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 […]
Search Results for: video
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 […]
Ethics, human rights and social activism
What are our ethical responsibilities when recording video of people under oppression? Guest post by Sam Gregory Witness.org In June, my colleague Sameer Padania and I were part of a panel at the Open Video Conference in New York City on Human Rights, Indigenous Media and Open Video. We used the opportunity to launch what […]
At the Summer of Social Good conference
I was honored to speak on Friday at the Summer of Social Good conference hosted by Mashable, a popular social media and technology blogĀ and a big geek favorite. This was the culmination of the summerlong initiative to help raise money for four charities, Humane Society of the United States, World Wildlife Fund, Oxfam, and LIVESTRONG. […]