A New ‘Platform’: Idealist.org

i signed up with idealist.org last week and will likely start using it a lot more in the coming weeks to promote a number of initiatives that I’m working on, as well as work with others to develop visibility for their products and/or services.

Idealist is a pretty comprehensive activist and social network.  The number of people using the site ranks in the tens of thousands and the range of activities include job searching, groups, blogging, organizations, opportunities for speakers and so on.  Communication is in three languages (English, French, Spanish) and I’ve signed up for their email alerts.

If you’re seeking to change the world, it might prove to be too massive a task, but if you’re hoping to affect change in just a few small ways, this might be the place for you.

It’s the Facebook for all of us, without the tracking (I hope) and without the restrictive use of personal information.  If you want to delete your record, it’s obvious how to do it once you’ve registered.

So become an idealist.  Enjoy the community!  I’ll post more stories about Idealist in the future as I integrate more with the community.