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Q&A with #SummerImpact winner Marianne Gadeberg

Earlier this month we launched our #SummerImpact contest where we asked you, our faithful readers, to tweet what you’d be doing this summer to make a social impact. We got…

Q&A with #SummerImpact winner Sarah Press

Earlier this month we launched our #SummerImpact contest where we asked you, our faithful readers, to tweet what you’d be doing this summer to make a social impact. We got…

Q&A with #SummerImpact winner David Watterson

Earlier this month we launched our #SummerImpact contest where we asked you, our faithful readers, to tweet what you’d be doing this summer to make a social impact. We got…

Twitter Roundup – August 13: Health tips from Sesame Street, mentorship from i/o ventures, and street parking solutions from San Francisco

Search for the hashtag #socent and you’ll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here’s a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week: Sesame Workshop, the…

Twitter Roundup – August 6: Car-sharing in Paris, idea-sharing on Ideo, Obama thanks 13 changemakers

Search for the hashtag #socent and you’ll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here’s a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week: Remember Vélib, the…

All a-Twitter with #SummerImpact contest

Summertime, and the tweeting is easy…It’s only been three days since we launched our social change Twitter contest, #SummerImpact, and we’ve already racked up quite an array of amazing responses…

#SummerImpact Contest! August 2-6

Ahh, summer. Makes us think about barbecues, beaches, and… social innovation! Yeah, that’s right—social innovation. Dowser wants to know how you’re building a better world this summer.  What purpose-driven projects…

Twitter Roundup – July 30: Dares drive funding, smartphones sign petitions, home computers calculate energy efficiency

Search for the hashtag #socent and you’ll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here’s a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week: Social media news…

Twitter Roundup – July 23: Google buys wind energy, MLB stars make PSAs, Paul Allen takes the Giving Pledge

Search for the hashtag #socent and you’ll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here’s a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week: Google (@google) announced…

Twitter Roundup – July 16: Recycling clothes in NYC, when ideas ‘have sex,’ goats and the city

Search for the hashtag #socent and you’ll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here’s a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week: Trendspotters PSFK (@psfk)…

Twitter Roundup – July 2: Omidyar gives $2.3 million to boost democracy, Tesla goes public, Panera expands pay-what-you-wish

Search for the hashtag #socent and you’ll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here’s a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week: The Guardian‘s Michael…

Twitter Roundup – June 25: Tweeting for good, bird cleaning in the Gulf, Echoing Green’s new fellows

Search for the hashtag #socent and you’ll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here’s a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week: Twitter cofounder Biz…

Twitter Roundup – June 18: Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, World Cup fever, and youth entrepreneurship

Search for the hashtag #socent and you’ll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here’s a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the past week: Big news! As…

Drop and give me 25, changemaker! It’s Social Action Boot Camp.

This Saturday, June 19, a host of young people with plans to build a better world will descend on San Francisco for Do Something’s free Social Action Boot Camp, which…

Twitter Roundup – June 3: Social Innovation Fund gets a boost, Facebook gets a rival, and 25 unreasonable people get together

Search for the hashtag #socent and you’ll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here’s a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week. Last week, a group…