Comments for Steve Bridger

Comment on Golden yellows by joanna howard

joanna howard — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:25:23 +0000

I agree - the yellows are particularly luminous this year here in West Sussex. Stunning!
(I too have backmigrated from London near to the countryside I grew up in.)

Comment on Obama’s tribe by gicela

gicela — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:07:50 +0000

David Katz’s photographs will certainly make the history books.

Comment on Don José by Gicela

Gicela — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:27:00 +0000

Don Josecito always asked after ‘El Güero’ (’the white man’), and he said he was so lucky to have met Esteban (Steve) - a good man from far away. He never liked to be photographed but he posed for Esteban on this ocassion. He was like a grandfather to me and that’s how he will remain. I will be drinking a shot of tequila in his honour on 2nd November, but will spare the cigar. Que en Paz descanse.

Comment on Today something good happened by Brett

Brett — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:18:42 +0000

Oh, this is too funny. I just read the news for today at my local newspaper’s online addition. All there was to read was who got robbed, killed, raped, etc. I just don’t want to read that anymore. Like Steve wrote, where is all the news of what went right, what was wonderful and kind? So on a whim I went to google and searched on “good news that happened today.” And here was your blog post from six days before! There was the smile I was looking for. Thanks!

Comment on Today something good happened by Gicela

Gicela — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:25:25 +0000

We all get affected when we hear bad news. I wonder if more charities reported good news more often we would be more inclined to get involved. I think Comic Relief achieve this very well when they show the results of their big fundraising events.

Comment on Today something good happened by Martin

Martin — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:12:30 +0000

Love this Steve,
Great blog for today.
The only thing I’ve come across that comes close to the ideal is Positive News (http://www.positivenews.org.uk/cgi-bin/Positive_News/welcome.cgi)
It was very much my intention to have Penny be the voice for all the great work of the 3rd sector, to be a megaphone for the emerging stars from the grass roots, to capture the energy of people as they breakthrough from limiting beliefs to certainty and purpose.
And … that’s the great thing with intentions … they have a power of their own.

Comment on Today something good happened by Laura Whitehead

Laura Whitehead — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:03:16 +0000

Steve -
A wonderful post. And yes, the good news is so important. Been reading lots of positives today on Blog Action Day, and also heard of wonderful action taking place this evening too.

Comment on How charities need to update their status by starting a charity

starting a charity — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:00:05 +0000

starting a charity…

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Comment on What would you do with $700 billion? by Gerhard Buttner

Gerhard Buttner — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:57:46 +0000

Interesting comparison (and thanks for that oxfam link): obviously too simplistic as you point out, Steve, but it surely shows something is a bit rotten. It reminds me of how quickly Cancun and the Riviera Maya “recovered” after Wilma with a lot of help to rebuild the tourism industry - especially luxury hotels, yet many of the poorest who lost everything of the little they had - which would be immensely much cheaper too replace - are still waiting.

One complication: any fairer redistribution work needs to be administrated (VERY NECESSARY - and distributing to millions is much harder work than distributing to a few banks!), and the administrators want to be paid, and want to be paid well, and others want their share of the pie to “smooth the way” (SHOULDN´T BE NECESSARY, BUT A REALITY IN MANY PLACES, that would need to be worked on first - costing even more etc. etc. and those Structural adjustment plans had very harsh yet actually superficial theoretical ways of wanting to solve this - and never did)

And unfortunately $1.50 a day is also still poverty even in the poorest nations.
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/applications/blogs/pressoffice/?p=1775
has more examples of how much $700 billion is in a poverty context.

But the bottom-line: Cracks are showing everywhere in our increasingly unsustainable economic and environmental global order.

Comment on What would you do with $700 billion? by Nick Booth

Nick Booth — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:50:38 +0000

Our banking system has behaved like it is teenage, with someone there to bail it out. We have confirmed that belief - and that’s my biggest problem here.

Poverty has many causes. One thing that helps people rise out of poverty is a reliable way of storing and exchanging the value built up through effort and knowledge. That’s otherwise known as a reliable banking system.

Comment on This is what web 2.0 means by Ron Mader

Ron Mader — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:25:40 +0000

brilliant

Comment on Amnesty: your signature is more powerful than you think by Louise

Louise — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:39:45 +0000

wow that is beautiful and highly effective - well done amnesty

Comment on This is what web 2.0 means by Paul Massey

Paul Massey — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:59:03 +0000

What about the “things you do do” axis?

Comment on How charities need to update their status by SoSaidThe.Organization » Blog Archive » A fantastic presentation on charities and social web

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:06:42 +0000

[...] from Steve Bridger: Charities & the Social Web. There’s a lot in here that applies to the government [...]

Comment on How charities need to update their status by Laura’s Notebook | Technology for Non-profit Organisations, Social Media and Accessible Website Design » Blog Archive » What happens when an organisation chooses not to engage?

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:03:09 +0000

[...] over on this side of the pond, Steve Bridger has shared the presentation he recently delivered to staff at Action Aid, entitled “does it mean we have to change our jobs?”. The presentation summarises many [...]

Comment on How charities need to update their status by Björn

Björn — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:34:06 +0000

http://www.kampagne20.de/?p=62

Comment on How charities need to update their status by Louise Brown

Louise Brown — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:17:08 +0000

Great presentation, I was asked to deliver something similar recently so it’s nice to advance my thinking on the subject.

Comment on How charities need to update their status by Steve Bridger

Steve Bridger — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:35:03 +0000

Jack - glad you liked the quote. I was reading “bird by bird” by Anne Lamott. Her insight into “writing and life” really resonated with me.

Ron - as ever, you nudge me in just the right spot. Personally, I’m not keen on the word ‘charity’. It suggests a one-way, overbearing relationship. It has a legal basis, of course. I think there is an argument for re-claiming / redefining some words for the 21st century - like ‘paternalism’ (i.e. I don’t think we can deny some of the power relationships that are in place), and even ‘charity’, to better capture the reality of our ‘connectedness’.

What do *you* think?

As far as ‘buzz director’ goes… I do need to unpick what I mean a little more (a *lot* more). You’ll recall this interview, and this post, and this one. Maybe a section on this blog, or a wiki, pulling the idea together[?] Nudge me again soon.

Comment on How charities need to update their status by Ron Mader

Ron Mader — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:19:44 +0000

Exellent work, Steve. Thinking ahead, could you provide a section where you define or better yet explore the words ‘charity’ and ‘buzzdirector’

Comment on How charities need to update their status by Jack Martin Leith

Jack Martin Leith — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:44:30 +0000

Lovely stuff Steve. And it’s not just charities that need to hear this. Special thanks for the E. L. Doctorow quote. I’ve finally started work on my Now-to-New book (the book is itself a N2N project and you can see it unfold on my blog) and these words are very encouraging.

Comment on How charities need to update their status by Steve Bridger

Steve Bridger — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:30:43 +0000

Thanks, Alex & Laura. Much appreciated.

Everybody, check out what the Dogs Trust is doing online. One of the best.

Comment on How charities need to update their status by Laura Whitehead

Laura Whitehead — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:21:14 +0000

Thanks for sharing! Presentation looks great and also some really good points made in it too, will be interesting to see how they move forward with integrating social media. The ’six things every charity must do to stay relevant in the 21st century’ summary near the end of the slides sums up what organisations need to do perfectly!

Comment on How charities need to update their status by Alex

Alex — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:16:40 +0000

Great, great, great - it’s always good to know you’re pointing your resources in the right direction. Conversation is the key, and we’re starting to give our supporters individual voices to hear while at the same time getting to know them. Win-win.

Comment on Flickr for Good by Beth Kanter

Beth Kanter — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:48:54 +0000

BTW, did you share any of your presentation materials or curriculum online anyplace?

And, if you have a minute to offer some advice ..
http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2008/07/what-advice-wou.html

Comment on Flickr for Good by Rob Bowker

Rob Bowker — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:32:16 +0000

Hi Steve, applied for the ffg accounts only to find a colleague had already registered with ctx and was away on honeymoon. Thing is, once you have paid the admin, the cash value of the flickr ‘donation’ barely makes it worthwhile - even for the 5 account max per charity. Am I missing something?