Social Media and Social Good

Your First World Problems Aren’t Real Problems WaterIsLife, the organization behind a portable filtration device designed to instantly provide clean drinking water from any source, together with DDB NY, produced the First World Problems Anthem which aims to make people realize that the so-called “first world problems” aren’t real problems. Living in a country where people complain about the smallest things like long queue at the fast food (not even considering that many people…

How Social Media Helps Amplify Advocacies Social media—through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content—is a powerful and accessible tool. With these new media tools, governments, nonprofits, corporations, and individuals all have the ability to communicate their messages and participate in conversations with a global audience. Social media allows nonprofits and groups promoting social causes, even those with limited budgets, the opportunity to…

Turn 404 Pages to NotFound Bulletin to Help Find Missing Kids I’m a sucker for great campaigns and great advocacy, thus, Social Media and Social Good. It’s a rare thing that two of my interests intersect and when it does – it’s done so brilliantly! NotFound project is an collaborative initiative from Missing Children Europe and Child Focus, wants to raise awareness for missing and sexually exploited children in Europe by asking participating website publishers…

Ditched the Plan of Buying iPhone 5 for Clean Water Today, I was supposed to buy my very first iPhone – the iPhone 5. I was thrilled with the idea of having the hottest phone in town. Just like everyone who wants to get their hands on the latest Apple product; I woke up early in the morning so I could walk in to one of the phone centers here…

Is there any specific issue that affects the world peace that you’d like to obliterate? Perhaps bullying, racism, terrorism, discrimination, abuse or aggression? To support Peace One Day, Leo Burnett London will be launching a 20-foot Missile For Peace. But first, they needed to fill it with hate, because hate is the enemy of peace. You, too, can support Peace One Day too by submitting the hate you’d like the…