Technology & Design
What’s Next: Keeping an Eye on Parks
ParkScan, an interactive Web tool, enages residents as park monitors.
Tag: Social Media
Innovations in online social networks that solve global problems
Philanthropy
What’s Next: A Kickstarter for Creative Types
Artists, musicians, writers, and other creative types are asking the public to underwrite their dreams via an online fundraising platform.
Podcast
Collaboration
Heather McLeod Grant - Social Change With a Networked Mindset
Navigating social networks could well be the ultimate nonprofit management tactic. In this audio lecture recorded at the Nonprofit Management Institute, Heather McLeod Grant discusses how individuals and organizations are using networked approaches to promote social change efforts. She focuses on the work of the Monitor Institute, in particular, and offers tips on how to use social networks effectively.
Podcast
Nonprofits & NGOs
Jeff Patrick - Social Networking for Nonprofits
MySpace, Flicker, YouTube, and Facebook are big brands and major movers in the commercial, social networking world. In this audio lecture recorded at the 2008 Nonprofit Management Institute, an event convened by the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Jeff Patrick of Common Knowledge shares how nonprofits can use such tools—and customize their own—to capture constituencies and raise funds. He further shows where social networking is headed so that nonprofits can begin to incorporate it into their long-term horizons.
Philanthropy
Giving Sector Should Invest in Social Media
Nonprofits need to invest more time in social media or they will later be playing catch-up.
Social Innovations
Shades of Green
Social networking tools reveal that there is an intricate web of relationships between business and environmentalists, which if developed could benefit the environmental movement.
Global Issues
Social Media: Means vs. Ends
Should social media communities be focused on the means or the ends?
Podcast
Civic Engagement
Nick Yeo - Inspiring Youth Through Global Communications
TakingITGlobal is an online social network that enables socially conscious youth worldwide to learn about and take action on global issues. Kriss Deiglmeier, the Center for Social Innovation Center executive director, conducts an audio interview with Nick Yeo about how the endeavor leverages its online platform to partner with other organizations and inspire youth to make a difference.
Nonprofit Management
Networks for Good Works
Successful social innovators nurture close ties between members and infuse their networks with a common set of values.