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Last night was the coming-out party for Socialbrite at the monthly NetTuesday gathering in San Francisco. About 40 people turned out for the event at PariSoMa, the coworking space at Howard and Tenth. Here are a half-dozen shots snapped by organizer Sarah Kennon and me. And here is what the NetTuesday Meetup members had to […]
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eduFire: Real-time Web learning
Guest post by Katrina Heppler envisionGood.tv Want to learn a foreign language from the comfort of your home? Want to meet up with fellow students around the world? Or are you a teacher or trainer who wants to share your knowledge for a fee in an online setting with live interaction? In this 4:50 video […]
How the government can help spur social innovation
White House push for social innovation from JD Lasica on Vimeo. By JD Lasica At the Social Capital Markets conference this week, one highlight came in the opening keynote and panel discussion with Sonal Shah, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, who spoke about the […]
A new open database about social entrepreneurs
At the Social Capital Markets conference yesterday afternoon, I ran into Peter Deitz, founder of Social Actions, who minutes before made an announcement that deserves wider attention: the release of a social entrepreneur API. (See our glossary to find out why application programming interfaces are important.) As Christine Egger and Peter write: “What if family […]
Which nonprofits are having global impact?
Web 2.0 Summit asks public to nominate organizations creating positive change If you were to ask me to name the single most important technology conference of the year, I’d say the Web 2.0 Summit (with TechCrunch 50 coming on strong in second place). Startup executives, VCs, entrepreneurs and others will gather at the Westin in […]
