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Remember the days when communications were on paper (yes, you youngsters, there was such a time), and there was some chance that a message might go awry? So if you forgot to do something and the boss thundered, “Didn’t you get the memo?!” there was some degree of plausibility in saying, “Uh, it musta gotten lost in the mail.” Then ...

A nice little article from our pals over at the Pew Internet Research Center. According to their research about 53 million American adults use instant messaging programs. About 11 million of them IM at work. So why is ACS not IMing at work? Or are we? Let’s hear some feedback. In the meantime check out the exact report here.

On behalf of FISpace, I’d like to welcome new contributor Lisa “M” Brown. Lisa’s the VP for Marketing, Eastern Division, and the principal for Springboard project, Team ACS. Check out Lisa’s posts: Cybercafes….the new “post office” for the wired generation VolunteerMatch and McDonald’s Help Communities Across the Country We look forward to hearing more from Mizz Brown.

Researchers at Indiana University say blacks and othr minorities are a more important source for charitable donations than many poeple might realize. The IU study was part of the Center on Philanthropy’s 17th annual symposium. It was co-hosted by the National Center on Black Philantropy. The reseach suggests that if people are not asked, they don’t give. If you believe ...