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Change.org: Helping you take action online from JD Lasica on Vimeo. One of the most impressive and influential sites in the causes space, Change.org, has really come into its own in the past six to eight months. The social enterprise is helping raise awareness about important social causes and empowering people to take action, chiefly […]
Nonprofits
Helping nonprofits grapple with technology
Nonprofits + technology = NTEN from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Holly Ross, executive director of the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN), talks about the organization’s mission in helping nonprofits learning how to effectively use technology and social media. She talks about three new reports that should be of interest to nonprofits — including the just-released 2009 […]
Mexican arts center ‘saves lives’
Mexican Arts Center ‘saves lives’ from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Socialbrite isn’t just about social tools, it’s about stories — stories of people and organizations that are making a real difference in people’s lives. One of the best ones I’ve come across in the past year is the story of Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center. […]
Hope meets phones
It’s been another landmark day in the short history of FrontlineSMS:Medic. For those of you who don’t know, today saw the launch of their latest initiative — Hope Phones — which, generally speaking, encourages people to dig out their old phones and give them a new lease of life in the hands of a community […]
Global Hug Tour
Global Hug Tour from JD Lasica on Vimeo. I love stories like this. In Chicago last weekend I met Gail Lynne Goodwin of Inspire Me Today, who told the Business School for Bloggers gathering about her new project: the Global Hug Tour. Gail and her husband Darryl — an ordinary couple from Boulder, Colo. — […]
