The Realist Idealist

On the Social Sector, Politics, Using Technology, and Making Good Things (actually) Happen

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Google and Salesforce Do it Again

Posted by Jake · April 16th, 2008 · No Comments

To be perfectly honest, as much as I love the products that come out, I get a little tired of writing and talking about Google and Salesforce. I really wish some other companies would develop and innovate on the same level and provide some new tools to the folks out there trying to [...]

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Category: Business · Innovation · Social Responsibility · Technology
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YouTube Rolls Out New Look for Nonprofits

Posted by Jake · April 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

In early October YouTube announced the YouTube for Nonprofits Program and a special site for them that would allow them to have full branding of a page and free processing of donations for Google Checkout.
Since then, hundreds of nonprofits from the ONE Campaign to the Clinton Foundation to PlayPumps International have launched pages and raised [...]

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Category: Corporate Social Responsibility · Marketing · Media · Nonprofits · websites
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New Release: Google Custom Time!

Posted by Jake · April 1st, 2008 · 5 Comments

I’ve often felt strongly that the requirement of businesspersons, nonprofit and NGO staff, and others in the field to write an email or produce other work on time is one of the larger problems our society faces. There is simply not enough time in the day. There aren’t enough neurological connections upstairs to [...]

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Category: Business · Innovation · Nonprofits · Technology · awareness raising
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Nonprofit Innovation With Salesforce.com

Posted by Jake · February 13th, 2008 · 6 Comments

I’m a cyclist.
Stick with me here; this is relevant.
One of the things I’ve always loved about cycling is that if you care enough about the sport you can have access to the exact same equipment or tools that the best riders in the world use. That is to say, I can [...]

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Category: Business · Events · Nonprofits · Silicon Valley · Social Enterprise · Social Responsibility · Technology
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