Listening to an 11-year-old girl talk about Stand, the app she created to connect people with the causes they care about, is downright humbling. Especially when, like me, you've spent most of your adulthood as a journalist and, as often comes with the territory, a cynic.
Spending two days at the Mashable Social Good Summit, with its energetic discussion about the UN's new social development goals and the myriad ways people can fuel change, offered many such humbling moments.
Tamping down my inner cynic wasn't always easy.
