Tag Archives: Homeless

@HOME : The Future of Gamification for Good?

At Lights. Camera. Help. We talk a lot about the power of documentary film and video for making measurable, on the ground impact — which is exactly what a new project from Chicago-based Kindling Group is doing for the issue of homelessness. It’s a transmedia campaign called @home, and it’s using documentary film, social media, and a smartphone “game for ...

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High Flying Publicity Stunt – MLF

Is that an actual person on IH-35? On a billboard? Those are some of the questions that people are asking in Austin, TX as Mobile Loaves and Fishes unveils their latest bid to get people to pay attention to the homeless problem in Austin, TX. From our friends at the Austin Business Journal “The billboard is part of the Austin-based ...

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Social Media Club Austin hits a Home Run!

In the true spirit of “social media for social good” our chapter of the international Social Media Club set out to raise enough money to get our Peggy off the streets and into a new home. We did it! Thanks to several large contributions and a bunch of small ones made possible through the efforts of Social Media Club Austin and Mobile Loaves and ...

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Happiness IS Social Media Meetup/Tweetup

Mark Horvarth (@HardlyNormal) for those of us on Twitter, has been garnering national attention for his efforts to bring voices to the homeless. His blog and his website have given him a place to explore unexplored stories, and call attention to some of our most overlooked citizens—the homeless among us. Alan invited him to come see Austin and go on ...

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