Open Government Mesh’09
Change Camp and Agenda Camp. How their economies are being transformed. Remarkk.com OmakaseGroup.com The government is not the web. The government is the only use violence to enforce law and order Can have only one government at a time. So how can govt. be the open web? If they are so different in character then how then can they be open. Authority (Political) = power + legitimacy Within a tribal system the tribal leader has this power and the power to exercise it. In the west we have constitutions and rules to elect someone to power....
read moreSocial Media and Political Campaign
Rachel Sklar talks withGlynnis MacNicol, Micah Sifry, co-founder of TechPresident andAndrew Coyne Twitter is great but IRL works (in real life). Rachel How did social media impact the election south of the border? Micah As a by product of an election that goes on for 2years before the campaign gets organized. Massive amounts of people that don’t only watch but not participate actively. The big change from voter generated content is a whole new factor that is beyond the control of the campaign. Obama was very effective use of YouTube...
read moreHow is the web changing the way we learn today
Live blogging with Sacha Chua talks withJohn Philip Green, Justin Medved and Clare Brett Justin It’s harder for classrooms to be relevant today as traditional methods of teaching. Teaching and learning are being re-defined and lot’s of reflection in this regards. Clare Gap is really wide and we are on a cusp as there has to be more way to make technology relevant today. Serious consequenses for our society and schools have a big roll to play in reducing that. John Most interested in exploring education can be a big...
read moreEducational Tweets from Twitter, Mesh 2009
erin_bury: We can see each other truly as equals -all carry different impressions of who we are in the world – false dichotomy of poor and rich #mesh09 JodiEchakowitz: Non profits take note: you can’t bond with a brochure or a statistic. Need to put a human face on what you are doing. #mesh09 CandiceShirreff: What’s worked for kiva.org? Know your mission, stay open, iterate, connect individuals and Just Start! #mesh09 erin_bury: We can see each other truly as equals -all carry different impressions of who we are in the...
read moreJessica Jackley from Kiva – The poor will always be with us
Jessica Jackley from Kiva is looking for comments on Rypple. . The poor will always be with us. Gave us an update on her impressions of poverty from childhood into adulthood. Her biggest learning moment at the Centre of Social Innovation at Stanford. Moved to East Africa to learn more about poverty and micro financing. Most of the stories were cliff hangers where people got a little capital to get their business going and then getting their family out of poverty however they needed more capital to get them out of this hump. March 2005...
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