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TakePart: Spurring people to take action from JD Lasica on Vimeo. The single most difficult issue that those of us in the social change movement confront is: figuring out how to get people to take action. So I’ve been paying close attention over the months to the successful efforts of TakePart, an initiative of Participant […]
Causes
Attend the Mobilize Your Cause Bootcamp in NYC
Take charge of social & mobile media for your cause or campaign At the Personal Democracy Forum in New York on June 2, Katrin Verclas — founder of MobileActive and a partner in Socialbrite — and I will be presenting the first Mobilize Your Cause Bootcamp. I’ve been giving social media bootcamps for some time, […]
10 mobile apps for social good
GoodGuide, Find Green, Give Work make Socialbrite’s Top 10 list By Kim Bale Socialbrite staff Mobile applications are flooding the market at a dizzying rate — more than 150,000 now for the iPhone and tens of thousands for Android and Blackberry. And it’s important to keep in mind that only 18 percent of the phones […]
12 great nonprofits & causes to follow on Twitter
By Brandy Scoggan Socialbrite staff Folks in the nonprofit and social good space just starting out on Twitter don’t want to begin with a blank slate. So we poked around and came up with this list of 12 can’t-miss nonprofits & causes to follow on Twitter. This roundup should get you going, but don’t stop […]
Twestival 2010’s worthy cause: Concern Worldwide
I‘ll be attending the third Twestival on Thursday evening in San Francisco, one of 175 cities holding fundraising events — see the TwestivalSF page. As with the original Twestival 13 months ago, which raised $250,000 for charity:water (here’s our interview with Twestival founder Amanda Rose and my photo of Amanda below right), and Twestival Local […]
