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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. […]
Boxee and the promise of open media
At last weekend’s Open Video Conference, where 850 people turned out at NYU to discuss the future of open media, the standout open source project — at least for me — was Boxee. It’s not so much a company as a cause. This is a big subject, so, first, a word about the conference, put […]
All for Good: A Craigslist for service
On Friday I was one of 66 folks who participated in a conference call around the launch of All for Good. It was fascinating to watch the disparate elements that came together through a single powerful idea: President Obama’s call for Americans to volunteer — for us to give back to our communities — through […]
The promise of open source video
On June 19-20, 2009, I’ll be at New York University’s School of Law attending the Open Video Conference. To my surprise and delight, this is turning out to be quite a big event. Socialbrite readers get 15 percent the registration fee (regularly $75 for individuals and nonprofits and $200 for companies). The event will be […]
Foundation Center: a deep resource for philanthropy
Foundation Center: philanthropy info galore from JD Lasica on Vimeo. • See a more recent interview with Sarah Jo Neubauer: Helping nonprofits master the art of grant writing (2011) If you’ve spent some time in the world of nonprofit philanthropy, you’ve no doubt heard of the Foundation Center. The venerable organization, which has been around […]
