March 1, 2013 by Vallabh Rao
IndiBlogger.in, a community of Indian bloggers has launched IndiChange, a platform that aims to ‘harness the collective power of blogging to fight evil’. The first campaign on IndiChange is a joint effort between IndiBlogger and Breakthrough for the of launch “Ring The Bell” in India. “Ring The Bell” is an award-winning global campaign calling on men and boys to take action and stop violence against women.
Category Development, Social Media | Tags: | No Comments
July 7, 2012 by Vallabh Rao
More than half of the world’s adults currently lack access to affordable and secure financial services. High transaction costs, physical barriers, and difficult loan agreements prevent many marginalized and underserved communities from building more prosperous futures.
How can we include everyone in the formal financial sector? How can getting all citizens access to savings accounts, credit, insurance, and other services to improve their standard of living?
Help solve these pressing questions: Join us on Wednesday, July 25th from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. EST for a #SocEntChat on Financial Inclusion for Inclusive Growth.
In this six-hour, multilingual Twitter conference, you can discuss your ideas and chat with expert panelists about solutions from all over the world. The #SocEntChat will include three back-to-back sessions: Technology & Financial Inclusion, Financing Livelihoods, and The Future of Financial Inclusion Innovation.
This is your opportunity to share your thoughts and ideas with innovators and thought-leaders!
To get ready for the conversation, check out the latest challenge on Changemakers, G2012 Mexico Financial Inclusion: Innovative Solutions for Unlocking Access, launched in partnership with the G2012 Mexico. This global competition will award US $100,000 to the best solution that knocks down the barriers to financial inclusion.
What is a #SocEntChat and how does it work?
A #SocEntChat is a real-time, Twitter-based discussion about social entrepreneurship focused on a specific theme. It is designed for current and aspiring social entrepreneurs, funders, journalists, and supporters to share their ideas, discuss the state of the field, identify the latest innovations, and pinpoint areas requiring deeper exploration.
Joining the conversation is easy. Just log-in to Twitter at 8 a.m. EST on Wednesday, July 25th, 2012. Then:
Use the #SocEntChat and #G2012FinIncl hashtags to make your comments visible in the stream. During #SocEntChat, use search.twitter.com or an application like Tweetdeck (www.tweetdeck.com) or thwirl (www.thwirl.com) to follow the hashtags and keep up with the conversation.
Introduce yourself and take a minute to get to know the other chatters when you join.
Send your questions to @changemakers without the hashtag (to keep them out of the stream) to have them considered for the conversation.
Please remember to use the #SocEntChat and #G2012FinIncl hashtags, stay on topic, be respectful, and have fun! And be sure to invite your friends and followers to join the discussion, too.
Catch you all on Twitter: http://tweetchat.com/room/SocEntChat!
Category Social Entrepreneurship, Social Media | Tags: Financial Inclusion | No Comments
February 14, 2012 by Vallabh Rao
A new survey from Constant Contact finds that social media marketing has become a critical marketing tool for small businesses and nonprofits planning events, with 77% of event planners currently using social media to market their events, and another 14% planning to do so in the next year.
Category Social Media | Tags: | No Comments
December 24, 2011 by Vallabh Rao
“Watch Out Yammer And Jive, Google Is About To Enter The Social Enterprise Space” reads the title of this post on Techcrunch. For those of us who have worked in or are aware of the social entrepreneurship space, a social enterprise means a venture which is trying to solve a social issue through its business ( this definition itself can wary depending on who you talk to ) . The Techcrunch post and many others including some company websites refer the business, enterprise use of social media or social networking as a social enterprise.
A person in the development or citizen sector would see the title “Google to Enter the Social Enterprise Space” very differently. I hope dictionaries lead the way in clearing such confusion so that all of us know what we are talking about, if not we will be left to make that decision on our own, depending on the context.
Category Social Entrepreneurship, Social Media | Tags: | No Comments
December 24, 2011 by Vallabh Rao
Facebook dominated the top 10 search term lists once again in 2011 with 4 of the top 10 search terms related to Facebook according to Experian Hitwise report. Facebook, Facebook login, Facebook.com and www.Facebook.com are the 4 Facebook related search terms in the top 10 in decreasing order. Facebook remained the most visited website accounting for 8.93% of all US traffic. One interesting trend is the disappearance of MySpace from the top search keywords comparing 2010 and 2011.
Category Social Media, Technology | Tags: Facebook | No Comments
December 24, 2011 by Vallabh Rao
In what can only be seen as a case of “shooting the messenger” syndrome, a Delhi court has summoned social networking and internet companies like Google, Facebook , Microsoft, Yahoo and Youtube according to this report.
This comes a few days after the IT minister of the largest democracy in the world, Kapil Sibal called internet companies to discuss “pre screening ” of objectionable content.
Holding the platforms responsible for objectionable content is preposterous . Either these people who propose such things are not in sync with technology or they want to muzzle a medium which has enabled millions to voice their opinion.
Category Just saying, Social Media | Tags: Facebook,Google,Politics-Governance | No Comments