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Celebrate Community Storytelling

Tech Soup

Lam is harnessing social media to spark civic engagement and drive global giving and volunteerism. " His GIG team scours the globe for "street corner"-style heroes, producing authentic stories about them while leveraging social media to create community and raise visibility and support for them.

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Friday Links: July 21

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

What happens when control of your nonprofit's message(frankly, always an illusion)passes from your organization, and the traditional media, to your audiences? Jeff Jarvis of Buzz-Machine had a run-in with Dell's new effort to be aware of the blogosphere that shows how NOT to manage your organization's new-media image.