At the Social Capital Markets conference yesterday afternoon, I ran into Peter Deitz, founder of Social Actions, who minutes before made an announcement that deserves wider attention: the release of a social entrepreneur API. (See our glossary to find out why application programming interfaces are important.) As Christine Egger and Peter write: “What if family […]
Archives for September 2009
Which nonprofits are having global impact?
Web 2.0 Summit asks public to nominate organizations creating positive change If you were to ask me to name the single most important technology conference of the year, I’d say the Web 2.0 Summit (with TechCrunch 50 coming on strong in second place). Startup executives, VCs, entrepreneurs and others will gather at the Westin in […]
The Hub Bay Area launches
This week marks the launch of the Hub Bay Area, a co-working space that’s part of a global networks of Hubs. If you’re not familiar with the Hub, you should be. In places like Toronto, London, Sao Paulo, Johannesburg, Cairo, Madrid, Stockholm, Bombay and elsewhere, social entrepreneurs, nonprofits and innovators have come together in 18 […]
Ethics, human rights and social activism
What are our ethical responsibilities when recording video of people under oppression? Guest post by Sam Gregory Witness.org In June, my colleague Sameer Padania and I were part of a panel at the Open Video Conference in New York City on Human Rights, Indigenous Media and Open Video. We used the opportunity to launch what […]
Voice-based technology aids social change
Projects that use mobile to deliver impactful information By Prabhas Pokharel MobileActive.org The precursors to mobile phones were walkie-talkies, and the first generation of mobile phone networks only supported voice communications. With second generation networks and a happy accident came SMS, and only with the third generation networks came mobile data services in the form […]