Continue the conversation: #ypsc chat!

November 18, 2009 in career, social change | Comments

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The Be the Change blog series is coming to an end. I have one final guest post coming up on Friday — and then will be wrapping up the series! I’ve been incredibly impressed and completely blown away with the participation in this series. So, a great big thank you to all those who have participated, written blog posts for the series, or commented to join the discussion.

Now, I don’t want the conversation about social change to end, and I want you all to continue talking about these important issues well into the future. I know talking about it and discussing issues online isn’t necessarily equal to action, but I hope that by having these discussions, some of you out there will be motivated to take real action of your own. I hope that what you learn from these debates will better inform you so that when you do take action, you will do what is effective, and you will do it with the appropriate mindset/intentions.

The good news is - you have an outlet to continue this conversation! I was extremely honored (and excited!) when Elisa Doucette asked me to co-moderate the #ypsc Twitter chat with her! #ypsc stands for Young Professionals for Social Change. Every Thursday at 9 PM EST, we’ll be holding the #ypsc Twitter chat and we want all of YOU to join in and contribute your thoughts to the discussion. Last week, we talked about some basic issues - like the strengths of non-profit organizations, and the motivation behind working for NGOs. Tomorrow, we’ll be discussing fundraising for social change organizations (for-profit or non-profit).

To follow the Twitter chat, all you have to do is search “#ypsc” in the Twitter search bar. Keep that window open to follow the convo and to join in. If you use other clients like Tweetdeck, you can also start a different column to follow the hashtag. If you need any help or have any questions on how to join the discussion, don’t hesitate to contact me. Send me a tweet or DM - I’m at @akhilak!

I hope to see some familiar “faces” (or twitter avatars?) at the chat tomorrow! I’ll leave you with a couple of questions: Do you have any questions you think we should ask, related to non-profit fundraising? More broadly, do you have any suggestions for topics you really want to discuss in the future? Let me know! Can’t wait to chat with you all!

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  • Akhila, one of the reasons I reached out to you WAS your Be The Change series and though I am sad to see it go I am SO entirely excited and stoked that you will be spearheading this continuation with me. I think it is SO important that our generation really start discussing and pursuing the abilities and challenges we have as intruments of social change and use our powers to their highest potential.

    Yay! :)
  • Yay :) Thanks Elisa. I've been repping this hard this week and posting it everywhere, so *hopefully* more will join us this week and in the upcoming weeks! I really do thank you again for inviting me to take part in this awesome project. I can tell it's going to be something I really look forward to on Thursdays!

    Interesting thought: a lot of people in our generation are already working on these issues. I know so many in my school itself, so many on the Acumen Fund community, etc. But a lot of these people are also not into social media/blogging/twitter. We'll have to find a way to get people who are doing this work to join us on Twitter and join the online community. I think that's where the challenge lies!
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