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Meet Cynthia Derosier who Surfs for Good Causes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I recently had the opportunity to participate in a Social Media Club workshop in Hawaii as part of Podcamp and WordCamp in Hawaii.  Cynthia is convinced surfing can help Hawaii's at-risk youth.  I grew up in Hawaii and always loved to ocean. Cross posted at BlogHer.   Pretty powerful stuff!

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What color is the social web?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of my Twitter followers, @persistance pointed me to Shireen Mitchell (aka @digitalsista ) who is moderating a session at BlogHer, DC about online community building for political action. Pew Study on Social Media and Teens: (See page 33). it just doesn't depend on them, bloggers say. Photo by MckaySavage.

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