There’s a whole new world of digital activism now, including a new report The DigiActive Guide to Twitter for Activism. There have been digital activists as long as the Internet has been around, but with the appearance of social media it has really ramped up. This document contains a number of interesting case studies of Twitter being used as a communication channel, as well as a cookbook of steps and tips.
IFTF Social Impact Technology Futures
The Institute for the Future is planning a conference on technologies and social change. My feeling is that since around 2000 people have become increasingly aware of how technologies can be used to foster social change. Obviously technologies change our societies, and everyone has their favorite negative impact story, but we’ve really begun to try to leverage the prevalent technologies (and newer ones) to create positive change. [Read more…]