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SocialChangeCamp: Coming to NYC

by Gradon on August 1, 2009 · View Comments

in change,fund raiser,social media

For a little over a year now, Matt Knell, Meg Fowler and I — as Social Media for Social Change (SM4SC) — have been using the social web to raise awareness (and funds!) for charities. In that time, we’ve noticed a sharp increase in social media being used for good causes, whether by organizations or [...]

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Gordon Brown’s Global Society at TEDGlobal

by Gradon on July 28, 2009 · View Comments

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Over four days, the recent TEDGlobal conference in Oxford, England “explored and made visible the Substance of Things Not Seen.” At the end of the first day, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown discussed how images — from Kim Phúc during the Vietnam War to Neda Agha-Soltan during the recent Iranian protests — unlock our collective [...]

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A Fine Misread?

by Gradon on June 14, 2009 · View Comments

in change,fund raiser,social media

Allison Fine, social change blogger and author of “Momentum: Igniting social change in the connected age”, recently wrote a post criticizing Mashable’s Summer of Social Good (full disclosure: SM4SC is a partner in the SoSG) for its claim to be “the first large scale online charitable campaign to raise funds strictly online through the power [...]

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Twitter Got Me a Girlfriend, Now It Got Me a Job

by Gradon on February 11, 2009 · View Comments

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When’s the last time you heard a guy give his two-week notice? Over the last several months, I’ve heard countless stories of friends getting laid off. From every industry imaginable. Both of my friends that write DesignBoston with me were let go in the last few weeks (Joyce is on vacation in Aruba, so I [...]

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Bands to Help Brands: The Cool Kids Are a Little Bit Cooler Than You

by Gradon on February 2, 2009 · View Comments

in Bands to Help Brands,Brands,change

Talk about music with anyone that grew up in the late 80s, and invariably they will express to you one absolute truth: It was the golden age of hip-hop. Run DMC. Eric B. & Rakim. EPMD. The Beastie Boys. Their clever lyrics, combined with creative, low cost, rhythm-intensive production, brought attention to an otherwise little-known [...]

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