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Move the Needle: How to activate your supporters View more presentations from JD Lasica. And download these 3 flyers on tools & platforms for social change Last night I gave another in the series of Mobilize Your Cause mini-camps at the Hub SoMa in San Francisco. It went well, with representatives from Women’s Film […]
Activism
Blissmo: A new way to connect with sustainability
You may have heard of deal-of-the-day site Groupon — Get 50 to 90 percent off the best stuff your city has to offer! Hot deals in Chicago, New York, Boston! — and the breed of “offertising” sites that aim to make people break their habits and check out a new place. What if this model […]
The Hoop Fund makes its debut
The debut of The Hoop Fund from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Social enterprise offers virtuous circle around loans, production, connections in a ‘fair trade ecosystem’ Last night I got a first-hand look at the debut of The Hoop Fund, a new social enterprise (tagline: Lend. Produce. Enjoy.) with a terrific pedigree and promising future. […]
Cool Gov 2.0 sites you don’t know about
Web 2.0-fueled resources to help each other as citizens Target audience: Political activists, change agents, NGOs, nonprofits, social change organizations, educators, librarians, citizens. It’s become a cliché to be skeptical of what government can do for society. But there’s a burgeoning movement called Government 2.0, the term for attempts to apply the social networking and […]
Reflections from 1st International CrisisCongress
CrisisCongress photo courtesy of Taylor Davidson on Flickr. Back in January, when the earthquake hit Haiti, I felt like I do in all catastrophic disasters. Sick to my stomach over the human suffering. As I’ve grown into my activist and humanitarian roles, technology has helped me find a place where I feel like I belong […]
