Conference Engagement 2.0

Susan Herr | February 25, 2010 | 0 Comments

While conferences notoriously consume inordinate amounts of resources and energy, it’s hard to imagine anything will ever replace the connections made possible when folks gather in the same place to share common interests.
That’s why PhilanthroMedia has spent the past year pioneering what we call Conference Engagement 2.0. Our best test case occurred over the [...]

Diavlogs Capture Notable Insights

Susan Herr | February 24, 2010 | 0 Comments

If you are like the Communications Network, your constituents can and should be your best advocates.  If you are smart like ComNet’s Bruce Trachtenberg, you give them the microphone.
Over the past six months, Bruce has given me the honor of interviewing some of his best and brightest on the intersection between communications and foundation impact. [...]

To Blog or Not To Blog?

Susan Herr | July 23, 2008 | 0 Comments

PhilanthroMedia began our work in the world of new media by establishing PhilanthroMedia.org in August 2007.  Since then we’ve produced daily blog content that syndicates to more than 70 community foundations.
More than 450 posts later, we’ve learned a number of valuable lessons about the value of blogging that make us uniquely qualified to guide our [...]

Keeping Costs Down and Quality Up

Susan Herr | July 22, 2008 | 0 Comments

At PhilanthroMedia, we’ve been obsessing on the intersection between cost, quality, and cutting-edge approaches for the past 18 months. In fact, we started this company recognizing that while non-profits and foundations need access to high-quality new media content and tools, few would have the same resources available to for-profit companies. We have charted a goal [...]