Top Viewed Posts of 2009 at Social Entrepreneurship on Change.org

by Nathaniel Whittemore · 2009-12-23 10:04:00 UTC
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Almost 800 posts in, 2009 is coming to an end. As part of my year end coverage, I decided to go back and look at which of my posts were the most popular in terms of views. Admittedly, the internet is a fickle place where one Digg hit can elevate content far beyond other pieces. Still, I think the list pretty accurately captures the diversity of interest that characterizes this community, as well as the strong desire among social innovation leaders to expand the boundaries of their understanding.

#10: The Conference Is Dead (Does Anyone Care?): :An admittedly provocative piece (and title) suggesting that the old panel-mixer-keynote-breakout model of conference planning needs to be set adrift once and for all. (October 23)

#9: An Open Letter to Chase About Their Big Transparency Fail: Only four days old, this piece about Chase's poor handling of their recent only giving contest has hit a nerve like nothing I've previously written.(December 19)

#8: Who Will Direct the Office of Social Innovation: One of the most exciting questions at the beginning of this year was how the Office of Social Innovation would shake out, and who would be put in charge (Spoiler alert: it was Sonal Shah) (February 16)

#7: The Top Trends That Will Shape Social Entrepreneurship in 2010: People love lists. People love predictions. People LOVE lists of predictions. (December 14)

#6: Muslim Social Entrepreneurs and Obama's New Era: I was thrilled to see this post about Cairo, Obama's first major international speech, and Muslim social innovation in the list. (June 4)

#5: Do Low Nonprofit Salaries Drive Young People to Social Enterprise?: Money sucks in nonprofits. Meaning sucks in Corporates. Middle ground: social enterprise. (May 21)

#4: The Cellphone that Could Change The World: Actually written at the end of 2008, this post about new mobile health industry innovation engendered so much conversation it made the list of most viewed in 2009. (December 21, 2008)

#3: Recap: The Top Trends Shaping Social Entrepreneurship in 2009: See #7 (January 2)

#2: War in 140 Characters or Less: As bombs rained down during the last Israeli-Palestinian war, I pondered what it meant to have the voices of bystanders available to the whole global public. (January 6)

#1: A $10 Laptop For India?: While the subject of the title ended up being a total bust, this post demonstrated how captivated this community is by new technologies and their power to unleash latent talent.

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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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