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2008 Blog Action Day Focuses on Poverty

amysampleward — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:42:57 -0400

Today is Blog Action Day! This year, the focus of Blog Action Day is poverty - it's a day when thousands of bloggers all focus on one issue with the goal to raise awareness, inspire action, and shake up the blogosphere.

What's this all about?

World Summit Youth Award: Putting Millennium Goals into Action!

amysampleward — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:13:23 -0400

The World Summit Youth Award is a global contest to create inspirational online content promoting the Millennium Development Goals set by the United Nations to create a humane, just and liveable world.

"The World Summit Youth Award showcases you as young developers and serves as a platform for people from all UN member states to work together on the efforts of reaching the Millennium Development Goals!"

Award Guidelines

The Hub: Another place for collaboration

amysampleward — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:53:24 -0400

The Hub at Kings Cross, in London, UK, is officially opening its doors today. Social innovators, entrepreneurs, collaborators, nonprofit organizations, and other social good types are already filling it up and taking advantage of the other Hub locations.

Hub Spaces

"May Those Who Help the Most Win"

amysampleward — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:37:53 -0400

The questions from Google's Project 10^100 are: what would help? And help most?

According to the Project, we are in an interesting time. One in which individuals have more information accessible at their fingertips than ever before and yet there are so many people who need help; while studies show that ultimately it is helping others that makes us the most happy.

Intel Asks for Technology Solutions for Global Issues

amysampleward — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:51:36 -0400

Intel's INSPIRE•EMPOWER Challenge is looking for ideas from individuals, developers, organizations, and the public at large for using technology to address a global issue in the areas of education, health care, economic development, and the environment. Winners will get $100,000 USD to get their idea off the ground!

The program is designed to award people who propose innovative solutions using technology to help people in four critical global categories.
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What is Creating Social Change

Fayza — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:49:36 -0400

Creating Social Change is a project of Global Partnerships for Activism & cross-cultural Training. The purpose of this blog will be to share our knowledge, encounters and interests about the process of creating social change. Articles should be useful to the end user and assist them in learning more about running their own projects.

What can I do with Creating Social Change?

Open Green Map, Phase 2

GreenMap — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:02:36 -0400

Post-NetSquared, Summer's been lots of fun at Green Map as our team grew. By the end of July, we completed Phase 1, and opened the http://OpenGreenMap.org website to our network of locally-led Green Map projects. In the few days since, the first 35 maps are being charted and about 1000 sites have been charted.

Thank you for Opening the Door!

GreenMap — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:23:17 -0400

Here at Green Map System, we're tickled pink to be among the 21 featured projects for N2Y3! Thanks much to all who voted for us and are already connecting to share ideas, resources and advice! This project is getting better, day by day, with your involvement.

Our work on this project really began in Fall 2007. Among other things, we floated a few different names out to the Green Map network. Open Green Map was their top choice, but we decided to test out a few other options, including My Green Map, as working names. As we used the different names, we watched the reactions.

N2Y2Con: Cisco Presentation

evonne — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:54:05 -0400

Opportunities and using technology to power the network....where does the real power come from?

Mike Yutrzenka, Executive Director of Cisco Foundation, speaks on the level playing field, quoting Tom Freedman and others on the state of global networks and what we come together to do. He speaks on the move of "global knowledge work" away from silicon valley and out into the villages and communities of leaders in every corner of the world.

There's great potential for new collaborations here and some of that is happening on the N2Y2 backchannel on Meebo: http://www.meebo.com/room/netsquared/

Packing for N2Y2

evonne — Sun, 27 May 2007 01:58:37 -0400

A moment of personal exoterica before we launch into the N2Y2 events in San Jose; tonight I'm packing and now all of you are privy to my sundries:

* Laptop w/bag (liveblogging from San Jose)
* Camera (to remember what you beautiful people look like)
* Shoes (never forget the good shoes for dancing)
* Clothes (magenta and red, a fiery feeling)
* Books (any suggestions?)
* AMO Game (always connecting the dots)
* Chocolate (the raw cacao powder this time)
* Hand Cream (see Beth Kanter's tips for liveblogging post)
* I heard I love you! card (ask Jean Russell for more info)
* Virtually Delicious (our Second Life design team cards)
* Saving Grace (a gift for a friend)
* Go Green Guide (playa planning 101)
* Delight (for manifesting good cheer)