ToMamaWithLove.org: Give your mom the gift of giving back According to the LA Times, this year Americans alone will spend $14.6 billion on Mother’s Day. Imagine if the gifts we gave made the world a better place for children and mamas everywhere. By now, hopefully your calendar, a Twitter post or all the Mother’s […]
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Collaboration: The next phase of social change?
At lunch yesterday in San Francisco, eight folks in the social change sector gathered at Samovar Tea Lounge to compare notes, discuss partnerships and answer a question posed by convener Christine Egger of SocialActions.com: What is the problem you see in your sector, and how would you solve it? The conversation quickly turned to silos […]
10 volunteering sites to help you do good
Guest post by Chris Noble CEO, Causemedia Group This week is National Volunteer Week in the US. The week is a signature event created by the Points of Light Institute to celebrate “ordinary people doing extraordinary things to improve communities across the nation.” Chances are if you work or volunteer for a nonprofit you already know that. […]
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 […]