{"id":3363,"date":"2010-05-04T10:43:26","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T08:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tokao.com\/?p=3363"},"modified":"2010-05-04T10:43:26","modified_gmt":"2010-05-04T08:43:26","slug":"how-can-social-media-save-the-starving-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokao.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/04\/how-can-social-media-save-the-starving-children\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can Social Media Save the Starving Children?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.norai.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tcdisrupt3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3362\" title=\"tcdisrupt3\" src=\"https:\/\/cloud.norai.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tcdisrupt3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"82\" \/><\/a>Social media has superpowers. Or so goes current tech-wonk opinion on Facebook, Twitter, et. al. From creating a \u201csocial Web,\u201d to shaking up e-commerce, to mobilizing people behind a presidential candidate, social media has reached its tentacles into pretty much everything. Except places where there aren\u2019t iThings and high-speed wireless. Ya know, most of the places on earth. Until now.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook co-founder and creator of MyBarackObama.com\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/chris-hughes\">Chris Hughes<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"snap_com_shot_link_icon\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ixnp.com\/images\/v6.28\/t.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> aims to make social media matter more with his latest venture, Jumo. He\u2019ll delve into how social media can create offline change at<a href=\"http:\/\/disrupt.techcrunch.com\/\"> TechCrunch Disrupt<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"snap_com_shot_link_icon\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ixnp.com\/images\/v6.28\/t.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>, our conference on media and technology, taking place May 24-26, 2010, in New York City. You can get tickets at our early-bird rate if you visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/disrupt.techcrunch.com\/get-tickets\/\">our ticket page.<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"snap_com_shot_link_icon\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ixnp.com\/images\/v6.28\/t.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> We\u2019re also happy to announce speakers including Meetup Co-founder and CEO, Scott Heiferman \u2013the guy behind 50K weekly meetups \u2014 and Gilte Group CEO Susan Lyne. She\u2019s at the helm of a buzzed-about sample-sale startup that\u2019s caused \u201ccouture\u201d and \u201cclickthrough\u201d to occur in the same sentence. Some of our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/disrupt.techcrunch.com\/be-a-partner\/\">latest sponsors<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"snap_com_shot_link_icon\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ixnp.com\/images\/v6.28\/t.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> include\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/\">Google<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"snap_com_shot_link_icon\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ixnp.com\/images\/v6.28\/t.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/\">Bing<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"snap_com_shot_link_icon\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ixnp.com\/images\/v6.28\/t.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> \u2013yes, you read that right \u2014 and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/datarockit.net\/\">DataRockIt<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"snap_com_shot_link_icon\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ixnp.com\/images\/v6.28\/t.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, back to social media. When I say, \u201cmatter more,\u201d I\u2019m paraphrasing a bit. Hughes\u2019 actual wording in an announcement last month was: \u201cleverag[ing] the participatory web to foster long-term engagement with the issues and organizations that are relevant to each individual.\u201d If you visit<a href=\"http:\/\/jumo.com\/\">Jumo<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"snap_com_shot_link_icon\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ixnp.com\/images\/v6.28\/t.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> now, the preview site asks you<a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/company\/hunch\"> Hunch<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"snap_com_shot_link_icon\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ixnp.com\/images\/v6.28\/t.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>-style questions about your preferences such as which do-good cause you\u2019d spend $100 million solving, which language you\u2019d like to learn, and what you\u2019d name your child. (I chose \u201cGrace\u201d over \u201cCrystal.\u201d) At Disrupt, Hughes and Heiferman will discuss how social media can foment positive fallout offline, including in places that aren\u2019t wired and wealthy. (Hughes probably won\u2019t tell us much about Jumo, but we\u2019ll hear some of the inspired thinking behind it, no doubt.) Heiferman\u2019s laudable goal with Meetup is to offer a tool for people anywhere to create communities around any interest. If you want to hear more details on what Hughes and Heiferman are dreaming up with their ventures, you\u2019ll just have to come to Disrupt.<\/p>\n<h5>(from <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2010\/05\/03\/how-can-social-media-save-the-starving-children\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)\" target=\"_blank\">techcrunch<\/a>)<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media has superpowers. Or so goes current tech-wonk opinion on Facebook, Twitter, et. al. From creating a \u201csocial Web,\u201d to shaking up e-commerce, to mobilizing people behind a presidential candidate, social media has reached its tentacles into pretty much everything. 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