Month: March 2016

Nonprofits Organizations in the Digital Environment

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Schwartz, Nancy. “Nonprofit Video: 9 Steps to Nonprofit Marketing Success, Plus Our Mistakes to Avoid.” Nonprofit Marketing Articles. Getting Attention!, n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2016. <http://gettingattention.org/articles/67/social-media/tips-nonprofit-online-video.html>. Nancy Schwartz is a business owner and blogger who offers consulting services on market and communications to nonprofit organizations. Getting Attention is her online news letter with tidbits and insights […]

Internet Jargon Basics

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“The Social Science Jargon Buster.” (2007): n. pag. Digital Strategy Consulting. Digital Strategy Consulting, 2007. Web. 28 Mar. 2016. <http://www.digitalstrategyconsulting.com/>. Digital Strategy Consulting is a web based advisement or consultancy in operation for the last ten years to help public and private businesses, agencies, and corporations “find the right digital strategy for their market and […]

Understanding New Modality

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Jewitt, Carey. “An Introduction to Using Video for Research.” NCRM EPrints Repository. NCRM, 2012. Web. 28 Mar. 2016. <http://eprints.ncrm.ac.uk/2259/>. Carey Jewitt is an author and professor at the University College London specializing in technology, communication, and media. Over the last 15 year she has researched multimodal methods as pertaining to digital spaces and teaching technological […]

Central Atlanta Progress, Inc

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“Central Atlanta Progress | Atlanta Downtown Improvement District.” Central Atlanta Progress | Atlanta Downtown Improvement District. Central Atlanta Progress, Inc, n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2016 <http://www.atlantadowntown.com/>. The Central Atlanta Progress, Inc., a private nonprofit group founded in 1941 that works in developing the downtown area through economic progress. Working in association with and funded by […]

Understanding Color Walking

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Phia Bennin and Brendan McMullan examine and test out color walking for themselves. This idea springing from William Burroughs as a mode of inspiration. The walker is to simply pick a color and try to follow it as they walk aimlessly. The authors allowed themselves to gradually shift colors as they explored and recorded colors […]

Controlling Your Online Space

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Melissa King’s Better Online Living through Content Moderation addresses the “anti-content control rhetoric.” In the digital age new information is constantly and consistently presented to people, especially if said people have an online presence. Features such that block and limit search results and privacy options are given to users as needed as one does not need […]

An Objective Look Into the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center

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Atlanta’s Contemporary Art Center has humble beginnings. Formally Nexus, the art center stems from a grassroots art movement back in 1973 by Atlanta photographers and has upheld those roots by featuring smaller artists. The center even promotes an in-house artist residency program.  They have helped work in the redevelopment of the Atlanta community after the renovation of […]