Yesterday, one of our interns shared her reflections on Michelle Obama’s commencement speech to the class of 2012 at Oregon State University. While many of us were inspired by Michelle’s words, we wondered what advice our community of change makers would give to this year’s graduates.

What advice can our community on Twitter offer to the class of 2012? (Photo Credit: Eldh, Creative Commons/Flickr)

To that end, we asked our friends on twitter to complete the following sentence: “Dear Class of 2012, if you want to change the world, remember…” Here is the advice they shared:

“Dear Class of 2012, if you want to change the world remember to find friends to help you out. No one can do it alone!” ~ @aime587

“Dear Class of 2012, if you want to change the world, remember you must change yourself first.” ~@SummerStrauch

“Dear Class of 2012, if you want to change the world, remember to live humbly and compassionately.” ~@MAWGtheFROG

“Dear Class of 2012, if you want to change the world remember to start small but think big and watch the ripples reach a nation.” ~@KaulanaNC

“Dear Class of 2012: if you want to change the world, remember to listen to those you seek to help.” ~@NonprofitJen

Thanks to everyone who shared their advice! You can read all of the responses by searching for #idealist12 on Twitter. Be sure to follow us @idealist and join the conversation.