It’s been a few weeks since my last post – and coincidentally it’s also been a few weeks since I started my new job as community manager for OpenIDEO.
While I’ve had many “bloggable” moments recently, I’ll admit I just haven’t quite gotten around to it. Too much new stuff to learn, too many new people [...]

Back in December, when my family was handing out holiday gifts, my mom gave me and my husband Dan an incredible present.
About ten years ago, my mom bought this etching of a couple, rowing their boat in fast waters.
At the time, she wasn’t quite sure why the painting spoke to her, but she saw it [...]

As I mentioned in my last post, last week I attended an amazing conference called The Feast. In addition to incredible speakers and a terrific crowd, one thing this conference did well was mix in videos to share stories and inspire the audience. One such video, Entrepreneurs Can Change the World, is a goose-bump inducing [...]

This past summer I got wind of an organization called All Day Buffet and an upcoming event they were hosting called The Feast. With names like that, I was immediately intrigued (after all, I do love food!). But when I read more about the event, I started to get really excited.
The Feast Conference gathers the world’s [...]

Hi everyone,
I just wanted to provide a quick update to my post from a couple months ago about Mashable’s campaign, Summer of Social Good.
It sounds like the campaign, raising money for World Wildlife Fund, Oxfam America, The Humane Society and Livestrong, was a big success – raising over $33,000 in just a few months. I’ve been [...]

I was lucky to come across this TED talk by Katherine Fulton, President of Monitor in Cambridge, MA and I just felt the need to share it.
“You Are the Future of Philanthropy” is a compelling, articulate discussion of 5 emerging trends that Ms. Fulton has witnessed in philanthropy today:

Mass Collaboration
Online Philanthropy Marketplaces
Aggregated Giving
Innovation Competitions
Social Investing

She [...]

These days I’m loving the cross-pollinating going on between social media and “social good”; that is, using Web 2.0 and platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and other social networking sites to raise awareness and create change.
I was reading through my Twitterfeed today and came across a post, “10 Ways to Support Charity Through Social Media”. While [...]

Hi Readers,
Just posted a new Promoting page about two terrific organizations creating change through social media: Carrotmob and Virgance. If you haven’t heard of these guys before, now’s your chance for a quick overview.
Enjoy,
-Ashley