It's Global Entrepreneurship Week, so I have the inside scoop from Chris Spavin, a member of the Make Your Mark team working with partners to deliver GEW, catalyze events overseas, and assist the campaign's development abroad.  Chris believes, "there is so much untapped potential in people and sometimes all we need is a simple catalyst."  Learn more about the work below in Chris' own words and find out how you can get involved!

John Carnell,  co-founder and project manager of  BullyingUK, a nonprofit organization working on anti-bulling campaigns in the UK including services for youth, parents and schools, recently took time from the active participation in social media to chat with me about the organization's work.  BullyingUK has incorporated social media tools into communications, fundraising, and community buildling.  Learn more about how they are succeeding in the interview below.

NFPSynergy, the only specialist research consultantcy for nonprofit organizations in the UK, wants to hear from your organization for the next Virtual Promise report.  Over the last seven years, Virtual Promise has provided a unique insight into the use of the internet by charities in the UK.

With growing numbers of participants every year and readers from around the globe, we're told it's the only way charity professionals can compare and benchmark their new media activity, priorities and investment.

Social Innovation Camp is back and looking for your ideas for web-based tools that could change something important. SICamps bring software developers and social innovators together for an action-packed weekend, 48 hours to take new ideas and put them into working parts.

Submissions are due by 7 November, so enter yours soon!

Learn more and get involved with SICamp!

I'm thrilled to announce that the London Net Tuesday is officially here!  The community in London and around the UK is ready for a solid, monthly event that brings together social changemakers (whether a nonprofit organization in the traditional sense, a group of interested citizens, social venture capitalists or an individual with an idea) and technological forerunners together to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, and collaborate on new projects.

Join the fun!

mySociety, a nonprofit organization based in the UK that runs most of the best-known democracy and transparency websites in the UK, celebrates five years of working, building, and developing for the common good this month!

Who's mySociety?

A community of volunteers and (paid) open source coders with two missions:

The Hub at Kings Cross, in London, UK, is officially opening its doors today.  Social innovators, entrepreneurs, collaborators, nonprofit organizations, and other social good types are already filling it up and taking advantage of the other Hub locations.

Hub Spaces

Britt Bravo is on a much-deserved vacation, so I'm stepping in for her to keep news and information about the social change web coming your way!

The UK Catalyst Awards highlight examples of individuals or groups putting social technology to use in connecting people and doing good. "It doesn't matter if you're a community group, a charity, in business, or just doing something smart in your own time – we can all do our bit." These stories offer ideas and inspiration about innovative uses of social technology that you or your organization can learn from.

But who won? The eight winners include:

You know spring has sprung when your calendar is full of conference dates. Below are a few upcoming events I thought you might be interested in:

1. Social Innovation Camp
London, UK
April 4-6, 2008
Social Innovation Camp will bring together web developers, designers and social change makers to develop 6 "web tools to change the world":

Barcode Wikipedia
Enabled by Design
Personal Development Reports
Prison Visits
Rate My CV
Stuffshare

2. Aspiration and Idealware's Managing Nonprofit Technology Projects II
Oakland, CA
May 20-21, 2008
Managing Nonprofit Technology Projects will examine the tools and best practices that will help nonprofits deliver successful technology solutions - whether websites, packaged software implementations, or custom applications.