A Harris Poll found that a six in ten majority (59 percent) are not comfortable when websites like Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft (MSN) use information about a person's online activity to tailor advertisements or content based on a person's hobbies or interests [Harris Interactive, 2008]. Supporting d...

Her name was Hannah. In her culture, a childless woman was considered a failure — an embarrassment to her husband. A child was a source of labor for the family, an important part of society's economic structure. Hannah was deeply troubled; she was barren. She prayed out of great anguish and gr...

According to the PBS article "Media Shift" there is a fundamental shift occurring that will influence who visits your center and how they find your center History Social networking online has been around since the late '90s and the rise of Friendster.com. Blogs have been around since the late '90s...

This time of year can be challenging, especially if your town population sees a dramatic decrease when students leave for summer vacation. Our local college town headcount increases and decreases by nearly 10,000 citizens each August and May respectively. This presents opportunity and challenge. ...

Social media has taken over the Internet world like a storm. A true tsunami has crashed upon all websites that exist. The critical paradigm shift from a static to an interactive site came about as we moved from the 1990s to the 2000s. But over the past decade, new ideas have taken over the web&mdash...