As Craig Newmark notes in an article on Huffington Post, President-elect Barack Obama ran on a platform that included a call for a national “craigslist for service.” But as Newmark writes, he’d like craigslist itself used “only a metaphorical reference to the need for greater service to others, with the spirit and culture of trust [...]

Andrew Mason, founder and CEO of The Point, a for-profit online social activism platform, has written a brief manifesto for his company, he posted on Make Something Happen, the company’s blog. It’s quite good if stratospheric, and I particularly liked the first part: People want a way to make a difference, but feel powerless to [...]

I found a remarkably honest post from the founder of The Point, Andrew Mason, over at GigaOm. The Point helps people start and run campaigns and is one of many growing platforms in the busy online social activism sector. Andrew’s post is a great one for any social entrepreneur to key in on, but I [...]