young hacker is holed up alone in his apartment. His face is lit by a laptop screen, monitor split between a live video stream and a text editor filled with code. Fueled by Ramen Noodles and caffeine, he codes away through the night, monitoring the latest hashtags on Twitter, never a few seconds behind the newest exploding meme, instantly transmitting the latest news to others in his social graph.
((This is a scene that is played out in the rooms of countless hackers and their "lean startups" around the world. Only for the past few weeks, it could have just as easily described an entirely new, organic, philanthropic phenomenon: Hacktivism.
Hacktivism is the use of hacking and the startup mentality to tackle and support social good causes.
Although this article talks about business and government, it nonetheless provides very useful information in regards to the use of technology in the government. If the public information that is being taken by the government and seemingly used very little can prove to have benefits to society when used in an efficient and accessible way. These benefits can affect an individual, a business, or a non-profit in numerous ways.
When most businesses and non-profits start using social media, they start with "small talk" with their communities. They politely reply to tweets, express appreciation to donors, respond as quickly as possible to customer support issues, and generally try to add value to their network.
But all to often, they fail to move beyond the "small talk" and create meaningful discussions that their communities are dying to have
No matter how amazing your website looks, it won't produce results unless you have a solid content strategy.
A content strategy is nothing more than a plan for how you'll create a conversation around your cause.
If your nonprofit conducts advocacy campaigns, maybe you've had a difficult time understanding how those efforts might align with your fundraising efforts.
Toyota wants to salute do-gooders by giving 100 cars over 100 days to organizations that could really use a new set of wheels. And voters like you decide who gets a new ride every day.
We all know that new technology is the phenomena of economic sucession. in this article, it talked about how new technology incremental of the grouwth rate especially in U.S.A. for example Apple Computers and DEC, Hewlett- Packard.