“When Shelby was two years old, I used to cry at night and think to myself, ‘Shelby will never be able to speak.’ All I wanted was to hear was her reply when I said, ‘I love you Shelby.’ All I wanted to hear was ‘I love you too, Mom,’” writes Jessica Nolde.
For mothers of [...]

Interesting… see: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/opinion/13sun2.html?_r=1

Last year during the summer, at the launch of Volunteers of America’s Operation Backpack, a young girl stood up to make a comment after Page Davis, the host of the decorating program Trading Spaces, spoke. “I know someone who got a backpack through Operation Backpack,” said Reginy, now a resident assistant at Fordham University.  “I [...]

Using social media websites such as YouTube, flickr, Facebook and twitter are great ways for museums to reach out to their audience.  The principal museums in New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural History, Guggenheim, MOMA, The Frick Collection, Brooklyn Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art have Facebook pages [...]

Surfing the web the other day, and looking to see what non-profit organizations are doing these days when it comes to being visible in the realm of social media, I came across wildapricot.com.  The Wild Apricot Blog provides a guide for non-profits to enter the world of social media and internet technology.  The post that [...]

The museum of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp launched its profile, “Auschwitz Memorial”, on Facebook last week with the intent of educating young people about what happened in the camp during the World War II Nazi period.
According to the Huffington Post, the profile looks to be a place for discussion, reflection and learning about what happened. [...]

This past week Secretary of State Hillary Clinton toured Europe and Russia.  If it wasn’t because we know she is in another continent, it would seem she was right next to us.  During the entire time Clinton was traveling, the U.S. Department of State reported on her speeches and meetings overseas through its various accounts [...]

I thought this article might be intersting… New York City wants own domain.
Updated: Tue., Oct. 6, 2009, 3:51 AM

City sets its sites on ‘.nyc’ Web domain
By JENNIFER FERMINO
Last Updated: 3:51 AM, October 6, 2009
Posted: 3:23 AM, October 6, 2009

It’s the 21st-century equivalent of the 212 area code.
New York City is on the verge [...]