Comments on: Blogs as a Public Commons http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2007/12/blogs-as-a-public-commons Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:48:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sean Stannard-Stockton http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2007/12/blogs-as-a-public-commons#comment-2208 Sean Stannard-Stockton Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:37:25 +0000 http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2007/12/blogs-as-a-public-commons#comment-2208 M, I understand completely. Maybe in some alternate universe or utopian future, foundations will think hiring smart thinkers who can express themselves well in writing and whose thoughts are so compelling that they get quoted in major papers would be a good thing. I'd hire you. M, I understand completely. Maybe in some alternate universe or utopian future, foundations will think hiring smart thinkers who can express themselves well in writing and whose thoughts are so compelling that they get quoted in major papers would be a good thing.

I’d hire you.

]]> By: Leyla Farah http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2007/12/blogs-as-a-public-commons#comment-2200 Leyla Farah Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:40:42 +0000 http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2007/12/blogs-as-a-public-commons#comment-2200 Comments are an overlooked opportunity that can lead to great publicity for non-profit organizations. It's inexpensive (even when measured by staff time spent), it forces staff to keep abreast of who is reporting on their sector, and it provides a deep well of written work that can be leveraged in other settings. I encourage it, and I'm glad to see you doing so as well! Comments are an overlooked opportunity that can lead to great publicity for non-profit organizations. It’s inexpensive (even when measured by staff time spent), it forces staff to keep abreast of who is reporting on their sector, and it provides a deep well of written work that can be leveraged in other settings. I encourage it, and I’m glad to see you doing so as well!

]]> By: M http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2007/12/blogs-as-a-public-commons#comment-2194 M Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:26:45 +0000 http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2007/12/blogs-as-a-public-commons#comment-2194 This certainly solidifies my decision to blog anonymously as I do. Not because I don't want to be held accountable for what I say - I accept full accountability. That *my* words are *my* opinions and experiences. And if I say something stupid, argumentative, insightful, questionable, whatever, I want someone to call me on it. And I will respond. But I wasn't anonymous, and if I am blogging from my blog, which is what it is like working inside a foundation, and I comment on some topic that my employers may not agree with, and that comment gets quoted in the Chronicle - I would *so* be fired. No question. So I don't want their name associated with my opinions - they are MY opinions. Besides, if I blogged with my name, it is just too easy to find me on the internet. And I have had one crazy stalker too many already. This certainly solidifies my decision to blog anonymously as I do. Not because I don’t want to be held accountable for what I say - I accept full accountability. That *my* words are *my* opinions and experiences. And if I say something stupid, argumentative, insightful, questionable, whatever, I want someone to call me on it. And I will respond.

But I wasn’t anonymous, and if I am blogging from my blog, which is what it is like working inside a foundation, and I comment on some topic that my employers may not agree with, and that comment gets quoted in the Chronicle - I would *so* be fired. No question.

So I don’t want their name associated with my opinions - they are MY opinions.

Besides, if I blogged with my name, it is just too easy to find me on the internet. And I have had one crazy stalker too many already.

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