Web Works

Below is a recap of key points from Neff’s recent presentation at UT on social media for nonprofits by Amber Walkowiak.
David J. Neff gave a speech on new media in the nonprofit sphere this morning. He spent a little bit of time explaining new media and then went on to give advice on how to use [...]

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We (Dave Wenger for the Communications team) brought ‘evil genius’ Whurley in to speak with us at our weekly staff meeting today. Whurley -William Hurley- does, what he calls, risk management for largescale community building based on his own system theory (that allows him to know what NOT to do). Confused? You know, crowd sourcing, [...]

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At our last Marketing Council meeting we were honored to have LBJ Professor Gary Chapman deliver a presentation called “Boomers, Millennials and Technology.” He talks about the unique phenomena of having four generations in the workplace.
The baby boomers have been the most populace generation until the millennials, setting up an interesting dynamic between these two [...]

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Rob, knowing I am Googly-eyed, handed me the latest version of Fast Company with “15 Reasons Why Google Is Number 1” on the cover. McCombs is a big place in a bigger beaurocracy. It can be difficult to start innovating because of the mindset and culture alone. I found a few quotes that really spoke to the paralysis [...]

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