Posts Tagged ‘New York Times’
Do We Really Need Nonprofit Razzies?
I vacillated over whether or not to write about the new “Just Awards.” On the one hand, I have an aversion to negativity and I tend not to like when [...]
Kristoff: Do-Gooders Usually Have Catastrophic Marketing Skills
I’m trying to look past Nicholas Kristoff’s little slam against the communications skills of the nonprofit world — which, of course, I feel is not really fair and accurate considering [...]
NYTimes Has Advice on Twitter
There are a couple of things I really like about a recent item The New York Times‘ Claire Cain Miller wrote about “Getting the Most Out of Twitter.” The first [...]
Recommended Reading: The Politics of Happiness
So much of U.S. social policy is based on the idea that our nation is better when each of our citizens has more money. In our government’s orientation, it is [...]
“Crash Blossoms” Are Hilarious, Unless They’re Your Own
The New York Times Magazine “On Language” column has a fun, yet serious, piece today on “Crash Blossoms” — the common occurrence of changed meaning, double meaning, or ambiguity introduced [...]
NYTimes Presents Trend Piece on Growing Influence of Nonprofit News Syndicates, Misses the Trend
In a lead story in the business section today, The New York Times takes a somewhat cursory, but notable look at the growing number of nonprofit and foundation funded news [...]
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 [...]
NYTimes “Year in Ideas” Disappoints
I am a huge fan of The New York Times and its Sunday Magazine’s annual “Year in Ideas” issue. I look forward to it every year and spend hours reading [...]