The Futurist reports a relatively new form of philanthropic organization, the giving circle, has raised over $44 million since 2000. These community based groups raise funds for various causes, usually local and very focused. The majority of giving circles is all female or led by women. A quick Google shows both in person and virtual giving circles are recent developments ...
Read More »Social Networking Site Fires Employee for Social Networking
That was a fun title to write out for some reason. Anyway check out the latest hub-bub about Friendster. Looks like they fired one of their employees for writing about company business on their personal Blog. Now mostly my feelings are divided on this. Isn’t her having a Blog part of the whole "look-at-us-we-are-a cool-young-company" thing that Friendster thrives on? ...
Read More »Podcasting promises
Reuters news covered the new IBM plan to use podcasting to introduce a series on its investor relations site as part of a broader effort to communicate directly to its investors and the wider public about hot topics. Find the whole story at Yahoo. The IBM spokesman says that the podcasts will be used to share conversations with customers on ...
Read More »SL Boutique to Support Relay For Life
I want to point the readers to the the Second Life Boutique, which is supporting the Relay For life effort in Second Life. They are the official distributor of the SLRFL shirts in world. You can make a donation and pick one up in the next few days. FlipperPA has been fantastic and so have many other SL residents. The ...
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