The Spanish version of The Power of Giving is now available for pre-order!
You can find it here: www.edicionesluciernaga.com/es/llibre/el-poder-de-dar_12126.html
Enjoy!
There are a number of books available to help you understand this whole "social networking" thing – but none get to the heart of the matter with as much clarity and insight (and just plain good writing) as Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky.
For those of you without the time or the inclination to pick up the book, here's a video of Clay Shirky's keynote address at the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Francisco:
We've had several discussions around the office about the implications of new social technologies for fundraising and nonprofits in general. It will be interesting to see if the practice of fundraising changes fundamentally in the coming years, as people become more connected with each other. Will fundraising become more social than it is now? Will we be able to give more directly to people in need?
With the advent of tools that facilitate organizing so well (and so cheaply and quickly) will experts who have traditionally been coordinated by large NGOs start to form their own groups and networks – bypassing the administrative overhead of the NGO?
20 years ago very few people would have said that a bunch of developers could just get together and make a world-class operating system without corporate backing or project managers and investors. But now we have Linux, running a large percentage of the servers which run the internet. The changes that enable people to come together directly and form structures that are looser than traditional models extends way beyond the tech world.
After launching the paperback edition of The Power of Giving on October 15th, Harvey and Azim are very proud to announce that it reached the Number 1 spot at Barnes and Nobles on October 17th! We are incredibly grateful to all those who gave their tremendous support by buying the book and we hope that the message of giving continues to spread throughout this holiday season.
Thank you!
