Dear ISFColleagues,

The Ethos Roundtable is an informal group of people who are interested
in 1) measuring and extending ethos, and 2) using technology for
positive social change. We meet once a month in Harvard Square
(Cambridge, Massachusetts) for discussions and presentations.

If you plan to be in the Boston area, please join us for our July session!

Tuesday, July 21st
4:30 - 6:00 pm
Charles Hotel
1 Bennett Street
Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Featured guests: Peter Deitz and Christine Egger of Social Actions

Social Actions is an aggregator and search engine for actions that you
can take on any issue that concerns you. Instead of checking over 50
web pages, you can go to Social Actions, type in some key words, and
run a search. You'll see opportunities that include volunteerism,
political action, jobs in nonprofit organizations, fundraising
campaigns, social networking, and micro philanthropy. The partners
include Kiva, Pledgebank, Changing The Present, Idealist, Six Degrees,
Modest Needs, Volunteer Match, and many more.

Here's a little bit about our esteemed guests:

Peter Deitz is a blogger, social media consultant, and the founder of
Social Actions. He is a guest blogger on Social Edge, the Stanford
Social Innovation Review, and PopTech. Peter has spoken at several
2009 venues including the Nonprofit Technology Conference, the
NetSquared Conference, Connecting Up Australia, Semantic Technology
Conference, and My Charity Connects. Peter holds a BA in History from
McGill University and an MA in History from the University of Toronto.
He lives in Montreal, Quebec.

Christine Egger is a founding team member of Social Actions. She holds
a master's in International Development from Michigan State University
and brings 15 years' experience in for- and non-profit project
management, fund development, networking and collaboration, and
strategic planning to the Social Actions team. Her work focuses on the
intersection of international development, philanthropy, and the
complexity sciences. She lives in southeast Michigan.

This is definitely a project that exemplifies the spirit of the Ethos
Roundtable, by using information and communication technology to
create positive social change! If you'd like to participate in a
brainstorming session on this topic, we welcome you to the table.

Please remember that there's never any need to make a reservation to
attend Ethos Roundtable events. Just come if you can, and feel free to
invite others!

For more information about this session, please see
<http://ethosroundtable.blogspot.com/2009/06/social-actions-at-ethos-roundtable-\
on.html>.

For a preview of future Ethos Roundtable sessions, please see
<http://ethosroundtable.blogspot.com/2009/07/join-us-this-fall-at-ethos-roundtab\
le.html>.

For a general overview of the Ethos Roundtable, please see
<http://ethosroundtable.blogspot.com/2006/12/whats-it-all-about-ethos-roundtable\
.html>.

For a general overview of Social Actions, please see
<http://www.socialactions.com/> and <http://my.socialactions.com/>.

See you on the 21st!

Best regards from Deborah

Deborah Elizabeth Finn
Technology for the Nonprofit
and Philanthropic Sector
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Email: deborah_elizabeth_finn@...
Blog: www.deborahelizabethfinn.com
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I bring resources and needs together for nonprofits and
philanthropies, mostly through strategic use of information
and communication technologies.