Save Our Sounds from JD Lasica on Vimeo. At the Traveling Geeks‘ Tweetup in the Chelsea district of London on July 5, I ran into Kate Arkless Gray, “microblogger-in-residence” at the BBC World Service, who looks after its Save Our Sounds project. SOS seeks to preserve disappearing sounds in society. Kate explains how the project […]
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Incentives for doing good
I had a riveting lunch this week with Jack Herrick (above), a serial entrepreneur who sold eHow (How to Do Just About Everything!) three years ago and, shortly before that, founded wikiHow (Building the World’s How-to Manual), where he’s now CEO of that social-good company. Today’s top wikiHow article: How to Moonwalk Like Michael Jackson. […]
Join the conversation 4Change!
Here’s a new monthly Twitter-based conversation about how social media is helping to create change: #4Change. You can see it via the hashtag #4Change. (See our glossary for info about hashtags.) I’ll be chatting this Thursday for the June #$Change chat and hope you’ll join me! Details: Date: Thursday, June 11 Where: Twitter (search for #4Change) […]
Mexican arts center ‘saves lives’
Mexican Arts Center ‘saves lives’ from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Socialbrite isn’t just about social tools, it’s about stories — stories of people and organizations that are making a real difference in people’s lives. One of the best ones I’ve come across in the past year is the story of Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center. […]
Sloane Berrent on the cause-filled life
The cause-filled life from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Sloane Berrent, who publishes TheCausemopolitan and blogs at LAist and GirlsinTech.net, talks about causes and building community in this 3 1/2-minute video interview. I caught up with her a few minutes after the LA tech scene session she co-moderated at South by Southwest 2009 in Austin; the […]