My longtime friend Tom Watson, author of CauseWired, launched a new venture on Thursday: CauseWired Communications LLC. Tom writes on Facebook: Susan Carey Dempsey, my longtime partner in publishing onPhilanthropy.com, is joining me in launching the new firm, which will assist organizations and campaigns in creating inspiring messages for causes that change the world. … […]
Causes
Beth: harnessing the power of the crowd
Beth Kanter talks about harnessing the power of the crowd (her friends and social network) on behalf of a worthy social cause — in this case, to help children in Cambodia — with her upcoming birthday as the trigger on Facebook Causes. I adore Beth so readily contributed $52 (Beth, you look much younger!). We’ll […]
Activism and the social enterprise
One of the extraordinary things about the Bay Area is the relative ease with which you can bring a large number of bright, passionate, committed people under the same roof. When it’s a bar, so much the better. And so it was earlier this evening when Sundeep Ahuja — a born connector and former marketing […]
Bid, buy and help nonprofits on eBay
eBay Giving Works from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Here’s a 9-minute conversation I had earlier this month with Kristin Cunningham, general manager of eBay’s Giving Works program, about how you can help nonprofits through your purchases on eBay (and how nonprofits can help themselves). Giving Works is about to celebrate its 5th birthday this coming […]
Social causes on campus
Aden Van Noppen of Brown University discusses an effort, supported by the Acumen Fund, to involve college students in social causes. Interview conducted at the Social Capital Markets conference in San Francisco. Watch video in .flv Flash on Ourmedia Watch video in .flv Flash on Viddler (embedded above)