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Morgan Sully believes We Operate Better Together

Amy Sample Ward

Through blog posts, photos and web video, Morgan Sully , will document the stories of creative, innovative communities found in European galleries, international events , meetups , barcamps , fabrication labs , and innovation competitions. How do creative communities, spaces and networks support and sustain innovation? Write to him! -

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#Buypens – Social Media and Crowdfunding Helps Syrian Refugee

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When Gissur Simonarson , an activist from Oslo, Norway, shared a photo on Twitter last week of a father selling pens on the streets of Beirut as he cradled his sleeping daughter, the tugged at the heart strings of the 6,000 followers on Twitter. He launched a Twitter account called @BuyPens and set up a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.

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Great reads from around the web on June 13th

Amy Sample Ward

Though the social networking behemoth continues creeping toward 700 million global users, six million Americans quit the site in the month of May. Norway, and Russia, while most of its gains came in countries in the developing world, including Mexico and India." That's the first time Facebook has lost U.S.

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