I noticed that CodeBlueNow! says it’s powered by GetActive software. They evidently are a software company that specializes in software for social and political activity. Their positioning statement is: Engaged, supportive members are the key to an organization’s success Organizations thrive when members make a personal connection They say they offer “solutions” for: Messaging Advocacy Fundraising Content Management” Membership Management ...

Scrappy Nonprofit Start-Up Takes on Big Medicare Bill :: PNNOnline :: I like the sound of this. A nonprofit has started up to take on the politics of the Medicare drug benefit bill. Seems like good activism to have in the void of leadership and lack of ways for citizens to participate in health care change. Right now AARP is ...

They’re coming from both oceans! In an earlier post I mentioned Austrailian and New Zeland companies that want to do medical trials cheaper than the US cost. Bang, here’s an article from BW about a Hungarian company that’s going right after the clinical trial market. The venture capitalists like what they see: a chance to make a good profit by ...

Frankly, an iron-clad grasp of money matters has not been my forte. I’ll probably live to regret it. But, here’s the first article I’ve seen that explains in a way I can understand how things like fluctuations of the value of the dollar and the federal budget deficit affect the economy macroscopically and, to a certain extent, microscopically. The article’s ...