Month: April 2011
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Alternatives To Go Daddy For Domain Registration
I think all of us at CivicActions were disgusted by Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons’ vacation video featuring him murdering an elephant in Zimbabwe (and the subsequent butchering of that elephant by local villagers wearing Go Daddy hats overdubbed with the song Hells Bells). Bob Parsons has exhibited some pretty questionable behavior before, and made…
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I'm Still a Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
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<p>Seems like ages ago that I got my ScrumMaster Certification and joined the ranks of Certified ScrumMasters everywhere. I sometimes like to say "I Choose Not To Scrum!" to paraphrase Seinfeld. Well, My membership in the Scrum Alliance was about to expire, but I renewed it today, so I am still a Certified ScrumMaster!</p> <p><img…
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How Foundations Are Using Twitter And How They Can Use It Better
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<p>Last week I wrote up some research we conducted at CivicActions. The <a href="http://civicactions.com/blog/2011/apr/01/foundations_using_twitter">research and blog post took a look at the largest 36 foundations using Twitter</a> (based on the size of their endowment). What I found was a wide variance in the twitter metrics: follower and followign counts, tweeting frequence, etc… check out the…
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Tips For Foundations Using Twitter
Last week I wrote about some research we conducted regarding Foundations and their use of Twitter. One thing I noticed in our research is that many Foundations are primarily using the Twitter website to interface with the service. In this post I will highlight a few tips for Foundations that want to make better use…
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Foundations Using Twitter
Back in November 2010 we used the Glass Pockets database to identify 38 of the top 100 Foundations (by endowment site) using Twitter. By “using Twitter” we mean Foundations with official Twitter accounts. This does not include Foundation staff using Twitter, and we did not look at multiple Twitter accounts per Foundation, only the primary…