Are we making too many generalizations about digital natives, those people born between 1980 and 2000, who we consider digital advocates as well. An article in The Economist reasons that there is as much variation among digital natives as among generations. Of course, not every one, has access to technology as we sometimes fool ourselves [...]
Tags: Advocacy, digital natives, Economist, high intensity advocates, Pew Research Center, Weber Shandwick
Great article (A Stress Test for Good Intentions) about company CR or CSR (call it what you want!) commitments during these tough economic times. The big question that has been asked and written about over the past 12 to 18 months is what will happen to company’s sustainability and corporate responsibility initiatives? Will all the [...]
Tags: Advocacy, Citigroup, corporate responsibility, CR, CSR, Economist, reputation
Advocacy is booming. Non-profits currently comprise 11% of the U.S. workforce according to The Quiet Crisis report. In fact, non-profits contribute to nearly 5% of our GDP and if were a country, the nonprofit sector would rank as the seventh largest economy in the world. More people are joining causes and volunteering although clearly the economy has [...]
Tags: Advocacy, Americorps, Economist, Ed Kennedy Serve America, Non-profit, Quiet Crisis, volunteerNYC.org
The web celebrated its 20th birthday this month. In March of 1989, Tim Berners-Lee wrote a paper about Information Management thereby coining the term “world wide web.” In The Economist, a discussion about what the web accomplished over these past 20 years caught my attention since it related to advocacy. According to the article, [...]
Tags: advocates, Economist, GalaxyZoo, Herbaria, Tim Berners-Lee, world wide web
How big are people’s networks? This is a question that has always intrigued me. I recall learning about the Dunbar number years ago and often wonder how it applies to Facebook. I keep thinking that everyone has a deeper and wider network than me since they are always talking about their “friends” on the social [...]
Tags: Dunbar number, Economist, Facebook, personal advocates, social networks
