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Satellite Internet gets the boot

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Satellite Internet gets the boot October 31, 2007 Finally, I have real broadband. We moved last weekend to a town that has actual real cable high speed internet.

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2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report

NetWits

The 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report provides analysis of 28 major nonprofit organizations and transactions for over 15 million donors and more than $1 billion in revenue. Only 11% of online donors acquired in 2007 were still giving in 2010.

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Has Your Nonprofit Considered Race and Class in Your Social Media Strategy?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The internet was once considered a great equaliser, a platform that could bring strangers together, even across racial boundaries. But internet users of the same race have recently begun clustering on certain social media websites. Watch Video. Via BBC News Magazine : .

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You must never press the original Razr’s forbidden internet button

The Verge

In all my years of owning a Razr, I can’t say I tapped it more than once or twice, and never on purpose: the internet button. Located on the upper left side of the keypad, the internet button was emblazoned with a blue globe and would open the Razr’s built-in internet browser. The Razr’s internet button was aspirational.

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Bezos’ Amazon: from bookstore to backbone of the internet

The Verge

to found an internet-based bookstore. In 1998, Amazon bought the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) for approximately $55 million, in the company’s first major acquisition. AWS was a commercial product that would provide the backbone for companies to run their own internet businesses from the cloud. Shaw & Co. Image: Amazon.

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How to Improve Your Nonprofit’s Visibility Online (Hint: Use the Google Ad Grant)

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Elevation has been a nonprofit partner since 2007 and currently supports more than 200 different organizations in Europe and the Americas. Nonprofits need to be visible on the internet, but getting to a place where your organization shows up in search results or becomes featured content takes time, money, and expertise.

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6 ways content marketing has changed the way we do PR

The Next Web

Back in 2007-2008, when Twitter was really taking off, the PR industry faced a pivot point. Although the Internet had already been around for 19 years, the playing field. Shannon Byrne is the Content and PR Manager at Mention where she crafts words, creates strategies, and recruits loyal advocates. This story continues at The Next Web.

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