Of course there’s been lots of purposeful activity to date, and more coming every month, largely due to the ease of use and interconnectivity the Web now affords.
But … I believe that we have only just started to see the major changes that additional transparency and "knowledge is power" can bring to a wide range of human activities.
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Activists take the ‘revolution’ online
The Web unleashes new wave of cyber-activism
Activists changing the world one mouse-click at a time
The Web "changes the rules" for nonprofit groups, expert saysBy John Blake
CNNThe singer Gil Scott Heron once declared that "the revolution will not be televised."
It is, however, going online.
Social activism is being transformed by the Web. Some of the most creative forms of protest and philanthropy are taking place online.
Activists are conducting demonstrations on YouTube, holding virtual fundraisers and using social network sites like Facebook to change the world — one mouse-click at a time.
These cyber-pioneers include a nonprofit group that uses animated 3-D characters to protest the global shortage of drinking water; a Web company that allows ordinary people to create their own personalized charity; and a Goodwill blogger who reshaped the thrift store’s image so thoroughly she was invited to New York Fashion Week.
Ted Hart, co-author of "People to People Fundraising: Social Networking and Web 2.0 for Charities," says the Web has already become a crucial source for nonprofit fundraising. Americans donated $550 million online in 2001, but that number grew to $10.4 billion in 2007, he says.
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