Amy Sample Ward
JUNE 16, 2009
Social Networks Spread Iranian Defiance Online - NYTimes.com - Watching the #IranElection hashtag stream on Twitter, more and more videos on YouTube and the BBC, and the way citizens create and the global networks share updates about the reality of post-election mayhem in Iran has distracted me from work and ignited many conversations with friends (..)
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 17, 2009
Change: Examining Competitions For Social Change: Organizations, foundations, even individuals are creating social innovation competitions, hoping to drive social change projects and solutions into the global marketplace. What are these new competitions about—are they working? Let's discuss: join us! Submitted by Jacob Colker.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 3, 2009
Change: Examining Competitions For Social Change: Organizations, foundations, even individuals are creating social innovation competitions, hoping to drive social change projects and solutions into the global marketplace. What are these new competitions about—are they working? Let's discuss: join us! Submitted by Jacob Colker.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JULY 14, 2009
A million stories about local food or Home schooling on YouTube or on blogs are still fringe. . A Tweet this week on Iran and on the conventional news coverage there. The story has to be designed to reach into the heart of people and has then got to motivate them to act. . But the stories on their own are not powerful enough.
Forum One
MAY 27, 2009
Read More » Local Government Web Managers Notes: Responding to Economic Uncertainty Michael Walsh in Influence 18 May 2010 In the past few months, world-wide political and economic uncertainty has shaken global confidence, which in turn has resulted in continued market instability and volatility.
NTEN
AUGUST 21, 2009
Change: Examining Competitions For Social Change: Organizations, foundations, even individuals are creating social innovation competitions, hoping to drive social change projects and solutions into the global marketplace. What are these new competitions about—are they working? Let's discuss: join us! Submitted by Jacob Colker.
Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. In Iran we’ve seen it used to get out information and resist censorship but have also seen it used by the government to alter a mobile phone system and monitoring calls. Youtube and facebook are just the new tools for political change.
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