Peter Deitz hosts "Online Social Entrepreneurship" discussion on Socialedge.org

by Nathaniel Whittemore · 2008-12-03 10:51:00 UTC
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Social Actions founder Peter Deitz is hosting a great discussion over on Socialedge about how online platforms could be better designed or leveraged to enable individuals to contribute their assets to the work of social entrepreneurs. He says:

With the exception of Kiva, MyC4, Wokai, Ideablob and a hand full of campaigns on ThePoint, there are very few opportunities online to support social entrepreneurs.

  • What would happen if ordinary people could use the Internet to seamlessly contribute to the work of social entrepreneurs in a range of ways?

  • What if ordinary people could be the arbiters of which social entrepreneurs find the right combination of creativity, connections, and capital to fulfill their world-changing missions?

  • What kinds of online tools would need to be developed to enable this sort of mass participation in social entrepreneurship?

In just a few days, a great conversation has already started to sprout. You can join it here.

Nathaniel Whittemore is the founder of Assetmap. Previously he was the founding director of the Northwestern University Center for Global Engagement.
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