Technology & Design
Are we addicted to Slacktivism?
Does every social media “call to action” need to have a cause?
Tag: Social Media
Innovations in online social networks that solve global problems
Technology & Design
Early Thoughts About Jumo
Some early impressions of Jumo, a much-heralded social networking site for stimulating, coordinating, and occasionally funding social change.
Technology & Design
The Dragonfly Effect
Two veterans of consumer psychology, marketing, and entrepreneurship provide a guide to using social media for social change.
Technology & Design
Buzz Control
Social media is a powerful marketing tool. But how do you control your message once it goes viral and is in the hands of the public?
Nonprofits
New Media: Hype vs. Real World Success
If you shut out the clamor and look dispassionately at the communication hurdles that confront you, it’s not at all clear that new media is delivering on its promise.
Technology & Design
Machine Politics
The information systems we're building are starting to get better at taking input from crowds and using it to help us mine data for what we will most likely want or need.
Social Innovations
A Look at “I Live in the Future and Here’s How It Works” by Nick Bilton
Insight into the malleability of data, and the need for stories and filters, are as relevant to those in philanthropy as they are to car salesmen, reporters, film makers, and fiction writers.
Nonprofits
Ethically Challenged?
Does the nonprofit sector represens an untapped opportunity to leverage social media for social good among young people?
Technology & Design
Am I a (4) Square?
What are the benefits of social media in the social change space?
Human Rights
In Their Own Words
A social media campaign aims to increase awareness of areas that reduce health risks for domestic workers and employers alike.