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N2Y2Con: Project Pitches

The first 6 projects got 5 minutes each to give a pitch. Some things that caught my ear:

  • Stop Family Violence: "we need to bring web 1.0 to domestic violence centers"; the first step is to connect people in need with the resource
  • Genocide Network: "tools to become local leaders"; give em the tools and get out of the way
  • Open Source Video: "more than a video player"; open source; addressing the quality of mass media (its poor); "who should control video online?" Should it be corporations?
  • Maps 2.0: how many of us have used maps to save lives? how can nonprofits determine what maps solutions are appropriate for the problems they are trying to address?
  • YouthAssets: financial model - selling aggregated data. I am not clear to me how this will work

Comments

Text of Genocide Intervention Network's introduction

Not just a catch phrase

It is actually not always a common approach. Often leaders want to shape and control social change movements.

Your statement implies your organization has a lot of faith in human nature....that given the right tool people will do the right thing.

Erica Rios
Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
http://www.anitaborg.org
http://www.xicanista.net

catch phrase

ooh, "get out of the way" was used in evonne's post and on the twitter channel too...guess i have a catch phrase for my project!

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