Max Gladwell

Blogging wins out over social networking as Change.org shifts strategy from connecting to content. Something profound happened today, and few seem to have noticed its true significance. The online activism platform Change.org relaunched its site with a new approach to changing the world. Change.org is still committed to the big issues of stopping global warming [...]

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The global phenomenon known as Green Drinks is a lot like social networking, only in the real world. How crazy is that? It often seems like Max Gladwell exists not at the nexus of social media and green living but rather in the parallel worlds. We often attend networking events for each of these markets, [...]

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No one wants to be known as a social network. But social networking is central to how we use the Web. There was a time when so many startups wanted to be the next big social network. MySpace, Facebook, and its wannabes were gathering huge audiences and garnering stratospheric valuations. Everybody wanted a piece. Oh, [...]

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The Kiva Business 4 Business credit card makes micro-lending easy and more impactful with matching funds. Plus, a story about connecting through the social web. The KIVA B4B BusinessCard credit card is one of a kind. It enables small business owners in the first world to make micro loans to budding entrepreneurs in the third [...]

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The social networking for social good space continues to heat up with Ammado.com and a new NetCommunity feature from Blackbaud. Is it a coincidence that social good and social media share first names? It has always seemed that the social web was purpose built to benefit humanity. It’s no surprise that so many entrepreneurs are [...]

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