SocialEarth Post: Nodal Networking for Social Innovators

Sidney | July 27, 2009

Today, I am excited to become apart of the SocialEarth.org (@socialearth) content contributors as a guest blogger.  The title of the post is From Tweeps to Peeps:  Nodal Networking for Social Innovators. SocialEarth is a site where domestic and international nonprofits, for profits, foundations, businesses, venture capitalists, and social entrepreneurs can find rich content and [...]

Beyond the Recession: Who Will Reboot the Social Sector?

Sidney | July 26, 2009

When it’s all said and done this is how the social sector’s late 2000s recession story might be written.

2008 – The late 2000s recession was finally acknowledged and it all suddenly came unraveled.
2009 – Nonprofits began to feel the effects of the recession and sector thought leaders issued their predictions.
2009 – The  “people” began [...]

"Why Uplift?"

This blog covers the issues of our world community and the people whose innovative ideas will bring about sustainable solutions for the good of all. The word “Uplift” is used as a metaphor for “sustainable” social change. Uplift was borrowed from the ideology of “racial uplift” espoused by twentieth century civil rights leaders that sought new approaches to social change in their pursuit of racial equality. Similarly, today's innovators seek new approaches to social change that will uplift the human race.