Thanks to Twitter, I just landed on Shel Israel’s blog about social networks, Global Neighbourhoods. I happen to think Mr. Israel - and his counterpart, Robert Scoble, is rather brilliant, after reading on two separate occastions for two separate classes his book “Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers.”
In a [...]
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Global Neighborhoods - a must-follow blog
Posted in Uncategorized on August 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Big fish, little fish, swimming in the fundraising water
Posted in Uncategorized on August 5, 2008 | No Comments »
I work at a monolithic non-profit, where we really are eradicating disease, educating future leaders, saving lives millions at a time, and making the world a better place. Really. This December we will wrap up a remarkably successful fundraising campaign that is on pace to exceed $3.5 billion.
I also work, on a volunteer or academic [...]
Mistakes non-profits make with Web sites
Posted in Uncategorized on August 4, 2008 | No Comments »
The non-profit for which I’ve worked for the past three years has struggled to launch an addendum to our Web site that promotes the impact of philanthropy and conveys our need. There’s a million reasons, but one big one is that we never took the time or resources to identify what our constituents might seek [...]
And… it’s up
Posted in Uncategorized on June 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Today, after approving Melinda’s comment on the post about the Merril College of Journalism’s failure to put up an online giving form as promised, I checked the site. Still not up - a month after I first checked and saw that it would be there “this week.”
So, being the engaged alum and development professional that [...]
Back to basics
Posted in Uncategorized on May 13, 2008 | 5 Comments »
My four years at the University of Maryland were rich, and, now that I find myself in a personal and professional place that is rewarding in so many ways, what isn’t credited to my family and friends goes to my college education. The list is long, but one of the treasures I took away was [...]
Postcards From Yo Momma
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Family, Technology on April 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A few months or two ago, I heard about a new blog launched by an old acquaintence from The Philly Years with a keen sense for the ironic. I ignored it because I was drowning in Media Theory, and while I was thinking about agenda-setting, everyone else was reading Postcards From Yo Momma.
So funny. A [...]
Public journalism: A prime example
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Public Journalism on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »
We all know journalism is changing, and top-of-mind for many journalists or, uh, students of communication is the widening mediascape and emergence of public journalism.
Reading about it is one thing, but today we witness a prime example.
Talking Web 3.0
Posted in Uncategorized on April 14, 2008 | No Comments »
One day soon, norakoch.com will be reborn as an expert source for calculating emotrics and creating facehooks. Check out this (humorous) list of Web 3.0 buzzwords.
The Wiki Workplace: Some beach, somewhere
Posted in Uncategorized on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Bred on AIM conversations and cell-phone obsession, the digital generation stands on a social constitution of independence – yet interdependence, collaboration – yet personal responsibility, and participation – yet privacy. As Tapscott and Williams establish early in their book, “Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything,” this new approach to communicating, socializing, and working is based [...]
Passion/That’s why we’re here
Posted in Uncategorized on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Check out Johns Hopkins’ new commerical, airing for the first time on ESPNU this weekend during the JHU-Duke matchup at 6:00 p.m.
The message is clever and the design first-rate, but what I’m most excited about is the university’s first steps into the digital age and full integration. Along with the commercial, the project includes a Web [...]
