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Socialbrite

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Using nonprofit tech to benefit society

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Amy Sample Ward on nonprofit technology from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Just before we launched Socialbrite.org, I met Amy Sample Ward in person for the first time. Amy’s a whirlwind of energy and passion about all things np tech (nonprofit technology), and I was so impressed that I immediately asked her to join the Socialbrite […]

Socialbrite’s night at NetTuesday

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Last night was the coming-out party for Socialbrite at the monthly NetTuesday gathering in San Francisco. About 40 people turned out for the event at PariSoMa, the coworking space at Howard and Tenth. Here are a half-dozen shots snapped by organizer Sarah Kennon and me. And here is what the NetTuesday Meetup members had to […]

Online community building: Gardening vs. landscaping

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My latest post is up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog. You can read the post and join the conversation on SSIR or below, where I’ve republished the full post. My current job title includes the term “Community Builder” and I get asked nearly every day just what that means: How do you […]

Introducing Socialbrite: Why we’re here

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Socialbrite.org fills a glaring gap in the social media world. While young people and early adopters increasingly turn to the social Web not only to socialize but to communicate, explore new ideas and share new experiences, nonprofits and social change organizations are still generally stuck in the top-down, one-way world of Web 1.0. The young […]

All for Good: A Craigslist for service

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On Friday I was one of 66 folks who participated in a conference call around the launch of All for Good. It was fascinating to watch the disparate elements that came together through a single powerful idea: President Obama’s call for Americans to volunteer — for us to give back to our communities — through […]