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Lulu, Author Solutions, CreateSpace, Blurb make publishing your book a breeze Target audience: Nonprofits, NGOs, educators, small businesses, journalists, photographers By Kim Bale Socialbrite staff Updated Sept. 20, 2010, with new stats and services With more people turning to ebooks or digital readers like the Kindle or iPad rather than turning the pages of […]
Books
‘WordPress in Depth’ covers all the bases
At a recent meetup of the East Bay WordPress Meetup group, I won a free copy of WordPress in Depth, the new book by Bud Smith and Michael McCallister. If you’re thinking of starting a blog, or switching from another blog platform, “WordPress in Depth” (softcover; 432 pages; publisher: Que) serves as a worthy guide […]
7 critical qualities of a networked nonprofit
You may have heard that Allison Fine and Beth Kanter have co-authored a book called The Networked Nonprofit. At the Nonprofit Technology Conference, they signed printed copies of the first chapter, “Introducing Networked Nonprofits.” In short, networked nonprofits are defined not by websites and software but by the networked culture that they fully embrace. The […]
Information into action: Africa and beyond
Two organisations I’ve had the pleasure of working with – Tactical Tech and Fahamu – have independently announced the release of a film and a book that cover different aspects of non-profit digital activism. Both are well worth a look. Info-activism.org, a Tactical Tech initiative, explores how rights advocates “use information and digital technology to […]
Twitter: Bringing reading to world’s poorest regions
Twitter just announced its first corporate social responsibility effort on its blog. See the video above — featuring Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, Room to Read founder John Wood and Crushpad founder Michael Brill — to get the lowdown on how this campaign will help 50,000 kids abroad learn to read. From Twitter’s announcement: We’re just […]
