Benevolent Media is an official blogging partner of Social Media Week in Washington, D.C. (#SMWWDC). To learn more about social media for social good events worldwide, read our Benevolent Guide to Social Media Week (#SMW12). Is it time to nix your annual appeal and just send out a tweet? Not necessarily. Geoff Livingston of [...]
#SMW12: Quotables from #SocialMediaProblems
Benevolent Media is an official blogging partner of Social Media Week in Washington, D.C. (#SMWWDC). To learn more about social media for social good events worldwide, read our Benevolent ...
#SMW12: Who Was Really Behind Internet Blackout Day?
Benevolent Media is an official blogging partner of Social Media Week in Washington, D.C. (#SMWWDC). To learn more about social media for social good events worldwide, read our Benevolent Guide to Social Media Week (#SMW12). Audience member Yiming Roberts said she had hoped to hear more about the “backstory” and a “nuts and bolts” account at [...]
#SMW12: Twitter and Democracy
Benevolent Media is an official blogging partner of Social Media Week in Washington, D.C. (#SMWWDC). To learn more about social media for social good events worldwide, read our Benevolent Guide to Social Media Week (#SMW12). A few floors beneath an original, sepia and yellow copy of the U.S. Constitution, panelists from the left and [...]
#SMW12: How One Microgiving Campaign Produced Macro Results
Benevolent Media is an official blogging partner of Social Media Week in Washington, D.C. (#SMWWDC). To learn more about social media for social good events worldwide, read our Benevolent Guide to Social Media Week (#SMW12). It all started with a fun bet. Alli Houseworth, a social media strategist and the former communications and new media [...]
Media That Matters: Meredith Blake on “This Emotional Life” Documentary Series
Benevolent Media was a proud partner of Media That Matters 2012: Change for Good. Follow the conversation on Twitter: #MTMDC. This year’s Media That Matters conference, “Change for Good,” hosted by American University’s Center for Social Media, featured conversations about how independent social change filmmakers can execute integrated campaigns that are strategic, action-oriented, and have [...]
The Benevolent Guide to Social Media Week (#SMW12)
Social Media Week kicked off on Monday in cities around the world. We’ll be covering a few of the events in Washington, D.C. We combed through the worldwide schedule to highlight sessions that have to do with storytelling or design for social and environmental good. WASHINGTON, D.C. #SocialMediaProblems: Digital Challenges & Opportunities for Real World [...]
The Social Media Promise: Community, Conversation, Connection
Last night, the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. hosted the first in a series of “Social Media 4 Social Good” events, featuring interviews of the “strategists and entrepreneurs who are using social media to make positive contributions to the world.” Host Monica Gray interviewed Vice President of Communications and Public Relations Aaron Sherinian of the UN [...]
Q&A with Jonathan Tucker: Poetry as an Agent for Change
Jonathan B. Tucker is a poet, educator, and coach of the DC Youth Slam Team. Two-time winner of the Community Oriented Underground Poet (COUP) Award from the National Underground Spokenword Poetry Awards, “JBT” is passionate about using poetry as a community organizing tool. When not working with students he can be found around D.C. performing and [...]
Call for Entries: Eco-Comedy Video Competition
From American University’s Center for Environmental Filmmaking: The contest is open to anyone who prepares a short, funny video for YouTube, which communicates a clear message about clean energy and/or green jobs. Submissions must: Be humorous! Address the issue of clean energy and/or green jobs Reach a broad audience beyond just environmentalists. Be an [...]
Upcoming Event: Media That Matters 2012
The Media That Matters conference is a two-day festival that brings together professionals, artists and students interested in making an impact through media. As a joint project of the Center for Social Media and Arts Engine, Inc., the conference provides a platform to showcase a year’s accomplishments in using media for social good, and it also encourages conversation and experience sharing to make things even better. [...]
Games for Girls: Social or Sexist?
Of all demographics, women over age 30 consistently show more interest in mobile gaming than any others. Of course, there are some companies that specifically target younger users. Crowdstar, the fourth largest social gaming company in the world, focuses on the “younger female demographic,” according to its CEO Peter Relan. One of its latest [...]
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