Home Depot Tries Crowdsourced Philanthropy on Facebook Social Good Home Depot just launched a campaign on Facebook allowing users to decide where the company should spend its grant dollars and volunteer hours. The program, Aprons in... April 01, 2011 by Zachary Sniderman
U.S. Journalist in Libya Finds Audience Via Kickstarter Social Good What if independent journalists were funded directly by their readers and viewers? Rachel Anderson, a 26-year old journalist from North Dakota, is using Kickstarter to... March 30, 2011 by Zachary Sniderman
How One Software Company Turned Freemium into Philanthropy Social Good Do freemium business models actually work? The answer is yes for one software company, where freemium served as a perfect way to grow its business and donate more than $1... March 30, 2011 by Zachary Sniderman
HOW TO: Stay Safe When Engaging in Political Activism on Facebook Social Good Susannah Vila directs content and outreach at Movements.org, an organization dedicated to identifying, connecting and supporting activists using technology to organize for... March 29, 2011 by Susannah Vila
Lady Gaga Donates $1.5 Million in Part to Zynga's Fundraising Campaign for Japan Social Good Lady Gaga is apparently on top of it when it comes to donating money to those affected by the March 11 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Today, it was announced... March 28, 2011 by Brenna Ehrlich
51 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed Social Media Spring is definitely in the air despite the frigid weather here on the East coast. If you've been out enjoying the sun, we seriously can't blame you. Mashable is here,... March 26, 2011 by Zachary Sniderman
Sony's Virtual Cherry Blossoms Raise Relief Funds Social Good Combining game-playing and philanthropy, Sony Online Entertainment has created in-game virtual items that players can buy to support those affected by Japan's recent... March 26, 2011 by Todd Wasserman
Gaga & Bieber Together At Last: "Songs for Japan" Charity Album Hits iTunes Social Good To help raise money for disaster relief efforts in Japan, Universal Music Group has assembled a who's who of the music world for a benefit album called "Songs for Japan,"... March 25, 2011 by Brian Anthony Hernandez
8 Ways To Help #Japan After the Earthquake Social Good Despite some tentatively good news surrounding Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the country is still reeling from the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami... March 25, 2011 by Zachary Sniderman
Site Lets You Offer A Home for Japanese Quake, Tsunami Victims Social Good Couch surfing just got a whole new meaning. Sparkrelief, a new non-profit aimed at disaster relief, has built a special portal where people can offer up their homes or... March 23, 2011 by Zachary Sniderman
7 Ways To Celebrate #WorldWaterDay 2011 Online Social Good Today is World Water Day, and the term is already trending pretty hard on Twitter. And for good reason too. World Water Day is aimed at raising awareness around water... March 22, 2011 by Zachary Sniderman
Is Give2gether a Google Analytics for Philanthropy? Social Good Everybody needs a little help every now and then. Give2gether is banking that non-profits want a little help from economic professors applying their years of study towards... March 22, 2011 by Zachary Sniderman
Prepare for Earth Hour 2011 With iPhone App Social Good The World Wildlife Fund's annual Earth Hour awareness campaign now has an app of its own. This iPhone offering will help ordinary people accomplish extraordinary things... March 22, 2011 by Jolie O'Dell
Code For America Calls For Hackers With Hearts of Gold for 2012 Fellowships Dev & Design Code for America seeking devs for its 2012 Fellowship Program, a year of public service that puts coders to work for communities. The fellowship gives developers,... March 22, 2011 by Jolie O'Dell
LivingSocial Deal Contributes $2 Million to Japan Disaster Relief Social Good LivingSocial has raised $2,301,130 for the American Red Cross’s Japan Earthquake & Pacific Tsunami fund after leveraging its popular group-buying platform to solicit... March 21, 2011 by Sarah Kessler