we already know….ethnically diverse communities are key for any business! Here are a few gems:

The states that have the greatest Black buying power are New York, [...]

The Relationship Economy

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

I’ve recently been introduced to the term Relationship Economy through Deborah Schultz’s blog. Deborah states that she has chosen to use the term “to describe the impact all this social media stuff is having on our world” and points to Jerry Michalski’s take on the subject:
Transactions are the by-products of healthy relationships.
The global [...]

Interacting with Brands

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

The Brands Create Customers
blog has a very good post on the value of interaction to boost and
codify brand experience. He goes beyond the superficial and really
looks at the vital importance of brand interaction as way to build
customer base. He works on the levels of interaction between customer,
product, and company pointing out that there are hundreds [...]