Susan, Thanks for sharing with the wider community. I also enjoyed the panel. There will be another one like it Monday, Nov 8th - more details to come soon. Perhaps we can think of ways for libraries, museums, and archives to use flashmobs (using strategies like carrotmob) or devise some useful micro-contribution activities using Sparked. Derek On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Susan Copeland Wilson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, All, > > I attended a forum last evening sponsored in part by CASCI on value creation through social media. The entrepreneurs who spoke have some *whack on the head* brilliant ideas to address real social needs. > > The cool thing about these initiatives is that they are scalable from 5 minutes of volunteer time while eating lunch (sparked.com), organizing a flashmob to support a business that supports good causes (carrotmob.org), or logging volunteer hours to inspire others and see the impact of what you do (myImpact.org). > > On a personal level, you all may be interested in these but professionally, there are some good, free/very cheap, easy ways to do good stuff in the community. > > http://myimpact.org/ > http://carrotmob.org/ > http://www.sparked.com/ > > > Susan Wilson >