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Thoughts on Nonprofit Land’s “Social Media Pitching”

by Nicholas Peterson May 6, 2009

About a week ago I decided to do a Twitter search for “nonprofit” and found people tweeting “Nonprofit Land >> Social Media Pitching“.  With the number of people tweeting the link, I thought I would see what was there.
Adrienne Royer discusses the usefulness of social media to effectively fundraise and build relationships.  She brings up [...]

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What’s after the Boston Globe?

by Nicholas Peterson May 4, 2009

I happened to be awake last night when the Washington Post’s breaking news email arrived in my Inbox.  This alert: “Boston Globe faces closure”.  Over the past month, I’ve thought about the implications of the Globe’s closure for Boston arts organizations.
Rick Burnes discussed the the solution in the context of how the question was being identified—that [...]

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Open Letter to The Boston Globe’s Alex Beam regarding “Downturn’s upside”

by Nicholas Peterson April 1, 2009

Dear Mr. Beam:
Your March 31, 2008 column, “Downturn’s upside” was disappointing.  It was clever, but it wasn’t funny and it misses the mark.
In your first paragraph, you aim directly at the Huntington Theatre Company and, by proxy, the entire Boston arts community by suggesting that attending the arts is an “obligation from which the recession [...]

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