eBay Giving Works

eBay Giving Works from JD Lasica on Vimeo.

Here's a 9-minute conversation I had earlier this month with Kristin Cunningham, general manager of eBay's Giving Works program, about how you can help nonprofits through your purchases on eBay (and how nonprofits can help themselves). Giving Works is about to celebrate its 5th birthday this coming Wednesday, Nov. 5, and has raised $150 million for charitable causes on eBay. These folks rock!

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Involving college students in social causes

Aden Van Noppen of Brown University discusses an effort, supported by the Acumen Fund, to involve college students in social causes. Interview conducted at the Social Capital Markets conference in San Francisco.

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UC Berkeley freshmen on the election

UC Berkeley freshmen on the election from JD Lasica on Vimeo.

In this quick 2-minute video interview last week I asked Tim and Sophie, two students at the University of California, Berkeley, who they're supporting in the presidential election.

Jennifer on SoCap08

Sizing up Social Capital Markets from JD Lasica on Vimeo.

Jennifer Carter-Scott, former Global Communications Director at Bonnventures, assesses the Social Capital Markets conference in San Francisco at its conclusion last week. She discusses the philanthropic and social venture space and the notion of "doing good while doing well" for new social enterprises.

I bumped into her again on Saturday at the Craigslist Foundation's Nonprofit Boot Camp in San Mateo.

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Erin on the 2008 campaign

Erin on the candidates from JD Lasica on Vimeo.

As part of our ongoing series on the 2008 election, here's a 2-minute conversation with Erin, a participant in last week's Social Capital Markets conference. She'll be voting in her second presidential election on Nov. 4. She discusses the turmoil in the capital marketplace, the candidates' positions on alternative energy and the Iraq war as her top concerns.

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The social enterprise

'Gourmet carbon' in Mexico from JD Lasica on Vimeo.

Sara Olsen, a founding partner of the Social Venture Technology Group, talks in this 8-minute video interview about social enterprises, with a focus on a project her group backed, Patricia Ruiz Corzo's Grupo Ecologico Sierra Gorda in Mexico, which conducted an experiment in "gourmet carbon."

I caught up with Sara a few minutes after her panel talk at Social Capital Markets in San Francisco last week.

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Kristy Graves on the Nonprofit Boot Camp

Nonprofit Bootcamp from JD Lasica on Vimeo.

Here's a 3-minute interview I did Saturday afternoon with Kristy Graves, who provided partnership support for the Craigslist Foundation Nonprofit Boot Camp in San Mateo, Calif.

The event drew nearly 2,000 attendees and a wide range of workshop sessions and exhibitors catering to the nonprofit sector.

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SoCap advances the social good

Advancing the social good from JD Lasica on Vimeo.

Here's a 4-minute interview I did with Kevin Jones, founder of a new conference called Social Capital Markets. The three-day gathering in San Francisco, with 650 attendees, focused on social enterprises, the blurring line between nonprofits and socially conscious for-profits, and the tidal wave of interest in organizations that promote the common good (especially in the wake of the stock market's meltdown). VCs, entrepreneurs, foundations, aid agencies and journalists all attended.

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Emily's first triathlon

Emily's first triathlon from JD Lasica on Vimeo.

With the Ironman triathlon being held today in Hawaii, I thought it would be appropriate to showcase an interview I did with Emily Goligoski, a friend who just ran her first triathlon last month, the Triathlon at Pacific Grove — Olympic Distance along the Monterey Peninsula. In this 9 1/2-minute video, she talks about her preparation, her training and conditioning with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's  Team in Training, her motivation, and her accomplishment one sun-splashed day along the California coast. She raised $3,461 in the fundraising event.

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An interview with the creator of Drupal

Drupal: open-source publishing from JD Lasica on Vimeo.

I hung out Monday night with Dries Buytaert, founder and creator of Drupal, the open source content management system that is now powering tens of thousands of websites, including Ourmedia, The Onion, Sony Music artists (see myplay.com) and many others.

In this 11-minute interview, Dries talks about Drupal, the power of open source publishing, and a new partnership with Acquia, a Boston-area company that gives citizen publishers a free publishing platform and tech support to get it up and running.

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