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- $3500 by 11/15? 5:06pm Nov 9|1 Comment
- The quest for funding. 4:37pm Oct 30
- GovLuv is live! 8:45am Oct 28
Can we do it? I think it’s looking good, although this is our first financial campaign. I’ve been a little hesitant about how to do this, but I’m getting up to speed and besides, we don’t have an option. We need the $3500 in order to continue to work on our projects. This IS Plan B! Please...
This post is my public thought process on nonprofit funding in the current environment. I’ve written the majority of it in the abstract, so it may be applicable to other nonprofits, but it’s hard to tell. I’...
That’s right, we just entered public beta. That means you’ll probably find a glitch or two in it, and that’s the point – because we can’t solve them if we don’t what they are. What is GovLuv, you may ask? As the fan...
That’s right, we’re looking for interns for Fall 2009, and we have some really excellent opportunities lined up. If you know anyone that’s passionate about social media and how its impacting our government in Washington, this is what they’ve been looking for! There ...
I have bad news and I have good news in relationship to our board of directors, but the net gain is a positive one! First, I must announce the resignation of Ellen Williams from our Board of Directors...
If you’re a regular visitor to the website, you’ll notice a new tab on the right side that says “Donate”. There’s no particular mystery as to what the purpose of this button is, but it’s exciting to have gotten to the point where we’re ready to accept donations. Now, this do...
I imagine that for everyone who sees a big dream come to fruition, there must be a moment like this. You’re head down, slogging away, dealing with the myriad concerns and minutiae of bringing this thing together. ...
I have been doing a lot of research on fundraising, at the same time as I’ve been studying the changing expectations of individuals who are adjusting to living in the information age. ...
Wow! What a full and exciting weekend Matt Cooperrider and crew provided at NYU’s ITP last weekend. You can get all the details here: http://mudball.net/pcamp09/, but the reality is that they really pushed the limit on integrating an offline conference with online participation. ...
Wow! I know. I just said that for Participation Camp, but really! I spent a week in New York and the first four days were a whirlwind of amazing people, amazing sessions, and speeches that forced me to question my understanding of technology and its place in our culture...
I just wanted to announce to the world the great success that I am witnessing from PrivacyCamp last weekend...
Okay, so the name may change but the concept is definitely sound. In a discussion this weekend with Noel Dickover of CommuniBuild and Andrew Wright of Grasshopr, Noel suggested that we convene a barcamp to focus on citizen’s engagement with Congress. ...
I’m proud to say that on May 5, we submitted our application for 501(c)3 status to the IRS. You can read the entire application on our website if you’d like to know more: Legal Documents We expect to hear back from the IRS by early November. Th...
I attended TransparencyCamp here in DC on February 29th and March 1st. Much discussion about transparency got me thinking about a couple of things, specifically how to achieve sustainable transparency...
Something magical happened for the Open Forum Foundation at the Politics Online Conference (yes, I know that was April 19th and 20th - I’ve been neglectful with the sharing of exciting news and am trying to make up for it). ...
