Sept. 24: A day of climate action to move beyond fossil fuels Guest post by Chaitanya Kumar 350.org Take a look at the video above. You probably know that people around the world are getting ready for Moving Planet, the big, bold, beautiful day of climate action that’s happening this Sept. 24. But chances […]
Archives for August 2011
Social entrepreneurs heading to SF for SOCAP11
Guest post by Megan McFadden Social Capital Markets SOCAP11 — the fourth annual Social Capital Markets conference — has announced that more than 50 global social entrepreneurs have been awarded a full scholarship to the event taking place Sept. 6-9 in San Francisco. Among those attending will be: • David Auerbach, founder of Sanergy, who is working for […]
How to make volunteering fun and flexible
AARP’s Create the Good program provides volunteers with a variety of ways to give back Guest post by Mimi Castaldi Vice President for Volunteer Engagement, AARP I like giving back to my community, but I hate getting locked down or doing things that I find boring. Helping others can be meaningful and fun and flexible. Millions of […]
FrontlineSMS launches User Guide on Data Integrity
We were excited to join colleagues and friends in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, to release the first edition of our “User Guide on Data Integrity,” a tool that will help FrontlineSMS users around the world better understand the flow of information into and out of the platform, the risks and vulnerabilities to that data, and simple ways they can mitigate those risks.
Why your nonprofit should have a mobile strategy
I attended the Social Media for Nonprofits conference in New York last week, an event series curated by Darian Rodriquez Heyman and Ritu Sharma, to help nonprofits make better use of social media and discover new ways to use social networking platforms to promote their cause. The lineup of speakers was stellar, including Farra Trompeter, VP of communications firm Big Duck, who already put together a great recap of the day that you should definitely check out if you want a quick rundown of the main takeaways. When I was thinking about what I wanted to bring back to Socialbrite readers, one of the standout presentations for me was by Andy Steggles, the chief operating officer of Higher Logic, who spoke about the basics of crafting a mobile strategy.