The Extraordinaries

Vote for our panels at SXSW!

Voting ends Sept 4 -- please click both links below, vote for our panels, and add a positive remark to the comments section! help us spread the word at SXSW!

PANEL #1

TITLE: The iPhone Volunteer -- Can Mobile Devices Save Society?

DESCRIPTION: Mobile is the next great platform for engaging volunteers, and the timing of its arrival is excellent, given the “wicked problems” we face. The enhanced capabilities of today’s mobile devices and the power of inventive applications are creating a new generation of “iPhone volunteers” who may well change the world!

VOTE HERE: http://bit.ly/ExtraPrincipled

PANEL #2

TITLE: Can Double-Clicking Change The World? Slacktivism 101

DESCRIPTION: Sl’ack-Ti-vism. Noun. Taking action for social change without lifting a finger. As the latest technology allows people to “engage” from their computers/phones rather than getting their hands dirty IRL, will this impact the future of volunteerism? A panel of experts will debate the pros & cons of couch potato activism.

VOTE HERE: http://bit.ly/ExtraBeacon

Race to 1K followers before Echoing Green finalist interviews on Apr 30-13 days! Can you help us? Pls rt! #followfriday (@extraordinaries)

Hey Extraordinaries,

We're in a race to reach 1,000 twitter followers before our important Echoing Green finalist interviews on Apr 30 -- only 13 days away!

Can you help us? Please add us to your #followfriday, and spread the word.

Here's an easy cut and paste for your twitter account:

They're racing to 1K followers before their Echoing Green finalist interviews on Apr 30 -please follow @extraordinaries -mobile good guys

Social Good Crowdsourcing - a new entrant.

Thanks to Sundeep for forwarding this Wired article to me. It talks about Cindy Gallop and Wendell Davis, working on creating a 'Google for Social-Good Actions' to be called IfWeRantheWorld.com (which doesn't yet exist). 

"The single largest pool of untapped resource in this world is human good intentions that never translate into action. Rarely — if ever — has an idea [referring to this new company] managed so neatly to fuse the do-gooder instinct that appears when an individual is frustrated by a disagreeable reality, companies' corporate social-responsibility and marketing budgets, and worthy causes."

Cindy/Wendell, if you've got a Google alert set up and are reading this, be sure to check out SocialActions.org, they've got most of this set up already. And we're working on the direct take action (online via crowdsourced task) angle. Love to be in touch.

DC AREA EVENT: Beer, Bites, and Brainstorms with The Extraordinaries! (Plus a video update)

Things are moving fast for The Extraordinaries these days. We've just won $25,000 at the 2009 WeMedia Miami Pitch It, and we are semi-finalists for the 2009 Echoing Green Fellowship. We are gearing up for launch in Apple's App Store in June and Jacob has asked the DC Netsquared Community to help brainstorm around several key issue / theory areas. This Netsquared meetup promises to mostly be a two-way conversation! Come share your skills and experience to help launch this "extraordinary" new project.

When:  Tuesday, March 24, 7:00pm
Where:  Affinity Lab, 2451 18th St, NW, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20009
Hosted By:  NetSquared DC, Affinity Lab, and Genius Rocket

How did that make it through security??

Oh yea! I *begged* Jacob to take this picture. It was worth it. I think you'll agree.

Social Actions Round-Up #24

Great roundup of happenings in the nonprofit social media space:
http://my.socialactions.com/profiles/blogs/social-actions-roundup-24
Thanks to Peter Deitz.