New Action Source:…

Smyrna Development Society works with lower income residents of Bangladesh, an impoverished Asian nation with a population of 162 million and a per capita income of USD 1,700 a year.   Founded in 2002, they opened an orphanage in 2007 to serve the poor, especially abused children.   Smyrna Development Society will apply funds donated expressly for insurance by purchasing health coverage for a child at the cost  of USD 8 a year.  This gives the recipients access to better health care and…

I'm starting a site for youth where youth who are interested in social activism and community change can connect and share their work, connect with other youths and get inspired by their peers! It is a website that will feature news articles, opportunities in the community, and a database of resources/tools to help them get started, it will also contain a forum where individual can obtain an account and post information.

However, I'm relatively weak with the web/web design…

The Global Reporting Initiative has released a sustainability report that outlines the organization’s performance, achievements, and goals. GRI produces the Sustainability Reporting Framework that sets out the principles and indicators that can be used to measure and report economic,…

August 10, 2011

Over the past few months, Deyan and I have had the honor and privilege of working with Peter and Christine to learn about Social Actions in great detail. In this first phase or our work: understanding and assessing Social Actions (see Social Actions Overview image below for a map of the Social Actions landscape), our goal was two-fold: 1. to learn everything about the technical components of Social Actions and assess the technology’s capabilities and…

We're excited to announce today that Pincgiving has relaunched its work and is now called Global Currents! 

In Global Currents' words: As the leader in providing cost-effective, online donation…

Today, we're excited to announce four action sources have joined the Social Actions API, an open database of opportunities to make a difference. For a full list and profiles of the latest innovators contributing to Social Actions, please see Our Guide to 60+ Action Sources.

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By way of our friends at Social Media for Nonprofits: 

Save $20 off the Social Media for Nonprofits 7/14 DC conference w/ "SA" code, featuring tips & tools from Natl Geographic's Robert Michael Murray, the Red Cross' Wendy Harman, Network for Good's Katya Andresen, Facebook Causes, Greenpeace, Case Foundation & more, all followed by the book release party for @nonprofits101. http://bit.ly/ke9YCV

A new conference series, Social Media for Nonprofits, is about to start this summer. NTEN (the Nonprofit Technology Network) is fiscally sponsoring the series.

As part of our Social Actions community, you can get $20 off Social Media for Nonprofits conferences with "SA" discount code in San Francisco (6/29), Washington, DC (7/14), New York City (8/4), Los Angeles (8/22), Seattle (10/14), Chicago & Atlanta. Keynotes by Beth Kanter,…

I tweeted that message the morning after returning from a wonderfully intense…

It's been far too long - since Change The Web?? - since I spent enough time here and I'm so glad SA is thriving.  I've been part of the HelpAttack! (http://www.helpattack.com) team for the last year, and Christine suggested that I reach out to the Social Actions community to get some feedback and advice. 

In case you aren't familiar, HelpAttack! (in addition to being a weird name), is a way to give to nonprofits every…

"Today, I have the privilege of announcing to the Social Actions community that the pioneering open source project we have been working on for the last 3.5 years has found itself a well-resourced…

I think I may have found my favorite example of how to tell the Corporate Citizenship story....

This past March, we had the opportunity to join…