Went to a great conference last week here in Austin where I spoke on Social Media for Social Good. Instead of me doing a re-cap here is a radass post from Tim Wilson that sums it all up sweetness style. Enjoy!
Last week, I had the privilege of moderating a panel on “Social Media: Getting the [...]
I picked this up from Alex Steed’s blog on the NetSquared site.
Allison Fine has written a discussion paper for the Social Citizens site about the impact of Millenials on social engagement with causes. It’s a good rundown of Millenial values and approaches to doing cause-related activities with components of idealism, digital fluency, and a collaborative [...]
The ACS used to have an innovation process called Springboard. Un fortunately that program is no more because of budget cuts. But if you have a wild hare idea to save the world Google–who else?–has a place to put your idea out there and maybe get some money.
…Never in history have so many people had [...]
Hey all if you didn’t make this today you can download the excellent presentations here:
http://www.leaderassociation.com/
How Nonprofits are Using Web 2.0 Tools
Recruiting, Educating and Engaging Constituents
DATE: Wedneday, September 24, 2008
LOCATION: Any! (Teleseminar)
TIME: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern (12:30 PM Central; 11:30 AM Mountain; 10:30 AM Pacific)
How can nonprofits maximize the flurry of Web 2.0 applications [...]
Some see the future of medicine as “personalized medicine.” It’s based on gathering deep information about us from two molecular sources: complete genomes and biomarker monitoring. Full genome scanning at low cost is promised by companies like Pacific Biosciences. And places like the Institute for Systems Biology are working on microfluidic detectors for proteins in [...]
Back in the video Jeans…or Genes? I mentioned that Pacific Biosciences was claiming it was working on technology to sequence a whole human genome in 15 minutes! Sounded a lot like a boast to entice VC funding.
But they’ve gotten a step closer to making the thing a reality. According to Technology Review they now have [...]
Bloggers Blog reports on a great use of social media by a new nonprofit. Actually, social media gave birth to that nonprofit, To Write Love On Her Arms. It started out with a two-page story posted on MySpace and has grown to a community of 200,000. Young adults and teens suffering from depression and drug [...]
Is your nonprofit engaged in advocacy activities at the local, state, and federal levels? If so, have you considered using Twitter and text messaging to call your volunteers to action?
Let’s say you’re advocating for a particular ordinance or bill. In lobbying your representatives, you’ve discovered who is for you, who is against you, and who [...]
By now hopefully everybody knows that maintaining good health requires quite a lot of physical activity. But how do you keep track of your activity in a measurable way?
Well a San Francisco startup called Fitbit wowed them at the Techcrunch50 conference this week with their device about the size of an old-fashioned wood clothespin that [...]
So we hear alot in Social Media that photos are dead and video is king. But I am here to tell you about the power of the old fashioned (1990’s ish) slideshow. Check out the one my relator made below now that my house is officially for sale! Yay! Also for normal free slideshows check [...]
If you are a writer or a creative type, this video, courtesy of The Social Customer Manifesto, should resonate with you. http://tinyurl.com/5t4dr8
Junior Achievement of Central Texas is raising funds for their youth financial literacy programs by putting on the Silicon Labs Austin Marathon Relay. The JA programs teach kids about finance, entrepreneurship, and how to be successful in the workplace. It’s a great opportunity for kids and a fun way to give back to the community. [...]
As you might have noticed today is all about kicking cancer’s butt on YouTube. The folks over at SU2C have got guest editor permission and are going crazy picking a ton of Cancer Related videos for the home page. Go have a look. Here was one of my favorites ones from today:
You do know we have a sweet Video and Photo sharing site called SharingHope.TV right? But did you know that we now have a Blog that goes along with our Web Site? I bet you didn’t. So do me a favor. Go check it out and add it to your RSS feeds and bookmark it [...]
