Live from the Netsquared conference in San Jose, CA: 21 non-profit finalists are competing to win $50,000 in prize money for the most innovative use of social media for social good.
Here’s an interesting one:
Bryan Hayes from AskyourLawmaker.org, which allows users to submit questions for journalists to pose to lawmakers
My take: Power to the people. A lot more satisfying than just adding your name to a petition or a robo-email. Great manifestation of direct democracy.
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Live-blogging the Netsquared Conference | TakePart Blog Network May 28, 2008 | 3:24 am EST[...] Live-blogging from Netsquared: AskYourLawmaker.org (which allows users to submit questions for journalists to pose to lawmakers) [...]
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