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From today’s NY Times is an article spelling out a change that I think will have far-reaching consequences for what we think of as "business systems." THE Internet is entering its Lego era. Indeed, blocks of interchangeable software components are proliferating on the Web and developers are joining them together to create a potentially infinite array of useful new programs. ...

The Society now has a new blog called The Worldwide Fight Against Cancer. It’s–as you’d expect–about our activities in other countries. Personally, I think this is the biggest opportunity we have to extend our work, and it’ll be huge in the future. One conundrum however: How long can we stay the American Cancer Society if be expand like gangbusters into ...

Blogging has dramatically reshaped the way we interact with charitable organizations.  The constituent relationship management (CRM)  paradigm has shifted .  The public doesn’t want to be managed.  They want control of the dialog, to dictate terms, and choose methods of communication. The question for fundraisers  has become:  Is the mechanism in place to enable our constituents the channel to create ...

Say "Hi!" to FISpace’s newest contributor, Jennifer Podoll. Jennifer is Vice President of Marketing in the Society’s Eastern Division, New York.  So, Jennifer, welcome to the  FISpace gang!