Invest in entrepreneurs for social good from JD Lasica on Vimeo. InVenture supports small business owners in developing world Here’s a short interview with Shivani Siroya, the personable and passionate founder and CEO of InVenture (“Invest in good”), an online platform that allows everyday individuals to invest directly in business owners of their choosing in […]
Social enterprise
Baking cause into your company
Everyone Can Be A Social Entrepreneur – Dublin Web Summit 4 View more presentations from Sloane Berrent. Last week I had the privilege of going to Ireland for three separate reasons. First, one of my clients, ezetop, is located there. I conducted a day and a half workshop with their online communications and marketing team on a wide […]
Coming soon: Jumo, a social network for nonprofits
mashable on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes announced at the Social Good Summit that he is building a social networking site designed to build and nurture long-term relationships between people and nonprofit organizations. Think Yelp for social good. Jumo, the name of this platform, is due out around November and will include […]
Catchafire: Connecting nonprofits & professionals
Jane Slusser: Connecting nonprofits & volunteers from JD Lasica on Vimeo. At the Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp held Aug. 21 in Berkeley, Calif., I met tons of cool people, but none were more interesting than Jane Slusser, chief service officer of Catchafire. Catchafire is a new online marketplace that connects professionals who want to volunteer […]
40 hashtags for social good
Image by jeffisageek on Flickr Print out this cheat sheet to keep tab on the top tags • Editor’s note: We updated this article at 45 hashtags for social change. By Kim Bale Socialbrite staff Sending a tweet into the Twitterverse without a proper tag is like stocking a library with no regard to […]