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I am relishing in the feeling of hard work completed and the excitement for all the work ahead. What about? Social by Social: a practical guide to using new technologies to deliver social impact — the handbook I co-authored about using social media and communications technology to change the world! NESTA commissioned the work and […]
Social impact
Introducing Socialbrite: Why we’re here
Socialbrite.org fills a glaring gap in the social media world. While young people and early adopters increasingly turn to the social Web not only to socialize but to communicate, explore new ideas and share new experiences, nonprofits and social change organizations are still generally stuck in the top-down, one-way world of Web 1.0. The young […]
Incentives for doing good
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. […]
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 […]
Join the conversation 4Change!
Here’s a new monthly Twitter-based conversation about how social media is helping to create change: #4Change. You can see it via the hashtag #4Change. (See our glossary for info about hashtags.) I’ll be chatting this Thursday for the June #$Change chat and hope you’ll join me! Details: Date: Thursday, June 11 Where: Twitter (search for #4Change) […]
