Photo by Luc Legay on Flickr (CC BY-SA) Social networks have provably made a difference in people’s lives Guest post by George Weiner Chief Technology Officer, DoSomething Like a bull through a china shop, Malcolm Gladwell’s recent article in the New Yorker, Small Change: Why the Revolution will not be Tweeted, plows through social […]
Social impact
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 […]
Relationships, race and making a ruckus
Hollyhock, Cortes Island, at Web of Change (photo by kgott) Inside report from Web of Change 2010 Guest post by Jocelyn Harmon Care2 Two weeks ago I had the incredible opportunity to travel to beautiful Cortes Island, British Columbia, for the epic adventure that is Web of Change. This annual conference, now in its […]
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 — […]
9 Web platforms to help you change the world
MicroPlace: Invest wisely to help alleviate poverty. SocialVest, MicroPlace, Vittana can help you make a difference Target audience: Social change organizations, nonprofits, NGOs, students, educators, individuals. Guest post by Shira Lazar While there might be more noise in the social good space, there are also more tools to make giving easier and more accessible […]