Doug A.

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Going Social – Grown Up Digital

Doug A. posted an article on - Nov 1, 2009, 10:07 am
A couple quick interviews…and two terrific books.  The first from Don Tapscott is “Grown Up Digital” and follows a title from ‘97 called “Growing Up Digital”.  In...
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Mapping Your Board's Effectiveness – Kaplan

Doug A. posted an article on - Oct 25, 2009, 11:37 am
Robert S. Kaplan is a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School.  The following is an excerpt from a piece prepared in 2004 and answers a question about the process in developing an effec...
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Platforms and Eyeballs – Godin

Doug A. posted an article on - Sep 27, 2009, 11:30 am
What follows is lifted directly from Seth Godin’s blog.  The message is clear: the fact that content creation is no longer the sole domain of large, well-heeled studios and distribution is availabl...
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Yellow Pages (Really?)

Doug A. posted an article on - Sep 10, 2009, 9:52 pm
I've been lucky enough to be around Brad Boechler for a few years now. The latest edition of MoodSwing Minute touches on an advertising medium that has, historically, driven other media types craz...
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Exploiting Chaos – Trendhunter

Doug A. posted an article on - Sep 5, 2009, 1:41 pm
If you haven’t wandered through the pages of Trendhunter, it’s worth a look. It’s a collection of everything new and covers a very wide range of topics: technology, fashion, sex, culture, busine...
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Exploiting Chaos – Trendhunter

Doug A. posted an article on - Sep 5, 2009, 10:23 am
If you haven’t wandered through the pages of Trendhunter, it’s worth a look.  It’s a collection of everything new and covers a very wide range of topics: technology, fashion, sex, c...
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Crime Stoppers Conference at Sea

Doug A. posted an article on - Sep 1, 2009, 2:23 pm
Over the last week, we were most fortunate to spend time with Crime Stoppers USA at their Annual General Meeting.  The meeting was held on board the Carnival Splendor and, by all accounts, everyone&...
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Heroes

Doug A. posted an article on - Aug 14, 2009, 12:44 pm
On a daily basis, there's usually a dozen reasons for me to get caught up in things that are completely out of my control. And, if I'm really honest with myself, the notion of "control" is a f...
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Fundraising Forecast

Doug A. posted an article on - Aug 8, 2009, 3:50 pm
The Non-Profit Times published an article this week that paints a rather bleak outlook for the remainder of the year.  The organization surveys charitable organizations and fundraisers and then score...
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RHONDA - 3D Drawing Tool

Doug A. posted an article on - Jul 30, 2009, 5:43 pm
Every now and then...we see something that just fascinates us. From the Rhonda Forever site: The hands on the screen belong to James Paterson. He is using "Rhonda", a 3D drawing tool developed b...
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$30 MILLION for Google Lunar X Project

Doug A. posted an article on - Jul 30, 2009, 12:31 pm
There's a contest going on that could, potentially, carve up the terra firma in a field near you. As part of it's insanely popular Google Earth application, Google now allows you to view, tour...
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Non-Profit Relevance

Doug A. posted an article on - Jul 29, 2009, 12:41 pm
A friend of mine attended the WorldFuture 2009 Conference in Chicago a couple weeks ago and one of the guest speakers was Don Tapscott.  Mr. Tapscott is the Chair of NGenera Insights and has publishe...
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Should Your Non-Profit Use a Blog?

Doug A. posted an article on - Jul 27, 2009, 10:08 pm
Should your non-profit or charity use a blog?  Absolutely. A blog is a simple, cost-effective way to reach people.  With 80% of the planet connected…a blog is the most cost-effective means t...
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Should Your Non-Profit Be On Twitter?

Doug A. posted an article on - Jul 16, 2009, 10:04 am
As a follow-up to “Should Your Non-Profit Be On Facebook“, the following notes about Twitter arrive from eMarketer:   The microblogging service Twitter was hacked during May 2009 and st...
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Brass Monkeys, Balls and Big Wigs

Doug A. posted an article on - Jul 15, 2009, 9:47 pm
You've heard the expression, "Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey". I always assumed the origin of the saying involved the gelding of an actual monkey. Before we get to the soprano ...
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A Promotion You Can Get Behind

Doug A. posted an article on - Jul 14, 2009, 8:48 am
Over the weekend, thousands of people across North America bared their dangly bits and wrote a new page in the Guinness Book of World Records.  The American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR) eng...
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Heineken Has Terrific Ads!!!

Doug A. posted an article on - Jul 13, 2009, 4:36 pm
It used to be the best beer ads were consistently put forward by Budweiser and Miller. Lately, though, there's been a run of terrific ads from European labels. The Stella Artois ads are great...an...
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Twitter and Facebook Make History

Doug A. posted an article on - Jul 10, 2009, 2:41 pm
As a bit of a follow-up to a post on the 3 Wins site "Should Your Non-Profit Use Facebook"...I was sent the link to a dynamite presentation from Clay Shirky that draws lines between traditional media ...
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Should Your Non-Profit Be On Facebook?

Doug A. posted an article on - Jul 9, 2009, 1:36 am
The numbers on Facebook...from 3 Wins Consulting: A quick “one-pager” released by iStrategyLabs shows some seemingly innocuous statistics about the proliferation of Facebook in the United States....
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Should Your Non-Profit Be On Facebook?

Doug A. posted an article on - Jul 9, 2009, 1:34 am
A quick “one-pager” released by iStrategyLabs shows some seemingly innocuous statistics about the proliferation of Facebook in the United States.  Before we tear into the math, let’s set a coup...
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Stop Motion Magic

Doug A. posted an article on - Jul 4, 2009, 7:56 am
I'm absolutely fascinated with animation, claymation and stop-motion. I've horsed around with a camera, a huge SD drive and different players...but I get the sense success in the medium requir...
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Never Give Up

Doug A. posted an article on - Jul 3, 2009, 10:51 am
A dynamite post from Gary Potter on the 3 Wins Consulting site. Never Give Up We all struggle with the process of managing unexpected changes in life. Recent challenges in my world have me looking b...
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Never Give Up

Doug A. posted an article on - Jul 2, 2009, 4:45 pm
We all struggle with the process of managing unexpected changes in life.  Recent challenges in my world have me looking back to material that has been meaningful and introspective.  What follows i...
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Is Your Non-Profit Cause Distinct?

Doug A. posted an article on - Jun 30, 2009, 3:37 pm

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Is Your Non-Profit Cause Distinct?

Doug A. posted an article on - Jun 30, 2009, 11:06 am

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Think Differently…and Win.

Doug A. posted an article on - Jun 24, 2009, 11:58 am

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Failure Is An Option

Doug A. posted an article on - Jun 16, 2009, 9:39 am
Sometimes the difference between success and failure is a very fine line.  Seth Godin refers to that odd little point in time when a project stalls or slows…as a “Dip”. We offer a ...
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About Me

Doug Anderson offers a collection of thoughts, views and opinions about the media, advertising, gadgets, and consumer trends. Doug is a life long fan of consumer behaviour with three decades of radio, television and online media experience in sales, programming and management. I'll happily reply to any comments, questions, inquiries left on this page...or sent by email. Please find some time to visit http://www.3winsconsulting.com, as well.

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