Even if you had no idea about today’s historic events at the U.S. Supreme Court, you’d be blind not to notice a movement swelling online. In the nation’s capital, oral arguments began yesterday on California’s Prop. 8, which amended the state Constitution to ban the right for same-sex couples to marry, and the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which [...]
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New Website Collects Ideas to Improve the World
Have you ever wanted to see current or potential innovations for poverty or the environment without having to do a lot of researching or reading? Have you ever thought of an idea and wanted to tell the world about it and get feedback? How it could be different was founded for these purposes – to [...]
Telling the Story of Jyoti Singh Pandey
Her name is Jyoti Singh Pandey. The 23-year-old female medical student was brutally raped by six men on a private bus on her way back from watching a movie in New Delhi on December 16. She died from her injuries two weeks later in a Singapore hospital. The crime has sent India and the world [...]
Art, Booze and Media: The Sustainability of Craft Beers
This article is part of our coverage of the 2012 Net Impact Conference in Baltimore. It originally appeared on Triple Pundit. At the Net Impact conference in Baltimore, craft brewmakers discussed how their industry is taking leadership on sustainability and community development, in a panel discussion on Cases and Beer: The Sustainability-Focused, Community-Involved Brewery. One of [...]
The Benevolent Guide to South by Southwest (#SXSW)
The annual South by Southwest (“SXSW”) festival kicked off in Austin, Tex. on Friday, March 9. We perused the online schedule to look for sessions that have to do with storytelling or design for social and environmental good. If you’re in town and interested in blogging about one of the events, contact Editor-in-Chief Erica Schlaikjer: erica [...]
#SMW12: The Secret Sauce to Social Media Fundraising by #Give2Max
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: 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: 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 Guide to Social Media Week (#SMW12). At Blue State Digital‘s inaugural Social Media Week event, “#socialmediaproblems: Digital Challenges and Opportunities for Real World Movements,” NYU [...]
#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 [...]
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 [...]
A Business Perspective on Advanced Social Media for Nonprofits
Highlights from the 2011 Benevolent Media Festival: On Monday, November 7, Benevolent Media hosted a panel discussion with three local nonprofit leaders working to inspire social change through social media. Advanced Social Media for Nonprofits View more presentations from benevolentmedia. For an overview of the panel discussion, read this excerpt from “What B2B Sales Innovators [...]
Festival Highlight: “The Interrupters” Film Screening and Dialogue on Violence Prevention in D.C.
The Benevolent Media Festival is a celebration of Washington, D.C.’s community of storytellers and designers dedicated to social and environmental good. Members of the community who identify as “benevolent media creators” are invited to host and organize their own lectures, workshops, performances, networking events or other activities, located at multiple venues across the city, that compel [...]
Festival Highlight: The Future of Outreach: New Trends in Digital Media for Nonprofits
The Benevolent Media Festival is a celebration of Washington, D.C.’s community of storytellers and designers dedicated to social and environmental good. Members of the community who identify as “benevolent media creators” are invited to host and organize their own lectures, workshops, performances, networking events or other activities, located at multiple venues across the city, that compel audiences [...]
Festival Highlight: No Profit, No Problem Film Screening
The Benevolent Media Festival is a celebration of Washington, D.C.’s community of storytellers and designers dedicated to social and environmental good. Members of the community who identify as “benevolent media creators” are invited to host and organize their own lectures, workshops, performances, networking events or other activities, located at multiple venues across the city, that compel [...]
