I am in Brasil to keynote the Social Good Brasil Conference (had to vote early), but I can still watch democracy unfold in real-time through my friends updates on Twitter, Facebook, and other social channels. I love seeing these photos of polling places where my friends are voting. But you can also see aggregated information about the voting process on Our Vote Live created by Election Protection,Lawyers' Committee, NOI, and Ushahidi. It is mapping out all reported voting/election … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2012
How #GivingTuesday is using Champions
Giving Tuesday hopes to spark a movement of people and organizations who want to celebrate giving and encourage more and smarter giving during the holiday season. The intent is to create an annual national day of giving on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving or this year on November 27, 2012. The campaign will encourage philanthropic activities that support nonprofit organizations. I heard about it in September and immediately signed up to be a social media ambassador which was a … [Read more...]
Say So What To Your Data Three Times
Last week KD Paine and I were in Washington, DC for a whirlwind of book discussions, parties, and workshops - together and individually - for the Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. Global Giving generously hosted a book discussion with their staff and partners at their offices. It was great to see Alison Carlman and Kevin Conroy from Global Giving and Meg Biallis who were participants in the testing group of 60 Packard grantees who tested the book frameworks and contributed to the insights … [Read more...]
