Weekly Hot Hits in Global Development 12/14-12/18!
How is social media changing the world? Check out this week’s hottest hits in global development!
1. Crowdsourcing Platform Ushahidi Breaks Barriers with Innovative Design
New open source web platform allows for the crowdsourcing of global development related ideas, updates, and information.
2. Activists Use Social Media to Spread the Word about Copenhagen
NGOs take advantage of new social networking and social media tools to disseminate information, tweet elected officials, and track progress during the conference.
3. Hopenhagen: The Social Media Experience!
Founded under a mission to “give everyone hope and a platform to act,” Hopenhagen, an interactive website that unites global participants around the Copenhagen conference, allows their collective voice to speak loudly and clearly.
4. Al Gore Introduces “Repower America” Campaign, Rooted in Social Media Dynamism
Al Gore used the platform of the Copenhagen conference to introduce a new grassroots movement entitled ‘Repower America’ that will focus on garnering public support for Congressional approval of clean energy and climate legislation by Earth Day of 2010. The main focus of the campaign is an interactive wall where participants, celebrities, etc can post videos and photos representing their thoughts and feelings on climate legislation.
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