Sometimes, the word “Twitter” can inspire feelings of apprehension in many organizations. The thought of losing control of your brand. A misunderstood tweet. Negative publicity.
But most of all, it’s the relative novelty of the tool and the...
Yesterday, the Case Foundation had the pleasure of co-hosting the Civic Innovators Forum, a day-long event with the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC), the Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) and Splashlife, exploring the role of...
Next in our lineup of video interview recaps from the public-private strategy session with the White House on promoting innovation through prizes, challenges and open grantmaking, is with Sonal Shah, Director of the Office of Social Innovation...
Next in our lineup of video interview recaps from the public-private strategy session with the White House on promoting innovation through prizes, challenges and open grantmaking, is with Aneesh Chopra, the first Chief Technology Officer of the...
On April 30th, we co-hosted a public-private strategy session with the White House on driving innovation and civic dialogue through the use of prizes, challenges and open grantmaking. The conference was a great success with lively discussions and...
Case Foundation Chairman Steve Case reflects on recent meetings with President Obama for the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness and with Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
This year more than 100 companies and organizations exhibited at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington, DC. This marketplace of ideas is an opportunity for conference attendees and the public to connect with those who offer innovative...
Live from TED Long Beach 2011, Case Foundation SVP Erich Broksas speaks with TED Fellow Adrian Hong about the Pegasus Project and the role technology can play in opening up societies, and also with TED Fellow Isabel Behncke Izquierdo about Bonobos,...
2011TED Fellow Suzanne Lee gives an interview from TED2011, discussing her work as a biochemist/fashion designer and describing how bacteria can be used to make clothing.
Senior TED Fellow Erik Hersman gives an interview from TED2011 and discusses his work on projects like Ushahidi and Nairobi's iHub as well as the role of business and technology in the development of East Africa.
At the Case Foundation, we're excited that the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference will be hosted in Washington, DC from 3/17-3/19. Here are some of the ways we use technology in our nation's capital.
Shervin Pishevar, a tech entrepreneur and founder and CEO of SGN, one of the world's leading social and mobile gaming companies, shares with the Startup America Partnership his Startup Story about getting his first major investor.
Founding boardmember and chair of the Startup America Partnership, Steve Case, introduces the initiative and calls on the country to share its ideas about how to start up America.
Clothing designer and entrepreneur Marc Ecko of Ecko Unlimited talks about the early days of painting t-shirts in his garage and how those moments shaped his vision for his success.
AOL co-founder and Startup America Partnership Chairman Steve Case tells about his early days at AOL and how he came to build his vision of an interactive world.
Karen Bantuveris is asked WhatGives?! with VolunteerSpot.com, the site and tools she created to help with the process of organizing volunteers. She talks about her motivations, target users, and some of the benefits non-profits have reported since...
At BlogWorld 2010, Jessica Kirkwood of the Hands on Network and Points of Light Institute talks about using new tools to apply old and effective techniques of volunteer management.
WhatGives?! asks Claire Diaz Ortiz of Twitter to explain the platform and its strengths for those still confused by the fuss surrounding the micro-blogging platform.
WhatGives?! asks Judy Chang of PayPal about the impact of micro-transactions for nonprofits. Micro-transactions have the power to democratize the fundraising field, she tells us.
Heather Meeker of Whrrl and Douglas Plank of Mobilecause talk about turning online interest into offline action at BlogWorld 2010's panel on Mobil Apps and Social Good.
BlogWorld 2010 panel on Mobile Apps and Social Good hears from Douglas Plank of Mobilecause how fundraisers can maintain relationships with their mobile donors.
BlogWorld 2010 brings you a panel on Crowdsourced Campaigns for Causes: Benefitting Social Good or Just Social? Tune in for best practice recommendations for running a crowdfunding competition from Beth Kanter of Zoetica Media.
BlogWorld 2010: Karen Bantuveris of VolunteerSpot.com talks about how to activate online volunteers from the Using the Social Web to Fuel Real World Social Action.
The Case Foundation asks honored civic innovators John Bridgeland, Ami Dar, Stan Litow, Shirley Sagawa, Decker Ngongang, Bev Godwin and Lisa Sharon Harper "what will it take to start a BIG citizenship revolution?" at the 2010 Civic Innovators Forum.
Aneesh Chopra, the first Chief Technology Officer of the United States, discusses his office and the government's interests in and obstacles to running prizes, competitions and open-grants to spur innovation.
Rob McEwen of Goldcorp and Jim Bennett, formerly of Netflix, discuss the attitude and skills necessary to run a prize and challenge approach to innovation and its payoff to each of their respective companies in the past.
Beth Noveck, director of President Obama's Open Government initiative, and James Shelton, Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement, discuss open government and transparency.
Sonal Shah, Director of the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, and Jonathan Bays, consultant in McKinsey & Company’s Social Sector Office, discuss how prizes might work in government.
Peter Diamandis, Chairman and CEO of the X Prize Foundation, and Tom Kalil, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and National Economic Council, talk about the President’s aspirations for the prize and challenges model of innovation as...
Change Begins With Me winner Gerald Jiminez and his girlfriend Melody attend the 2009 inauguration of President Obama, cataloging the event with a video camera. Join them and get a front row seat to the historic event.
