Archive for the ‘Public Engagement’ Category:
Getting Serious About Games
This post is another in the series of posts generated for The Communications Network. It originally appeared on that site, although this is a slightly longer version.
Can games move people [...]
Moving Beyond the Money
This is the first in what is to be a series of posts for Communications Network, and appeared originally on its site. It is also appearing on the Foundation Center [...]
What We Learned: What Lies Ahead for Health Care Reform?
Last week I had the pleasure of attending a panel discussion at The Atlantic Philanthropies on “The Historic Passage of Health Care Reform in the United States: How Did We [...]
Making Your Site a Safe Place for Dialogue
The best nonprofit and foundation websites are not just great at providing information to visitors but also allow key constituencies to discuss and contribute to the thinking presented on the [...]
Not Done on Health Reform: Communications Crucial in Next Steps
Today’s signing of the Affordable Health Care Act for America will, I believe, be one of the most important moments in the history of our nation’s efforts to provide a [...]
Report: Advocacy Produces Concrete Community Benefits
A big shout out to Philanthropy News Digest for brining to my attention a new report from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy with a rather tortured title. According to [...]
What Communicators Can Learn from Lady Gaga
You know we always like to mix it up at PPC-NYC. We’re serious about public policy, but we also keep our eyes and ears trained on pop culture and stay [...]
What Constitutes Transparency?
The Communications Network site is hosting a guest blog from PPC-NYC member Elizabeth Miller of The Overbrook Foundation talking about what the concept of transparency means in her communications practice [...]
Is Social Networking Turning Us into a “Culture of Reaction Without Action”?
The Books of the Times (NYTimes) has a review of a new book from Jaron Lanier titled “You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto” that I found insightful, and I [...]
Knight Foundation Makes Major Commitment to Public Engagement
I consider public engagement to be one of the most crucial and desirable forms of communications — in part because it is truly two-way. It’s about listening, not just talking. [...]