The New Media Awards, run by New Statesman magazine, this year has an accompanying blog covering “all things related to the convergence of politics and new media” and also looking at relevant projects.
A recent item looks at whether we are catching up with the US in using internet for political campaigning. http://www.newstatesman.co.uk/nma/nma2006/blog/.
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Hello
I am new to blogs and for that matter charity work.
My wife and I moved to France in 2001 after loosing much of our retirement capital in UK farming. We took to riding bikes to keep fit and as a low cost hobby. We decided to do something useful in pursuing our new interest and guess what, I am going to cycle solo the 2,261 miles of this years Tour de France route for cancer charities.
We chose a charity in France, the UK and the USA because our immediate family is located in all three countries. We had strong reasons for choosing each charity in the respective countries.
We have set up a website (www.cancercharitytour.com), and most of my time is now spent on the administrative side of organising the event, that is, when I am not training on the bike.
We have set up and run several businesses in the past and undertaken voluntary posts in various national societies and clubs. However, this project is something quite new and challenging, particularly with three countries involved.
We would welcome any advice or comments on our venture in order to make it successful in raising as much as possible. The more we progress, it becomes clear how professional and vast the world of charity work has become.
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cybersoc.com, a blog which covers things like citizen journalism, internet research and online community management, is celebrating its first birthday in style next week (20th-24th March), with a high profile bunch of guest bloggers:
Should be fairly interesting, if you are into this sort of thing. See www.cybersoc.com
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If you are really looking for somewhere to post news concerning your organisation (activities, campaigns, reports, events etc), there is now a facility to do so on VoluntaryNews. See the Public or About tabs on that site.
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An American collaboration site (wiki) on PR matters has established a section on ‘Non-Profit Blogging, Podcasting and Social Media’. I’ll try to keep an eye on any interesting developments relevant outside the States, but I do have to agree with them that “for now, it is easier to find sites writing ‘about’ nonprofit activities than actual blogs ‘by’ nonprofit organizations.”
NewPR Wiki – NonProfitBlogs.HomePage
[tags]nonprofit blogs, charity blogs[/tags]
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An item on Computer Weekly says:
A disparate group of 50 non-profit US organisations have defeated AOL in its plan to start charging them for sending out bulk e-mail. …which could cripple their fundraising efforts. The group includes Oxfam America, Gun Owners of America, Friends of the Earth, and the AFL-CIO trade union confederation.
AOL has now said that non-profit organisations will be exempt from the charges.
Link to AOL backs down to non-profit bodies over e-mail levy.
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