Social Change

So here is the results show! Basically the ATX rocked Twestival: Austin Results. London Results. World Wide Results. Social Media for Social Good works!

In yesterday’s post I focused on the growing perception by some people–especially young ones–that traditional cause-oriented organizations aren’t very agile, and it’s difficult to have much influence in them. So they’re going around established institutions and generating advocacy movements almost spontaneously using tools familiar to them like blogs and social networks: what Clay Shirkey calls “organizing without organizations.” Most activist ...

Change.gov is the website set up by the “Office of the President Elect” to get citizen input about all the issues facing the Obama administration. One of them is what should be done about the health care system. You can put in your two-cents-worth (an old expression) by going to: http://change.gov/page/s/healthcare Here’s their invitation: Health Care — Of the People, ...

My favorite technology conference starts today and you can attend it too. Pop! Tech is a conference held each October in beautiful Camden, Maine. I had the pleasure of attending in 2006 and I not only enjoyed it, I benefitted from it as well. The theme this year is Scarcity and Abundance. Speakers include Malcolm Gladwell, and Chris Anderson. Unfortunately, ...