Find Allies

Find Allies
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http://businessfightspoverty.nin g.com/

international network for professionals passionate about fighting world poverty through good business. Find new partners to transform your ideas into reality, whether you are looking for co-investors, on-the-ground partners, or simply advice from your peers. Connect with others who are passionate about fighting poverty through good business, engage in advocacy campaigns, and help create a real movement for change.

http://www.change2.net/

a free central resource on sustainability that brings together individuals, business, government and NGO’s. Participate, or create your own public or private group for your workplace, club, or as a place to bring together people who share your sustainability interests.

http://www.changemakers.com/en-u s/groups

find fellow changemakers to discuss and exchange ideas

http://www.meetup.com/

world's largest network of local groups. Meetup's mission is to revitalize local community and help people around the world self-organize into groups that are powerful enough to make a difference.

http://nicenetwork.ning.com/

where people helping people connect to get results. Wiki forum to contribute your insights and innovations to human service social challenges in communities around the country and the world. You can also create a NEW group topic and blog.

http://www.onlineuniversities.co m/blog/2009/11/100-twitter-feeds -to-help-you-change-the-world/

100 twitter feeds to help you change the world - organized by cause

http://socialbysocial.net

A community around using social tech for social impact

http://www.socialchangewebsites. com/

a central directory resource for organizations and causes using the best practices of online advocacy to support their mission. Submit your website – 35 social change related categories

http://www.socialedge.org/

By social entrepreneurs for social entrepreneurs; a global online community where social entrepreneurs and other practitioners of the social benefit sector connect to network, learn, inspire and share resources.

http://www.socialentrepreneurapi .org

open database of information about social entrepreneurs who have won fellowships and awards from social enterprise funders. Allows philanthropists, investors, press, and fellow entrepreneurs to find social entrepreneurs based on keyword, location, cause area, population served, and a variety of other factors.

http://tweepml.org/Comprehensive -list-of-social-entreprenuers-on -twitter/

and http://tweepml.org/Comprehensive-list-of-social-entreprenuers-on-twitter-p2/ Thank you to Steve Jennings of http://www.zyozy.org/ (@zyOzy) for sharing this amazing list of social entrepreneurs on Twitter.

http://unltdworld.com

connects you to the people, tools and information you need to change the world. Create a profile, build community, do business, get insight, find resources. See who else is working in your fields and where they are. Q&A section, where you can ask the entire UW community anything you like – advice, opinions, suggestions - and get their collective thoughts. Poll fellow members to get insight into their businesses or feedback on your ideas.

http://www.wiserearth.org

a free online community space connecting the people, nonprofits and businesses working toward a just and sustainable world. Find others working on your issues, Generate visibility and support for your projects, Connect, share ideas and build your network, Create a group for your community of action

http://www.soact.net/

New on the scene, SoAct calls itself a new type of social network with a world of opportunities to help you fulfill your dreams. "Join with people everywhere who are getting important stuff done."

http://www.socialearth.org/

SocialEarth is a fresh, entrepreneurial and socially mindful weblog focusing on businesses that are doing good through their work. At SocialEarth, we believe the future of our livelihoods and our world depends on the creation and sustainability of such businesses. Therefore, we seek, promote and support social entrepreneurs, young and old, domestic and international, established and new, who have the audacity to create mindful businesses where profitability is a necessary objective and solving a ‘social ill’ is an imperative. If you know a person or business that is doing good, tell us!

http://www.zanby.com/

Start a group, join a group, but there's a nice twist - at Zanby you can create group families, so your groups can more easily interact with each other and minimize overlap.

Evolve your Ideas

Evolve your Ideas
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http://www.addictlab.com

global creative think tank. Show your talent to the rest of the world, contribute to active research projects and get published in our magazine Ad!dict, online Labfiles, and in real life exhibitions. We want to discover and accelerate your talent. Any discipline, any region, any culture. And we want your brains to solve the issues we're working on.

http://www.amazee.com/

bring your ideas to life in projects and work together with others to reach your goals – be they small or large. We are giving you the necessary tools and offer the publicity your projects need. Amazee offers an array of functionalities which will help you to successfully collaborate in projects and to make your projects widely known to our users. You can also conduct fundraisers on Amazee.

http://www.bantamlive.com

Free online service for teams to collaborate in a workspace and build business relationships across the web. Users can share information, track activity, and manage contact and company relationships inside and outside the team. Status updating, commenting, messaging, and interacting with social network contacts and content weave purposefully into workflows (contact management, social CRM engagement and workflows, task management, calendaring, deal tracking, project management). Integrated to Twitter and soon other social networks,

http://www.creative-coop.com/

we love big social ideas. we're building our new website at the moment. if you have a big social idea then remember: an idea shared is a problem halved. we'd love to hear from you. e.ideas@creative-coop.com

http://network.dreamfish.com

Dreamfish is a meaningful work world built for solo entrepreneurs and small enterprises to thrive: a community, that gives back, and loves diversity; Great coworkers for hiring; Peer groups for professional development and learning; Best practices for managing projects; Value creation and experience from projects; Coaching for building your skills; A workspace for distributed collaboration; open source tools for project-based work.

http://www.innovation-exchange.o rg/

Do you have an innovation that needs support? Do you face a challenge that needs an innovative solution? Join in the conversation, add your thoughts, ideas and projects and connect to grow innovation. Project wiki space to help you develop and organize.

http://www.nabuur.com/

(esp for projects in Africa, Latin America and Asia) Nabuur.com is an online volunteering platform that links Neighbours (online volunteers) with Villages (local communities) in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Connected through Nabuur.com, Neighbours and local communities learn about each other, share ideas and find solutions to local issues.

http://www.ned.com

A really great member-governed online collaboration platform for developing ideas and working with others to make good things happen (profile, reputation building, discussions & wikispace, originally designed by the founder of eBay)

http://www.springboardinnovation .org/

creates opportunities (in Portland?) for community members to learn how to launch social ventures, provide ongoing consultancies, help them network with others, help them get seed funding, and work to build a supportive ecosystem in the cities where they live.

http://www.tigweb.org/

Taking IT Global is the largest online network for youth civic action

http://www.w1sd0m.net/

an online community platform to help organize the flow of intellectual, social human and financial capital, in pursuit of strengthening global social enterprise (in development, but already serving charter members and partners)

http://prezi.com

A very cool mindmapping and presentation tool. The paid version allows more than one person to work together. The free version is great for organizing and sharing complex ideas.

Find Human/Financial Capital

Find Human/Financial Capital
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http://www.betterplace.org/

seek support for your initiative or to find and support the very project that means most to you. Present yourself, the project and the people who benefit from it on betterplace.org – whether as an individual or an organisation. Specify what exactly you need. Find supporters. And report regularly on the project’s progress.

http://www.businesscatapult.com/

3 main offers: 1)Tools to help entrepreneurs assess their business design, understand their business as an investment opportunity, and identify opportunities to improve the design and reduce risk; 2) For entrepreneurs, an on-line repository to which they can submit their investment opportunities for investor review; 3) For investors, a rich set of features for finding and assessing investment opportunities, and for finding other investors with similar interests and complementary skills

http://www.getinvolved.ca/

socially conscious networking community for individuals, not-for-profits, charities and community organizations to connect to one another and make a difference. Create your profile, post needs and offers.

http://www.gsix.com/

Global mapping of actors in the social capital markets

http://www.grantsfire.org/

a searchable database of grants that is compiled in real-time from information published by grantmakers. Our database is up-to-date and easy to use. Grantmakers can add their information by publishing their grants information in a simple, HTML-based format called hGrant. In the future, you will be able to collect, organize, categorize, and share grants that interest you. You will also be able to mashup this data with other useful services, such as maps.

https://www.ideaencore.com/

an online marketplace for the sharing of ready-to-use tools, presentations, course outlines, templates, and project plans within and between nonprofit organizations. The system is designed to provide incentives for sharing and a range of intellectual property protections for shared materials.

http://www.microgiving.com/

an online community that connects those who have (Donors) with those who need (Recipients). Donors create a FREE Donor account, deposit funds into their donor account via paypal, browse profiles, choose a recipient and make a donation. Recipients create a recipient account (FREE), verify their cause and post a request. Anyone can receive: individuals, fundraisers, non-profits.

http://www.netsquared.org/

is focused on the intersection of technology and social impact. We create opportunities for all those involved in creating change to connect: whether you are a nonprofit or a foundation, a designer or a developer, a changemaker or an entrepreneur. Mobilizes individuals and communities (esp. NetTuesday meetups), provides Web-based tools, and awards financial support to leverage social action projects.

http://my.socialactions.com/

helps people find and share opportunities to make a difference; The meeting place for people interested in peer-to-peer social change. Upload actions that will serve your project to the database.

http://www.socialimpactexchange. org/

a cross-sector membership forum for sharing knowledge and increasing investment in scaling effective social programs and solutions. Serves as both an online and in-person gathering place for those who are interested in learning about, implementing and funding large-scale expansions of high-impact nonprofit initiatives, including programs, products, services, organizations, social movements and more.

http://www.stockpickr.com/

learn, discuss, research and interact with thousands of active investors and traders

http://home.techsoup.org/

offers nonprofits a one-stop resource for technology needs by providing free information, resources, and support. In addition to online information and resources, we offer a product philanthropy service calledTechSoup Stock. Here, nonprofits can access donated and discounted technology products, generously provided by corporate and nonprofit technology partners.

Mobilize/Participate in Grassroots Action

Mobilize/Participate in Grassroots Action
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http://www.betterplace.org/

seek support for your initiative or find and support the very project that means most to you.

http://www.change.org/petition

Most powerful petition tool on the web? start a petition, recruit supporters, collect email addresses.

http://www.citizeneffect.org

platform that empowers anyone to be a philanthropist and a new fundraising channel for NGOs the need to fund small but critical projects related to water, food, health, education and clean energy.

http://www.crowdsourceapp.org/

open source crowdsourcing application available to the general public and non-profit community. Crowdsourcing is a way to gather information from the general public and store that data in a searchable, moderated database.

http://dogoodr.org/

a bulletin board for doing good. Post a need or post an offer. Individuals, grassroots efforts and non-profits can post needs. DoGoodr grants (will eventually be) awarded from traffic revenues to projects voted on by members.

http://www.getinvolved.ca/

socially conscious networking community for individuals, not-for-profits, charities and community organizations to connect to one another and make a difference. Create your profile, post needs and offers.

http://www.group.io

A Community-powered action platform, where you can create projects with to-do lists, invite your network, assign tasks, and track what's left to do. (still in Beta - email info@group.io and mention i4c/Ned.com to receive an invite code)

http://www.louder.org.uk

create a microsite for your campaign with the most used ‘change-tools’ the web has to offer. You will be able to connect to and manage profiles on other social media sites helping you coordinate supporter action.

http://myimpact.org/

virtual roof under which all young people who serve, from the full-time AmeriCorps member to the weekend volunteer, can gather to enhance and extend their work. MyImpact.org will be an innovative platform and social network that will provide its users with the opportunity to chronicle and share their experiences, as a way to appreciate their work in a greater context, gather support and inspire others.

http://www.pifworld.com/

charity platform where members can donate & provide feedback to projects they choose. (In principle, only foundations organised under Dutch law with a bank account in the Netherlands can place a project on Pifworld. However, application forms completed by foreign entities may also be taken into account.)

http://my.socialactions.com/

helps people find and share opportunities to make a difference; The meeting place for people interested in peer-to-peer social change.

http://www.socialearth.org/10-tw itter-tools-for-nonprofits-socia l-entrepreneurs-and-activists

Twitter tools that that can help change-makers propel their cause through promotion and fundraising.

http://www.yourcause.com/

we empower individuals to change our world—leveraging their own voices, networks, and spheres of influence to improve the lives of others. The dedicated and accomplished YourCause.com team is committed to supporting and facilitating the efforts of our caring member community and the causes they champion so passionately. Works only with 501©3 orgs listed in Guidestar

Other libraries with links and resources related to collaboration

Other libraries with links and resources related to collaboration
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http://www.tutormentorconnection .org/LinksLearningNetwork/LinksL ibrary/tabid/560/rrcid/13/rrscid /26/rrpid/1/rrepp/20/language/en -US/Default.aspx

this is a section of the Tutor/Mentor Connection library where we link to sites like this, and to other sites that we have discovered. The T/MC site is also interactive, so people can add links, and they can describe them in articles and discussion forums. We host a conference in Chicago every May and November that gives people who have links in the library an opportunity to meet face to face.

http://clearvieweducation.com/bl og/2009/50-incredible-social-sit es-for-social-change/

A great list of 50 social platforms designed to connect volunteers, students, charities, entrepreneurs, and individuals, as well as make it fun and easy to learn about the causes and campaigns that are impacting our world.

http://blueoxen.net/wiki/

An online resource on how to collaborate effectively, with links to frameworks, tools, research, and other thinking.

http://www.thataway.org/

National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation "Fostering a world of conversation, participation, and action."

http://www.co-intelligence.org/l inks.html

The Co-Intelligence Institute

http://ow.ly/wt9K

10 Twitter Tools for Nonprofits, Social Entrepreneurs and Activists

http://bit.ly/3bXF97

Online Marketing Cheat Sheet for Social Entrepreneurs

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