Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 22, 2010
The ten days in the UK amazed me with the power of social media in my life. As a tech guy who also plays a social entrepreneur, I often get asked by my SE buddies about what are the practical use of a tool like Twitter. I spend less than 15 minutes a day on social media, but the payoffs are huge!
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 13, 2016
He’s a geek (former Microsoft Research guy) who is making the case that technology doesn’t make the kind of social impact it claims to deliver. Toyama offers up strong criticisms as well as constructive advice about how to best apply technology to social problems. Why is it in the social sector we think it is so easy?
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 13, 2009
There are two hot issue right now on Craig's social action radar, the new launch of the All For Good website and next weekend's Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp in Berkeley. On Craig and Craigslist Q: Do you consider yourself a social entrepreneur? A: No, I don't think of myself that way. I think of myself as a nerd.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
DECEMBER 10, 2011
The new Martus will harness today’s emerging technologies in order to ensure that human rights organizations, journalists and other social justice actors achieve more with the invaluable stories that they collect. 2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders. MacArthur Foundation to develop the next generation of Martus.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 24, 2015
We travel because we think it’s the most effective way to spread social change. For the more senior social entrepreneurs, we can travel because we have leaders and teams that are usually better than we are at running the organizations we head and/or have founded. We travel because there is no substitute for human interaction.
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