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Guest Post by Ivan Boothe: Social change takes more than social media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been getting Twitter DMs from top players in the nonprofit tech and social media for change space -- sharing how they're unmotivated or jaded with using the web and social media for change. I saw this happening in particular during the Moldovan "Twitter revolution" discussion (which Joe linked to in his post). Mad props to them.)

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Mark Pesce at CUA09 - Think Like a Cloud, Make a Storm, Kill the Tower!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He talks about the "Cloud" a word to describe how we're all more closely connected through social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and etc. Ethan Zuckerman recently did an analysis of tweets from Moldova and found this to be true. Here are the bits that resonated with me.

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