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Mon, September 29 2014
How to strengthen your nonprofit from the inside out
Filed under: Nonprofit leadership •
An organization's ability to accomplish its mission is only as strong as the organization's infrastructure. As you fight to make the world a better place, how do you make sure you're providing a nonprofit workplace that fosters fairness and complies with the necessary rules and regulations? I recently had a chance to catch up with the Aina Gutierrez, author of Walking the Walk: A Values Centered Approach to Building a Strong Non-Profitand Deputy Director of Interfaith Worker Justice. Her new book is an easily digestible, yet comprehensive, practical guide to organizing and improving internal operations and finances.
NFG: What drove you to write this handbook?
Aina Gutierrez: The national nonprofit I work for, Interfaith Worker Justice, has a network of more than 40 affiliates that are small organizations with less than 10 staff. Part of my job in the last twelve years has been to train these groups on the subjects outlined in the book (office administration, fundraising, financial management, board development and human resources).
There were two trends I saw in talking to these groups and other small nonprofits I've been involved with. The first is that most small groups struggle with these "back office" issues because there were few training resources and materials for those that juggle multiple roles and don't have the time (nor passion!) around building systems and procedures. And yet, many of them were really struggling with personnel issues and managing their budgets. It caused many staff and board leaders stress and burnout.
The second is that many of the policies and procedures of small nonprofits don't seem to reflect the values that the organizations espouse in their programmatic work. A number of staff work for low pay and few benefits. Most small organizations don't have access to constructive feedback or support. I felt strongly about the need to reflect the organization's values in the way it operates, and that a written resource might be the best way to do that.
NFG: The book is geared toward small nonprofits with fewer than 10 employees. We work with many organizations who also have volunteer "staff" or staff members who are running their nonprofits on the side? Can you share some advice for those situations?
AG: Sure. It's pretty amazing, but the smallest nonprofit isn't that much less complicated to run than a more established organization. Both have boards, raise money, file government forms and have policies.
This can be tricky for groups without paid staff, or with part-time staff. There's never enough money or time to accomplish everything.
NFG: Can you share some advice for those situations?
AG: So I would recommend that your readers do a quick assessment of each area outlined in the book and highlight parts that seem important to the organization that are missing. The book has chapters on staff, board, office systems and management, government requirements, finance, and fund development. And just start working on it, bit by bit. Include a few tasks in the organization's workplan, or find a board member or two that are willing to help. There's a lot of information online and from allied organizations that can be easily adapted and used for small nonprofits. It's really just being aware of the back office work that needs to be done and doing a little bit at a time.
NFG: There's an entire section on building and managing your board. We hear from many nonprofits who struggle with this relationship. Why do you think this is often such a difficult piece of the puzzle?
AG: I think any institution made up of passionate people who bring with them varying ideas and perspectives will not be without its share of internal struggles. An organization's board is no different. Managing the board can be very rewarding, but it can also be frustrating at times.. And, as staff, it can sometimes feel like its not worth the time and energy to build a strong board, so it falls by the wayside.
But, it is worth it. The key is to continue to recruit and develop leaders that care about the organization and have something wonderful to contribute to its success. If someone doesn't have a skill set or experience to help, or creates a lot of drama, or brings a different agenda to the table, or doesn't want to do any work – that person shouldn't be on the board. It can be time consuming to recruit and keep the right people for the job, but a small group of people that really connect and are willing to work can help build the organization in some really incredible ways.
NFG: What are some of the challenges you've observed in nonprofits who don't have strong administrative systems?
AG: Oh goodness, there are so many stories. Every nonprofit I've worked with has at least one horrible story that cost a lot of time, energy and usually money to fix. I certainly have made plenty of own mistakes in this area!
The biggest challenge with organizations that don't have strong systems is that it's not an efficient way to operate. Pulling together a 300 person mailing shouldn't be an all day job. But if your database is disorganized, the printer jams the envelopes, and you have to run to the post office to buy stamps, it can take hours. It impacts the important work that the group should be doing. And its super frustrating for the staff!
Having weak systems can also cost a lot of money. I've worked with a number of groups that miss government filing deadlines and have to pay late fees. Or groups that order office supplies last minute and pay expensive overnight shipping for a meeting. Or, groups that miss grant deadlines because there are not good tracking systems for applications or reports. These things all cost the organization a lot of money, and there often isn't money to go around.
NFG: What are the payoffs for getting it right?
AG: One of the biggest rewards of those with good administrative systems is that they are able to engage more people in their work. Organizations that are able to efficiently communicate with their constituents and potential supporters via email or direct mail are more likely to receive more donations and support than those that don't communicate. Donors that are assured the organization is run well will continue to give and often give more. Board members that are better connected or informed about the work will more likely be better engaged and provide more help.
Having good administrative systems is really the backbone of any strong nonprofit organization. It has a direct impact on its programmatic work and financial viability.
NFG: This book is obviously a great guide for emerging organizations, can established nonprofits learn a trick or two as well? Should these organizations re-assess their processes? How often?
AG: Yes, definitely. I encourage readers of more established groups to first review the policies and practices outlined in the book and make sure they have similar structures in place. Second, take a look at their own policies through a values-centered lens and see if there are areas that don't reflect the organization's values. And third, consider if its time to update a few things. For example, my organization recently looked at our healthcare plan to see if we should try the state-based exchange through the Affordable Care Act. It didn't make sense for us to change right now, but it is likely something that will impact our healthcare benefits in the future. Even long time organizations should try and keep up on policy changes that could benefit small nonprofits.
All organizations should look at the administrative and financial progress made every year. Don't look at everything, but when the organization is making its annual goals and objectives, it should include some work on internal policies and procedures. Incorporate this work incrementally into the organization's board and staff and new things will be done every year. Progress is something to feel good about!
Thanks to Aina for her insight and for providing a handy guide to policies and processes that can sometimes feel daunting. For more tips and insight, check out Walking the Walk: A Values Centered Approach to Building a Strong Non-Profit.
Mon, September 15 2014
Two easy – yet lasting – ways to advance your nonprofit's mission
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(Editor's note: Today's post comes from our friends at the National Council of Nonprofits. Jennifer Chandler, Vice President and Director of Network Support & Knowledge Sharing, offers an easy way for your nonprofit to help advocate for charitable giving.)
If you could make two simple phone calls or send two easy letters to advance your nonprofit's mission, would you do it? If yes, then please read on.
A ray of sunshine is peeking through dark storm clouds that have hovered over nonprofits the last several years. Those storms dropped the Great Recession, increased demands for services, declining donations, and reduced funding from government contracts. That ray of sunshine is finally within reach – but it is flickering. To keep it from disappearing again, we each need to act now, to advance our missions and serve our communities into the future.
What is happening?: The ray of sunshine is the America Gives More Act, which the House of Representatives passed in July with support from across the political spectrum. As we all learned from Schoolhouse Rock, the Senate now needs to pass the bill for it to take the next step to becoming a law. And your Senators need a little push from the nonprofit sector to make it happen.
Every community would be positively affected by the America Gives More Act. It would create benefits for all nonprofits, across all subsectors. Most notably, the legislation would make donations from individuals to nonprofits through April 15 eligible to be counted as deductions on the prior year's taxes. For nonprofits, this means a potential new rush of donations around tax time, not just at the holiday season.
The work of individual nonprofits would also be strengthened by the America Gives More Act. For food banks and others tackling hunger, it would enhance incentives - and make them permanent – to help drive donations of nutritious food. To promote land conservation efforts, the bill would make the incentives for donating easements to preserve our environment permanent also. And to make giving a bit easier for older Americans, the legislation would allow older individuals to donate directly from their IRAs to any public charity and make this allowance permanent. This permanency will send charitable resources into communities that need them, instead of being used year after year by nonprofits to advocate for the incentives to be renewed by Congress. Lifting our voices now to make them permanent will allow us all to re-dedicate that time to advancing our missions.
Act Immediately: There is only a small window of opportunity left in September before Senators leave D.C. again for the mid-term elections. Once they leave, the window slams shut. Therefore, the charitable nonprofit community needs to speak up now before we lose this unique opportunity.
It's up to us all to speak up. Join other nonprofit board members, staff members, and volunteers across America by delivering this simple message to your Senators: Don't leave Washington in September until the Senate passes the America Gives More Act; our communities are counting on you.
- Call your Senators' local or Washington, DC offices (202-224-3121)
- Text or Tweet your Senators
- Write your Senators (see sample letter)
Learn more about the Act and what nonprofits can do to help.
Mon, September 08 2014
Reclaim Back to School: How to Stay Energized, Relevant, and at the Top of Your Game
Filed under: Fun stuff • Nonprofit leadership •
Our daughter, Charlotte, recently started sixth grade, and the pumped-up energy at school that first morning really got me thinking.
"Back to school" is one of the definers of fall as we know it. It's right up there with apples, the changing colors of the leaves, and Halloween.
Here are all these kids marching into the unknown for nine months of learning and growth. Some are thrilled to be starting again, others are longing for the pool or camp, but all have this incredible opportunity to be exposed to new content, to digest it in the context of what they know now, and to arrive on the far side with a fresh perspective and new skills. I'm envious!
Few of us have this kind of formal growth opportunity, but ongoing intellectual and creative growth is vital. It's the only way to ensure that our marketing and fundraising content is relevant while fueling our personal satisfaction.
My call to action for you and me? Let's reclaim back to school. Let's schedule some learning—via conversation, reading, participating—into every day, even if for only five minutes. Learning is energizing, positive, and productive, but you have to make it happen.
Here are the five main methods I use to keep learning:
1. Read and watch content (blogs, e-newsletters, social media, books, videos) in the field, from nonprofits in all sectors, and from expert marketers—in the nonprofit world and beyond—and fundraisers. This helps me keep current on trends, models, needs, tools, and news.
2. Scan the world news, and process how it affects your work and the perspectives of the folks your organization strives to connect with.
3. Participate in hands-on group workshops and webinars, so I'm doing rather than just digesting. For me, the doing reinforces learning like nothing else.
4. Push myself to take on the next new challenge, and make sure there's always a "next challenge" to tackle. Right now I'm focusing on developing several new training modules and a new small-group online learning program. You may think about how to meet the needs of an underserved part of your community or tackle a new donor segment.
5. Synthesize what I learn with what I know and share that with you in blog posts, e-news articles, speaking gigs, and training. This is the linchpin of my learning program, pushing me to put it all together—for you!
I guarantee I get my learning by scheduling it every day in "ink" on the calendar. This time-blocking approach works wonders for me.
Starting today, reclaim back to school as your own. Schedule time daily to stimulate your mind, nourish your soul, stay on top of the world you're working in (and communicating into), refine your perspective, and build your expertise and impact—all prerequisites to creating the relevant content and calls to action that best engage the folks whose help you need to move your mission forward!
How do you keep learning even when your professional development budget is zilch? Please share your learning habits and favorite resources in the comments below!
With refreshing practicality, Nancy Schwartz rolls up her sleeves to help nonprofits develop and implement strategies to build the strong relationships that inspire key supporters to action. She shares her deep nonprofit marketing insights—and passion—through consulting, speaking, and her popular blog and e-news at GettingAttention.org.
Fri, August 08 2014
This Book Could Change Your Life: Great Summer Reads for Fundraisers
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When I asked nonprofit experts in a range of fields, from fundraising to programs, to share their summer reading lists, I had no idea what to expect.
I was thrilled to hear so many passionate stories about books that have made (or are likely to make) a huge difference in these folks' lives. I'm sure that you're reading all the time—blogs, Facebook, e-newsletters—but my colleagues told me that, for them, reading a book is something different. The process of immersing oneself in a work that is longer, richer, and typically experienced in a distinct format, be that hard copy or on an e-reader, is a unique experience. This immersion outside the day-to-day is highly engaging, energizing, and refreshing on the creative and intellectual fronts.
With that potential in mind, consider these top picks for your end-of-summer reading list. One of them could change your life:
Auto Biography: A Classic Car, an Outlaw Motorhead, and 57 Years of the American Dream, Earl Swift
Sally Kirby Hartman, vice president of communications at the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, adored this pleasure read about a '57 Chevy and its various owners. Sally's a superstar communicator and extracted a valuable marketing insight: "Auto Biography is a great reminder that a good observer can bring any topic to life by writing about real people," she said.
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Malcolm Gladwell
If you know the work of fundraising scribe Tom Ahern, you won't be surprised by the passion he brings to this recommendation. When Tom likes something, he really likes it. So when he told me that Blink was "blowing his mind," I had to know why.
"Try this one," said Tom. "A psychologist administers a test to college students. There are 10 questions. Scattered through the questions are words such as 'worried,' 'Florida,' 'old,' 'lonely,' 'gray,' 'bingo,' and 'wrinkle.' When the students arrive to take the test, they act their age. When they leave after taking the test, they act old, walking slowly. What you read when taking the test affected the way you behaved.
"OMG, Nancy," exclaimed Tom. "The great unknown for copywriters (me) is the human mind and how it actually works, not how we guess it works. That's why Blink is blowing my mind: it's all about recent psychological research, as told by a fabulous journalist."
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products, Nir Eyal
Nonprofit Web mastermind Seth Giammanco, of ModLab, is digging into Nir Eyal's model that can be used to help products stand out in a world of constant competition for attention. He outlines that model here. It's useful guidance and great inspiration for shaping your programs and services and positioning your organization's fundraising and marketing campaigns for the strongest results.
Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World, Gary Vaynerchuk
Kevin Martone, technology program manager at the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, is just digging into this one now. It's the latest (maybe greatest?) from social media guru Gary Vaynerchuk, who shares secrets on connecting strongly with customers—donors and other supporters to us. Sounds worth a read!
To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others, Dan Pink
In his breakthrough book, A Whole New Mind, Dan Pink broke through traditional perceptions on success drivers, suggesting that right-brain skills are a huge success factor. Celeste Wroblewski, vice president of public relations at Chicago Symphony Orchestra, is eager to read his latest. Celeste, I've read To Sell Is Human, and you're in for a treat.
Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder, Arianna Huffington
Fundraiser Amy Eisenstein got a jump-start on her summer reading, finishing and enjoying Thrive even before the solstice. She then raved about it to me.
What's heading your end-of-summer reading list, or what book tops the list of those you've already finished? Share your picks in the comments below!
Mon, July 14 2014
7 Strategies for Mobilizing Millennials
Filed under: Fundraising essentials • Marketing essentials • Nonprofit leadership •
(Part two in our series on the Millennial Impact Project)
Millennials: A powerful force for change.
Earlier this month, I shared my perspectives on the 2014 Millennial Impact Report and MCON14. Hopefully, that post got you thinking about how Millennials are shaping our culture and social sector in profound new ways.
As a refresher, this is a summary from Derrick Feldmann, President of Achieve, on the growing significance and power of Millennials:
Approximately 80 million Millennials live in the U.S. today. Collectively, they spend about $300 billion annually on consumer discretionary goods. And by the year 2020, they will make up 50% of the workforce.
Soon, Millennials will no longer be the "next generation;" rather, they will be the majority of your co-workers and employees. [And I'd add, the majority of your donors and supporters.]
Millennials are building a culture that knows how it feels to contribute to a cause and attempt to solve social issues…It is not overstating to say that a big part of the nonprofit sector's future relies on its ability to respond to these young people's charitable inclinations.
Invite them. Inspire them. Seven steps to get started.
How do you begin to engage Millennials? Here are seven ways you can bring Millennial energy, innovation and advocacy to your organization.
1. Bring Millennials onto your team. Hire Millennials. Invite one or two to join your board. Even if you have a give/get for board members, encourage Millennials to run a race or do a crowdfunding campaign as a way to fulfill their commitment. They're worth it. With their robust social networks, youthful passion and idealism, they can contribute in ways that are more important than money. Think of Millennial team members as beacons that can shine a light on your organization with huge networks of friends, family and colleagues.
2. Inspire with images and video. Shift your marketing focus from facts and data to people and impact stories. Check out how our client, the United Way of Central Maryland uses a beautiful image and video to present a clear, simple fundraising message. Click here for a guide to using visuals effectively.
3. Enlist with emotion on social channels. Inspire young supporters to share your mission by capturing their attention in your social channels with emotion: empathy, humor, pain, triumph. Investments in photography and video can pay big dividends, as inspiring content is more likely to be shared. The campaign of actress Lauren Luke, Don't Cover it Up, inspired women, especially Millennials, to confront partner violence, not to "cover it up."
4. Empower them to get involved, not just to give. Inspire Millennials to volunteer based on their top motivators for getting involved: Passion (79%); Meeting people (56%); Gaining expertise (46%). Get them involved through activism, professional groups, and leadership opportunities. The United Way of Central Maryland has built a passionate base of Millennial supporters with its Emerging Leaders United program, by focusing on these motivations.
5. Focus on your website. Meet Millennials where they are: online (and on their phones). With the rise of social media, many organizations focus their online outreach, updates, and photos on these platforms, often neglecting their core website. Your website is the center of your online universe - the sun to your orbiting social media planets. And leaving out of date or generic information on a website is a major turn-off for Millennials, and everyone else!.
Also, your website has to be mobile-friendly. 87% of Millennials are carrying smartphones everyday. A mobile-friendly online environment will keep mobile users engaged and enable impulsive action from an impulsive generation.
6. Launch a monthly giving program. One of the hottest trends in philanthropy mirrors a trend we see in consumer purchasing: the growth in subscription giving. According to the report, 52% of Millennials are interested in giving monthly. A small monthly gift can really add up over months and years. Here are some recommendations on how to start your monthly giving program.
7. Move them to action by ASKING. You're changing lives every day. And everyday you need support. Millennials want to be inspired, to inspire others, and to make a big impact with their actions and generosity. Tell them how they can help: start a fundraising page, sign a petition, recruit volunteers, host an event, join your leadership. It starts with an ask.


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"We've come a long way because back in my time, I don't suppose women were able to vote," Brieger said.
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At 101 and 91 years old, Brieger and Hodges were both young when voting rights were passed.
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Hodges spent 67 years working for civil rights.
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Though she doesn't plan to vote for Sen. Barack Obama, Hodges is equally proud to see an African-American in the presidential race.
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The contract for delivery in April gained as much as 1.4 percent to 2,592 ringgit ($835) a metric ton on the Malaysia Derivatives Exchange, before trading at 2,577 ringgit at 12:22 p.m. in Kuala Lumpur. Prices reached 2,593 ringgit on Jan. 31, the highest level for the most-active contract since Oct. 25.
Exports from Malaysia climbed 11 percent to 1.46 million tons in January from a year earlier, according to data from Intertek on Jan. 31. Malaysia has maintained the zero-tariff policy for a second month in February, while Indonesia, the biggest producer, raised taxes on crude exports to 9 percent from 7.5 percent. Palm oil has rallied 16 percent from the close on Dec. 13, the lowest settlement since November 2009.
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Lower production will also help to draw down inventories, which were estimated at 2.5 million to 2.6 million tons last month, with steeper falls seen in February and March, Sebastian Tobing, an analyst at UBS AG in Indonesia, wrote in a report dated Jan. 31. Inventories reached a record 2.63 million tons at the end of December, according to the Malaysian Palm Oil Board. Output is typically lowest in the first two months of the year.
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Microsoft: Windows 10 will run on billions of devices0 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on December 6, 2014 under Mobile, Netbook, Notebook, Operating Systems, PC, Smartphone, Software & Gaming, Tablet PCMicrosoft Corp.'s Windows 10 operating system will eventually power billion of devices, the company revealed this week. Apparently, the new OS will target not only PCs, tablets and smartphones, but ... more.
Google will provide 1TB of storage with new Chromebooks0 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on November 22, 2014 under Android, Laptop / Mobile, Netbook, NotebookLaptops based on Google's Chrome operating system – Chromebooks – are known for their limited local storage capacity and necessity to rely on cloud storage solutions that cost money. Luckily f... more.
Asustek and Lenovo prep $149 Chromebooks – report0 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on November 13, 2014 under Android, Laptop / Mobile, Mobile, Netbook, NotebookAsustek Computer and Lenovo Group are about to offer Chromebooks – notebooks powered by Google's Chrome OS operating system – with incredibly low price-tag of just $149, according to a media rep... more.
Intel Core M processors to power 5% – 10% of notebooks next year – report2 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on November 6, 2014 under APU, CPU, Laptop / Mobile, Netbook, Notebook, Tablet PCIntel Corp.'s Core M microprocessors boast impressively low power consumption and heat dissipation, which will enable new types of low-power/ultra-thin personal computers. Unfortunately, due to limi... more.
Asustek, Dell and Lenovo eye Chromebooks2 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on October 28, 2014 under Android, Laptop / Mobile, Mobile, Netbook, NotebookAlthough Google's Chrome OS continues to command a small fraction of the world's PC market, it still attracts a lot of attention from PC makers who hope to improve their sales with the help of non... more.
Laptop makers cease to develop notebooks with touch-screens1 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on September 30, 2014 under Laptop / Mobile, Mobile, Netbook, Notebook, PC, Tablet PCAfter offering notebooks with touchscreen displays that have not become popular for several years, laptop vendors are reportedly pulling the plug and will cease development of such machines. Severa... more.
Toshiba to reorg PC business: to leave certain markets, focus on business PCs1 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on September 18, 2014 under Channel, Laptop / Mobile, Mobile, Netbook, Notebook, PC, Tablet PCPersonal computer business nowadays is a tough thing that does not bring really healthy profit margins as back in the days. Therefore, it is not surprising that some of the players decide to leave the... more.
Proportion of low-end CPUs increasing in Intel's shipments – report0 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on August 28, 2014 under Channel, CPU, Mobile, Netbook, NotebookAlthough demand for personal computers is growing these days, it looks like many notebook makers see growth primarily in the low-end of their product line. According to a media report, the proportion ... more.
Acer introduces Chromebook with Nvidia Tegra K1 inside0 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on August 12, 2014 under Mobile, Netbook, NotebookAcer Group has announced the world's first Chromebook – a notebook running Google's Chrome OS – powered by Nvidia Corp.'s Tegra K1 system-on-chip. The laptop offers everything that the Chrom... more.
Sales of Chromebooks to reach 5.2 million this year – Gartner1 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on August 11, 2014 under Base Unit, General Purpose PC, Laptop / Mobile, Netbook, Notebook, PCAlthough there is a lot of buzz about Chromebooks – computers running Google's Chrome operating system – actual sales of such systems are pretty low and will remain on that level going forward, ... more.
Netbooks are back? Lenovo plans to launch $199 – $249 laptops in 20142 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on August 7, 2014 under Mobile, Netbook, NotebookIn a bid to fight Chromebooks – systems running Google's Chrome operating system – Microsoft has managed to encourage multiple of its partners to return ultra-low-cost personal computers (ULCPCs... more.
Microsoft: ultra-affordable Windows devices are incoming1 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on July 15, 2014 under Laptop / Mobile, Mobile, Netbook, Notebook, Tablet PCAt its annual worldwide partners conference Microsoft Corp. said that later this year its partners will release ultra-affordable devices running the company's Windows operating system. The family of... more.
Intel bets on Chromebooks, announces family of new chips0 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on May 7, 2014 under APU, CPU, Netbook, NotebookAt present personal computers based on Google ChromeOS represent less than one per cent of all systems on the market. While the researchers forecast that eventually sales of such PCs will grow, they w... more.
AMD unveils new-generation low-power, ultra-low-power APUs0 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on April 29, 2014 under APU, CPU, Laptop / Mobile, Netbook, Notebook, Tablet PCAdvanced Micro Devices on Tuesday unveiled two new families of accelerated processing units with low and ultra-low power consumption. The new chips, previously known as Beema and Mullins, will power t... more.
Intel reveals code-named 'Braswell' microprocessors for low-cost PCs0 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on April 3, 2014 under APU, Base Unit, CPU, Netbook, Notebook, PCIntel Corp. this week revealed the name of its new-generation code-named Braswell system-on-chip that will power upcoming value notebooks and desktops. The new chip will be made using a leading-edge p... more.
Microsoft to drop Windows license fees for select devices0 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on April 2, 2014 under Mobile, Netbook, Notebook, Operating Systems, Software & Gaming, Tablet PCMicrosoft Corp. announced at the Build 2014 conference on Wednesday that it would waive licensing fees for special versions of Windows operating systems for select devices. Microsoft wants to enable p... more.
Chromebook shipments totaled just around 2.1 million units in 20130 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on April 2, 2014 under Laptop / Mobile, Mobile, Netbook, NotebookAlthough a number of PC makers are pretty vocal about the success of notebooks based on ChromeOS operating system, actual sales of such computers are pretty low, according to market analysts. Apparent... more.
Samsung announces Chromebook 2 family of laptops0 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on March 4, 2014 under Laptop / Mobile, Netbook, NotebookAlthough Samsung Electronics has cut its notebook shipments plans for the year and even has decided to withdraw from certain markets, the company does not give up its Chromebook initiative. This week ... more.
Samsung cuts target notebook shipments for 20141 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on January 27, 2014 under Base Unit, Laptop / Mobile, Netbook, Notebook, PCLaptops from Samsung Electronics are stylish, well-built and innovative. However, they are not as popular on the market as notebooks from manufacturers like Asustek Computer. A new media report claims... more.
AMD expects new low-power APUs to outshine Intel's Atom1 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on January 22, 2014 under APU, Netbook, Notebook, Tablet PCAdvanced Micro Devices is confident that its upcoming microprocessors code-named "Beema" and "Mullins" designed for low-power laptops and tablets, respectively, will outperform Intel Corp.'s... more.
Acer's new chief exec disappoints with lack of concrete plans0 CommentsPosted by Anton Shilov on January 13, 2014 under Base Unit, General Purpose PC, Netbook, Notebook, Tablet PCJason Chen, a former executive from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. who recently became chief executive officer of Acer Group, has failed to impress investors who attended his press conference ... more.
HP's Cedar Trail Mini 210 Netbook now selling in the U.S.3 CommentsPosted by Stephen Dougherty on February 24, 2012 under Laptop / Mobile, NetbookSuiting up for the trend, HP has quietly jumped on the Cedar Trail train with the availability of... more.
Google says faster Chromebooks are coming1 CommentsPosted by Stephen Dougherty on February 20, 2012 under Channel, Laptop / Mobile, NetbookA little turned off by Google's first generation of of Chromebooks due to underwhelming, sometimes sluggish performance? If you're otherwise keen on having one you'll be interested to know Google's se... more.
Acer now shipping Cedar Trail-based Aspire One D270 netbook1 CommentsPosted by Stephen Dougherty on February 10, 2012 under Laptop / Mobile, NetbookAfter quite the lengthy wait filled with promises followed by delays, the first wave of Cedar Trail devices is finally here. Acer is quick to jump in with its new Aspire One D270 Netbook having just b... more.
LandingZone gives simplified yet versatile MacBook Air docking0 CommentsPosted by Stephen Dougherty on January 30, 2012 under Apple, Laptop / Mobile, NetbookWe've seen all kinds of docking stations for Apple's vast array of devices over the years, but perhaps nothing quite as cleverly designed as the LandingZone for MacBook Air. The docking solution ... more.
Is it curtains for Atom netbooks soon?0 CommentsPosted by Stephen Dougherty on January 24, 2012 under CPU, NetbookWhile Intel remains an unstoppable force with demand for its Core i-series "Sandy Bridge" processor range in particular continuing to climb, recent sales numbers shared out by the company show that th... more.
Apple trembles as Chromebook sales reach 5 figures.3 CommentsPosted by Harrison on November 13, 2011 under Apple, NetbookRoll the clock back to May 2011 and the world took a small step back, as Google began the process of rolling Chromebooks into the market. Less that 6 months later, things have changed. Or have they. K... more.
ARM to wrestle Acer designs from Intel and AMD?4 CommentsPosted by Dragan on July 25, 2011 under Channel, NetbookSo far, majors have been sticking to Intel and AMD for laptop designs like fly paper, but next week Acer looks to break ranks and push out ARM solution in attempt to recover some of its old market s... more.
Google to release Samsung Alex Chrome OS Netbook: under £2002 CommentsPosted by Slyvia on May 2, 2011 under NetbookGoogle have released information on the new Alex machine from Samsung, the first commercially available Chrome OS netbook. The Samsung Alex is the successor to Google's CR48, a machine which was pr... more.
Intel showcase future netbooks0 CommentsPosted by Carl on April 13, 2011 under NetbookYesterday KitGuru reported on Intel's Oak Trail solution and Intel have also rolled out their next generation 'Cedar Trail' Atom processor, due in Netbooks within the next cou... more.
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Tons of battles, revelations, and Dan Abnett's new Vertigo book topped my pile this week, let all the brutal action begin!
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"OSU Alumni Tour - South America"
by Craig Little - BS 1984 and current staff member at OSUAA.
Former faculty member from the College of FAES Norm Rask and his wife Martha are with two Chilean dancers during an OSU alumni tour to South America. The group was treated to an afternoon of Chilean music and dance while in Puerto Varas, Chile.Alumni, Latin America/Caribbean
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Walking tour in the city of Buenos Aires on a recent OSU Alumni Tour are Ruth Marhefka, Carolyn Lemmon, Linda Boyne MS '76 and Jeanette Butler '65.Alumni, Latin America/Caribbean
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Visiting the home/studio/gallery of well-known Cuban ceramic artist Jose Rodriguez Fuster, (l to right) Jane Malishenko ('68), Dave Jensen ('75), Diane DeNaples Jensen ('75) and Tim Malishenko ('68) master the alphabet in the small fishing village of Jaimanitas, Cuba.Alumni, Latin America/Caribbean
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Uploaded via iPhone Application.Latin America/Caribbean, Military
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- $219,900
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- Est: $815/month
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- Beds: 2
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Move in ready this Village Green gem offers a 2BD/2BA split floor plan with caged pool and large fenced yard. Updated kitchen with custom pull outs in all the cabinets and a pass thru window to the pool area. The spacious fenced yard has irrigation system on a well. This is a perfect little home in the heart of Village Green. Easy to show and won't last long! Brokered And Advertised By: DUNCAN REAL ESTATE, INC. (266510218) Listing Agent: DARCIE DUNCAN Click here to learn more about this listing..
- Year Built: 1980
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UW-Eau Claire students receive Chancellor's Award scholarshipsAugust 29, 2014
EAU CLAIRE — Six incoming freshmen at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire have received Chancellor's Award scholarships for the 2014-15 academic year. This year's recipients are Ralph Kraft, Holcombe; Savannah Herman, Eau Claire; Megan Larsen, Appleton; Jessica Treuthardt, Argyle; Vanessa Kelton, Nelson; and Natalie Neisen, Burnsville, Minnesota.
The Chancellor's Award Scholarship list and eligibility criteria, as well as other listings of UW-Eau Claire student honors and awards, can be found online.


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Continuous Partial Listening: Holly Herndon in Conversation
After completing her informal education in Berlin's underground club scene, artist and musician Holly Herndon relocated to the Bay Area to pursue an MFA at Mills College's esteemed music program. Now continuing her studies in computer-based music at Stanford, Herndon has an inquisitive approach to technology, finding common threads among often-divided disciplines and communities: electronic music, academia, the tech sector, and contemporary art. As a result, her work is not easily categorized, whether she's composing music for brass ensembles or working on robotic sculptures with artist Conrad Shawcross, touring festivals in Europe or making dance music with heavily processed recordings of the human voice. This week, she released a 12" entitled Chorus on RVNG Intl.
Ceci Moss: Your new 12" Chorus comes out this week. The title track recalls the experience of continuous partial attention in online browsing, using audio samples derived from your own daily browsing. Chorus begins chaotically, taking form with the addition of percussion. Could you discuss the ideas behind this composition? Also, what did you use to sample your browsing history, and how did you technically create the track?
Expanded Internet Art and the Informational Milieu
Ben Aqua, NEVER LOG OFF, 2013 (Limited edition t-shirt designed for #FEELINGS)
We are no longer mostly dealing with information that is transmitted form a source to a receiver, but increasingly also with informational dynamics—that is with the relation between noise and signal, including fluctuations and microvariations, entropic emergences and negentropic emergences, positive feedback and chaotic processes. If there is an informational quality to contemporary culture, then it might be not so much because we exchange more information than before, or even because we buy, sell or copy informational commodities, but because cultural processes are taking on the attributes of information—they are increasingly grasped and conceived in terms of their informational dynamics.
- Tiziana Terranova, Network Culture: Politics for the Information Age
Post internet[1], post media [2], post media aesthetics[3], radicant art[4], dispersion[5], formatting[6], meme art[7], circulationism[8]—all recent terms to describe networked art that does not use the internet as its sole platform, but instead as a crucial nexus around which to research, transmit, assemble, and present data, online and offline. I think all of the writers advancing these terms share a sense that since the rise of mainstream internet culture and social media, art is more fluid, elastic, and dispersed. As Lauren Cornell astutely points out in the recent "Post Internet" roundtable for Frieze, terms are always placeholders for more complex ideas, and when successful, can instigate further, deeper conversation. Towards that end, I'd like to introduce another word to the list—expanded. Drawing from the definition of expansion as "the action or process of spreading out or unfolding; the state of being spread out or unfolded," I consider "expansion" not as an outward movement from a fixed entity, but rather, in light of data's dispersed nature, a continual becoming.[9] Expanded internet art is not viewed as hermetic, but instead as a continuously multiple element that exists within a distributed, networked system. In order to elaborate this term, and to take small steps towards thinking through the changing conditions for art production in the early 21st century, I will use Tiziana Terranova's notion of an "informational milieu" to describe the dynamic process of exchange among artist, artwork, and network.
Questioning the World as Image: The 55th Venice Biennale and "The Whole Earth"
Photo of Earth by the crew of Apollo 8. December 22, 1968
The central theme for this year's Venice Biennale exhibition, curated by Massimiliano Gioni, comes from an obscure patented design for an encyclopedic palace by the self-taught Italian-American artist Marino Auriti. Envisioned as a 136-story building that would take over sixteen blocks of Washington, D.C., Auriti's palace was to house all the available knowledge in the world. Titling the show "Il Palazzo Enciclopedico" after Auriti's unrealized model, Gioni and his team selected an eclectic group of artists, psychologists, mystics and more whose work resonates with Auriti's desire to create a total image of the world. In many ways, the exhibition can be seen as a response to the exhaustive overabundance of information available on the internet. As Gioni pointedly asks in his essay, "…what is the point of creating an image of the world when the world itself has become increasingly like an image?"
Wavelength: "The Paris, Texas of the Second Empire" by Lawrence Kumpf
The Paris, Texas of the Second Empire
Compiled July 2012 by Lawrence Kumpf
The flâneur is someone abandoned in the crowd. He is thus in the same situation as the commodity. He is unaware of this special situation, but this does not diminish its effects on him, it permeates him blissfully, like a narcotic that can compensate him for many humiliations. The intoxication to which the flâneur surrenders is the intoxication of the commodity immersed in a surging stream of customers. -- Walter Benjamin, 1938
A phantasmagoric journey through mid-20th century Country-Western music inspired by Walter Benjamin's "The Paris of the Second Empire in Baudelaire."
Like the poet as flâneur in Benjamin's essay, the country singer holds a position as the susceptible vessel that embodies the incongruities and ruptures characteristic of modern life. Neither an active symptom nor proprietor of a solution for the social ills, the singer finds himself drawn into the intoxicating world of empathetic relations to, with and as commodity. We hear, perhaps more clearly then in Baudelaire, a voice speaking not from the elevated position of a social commentator or critic, but as the desire of the commodity and commodified. Connoisseurs of narcotics sing empathetic odes to inanimate objects and intoxicants, fortifying themselves in homes that are really bars. Hobos, trashmen and ragpickers walk the street collecting and picking through the worn out, exhausted items that have escaped our economy of exchange: the antiques of modernity, the images of obsolescence. The perpetual peregrinator, a rambling man, heroically stripped of the comforts of modern life finds himself stalking graveyards and mourning a loss that has yet to occur, the final refuge of his own death. In a way these songs embody the last gasp of a failed American politics, the moment before county western music slips into an emphatic listing of personal property as banal as Rick Ross' "Trilla." The tragedy of our era is that the latent revolutionary desires present in Hank Williams Jr.'s "Fax Me a Beer" (not included in this mix) are forever doomed to find their outlet in an inane fantasy of endless technological advancement.
1.Porter Wagoner - The Wino
2.Jim Ed Brown- Bottle, Bottle
3.Porter Wagoner – Shopworn 4.Hank Williams – Men with Broken Hearts
5.Leon Rausch – Glass of Pride
6.Don King – Live Entertainment
7.David Allen Coe – Sad Country Song
8.Don Silvers – Play me another Hank Williams
9.Porter Wagoner – Bottom of the Bottle
10.Merle Haggard – Swinging Doors
11.Porter Wagoner – I Just Came to Smell the Flowers
12.D. Sheridan – Don't Make Me Laugh (While I'm Drinkin')
13.The Willis Brothers – Gonna Buy Me A Jukebox
14.David Frizzell – I'm Gonna Hire A Wino to Decorate our House
15.Frank Lowe - "Trash Man"
Lawrence Kumpf is a curator at Issue Project Room in Brooklyn, NY.
Eli Keszler's Piano Wire Works
eli keszler : cold pin from eli keszler on Vimeo.
New York-based musician and artist Eli Keszler integrates piano wire into his compositions in a way that falls between installation and improvisation. For Cold Pin, motorized beaters controlled by a generative sequence struct 14 piano strings hung across the wall of Boston's Cyclorama in 2011. Keszler then invited Ashley Paul, Greg Kelley, Reuben Son and Benjamin Nelson to play off the work, improvising alongside the randomized clunks, scraps, and bangs emanating from the wall.
His recent L-Carrier at Eyebeam complicated this format by activating the motors in tandem with a changing visual score designed by Keszler. Hosted on a dedicated website commissioned by Turbulence, these images evolved when visitors tripped up "targets" on the site that interfere with the code, modifying the pattern of the motors. On June 7, Keszler again played in a seven piece ensemble in conjunction with the installation, including musicians Ashley Paul, Anthony Coleman, Alex Waterman, C Spencer Yeh, Catherine Lamb, Geoff Mullen, and Reuben Son.
In both compositions accompanying Cold Pin and L-Carrier, the installation serves not as a simple backdrop, but a central element. On their own, the installations continue to have a commanding presence. Unlike the extended resonating tones of Ellen Fullman's Long Stringed Instrument, which meditatively fill a room, Keszler's approach to auditory space reveals his training as a percussionist, where the plucks are akin to hits - busy, feverish and complex. Taken out of an enclosed environment, such as in Collecting Basin, piano wire is not only responsive to the whims of the motor beaters but also the wind and the elements. Here, Keszler hung the wire from a large water tower, transforming an industrial space into an open air instrument.
Eli Keszler Collecting Basin from eli keszler on Vimeo ...
Seeking Contributions for New Media Arts Syllabi List
will be made available to our members in upcoming months. The syllabi will
span from the last ten years, and like the new media art field itself, it
will incorporate a wide range of disciplines (robotics, theory, comparative
literature, musicology, art history, etc.). If you are interested in
contributing your syllabi to this list, please contact me at
We hope this list will become a valuable and continuing resource for the
teachers and students who represent
a significant part of our member base.
Thank you!
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Digital Artist's Residency @ ICA
The ICA is looking for a digital/media artist or small collective working in
either a visual, on-line, 'live-digital' practice or installation field to
take up residency for a period to be determined from 1 June 2006.
The selected artist(s) will give at least two public talks and two education
workshops, and will have access to the equipment and facilities of the new
OEDigital Lab
Adele Horne's THE TAILENDERS
NYC screening at MOMA, but the documentary will also be on PBS:
Looks really interesting.
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Subject: Adele Horne's THE TAILENDERS
SUNDAY APRIL 2 at 7:30 pm
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission Street (at Third)
in association with UC Berkeley's Visual Anthropology Group,
Adele Horne's THE TAILENDERS
Shot in Los Angeles, the Solomom Islands, and Mexico, Los
Angeles-based Adele Horne's feature-length documentary explores the
work of an evangelical missionary group known not only for their
numerous conversions but for their field recordings and translations
of over 5,500 languages since their inception in 1939. Working in
regions where indigenous communities face crises caused by global
economic shifts, and using amazingly efficient low-tech recording
devices, the missionaries seek out displaced and impoverished people,
ostensibly in need of some kind of enlightenment. Elegantly structured
and photographed, THE TAILENDERS explores both the material and
ideological means and meanings of these linguistic translations and
spiritual transformations.
For more information, please visit:
$8 general
$5 Cinematheque members, seniors, studdents (w.ID)
OPEN CALL: Action Adventure
ACTION ADVENTURE is a group show in the spirit of the Hollywood summer
blockbuster opening JULY 2006 at CANADA, NYC (http://www.canadanewyork.com).
The most important part of the project will be a video program curated from
an open call that will screen daily during the show.
OPEN CALL for videos, especially (but not limited to) short narrative works
in the following two categories:
CATEGORY 1 - videos between 5 and 20 minutes long about or involving:
action/ adventure product placement blockbusters
action heroes Hollywood remakes predictable plots
melodrama special effects summertime
Hollywood happy endings terrorism
piracy/bootlegs violence etc.
CATEGORY 2 - short-format videos that are comparable in length and attitude
to commercials and trailers. These videos should be roughly 30 to 120
seconds in length and should also involve the topics listed above.
All submissions must be on DVD or VHS. Please include a resume and contact
info, as well as S.A.S.E. if you want your work returned. Accepted
submissions will be announced: June 5, 2006.
More info: email@example.com
ACTION ADVENTURE is being organized by Melissa Brown, Josh Kline, and
Michael Williams.
web version of flyer: http://www.yachtingsociety.org/actionadventure.html
print-ready PDF version of flyer (1mb):
Point of View at -scope New York
View: An Anthology of the Moving Image. I divide my time between Rhizome's
organizational subscriptions and this project for the New Museum of
Contemporary Art. See below for details.
New Museum Point of View
At The -Scope Art Fair
March 10-13, 2006
Cinemascope Gallery, 11 am - 8 pm
636 Eleventh Avenue, at 46th Street, NY
ScopeNewYork 2006 presents Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image,
a co-production of the New Museum of Contemporary Art and BICK Productions,
screened daily on multiple flat screens in the Cinema-scope Theater. Point
of View features original work by renowned artists Francis Alys, David
Claerbout, Douglas Gordon, Gary Hill, Pierre Huyghe, Joan Jonas, Isaac
Julien, William Kentridge, Paul McCarthy, Pipilotti Rist and Anri Sala.
Commissioned by the New Museum of Contemporary Art as part of an exhibit of
the same title, Point of View is a special edition eleven DVD box-set,
designed as an affordable, collectible piece of art, and an educational
resource. The anthology is an exploration of a cross-generational group of
video artists intended to expand the accessibility of video art to a broader
audience. Further inquiries: Ceci Moss, Point of View Sales Director, at
email@example.com, or through the New Museum Store,
View the Scope Calendar online:
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Haywood Community College will hold a free Jammin' at the Mill Pond Celebration on Saturday, August 29. The bluegrass jammin' session will be held on the main campus from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. HCC instructor David Burnette will demonstrate how to make molasses. The cane to be used is currently being grown on the HCC campus and was started in the greenhouse by HCC Horticulture students.
Several HCC alumni businesses as well as student clubs will have booths available for demonstration and with items to purchase.
The Hominy Valley Boys will be headlining the event with participation from several other area bluegrass bands including Hill Country. Food will be available to purchase. Area musicians are welcome to bring their instruments to join in the jammin' sessions. Participants should bring their lawn chairs and blankets. For more information on this event, please call 627-4522.
The first graduating class of Forestry students from HCC's Class of 1969 will be having a lunch reception from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm in the lower level of the Student Services building on Saturday, August 29th during the event to celebrate their 40th class reunion. Graduates, their family and friends, and alumni are all invited. Please contact Jenny Carver or Jim Hamilton for more information at 828.627.4560.


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Southland returns to TNT on January 4.
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