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Why Are Brands Abandoning gTLD Applications? by @JenWolfe of @Wolfedomain

Original Source Posted by Jennifer Wolfe on Wed, Jun 05, 2013 @ 02:36 PM A number of brands have recently fallen from the list of visionary companies applying for gTLDs. Hasbro’s Transformers, Hilton, GM’s suite of gTLDs and Heinz have all decided to pull their gTLD applications, opting out of participating in the first paradigm shift of the Internet. Why? There two likely reasons — companies are having difficulty responding to ICANN’s clarifying questions that were designed more for an open registry than for brands, or they are balking at the costs associated with applying for and migrating to a gTLD environment. In the grand scheme of business, both of these reasons are shortsighted, as companies with gTLDs will have significant brand differentiation and innovation opportunities as compared to those who have not applied. The clarifying questions that may be troubling to brands involves explaining their gTLD strategies and financial models, as brands

The World’s Most Influential NGOs According to Klout (@Klout)

Klout recently published it’s list of the most influential NGOs across the globe, recognizing their efforts to bring positive change to the world. Rankings are based on each organization’s social media footprints. Take a look here!

#foodstagrams to Fight World Hunger

As Public Interest Registry draws closer toward its launch of the .NGO/.ONG domain extensions, we are actively searching for NGOs around the globe — to connect with, to understand their mission(s), and to help share their stories in a newly defined space. Most recently, we came across Manos Unidas — an NGO in Spain that works for the support, promotion and development of the third world — and a strategic initiative (developed by DDB Spain) that we wanted to share on the organization’s behalf. This effort to help end world hunger is called FoodShareFilter, and it is the first supportive filter for Instagram that turns your food porn into acts of kindness. Each time users take/upload a photo of their meal through the app, they simply apply the filter which adds a caption underneath the image saying, “This picture helps millions of people not to suffer hunger. If you are going to share your food, share

Public Interest Registry’s (NGO) InterAction

https://vimeo.com/61556553 This week, Public Interest Registry exhibited at InterAction’s annual forum held in Washington, DC to promote .ORG and two new domain extensions that we intend to launch by mid-2014 — .NGO and .ONG (the .NGO equivalent for Spanish, Italian, French and other Romance languages). To say the very least, we were extremely pleased with the turnout of the conference. InterAction is a wonderful organization (in its 29th year) that encourages individuals from public, private, and NGO sectors to engage, learn, and build together; to address shared challenges related to human rights, philanthropy, relief, education, and health; to develop solutions that will improve quality of life for people of the globe; and to work toward making Earth more sustainable. There were a few things that really stuck out to us at this particular conference: Practically everyone who attended and/or exhibited at InterAction were already affiliated with organizations that use a

ORGs for Boston

The energy in the air is nervous today. Eyes are low, constantly shifting from Twitter and Facebook mobile apps to the Arrival/Departure signs overhead. Security dogs are pacing up and down the halls as armed policemen herd us all like sheep. A man gets on the intercom and announces, “All trains traveling to Boston are suspended indefinitely until further notice.” Like clockwork, literally, all of the “ON TIME” trains scheduled to travel to alternate cities turn to “STANDBY”, “LATE” or “CANCELLED.” Penn Station is growing chaotic quickly, and “Police activity in Boston” is the answer to everything. The Public Interest Registry team came to NYC this week to participate in the Big 3 Conference, hosted by PR News at Grand Hyatt Central. Given the focus on social media communication strategies, news updates about the Boston Marathon attack — on Twitter and Facebook — did not go unnoticed by attendees in-between

Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong.

https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_is_dead_wrong.html In this TED talk, Dan Pallotta (@danpallotta) claims that there is a double standard that currently persists for nonprofits: they are often rewarded for how little they spend — not for what they actually get done. Pallotta asks the public to start rewarding not-for-profit groups for the ambitious goals that they set out to attain, and the results that they produce, as opposed to reprimanding them for thinking outside of traditional efforts for funding and support. …Well, Public Interest Registry couldn’t agree more. We want to see nonprofits and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) — big and small — become empowered by sharing their cause with the world, raising money, and developing their skills and infrastructure, despite the cost(s) to make this happen. For nearly a year now, Public Interest Registry has been slowly rolling out the idea of .NGO — a new domain extension that will provide NGOs with greater

The Ratings Are In: Measuring .ORG’s Trust and Success in Numbers

Written by Thuy LeDinh, Senior Marketing Communications Manager at Public Interest Registry I recently discovered HBO’s new hit show, The Newsroom, which follows a team behind a nightly cable news program in their quest – in the name of ethical journalism – to deliver the best and most truthful news coverage to viewers. If you’re a fan of the show, you likely can understand how it made me think about how we consume, digest and respond to all of the information that media throws at us. Between the emails, embedded hyperlinks, tweets, pop-up banners, and mobile app notifications constantly popping up in our day-to-day lives, how do we cut through the clutter to differentiate between what’s important? And when we need the facts, where are we most likely to turn for credible, reliable information? So where do you turn for the most trusted source of information for a cause or

South by (South) Reflections

SXSW 2013 has officially come to a close. Participants from the festival are still recuperating from the travel edured, 6th Street, and of course their participation in panels, shows, and exhibits; Austinites are happy to see everyone vacate until next year despite the level of weird(ness) captured in Austin over the past 2 weeks. The Public Interest Registry was fortunate enough to participate in this year’s Interactive Trade Show for the very first time. Although our 22-person company seemed like a tadpole in a vast sea, we felt right at home amongst the other entrepreneurs, creatives, artists, and tech geeks that congregated in this one place to share products, developments and forward-thinking visions. Our main goals at SXSW were: To let people know who the Public Interest Registry is, Showcase our first .ORG film, Digital Citizen, Collect and curate new .ORG stories from SXSW attendees, and To promote the .NGO

The Digital Citizen

As technology and the Internet advances, is it shaping us or are we shaping it? Last year .ORG created a short film, the Digital Citizen, which explored the concept of human interactions in a digital age. What we found was that the .ORG domain extension consistently serves as a platform that empowers the community — for a cause, through activism, perseverance, and the desire to engage in social good. This year at SXSW 2013, Public Interest Registry has had the privilege to participate in the Interactive Trade Show for the very first time. We have been showcasing the Digital Citizen at our booth to help the public understand our true mission: to serve the public interest. Coincidently, one of the storytellers from our film (Leigh Durst) just happened to walk by our booth (#737) and see herself on the screen, so we were able to snap a picture and thank her