Annoucements - Week of June 17, 2009

Affiliate News

• UCP of Central Arizona: Giant Schnauzer blog "shameless plug for UCP of Central Arizona."
  
  
• UCP of Colorado: Mile High United Way blog - Redesigning the American Dream

Other News

• Disability Scoop: Scoop Essentials: Planning For The Long Haul (For more about Planning for the Long Haul, view the UCPeople article about MetDESK)
• Disability Scoop: Texas Adopts Safeguards For Institutions
• ABC News: Cerebral Palsy Can't Keep Pitcher Down (Video)
• JF Activist blog: Olmstead's Anniversary and Disability Civil Rights
• The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Disabled workers hit hard by tough times

Social Media and Web 2.0 News

• All For Good: Track Volunteering Activities with AllForGood.org. Inspired by the call of President Obama to engage more Americans in service, a group of individuals from the technology, marketing and public sectors came together to build an open source application that allows you to find and share volunteer activities.
• Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: What tools and keywords do you use for your organization's listening dashboard?
• The Cohcom Blog: 5 Ideas to Build, Sustain and Utilize Your Social Networking Communities for Nonprofits
• DaveFleet.com: 25 Questions To Make Your Social Media Workflow Work For You
• Learn Free Internet Marketing: Online Fundraising with Social Networking, Social Media, and Web 2.0 (Video).