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Saving Art And Creativity In Public Schools

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — In an IBM survey conducted last year, 1,500 CEOs identified creativity as the number one competitive edge of the future. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently wrote that dance, music, theater, and visual arts “are essential to preparing our nation’s young people for a global economy fueled by innovation ... Read more »
Advocacy, Education, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Real Impact
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Who To Know: Blake Hall

Blake Hall first got our attention when he spoke at the Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington, DC a while back. Since then, he’s been making waves with his startup, hiring people, raising financing, and doing public good. Editor-in-Chief Mark Drapeau caught up with Blake over cocktails in Georgetown to talk about what’s happening with Troopswap ... Read more »
Advocacy, Defense, Entrepreneurship, People, Social Software, Who To Know
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Steve Nash Meets Social Change

On June 24th, Antonin Baudry, the Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy, and Lawrence Cann, founder and executive director of Street Soccer USA, presented Phoenix Suns NBA champion and international humanitarian Steve Nash with a Sport for Social Change Award. Steve Nash is eclectic – a two time NBA MVP, a seven-time ... Read more »
Advocacy, Celebrities, Corporate Citizenship, People, Real Impact, Sports
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Arts + Labs: CREATE

Arts + Labs is a unique alliance of the technology, content, and creative communities that have embraced today’s rich Internet environment to deliver innovative and creative digital products to consumers. This unique partnership between technology companies and creators is dedicated to educating and informing consumers about the vast array of online ... Read more »
Advocacy, Cyber Issues, Events, Media, Patents and Law, Politics
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Innovative Branding Tactics For Nonprofit Fundraising

Katherine Kennedy (Washington, DC) — Brands with a genuine “cool factor” or a hip CEO have no problem drawing fashionable tastemakers to their social events. But other brands, particularly in the public and volunteer sectors, have valid and interesting causes and missions but must work harder to draw an influential crowd to their digital or ... Read more »
Advocacy, Events, Fashion, Leadership, Philanthropy, Social Software
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How Eva Longoria Overnetworked A Nonprofit

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Beth Kanter, CEO of Zoetica and long-time writer about nonprofit organizations, described the “networked nonprofit” as, …nonprofits [that] can unleash the power of social good by transitioning from stand-alone institutions to networks energized by abundant resources in their ecosystem… they need to work with free agents, hyper-connected individuals who are passionate ... Read more »
Advocacy, Celebrities, Philanthropy, Social Software
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Does Your Public Sector “Digital IQ” Measure Anything Important?

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) – If you work in the public or civic sectors, you now have now been assigned a Digital IQ whether you asked for it or not. There is no surer way to get people to talk about your research than to make a list ranking entities, categorize the list into easily-digestible names, and ... Read more »
Advocacy, By the Numbers, Cheeky Geeky, Defense, Government, Philanthropy, Politics
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