One of the things I love about Los Angeles County is that every restaurant (and other establishments that serve food) is required to post...

Nancy Schwartz asks, while soliciting entries for the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants : How do we, as nonprofit communicators, engage...

Looks like I picked the right career after all. I just came across US News & World Report's guide to the best careers of 2007. The...

links for 2007-01-29 What Political Campaigns Can Teach Nonprofits - The Agitator There are many parallels between nonprofit and...

Last night's Saturday Night Live was its usual not that funny self. It was a rerun from November, but I hadn't seen it the first time. ...

Registration for Social Marketing University is in full swing, and so far we have what looks like an amazing group of participants. In...

links for 2007-01-27 How not to be a cultural knucklehead in a global business world Great tips from Pamela Slim (and in the comments) on...

links for 2007-01-24 Long Tail PR: how to do publicity without a press release (or the press) Chris Anderson on PR 2.0 - using social...

It's time for a party -- Spare Change is one year old today!! Boy, how the year flew by, and look how much it's grown. I just want to...

I may lose some friends out there, but I have to speak up about a phenomenon I've noticed over the past few years. It came to the fore...

links for 2007-01-23 Social Marketing in a Public Health Context » SlideShare Intro to social marketing slide presentation by R. Craig...

Downtown Los Angeles has the largest homeless population in the US. But until recently, the data on the problem has been spotty. ...

Ten points if you can name the current Surgeon General of the United States. Ten more points if you do not work in the Department of...

links for 2007-01-18 THE 59 SMARTEST ORGS ONLINE on Squidoo These organizations are winners because of their web 2.0 smarts and a...

As much as I like the approach that Heifer International takes in helping donors to understand concretely what their donations pay for,...

This amazing picture of second trimester triplets in the womb is part of a series of 4D ultrasound scans created for a National...

Is it just me, or is comedy just not as funny anymore? I went to a comedy club in Hollywood last night for the first time in I don't know...

A nice reminder that we are always traveling through time. Look! Out there! It's the future! from xkcd

links for 2007-01-12 FBI seminar hosts Hollywood scribes The FBI hosted a workshop for screenwriters to help Hollywood portray the agency...

It being January 11th, you would think that a holiday gift that arrived today would be considered a little late. Well, that depends...