VPP | Chairman's Corner: 'Social Outcomes': Missing the Forest for the Trees? Mario Morino: 'Here is my concern, as best as I can manage to articulate it. I am increasingly worried that the vast majority of funders and nonprofits are achieving, at best, marginal benefit from their efforts to implement outcomes thinking." (tags: philanthropy) PHILANTHROPY [...]

Social Entrepreneur API expands to include Global Social Benefit Incubator Alumni – My Social Actions Global Social Benefit Incubator™ Alumni will soon be featured in the Social Entrepreneur API alongside social entrepreneurs who have received fellowship and awards from Civic Ventures, the Draper Richards Foundation, PopTech, the Schwab Foundation, and the Skoll Foundation. (tags: socialactions) [...]

Eve Blossom: Are We Really Aware: Human Trafficking Awareness Day A resolution passed by the US Senate in 2007 marked January 11 as a day of awareness for the countless victims of human trafficking across the globe. And it does occur everywhere across the globe. (tags: trafficking international women) The era of outsourcing good is [...]

Vital Voices Blog » Global Working Session in Italy Aims not only to Commemorate UN Fourth World Conference on Women, but to Breakthrough I’m thrilled to be participating: “The gathering will open with a review of past challenges faced by women and strides made to confront them over the past 15 years, with the goals [...]

Ricky Martin Fights Human Trafficking at Clinton Summit When Ricky Martin took the stage at the Clinton Global Initiative on Thursday, he did not sing, or dance, or even flash his trademark grin. Following the same stage directions as dozens of other celebrities who dropped by Clinton's 5th annual global summit, from Brad Pitt to [...]

Mashable’s Summer of Social Good « A. Fine Blog Mashable has announced a giving campaign that runs from June 1st through August 28th of this year to raise money for four terrific causes; The Humane Society, Oxfam, World Wildlife Fund and LiveStrong. It will be very intersting to see how this effort unfolds. Mashable is [...]

The New Free | outlandos music: blog Fascinating post on the "limits of free" (h/t Allison Fine): "The biggest idea I came out of SxSW with this year was that free is dead. Over. Overdone. We killed it. Because so much is free online, we expect it; where’s the value in that?" (tags: socialmedia music) [...]

PHILANTHROPY 2173: Moving markets Must-read from Lucy Bernholz: "I've been thinking about philanthropic and social capital markets for several years now. … We are currently in one of the most dynamic periods in this area that I've seen in almost a decade. To better explain what I'm seeing, let me clarify the analog from commercial [...]

First, Get a Worthwhile Cause; Then Get Wired – Philanthropy.com My Chronicle op-ed piece on President Obama: “While it’s certain that the president’s message of change and dynamic personal appeal inspired a virtual army of supporters, the overwhelming success of the Obama campaign on the Web also tends to eclipse how the nature of online [...]

onPhilanthropy: Articles: In Tough Times, It's Time to Step Up Susan Carey Dempsey: "A hopeful sign for philanthropy is that those who are making the biggest mark in the field are using their recognition to encourage others to follow suit. And it couldn’t come at a better time. With markets gyrating, companies disappearing, and wealth [...]

onPhilanthropy.com – The Stimulus and Philanthropy: Meaning Beyond Money An important post by Dr. Susan Raymond: “Estimates vary, but the last 18 months have seen something on the order of $10 trillion in disappeared assets in the American economy, as much as $25 trillion globally. Storied names in finance are no more. Whole industries teeter. [...]

Blog for Change » Presenting the Winning Ideas for Change in America Josh Levy: “With almost 8,000 ideas, more than 600,000 votes, and more than 175,000 participants, the Ideas for Change initiative has shown the widespread interest across the country in renewed civic participation and direct engagement in policymaking.” (tags: obama socialmedia change.org) techPresident – [...]

Note: The online social activism sector is growing all the time, and sharing information and ideas is crucial to continuing that growth – and the very impact on society. We’re happy to carry the excellent Social Actions Round-up of links and resources here at CauseWired, created by the prolific and plugged-in team of Joe Solomon, [...]

Entrepreneurs: On the Importance of Focus and Targeting | Max Gladwell Great advice from Max Gladwell: "Through social networks and other social platforms, people are self organizing and identifying in such a way that we can reach target audiences with very little effort." (tags: socialentrepreneurship)

Note: The online social activism sector is growing all the time, and sharing information and ideas is crucial to continuing that growth – and the very impact on society. We’re happy to carry the excellent Social Actions Round-up of links and resources here at CauseWired, created by the prolific and plugged-in team of Joe Solomon, [...]