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Grassroots
Energizing the World's Grassroots - Interview with Jeremy Heimans from Purpose Campaigns
Jeremy Heimans, founding director of Purpose Campaigns, tells us how GetUp.org became the largest political organization in Australia and why I shouldn't be so cynical about the grassroots' ability to shape global discourse.
N2Y2 Con: Economic Sustainability Session Five
Hello! Our last economic sustainability session will be more conversational thanks to our panelist, we will be mixing it up for a bit. This is Evonne Heyning and I will do my best to liveblog this session as it flows.
Panelists:
Anita Figer, Nonprofit Finance Fund, hired by foundations to look at economic sustainaiblity of nonprofits
Susan Walters, California Emerging Technology Fund, broadband technologies in low income communities Panel leader: Ask tough questions! Don't be afraid to share what you think.
- evonne's blog
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Stop Family Violence
Challenges Entered:
Stop Family Violence will use Web 2.0 technologies to empower local programs, enhance information sharing, help people find the services they need, promote local leadership, and coordinate activism that will keep women and children safe.
Location
New York, NY
United States
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Grassroots.org Toolbox
Challenges Entered:
The Grassroots.org Toolbox will empower nonprofit organizations by granting free access to a suite of fully configured & hosted online tools, including content management, online event registration software, and CRM.
Location
Bethesda, MD
United States
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HIV Collaborative Fund
Challenges Entered:
Shouldn't people living with AIDS be involved in figuring out how AIDS money is spent? We raise the money. People living with HIV/AIDS around the world decide where the money goes through a process relying on social networking and technology.
Location
New York, NY
United States
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CommunityGoals - The Online Goal Marketplace
Challenges Entered:
CommunityGoals is a goal marketplace. Post a goal, even if you don't know the solution! Small individual contributions are transformed into funded community projects.
Location
Austin, TX
United States
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Hooze & Wagn: Organically Grown Public Data on Products and Companies
Challenges Entered:
Hooze.org and its Wagn underbelly are for collaboratively gathering and broadcasting convenient, trustworthy public data about products and companies. With wiki spirit and database power, Hooze gives citizens a new economic voice.
Location
Eugene, OR
United States
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International Network of Victims of Terrorism and War
Challenges Entered:
The INVTW seeks to unite victims of political violence, war and terrorism to amplify the voices of victims speaking out for nonviolence and to create grassroots structures which support a culture of peace and common security.
Location
NY, NY
United States
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Kabissa 2.0: Strengthening the Social Web in Africa
Challenges Entered:
Marries power of Web 2.0 with passion of 950+ African orgs in our network. Savvy Web 2.0 Ambassadors will collaborate through the Kabissa site and face to face to develop and promote homegrown strategies for employing Web 2.0 for social change.
Net2 Podcast: Human Rights, Free Wireless, Grassroots Marketing and Revenue
Our wonderful podcast volunteers, Ryan MacArthur and David Collin, put up some more audio recordings from the NetSquared Conference on the NetSquared Podcast this weekend for your listening enjoyment:
New Web Tools and Their Revenue Models with panelists:
- Lee Davis
- Jim Fruchterman
- Clara Miller
- Vince Stehle (immoderator)
Human Rights and New Communication Technologies with panelists:
- Britt Bravo's blog
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