Gena Haskett Tell visual stories by weaving together photos and sound Target audience: Nonprofits, citizen publishers, journalists, educators, social change organizations. This is part of our ongoing series designed to help nonprofits and other organizations learn how to use and create media. If you run a small nonprofit but don’t have a video camera on […]
Social change & nonprofit calendar: July
Events guide for nonprofits & social change outfits Happy July! Here’s a roundup of conferences and events scheduled in the nonprofit and social change sectors for the coming month — it’s one of the lightest months of the year for nonprofit gatherings. For the full year, see: Calendar of 2010 social change conferences. If you’re […]
A mobile platform for human rights
Handheld human rights from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Co-director of Digital Democracy spells out how new platform can skirt government censorship One of the organizations I’ve been admiring from afar over the past year is Digital Democracy, which works with local partners to put information into the hands of people who need it most – […]
Green Mountain Coffee: Changing lives
Green Mountain Coffee from JD Lasica on Vimeo. I‘ve been swamped by work and speaking engagements this spring, so I’m only now able to edit and publish the interviews I conducted at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin three months ago. First up is a six-minute conversation with Amanda Cooper, new media specialist for Green […]
Seafood Watch, La Cocina & collective buying power
At NetTuesday San Francisco last night at TechSoup Global, three fabulous presenters provided different perspectives on the slow food movement in the United States. The event wasn’t recorded, so here are some quick notes, which I scribbled down the old-fashioned way (I didn’t bring my laptop because I moderated the session): Seafood Watch Humberto Kam, […]