Putting a personal face to some of the world’s most pressing issues TEDxChange, an event co-hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and TED, takes place Sept. 20. TEDxChange marks the anniversary of the Millennium Development Goals. Ten years in, the question remains: Where do we stand in the work to save and […]
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Actionable analytics for your social media efforts
How to keep data collection from being an onerous task Lately I’ve been obsessed with the idea of SpreadSheet Aerobics, an actionable social media measurement strategy that is fit and trim and light on its feet. When I coach nonprofits on tactics and talk about measurement, their facial expressions change from happy to annoyed. […]
Essential tips for updating your Facebook Page
Over the past few weeks I’ve received a number of questions about the ways administrators can update their Facebook Page. This topic also comes up a lot during the Facebook Foundations webinars I do with Charity How To. So I thought it might be useful to outline the various ways users can update their Facebook […]
Pakistan flood relief: How you can help
Dangling Feet, Kerala; Courtesy of Taylor Davidson on Flickr It’s shocking: The floods in Pakistan are affecting more than six times the number of people affected by the Haiti earthquake. I’ve been looking for ways to give back to help Pakistan. Where to give, where to donate, where to direct people. I came across a […]
Top 10 mobile apps for college students
Evernote, Wikipanion & GoDocs should be in your arsenal Target audience: Students, educators, nonprofits, social change organizations, mobile diehards. By Jessica Haswell Socialbrite staff School just got easier with this collection of the top 10 apps that you can’t hit the classrooms without. Having recently left the classroom (Cornell 2010 — woot!), these are […]












