This was the title of a talk I gave at the end of February and I think it is important, and frankly, worth repeating over and over.
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It needs to be said that ‘digital’, and all the new stuff that we call ‘social media’, isn’t really the point; relationships are the point. Same as [...]
Today is her Beth Kanter’s 53rd birthday and she is asking her trusted network to join her to raise funds for the Sharing Foundation, and help send some young people to school, where they belong. In Beth’s words…
Many children in Cambodia do not go to school because their families lack the $10 for a uniform, [...]
Amy Sample Ward tagged me in her five-a-day-post, following the mindapples ’meme’ started (I think) by Andy Gibson of The School Of Everything, and brought to my attention initially by Tessy Britton.
We’re asked what five things we do every day (or almost every day) to stay mentally healthy. So here goes…
Listen to a TED talk. I do this often [...]
You can’t fake genuine emotion. Barack Obama connects and inspires. Did you see the tear-streaked faces of those gathered in Grants Park in downtown Chicago on Tuesday night? They were not mere spectators, but active participants as Obama called for a shared vision of the future – using We, not You or I as a subject.
Photo: David Katz/Obama [...]
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
This neat little video is part of Colalife’s submission to Google’s Project 10 to the 100th - a call for ideas to change the world.
Kudos to Simon Berry and the distributed Colalife team, for this one, and their intelligent and relentless campaign.
Just this morning, Mark Charmer of Akvo alerted me to a United Nations University study, which [...]
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Why is there no global search engine for good news?
Imagine… a humungous aggregator of all the positive good that millions of people have done today. The tiny, but not so insignificant acts of kindness and philanthropy, which if joined together would add up to one heck of a powerful narrative for a more just [...]
Friday, September 26, 2008
I can’t get this out of my head.
I know this is simplistic, and I’d never have dreamt making this sort of comparison when I studied Development Economics two decades ago.
But wait a minute, when other, less powerful nations needed bailouts in the past, weren’t these accompanied by stringent conditions? At the same time the rich nations exalted [...]
Earlier this week I gave a talk to about forty Action Aid staff members on social media, subtitled “does it mean we have to change our jobs?”
Thanks to Joanna Juber – the charity’s Digital Engagement Manager – for inviting me to speak on a range of topics I will be blogging about over the coming [...]
This is where I’m going to be for the next two days. Looking forward to it.
I’m particularly looking forward to introducing Hoop MD, Sean O’Halloran who will talk about the Malaria Atlas Project (MAP). Sean has a close family link with the project.
MAP is funded by the Wellcome Trust, and is led by Professor Bob [...]
