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1. Europe Gets Serious About Cultural Collection, by Kinley Levack, EContent, 10-29-2009 An ambitious project is underway to digitize the complete cultural history of the European Union and make it available to the general public via Europeana, a digital library and museum, Levack reports.
2. Virtual synagogue serves Jews online, by Meredith Heagney, The Columbus Dispatch, 9-18-2009 While the rabbis who founded virtual synagogue site originally thought it would be for twentysomethings who hadn't joined a synagogue, they found it has much broader appeal, Heagney reports. So far, the Web site has logged more than 10,000 unique visitors.
3. Blood Center All Atwitter over Attracting Donors with Social Media, by Lindsay Toler, Seattle PI, 8-31-2009 Find out on Twitter, sign up on Facebook and show up in person. That's the mantra for Puget Sound Blood Center's new social media campaign, designed to recruit blood donors where they spend most of their time -- online, Toler writes.
4. NPR Moves to Rewire Its Approach to the Web, by Elizabeth Jensen, New York Times, 7-26-2009 NPR, the public radio network, is introducing a revamped NPR.org, giving users what its executives say is an easier-to-navigate Web site that emphasizes written reporting over audio reports, Jensen reports.
5. A Facebook Success Story from the Lupus Foundation of America, by Rob Birgfeld, SmartBolg on Social Media, 7-28-2009 Birgfeld tells how the Lupus Foundation of America’s Facebook strategy increased donations by 790%, high results from Twitter and other social media as well.
6. Micropayments: Where Charity and Social Networks Meet, by Max Zeledon, Business Week, 6-15-2009 Zeledon describes Twitpay, Twollars and other micropayments site that help users make online donations and pay for downloadable content. "When you donate to a charity or cause, you're making it public."
7. A Bull Market in Social Entrepreneurs, by Stephen Baker, Business Week, 6-10-2009 Thanks to practically free communications, social entrepreneurs can make calls on Skype, raise money on blogs and social networks, and recruit volunteer talent. Baker explains how some are doing good using the Web.
8. San Francisco Twitters With Citizens To Fix City, by Mitch Wagner, Information Week, 6-8-2009 San Francisco is using Twitter as a one-to-one text-messaging service, with citizens sending private, direct messages to the city, rather than the more typical use of Twitter for public, many-to-many conversations, Wagner reports.
9. Social Media for Social Causes: Alex Brown's Passion for the Welfare of Horses, by , Knowledge@Wharton, 4-29-2009 Transcript of discussion by Brown about creating and nurturing an online community by using tools like wikis, Facebook and Twitter, and following certain principles, such as: Be authentic, be transparent, be consistent and build trust.
10. World Digital Library Puts Scholarly Treasures Online, by Cora Nucci, Information Week, 4-21-2009 The World Digital Library (WDL) 's digital archives offer free, unrestricted public access to manuscripts, maps, rare books, films, sound recordings, prints, and photographs and are searchable in 7 languages, Nucci reports.
11. U.S. Air Force Social & Traditional PR, by Dana Theus, Social Media Today, 4-15-2009 The U.S. Air Force is doing some really forward thinking work in social media, Theus writes. Reports that it is precisely because the Air Force's mission is so critical that they believe it is so important all their Airmen be talking about it.
12. How Chris Hughes Helped Launch Facebook and the Barack Obama Campaign, by Ellen McGirt, Fast Company, 3-17-2009 McGirt reveals the untold story of 25-year-old helped create 2 of the most successful startups in modern history, Facebook and the Barack Obama campaign.
13. And now, Twitter Philanthropy, by Matthew Shaer, The Christian Science Monitor, 3-1-2009 By the time the sun set on the first annual Twestival, some 10,000 attendees in 200 cities across the globe had donated more than a quarter of million dollars to clean-water efforts in Africa and India, Shaer writes.
14. Yes, We Plan: How Altruism and Advertising Could Change the World, by Eliot Van Buskirk, Wired, 3-3-2009 Describes IfWeRantheWorld.com, a site set up to convert intent into action, to get things done. It breaks even the largest goodwill projects into discrete tasks, which it distributes to members through a socially networked environment.
15. Stimulating Citizen Experience, by Christopher Musico, Destination CRM, 3-1-2009 Musico explores how an infusion of Web 2.0 in the public sector change the way we view constituent service.
16. The Royal Website: The Queen’s New Web Site SEO Review, by Julian Sambles, Telegraph, 2-12-2009 Sambles says Her Majesty has allowed the creation of a website which should have been designed to engage with her subjects as much as possible but has overlooked the basics of good Search Engine Optimization, cites 6 top failings.
17. Is It Time for a Postal Service 2.0?, by Arik Hesseldahl, Business Week, 2-11-2009 Startups suggest getting national postal services in the business of delivering documents digitally and securely using a "trusted postal e-mail" approach or offer customers a free electronic mailbox that's linked to their street address.
18. I Do Solemnly Swear That I Will Blog Regularly, by Farhad Manjoo, Slate, 1-20-2009 Manjoo reviews the new Whitehouse.gov site.
19. Reporter's Notebook: A Community of Donors, by Mila D'Antonio, 1 to 1, 12-22-2008 As the economy slows, many charities are struggling to raise the necessary funds during the holiday season. Some charities, however, are tapping into social media to help compensate for the funds they've lost from large corporations, D'Antonio writes.
20. Will Work for Praise: The Web's Free-Labor Economy, by Stephen Baker, Business Week, 12-28-2008 Baker describes the free-labor business model: entrepreneurs build meeting places that provide visitors with tools to express themselves, mingle with friends and strangers, and establish their personal "brands."
21. Online Rebel Publishes Millions of Dollars in U.S. Court Records for Free, by Ryan Singel, Wired, 12-12-2008 Describes efforts to provide free and easy online access to government documents, namely the government's courthouse search engine known as Public Access to Court Electronic Records or PACER.
22. Campaigns in a Web 2.0 World, by David Carr and Brian Stelter, New York Times, 11-2-2008 Many of the media outlets influencing the 2008 election simply were not around in 2004. YouTube did not exist, and Facebook barely reached beyond the Ivy League, Carr and Stelter report.
23. Support Groups Thrive in Anonymous, Interactive Online Environment, by Jeremy Nedelka, 1 to 1, 10-30-2008 Nedelka describes the Web-based Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation (CABF), which began as an independent Yahoo! Group.
24. The White House Email List, by Kevin Thurman, techPresident, 11-11-2008 The President of the United States should build a list and he should use it to talk to the American people when he wants their feedback, says Thurman, to communicate, to encourage participation and to enhance government transparency.
25. It Takes Tech to Elect a President, by Auren Hoffman, Business Week, 8-25-2008 Most major candidates from both parties have used sophisticated microtargeting, Hoffman reports, predicting that in 2012, all major candidates will be leveraging their supporters more effectively.
26. Dead Sea Scrolls To Be Displayed on Internet, by Ian Deitch, CIO Today, 8-28-2008 Scientists have started a huge project to digitally photograph the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest known version of the Hebrew Bible, and post it on the Internet for all to see, Deitch reports.
27. Presidential Campaigns Connect Online, in Person, by Curtis Krueger, Top Tech News, 8-19-2008 On a MyBO page, people can post pictures of themselves and write their profiles, explaining why they support Obama. Other supporters are logging onto "McCain Space," a name that sounds inspired by "MySpace," reports Krueger.
28. How Social Networking Saved New Orleans, by John Fontana, CIO Magazine, 6-30-2008 Fontana reports a post-Hurricane Katrina story of how a crash course in social networking helped people emerge from the rubble; find their voice; fight the government; solicit help; and save their neighborhoods, schools and each other.
29. Da Vinci's 'Last Supper' Goes Online, by Colleen Barry, Business Week, 10-28-2007 Officials put online an image of the "Last Supper" at 16 billion pixels, allowing experts to examine details of the 15th century wall painting that they otherwise could not. High resolution does not become grainy as you zoom in, says curator.
30. Candidates Pander to Geeks in the Webbiest Campaign Ever, by Miyoko Ohtake, Wired Magazine, 10-23-2007 Reviews and links to the 6 leading candidates' online efforts.
31. Content Management Is for Lovers (and Clydesdales), by Jessica Sebor, Destination CRM, 6-1-2007 The state of Virginia residents can--from the site's homepage--check the weather, file their taxes, pay for a traffic ticket, or find out about the annual Virginia Arts Festival. Sebor discusses the problems and solution to managing the level of content.
32. YouTube for President, by Edward Cone, CIO Insight, 2-7-2007 The Web may now be the key to winning the most powerful job on the planet, says Cone, as he reviews how Web video has gone from novelty to necessity in politics, and could play a decisive role in the White House race.
33. John Edwards, the e-Candidate, by Matt Vella, Business Week, 1-22-2006 Vella explains why the Presidential hopeful's Web efforts show the benefits and limits of using emerging media to gain an early edge in the '08 campaign
34. Making Every E-Vote Count, by Steven Cherry, IEEE Spectrum, 1-1-2007 Cherry reports on a complete voting system introduced in November 2006 that it says avoids all the flaws and limitations of the commercial ones.
35. Seven Steps to Building a Strong Nonprofit Brand, by Laura Ries, MarketingProfs, 11-28-2006 Tutorial on the key best practices in marketing a non-profit brand, and building the brand from scratch. Each strategy is explained in terms of how it was applied in the case of a start-up non-profit Kate's Club.
36. Union Dives Into the Internet Age, by Allen Riddell, Wired, 5-11-2006 Faced with an aging base and fewer young recruits, a Dutch union is trying to remake itself for the internet age by spinning of an internet-only branch focused on workers under the age of 40.
37. NASA Upgrades Web Site To Help Workers Cope With Natural Disasters, by Laurie Sullivan, Information Week, 5-29-2006 The InsideNASA intranet helps employees at 11 U.S. facilities stay informed about office closures, evacuation procedures, and when it's safe to return to work.
38. Opening a Virtual Gateway to Better Health, by Louis Gutierrez, CIO Magazine, 3-15-2006 Tells how a single online electronic form provides access to the state's Medicaid, food stamps, WIC (the nutrition program for women, infants and children), subsidized child care, veterans services, care for the disabled and many other HHS services.
39. Some Political Ads on Net to Be Regulated, by Ben Charny, Publish, 3-27-2006 The number of Americans using the Internet for political information doubled between 2000 and 2004 to 63 million. Discusses the Federal Election Commission's extension of its rules about campaign ads to some Internet Web sites.
40. U.N. Game Wins Hearts and Minds, by Chris Kohler, Wired, 2-15-2006 Describes Food Force, a video game created by the United Nations World Food Programme that had 1 million downloads over the first 2 months. The United Nations created the game after seeing the success of the U.S. Army's recruitment game, America's Army.
41. Internet Game Provides Breakthrough in Predicting the Spread of Epidemics, by , Bio.com, 1-25-2006 Using a popular internet game that traces the travels of dollar bills, scientists have unveiled statistical laws of human travel in the United States, and developed a mathematical description that can be used to model the spread of infectious disease.
42. The IRS Portal, by Demir Barlas, Portals Magazine, 1-6-2006 Explains how the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has gone beyond the lip service that many organizations devote to usability and taken the end user's experience to heart.
43. USPS E-Services, by Demir Barlas, Line56, 12-5-2005 Describes how the United States Postal Service (USPS) has become increasingly customer-friendly, especially its Internet-based services.
44. Estonians Break Ground, Vote Online, by Jari Tanner, Biz Report, 10-17-2005 The tiny former Soviet republic nicknamed "e-Stonia" is breaking new ground in digital democracy as Estonia became the first country in the world to hold an election allowing voters nationwide to cast ballots over the Internet.
45. Craigslist Versus Katrina, by Keith Axline, Wired, 9-1-2005 Reports that with cell and land-line phones mostly down, the web has emerged as a champion amid the wreckage of hurricane Katrina. E-mail, instant messenger and blogs have proven lifelines for communication.
46. Food For Thought: Localized Content Aids Disconnected Africa, by Mark Fritz, EContent, 7-22-2005 Fritz describes the WiderNet Project is a largely volunteer, nonprofit organization based at the University of Iowa, founded in 2000 to mitigate the third world’s dire digital communications problems.
47. Galaxy Quest, by Paul Boutin, Slate, 5-3-2005 Boudin describes Wikipedia (the free, open source collaboration system with more than 1 million entries in at least 10 languages) as a real-life Hitchhiker's Guide: huge, nerdy, and imprecise. Links to various topics.
48. Faith, and a Value Proposition, by Rebecca Lieb, ClickZ Experts, 4-8-2005 LaserMonks, a small operation run by monks in Wisconsin, has built a thriving online business selling replacement printer cartridges, and plans to grow rapidly into other niche markets, by adhering to established best practices in web marketing.
49. Frontline Access: Online Gallery Boasts Soldiers' Wartime Photos, by Sarah Colombo, Online Journalism Review, 2-11-2005 U.S. soldiers armed with digital cameras capture their perspectives of the war in Iraq. Discusses the online exhibit of these wartime images with the supervisor of the collection.
50. Tsunami Relief Efforts Get Record Online Donations, by Antone Gonsalves, Bank Systems & Technology, 1-4-2005 Reports that most online donors use credit cards, although payment services such as PayPal or online banking accounts are also popular methods, allowing access to the money within 72 hours instead of several weeks for checks to arrive by mail.