http://www.netsquared.org/tags/mysociety share stories about how web-based technologies are impacting people’s lives build toolkits for nonprofits around the globe to help extend their good work en-US http://www.netsquared.org/blog/eddie-codel/video-profile-yoz-grahame <p>During <a href="http://www.mashupcamp.com/">MashupCamp</a>, <a href="http://cheerleader.yoz.com/">Yoz Grahame</a>, of <a href="http://www.mysociety.org/">MySociety.org</a> and <a href="http://www.ning.com/">Ning</a>, demos a few projects he's helped build including <a href="http://www.writetothem.com/">WriteToThem</a> and PledgeBank. WriteToThem empowers citizens in the UK to hold their elected officials accountable while <a href="http://www.pledgebank.com/">PledgeBank</a> is a resource for creating and pledging support for any idea, if enough people also support that idea. Yoz explains while giving a demo.</p> <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Netsquared-NetsquaredProfileYozGrahame322.mov"><img width="350" height="348" border="0" alt=" Yoz Grahame" src="/sites/netsquared.org/files/images/Vlog.YozGrahame.jpg" /></a> <p> <p>This video is part of NetSquared's video profile series. You can subscribe to <a href="http://www.blip.tv/?1=1&amp;topic=9139;s=posts;topic_name=netsquared&amp;skin=rss">this RSS feed</a> with your favorite video catcher, such as <a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/">iTunes</a>, <a href="http://www.getdemocracy.com/">Democracy</a> or <a href="http://fireant.tv/download">FireAnt</a>. </p><p><a href="http://www.netsquared.org/blog/eddie-codel/video-profile-yoz-grahame">read more</a></p> http://www.netsquared.org/blog/eddie-codel/video-profile-yoz-grahame#comments mashupcamp mysociety net2 NetSquared pledgebank vlog writetothem yozgrahame Thu, 09 Mar 2006 18:01:36 -0500 Eddie Codel 787 at http://www.netsquared.org http://www.netsquared.org/pledgebank <div class="field field-type-image field-field-project-screenshot"> <div class="field-items"> <h3 class="field-label">Project Screenshot</h3> <div class="field-item"><img src="http://www.netsquared.org/sites/netsquared.org/files/imagecache/casestudy_teaserimage/sites/netsquared.org/files/casestudy/pledgebank.JPG" alt="pledgebank.JPG" title="pledgebank.JPG" /></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-cs-org"> <div class="field-items"> <h3 class="field-label">Supporting organization</h3> <div class="field-item">MySociety.Org</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-cs-url"> <div class="field-items"> <h3 class="field-label">URL</h3> <div class="field-item">www.pledgebank.com</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-location"> <div class="field-items"> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-affiliate-organizations"> <div class="field-items"> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-project-description"> <div class="field-items"> <h3 class="field-label">Project Description</h3> <div class="field-item"><p>This is a tool for citizens and organizers who are willing to take action to make a difference if a certain number of others will also agree to take action.&nbsp; PledgeBank holds these commitments in a sort of moral (but not legally binding) escrow until the necessary number of pledges have been collected online, and then notifies the organizer and the pledgers of the outcome.&nbsp; Examples of commitments range from donating money to start a new nonprofit organization to volunteering time to a community project to purchasing a hybrid automobile. Pledgers can choose to become involved in both global and local initiatives.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-points-of-interest"> <div class="field-items"> </div> </div> http://www.netsquared.org/pledgebank#comments mysociety mysociety.org pledgebank Alliance/common cause Fundraising Internal collaboration Issue awareness Social networking Thu, 20 Oct 2005 20:01:53 -0400 Deborah Elizabeth Finn 108 at http://www.netsquared.org