Mobilizing your social network View more presentations from JD Lasica. Can individuals and organizations mobilize their online social networks to advance the social good and create meaningful change? In his Oct. 4 article in the New Yorker, author Malcolm Gladwell argues no. The revolution will not be tweeted, he says. “We seem to have forgotten […]
Archives for October 2010
Relationships, race and making a ruckus
Hollyhock, Cortes Island, at Web of Change (photo by kgott) Inside report from Web of Change 2010 Guest post by Jocelyn Harmon Care2 Two weeks ago I had the incredible opportunity to travel to beautiful Cortes Island, British Columbia, for the epic adventure that is Web of Change. This annual conference, now in its […]
ezetop: Using mobile to send money abroad
When I lived in the Philippines last summer as a Kiva fellow, I got a quick crash course in the remittance market. It’s one of those things that people who live abroad may know about, but for many of my friends and family, they had not heard about it. So let’s start from scratch. In […]
Discovery Day 10.10.10: Innovation on a global scale
Excerpt from ‘Macrowikinomics’ on transformative social change This Sunday, 10/10/10, is Macrowikinomics Discovery Day, the first global networked event that brings together innovation and community groups from across sectors to celebrate openness, collaboration and the web. Don’t you love it? Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World — which just hit bookstores last week — […]
Best practices for public presentations
Photo by Beo Beyond on Flickr How to effectively communicate your ideas in a public forum Target audience: Nonprofits, social change organizations, public speakers, educators. We’re a month away from the 5th Annual SNCR Research Symposium, Awards & Anniversary Gala, which will take place Nov. 4-5 at Stanford University. The nonprofit Society for New […]