Why Tech Tools Work in Some Crises but not Others

February 13 0 Comments Category: Technologies

Audio: Compared to Iran, Twitter was not especially useful in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake. Joshua Keating of Foreign Policy and Andy Carvin of NPR’s social media desk discuss why some tools prove useful in crisis situations and not in others.

Quick Links on Nonprofit Engagement

February 02 0 Comments Category: Tips and Tricks

Four quick links to with information about how and where non-profits and NGO’s are using social media and what their return on investment is.

Using the Herd to Promote Your Ideas

December 01 2 Comments Category: Content

Getting our ideas into the public sphere isn’t much of a problem. Start a blog and start typing. But how do we make them take hold in the collective imagination and develop a life of their own.

If A Thousand Monkeys Tweeted

September 26 0 Comments Category: News Briefs

Can using social media such as Twitter, Facebook and Blogging help save the Ugandan mountain gorilla? With less than 800 in the world, there’s not much time to find out.