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Startup Weekend (India): Social Entrepreneurship in Action

Waxing UnLyrical

Startup Weekend is a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to inspire, educate, and empower individuals, teams and communities. When one of my friends introduced me to this community, I thought it would be a great event to participate in, while also getting to meet new people and entrepreneurs-to-be.

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17 Tweetchats for Social Media, Marketing and PR folks

Direct Marketing Observations

I thought I might condense it a bit and focus not only on Tweetchats that I was familiar with, but also those that would benefit the Social Media, Marketing and PR folks out there, and which also had solid participation as well. 2) #4change is a monthly tweetchat on how social media is helping to create change.

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Stories From Smaller Nonprofits: VolunteenNation

Diva Marketing Blog

As The Fates would have it, just as I was feeling sad that I didn't have a nonprofit to share with you, once again social media came to the rescue. Engaging youth in volunteer service heals divisions within communities. My initial spark to volunteer in my community was ignited when my dad was deployed in the military.