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 […]
Tips on how to mobilize your supporters
George Weiner, CTO of DoSomething, during our panel When you moderate a panel at BlogWorld Expo, ironically, sometimes you’re the last person to blog about it. Such is the case with the Oct. 16 “Mobilizing your social network” panel with this all-star lineup: Andres Glusman of Meetup.com, Justin Perkins of Care2, George Weiner of […]
BlogWorld Expo: Mobilize your social network
Mobilizing your social network View more presentations from JD Lasica. Can individuals and organizations mobilize their online social networks to advance the social good and create meaningful change? In his Oct. 4 article in the New Yorker, author Malcolm Gladwell argues no. The revolution will not be tweeted, he says. “We seem to have forgotten […]
Discovery Day 10.10.10: Innovation on a global scale
Excerpt from ‘Macrowikinomics’ on transformative social change This Sunday, 10/10/10, is Macrowikinomics Discovery Day, the first global networked event that brings together innovation and community groups from across sectors to celebrate openness, collaboration and the web. Don’t you love it? Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World — which just hit bookstores last week — […]
Improve your online social good campaigns
Download this free ebook: Cause Marketing Through Social Media One of the best ebooks on cause marketing to come along in some time has just been released by Network for Good and Zoetica. Best of all, it’s a free download. Written by written by Kate Olsen and Geoff Livingston, Cause Marketing Through Social Media identifies […]