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 […]
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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 […]
Amazee: a platform for social activism
Amazee from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Dania Gerhardt, co-founder and chief of finance and operations for Amazee.com, discusses “the world’s first social collaboration platform.” Her company, based in Zurich, Switzerland, launched in September 2007 and the platform went public in May 2008. Amazee is a platform for social activism and enabling groups and movements to […]
GoodVision: Powering corporate social responsibility
This post is condensed from an April 2008 dispatch from Israel on Socialmedia.biz. We had a fascinating conversation over a lunch of yummy falafels at GoodVision, an Israeli consulting company that specializes in planning and managing corporate social responsibility processes in firms and governmental agencies. General manager Ivri Verbin took us through the site’s mission […]
How to pitch your social enterprise
I‘m handicapped by not having my MacBook Air, which was stolen yesterday, but here are some notes from Day 2 of the first Social Capital Markets conference at Fort Mason in San Francisco. At the Pitching in Action session, four organizations gave presentations on social enterprises they’re planning to launch. Each had a compelling story. […]