Hello Everyone!
Welcome to my new Blog. I have decided to stop updating FIspace.org for the American Cancer Society (ACS) and move into my own space here at 501derful.org. On my new Blog I will cover all things around Non Profits using Social Media, Technology and Marketing to move their missions. So check back each day [...]
And I am not talking about making your Blog/Site healthy. I am talking about the new EMHR application from Google. Have you used it? Have you even signed it? Even if you are the biggest privacy nut in the world you should log in and take a peek. Here are some of the features I [...]
In yesterday’s post I focused on the growing perception by some people–especially young ones–that traditional cause-oriented organizations aren’t very agile, and it’s difficult to have much influence in them. So they’re going around established institutions and generating advocacy movements almost spontaneously using tools familiar to them like blogs and social networks: what Clay Shirkey calls [...]
Change.gov is the website set up by the “Office of the President Elect” to get citizen input about all the issues facing the Obama administration. One of them is what should be done about the health care system. You can put in your two-cents-worth (an old expression) by going to: http://change.gov/page/s/healthcare
Here’s their invitation:
Health Care — [...]
Back in the video Jeans…or Genes? I mentioned that Pacific Biosciences was claiming it was working on technology to sequence a whole human genome in 15 minutes! Sounded a lot like a boast to entice VC funding.
But they’ve gotten a step closer to making the thing a reality. According to Technology Review they now have [...]
I have been writing a lot about games and their potential for engaging
kids in healthy behaviors. I just received a note from a friend about Playnormous
- a new game designed to help kids learn about healthy lifestyle
choices. Although Playnormouse is a free game, it seems like it is has
not been released yet. On their site [...]
In the Netherlands there is a new gaming system that gets kids up and
moving outside and indoors too. Swinx is a device that have
downloadable audio profiles that organize and direct kids in fun games
anywhere there is some open space. Players wear RFID wristbands to help
Swinx determine position and activity level of each player.
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, [...]
Electronic health records are
in the second twenty year phase of development and implementation. Hopefully,
the second phase will finish successfully ten years early. Perhaps expediting
this process, Google has entered the personal health records sector of the
healthcare industry. This bodes well for the individual taking initiative in
managing their (and their family’s) health.
It could benefit providers, too, by [...]
As a benefit for the family of Joe Murphy, a podcaster and XM Radio personality who passed away on April 1st, a group of podcasters spearheaded by Paul Fischer and Phil Rossi have created a Creative Commons-licensed version of ‘First of May.’ With the song they also hope to raise awareness of leiomyosarcoma, the rare [...]
