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7 Ways to Refresh Your 'Social Good' Vocabulary in 2013

Impatient Optimists | Posted 03.19.2013 | Impact
Impatient Optimists

It's 2013 and now more than ever we have an excuse to revisit the basics in all-things social good. Whether you're a novice or an expert, the following seven buzz words are must-haves.

Ambassador Susan Rice: On Using Social Media For Diplomacy

92nd Street Y | Posted 02.02.2013 | World
92nd Street Y

U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice's name has been in the news lately, so we thought it would be a good time to post her appearance from the 2012 Social Good ...

Entrepreneurs and Innovators Changing Lives

Elizabeth Gore | Posted 11.24.2012 | Impact
Elizabeth Gore

Entrepreneurs, innovators and technologists have skills and ideas that can't be found anywhere else. That's why we need their engagement to help solve global challenges.

The Global Good Challenge -- Engaging New Networks of Supporters on Global Issues

Zaw Thet | Posted 11.25.2012 | Impact
Zaw Thet

Today's global challenges are matched only by the opportunity to address them. Hundreds of millions of people are affected by solvable problems such as malaria, unequal treatment of girls, and deadly yet preventable childhood diseases.

Every Voice Matters

Carolyn S. Miles | Posted 11.24.2012 | Impact
Carolyn S. Miles

He doesn't run a large company, lead a government agency or record the music he so loves on a major label. But 8-year-old J.D. Malkin has quite a voice.

Say Hey to Hashtags and Handles

Susan Sawyers | Posted 12.25.2011 | Technology
Susan Sawyers

Since social media is here to stay, event organizers who truly embrace the notion of the greater good, which is the purpose of all of this social stuff anyway, can enhance the experience by establishing and promoting twitter hashtags and handles.

Wife - Mother - Family - Village

Marla Mossman | Posted 12.02.2011 | Impact
Marla Mossman

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Global Leaders Speak At Social Good Summit (Photos)

Gary He | Posted 11.28.2011 | New York
Gary He

Last week, as world leaders arrived in NYC for the UN General Assembly and Clinton Global Initiative, another conference was taking place with a focus on using innovation and technology to solve the world's greatest challenges.

Every Mother Counts: Christy Turlington Speaks at the Social Good Summit

Tabby Biddle | Posted 11.20.2011 | Impact
Tabby Biddle

After delivering her first child, Christy suffered a complication. While she had a birth team that managed the situation, she was shocked to learn that hundreds of thousands of women die each year during childbirth -- and that 90 percent of these deaths are preventable.

SLIDESHOW: Tech Startups That Could Save The World

Posted 11.20.2011 | Impact

Could a Facebook competition encourage users to cut their utility usage? Can a mobile communication network help rural farmers share crop tips? Bringi...

Prevention Is Better Than Post-Conflict Catch-Up

Nicholas van Praag | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Nicholas van Praag

Violence is the antithesis of development. It tears down what's been built up. It destroys lives, shortens horizons, and inflicts huge psychological and physical pain.

Key Highlights from Mashable's Social Good Summit for United Nations Week

Naomi Hirabayashi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Naomi Hirabayashi

With a diversified panel of speakers working across the eight verticals of MDGs, the Summit highlighted the most recent trends of digital media used for social good.