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02.02.10My 2009 in reviewI was just writing an update to some great partners of mine and realized I needed to include a recap of 2009 for some context on what's next. That of course reminded me that I'd yet to post one. So here goes. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="233" caption="Into the Wild"][/caption] 2009 was a pivotal one for me - a year of transition. It was full of new adventures and an unexpected closure of an old one. 2009 started with a bunch of excitement and energy around the Social Venture Commons, VenTwits, and Thread.io. A group of us had come together and were sweating ...
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01.15.10Social Entrepreneurship? What are you waiting for?Tomorrow I'm presenting the deck below at the 16th Annual Environmental Sciences Symposium at University of Guelph. I'm told to expect an audience of about 200 - mostly undergrads. That's one of my favourite scenarios. Talking about any form of entrepreneurship to people about to embark on the rest of their lives is fun. With the devastation in Haiti right now though, I thought I'd try something different. For tweets with this link (http://tr.im/seFTW) I'll donate another $1 to Haiti relief efforts. For every person who starts their question to me from the audience with "Social Entrepreneurship For The Win!" I'll donate ...
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12.01.09ChangeMedium <3 StatusCampChangeMedium is coming to Montreal on December 18th. Following up on his participation at #cmToronto, Status.net founder Evan Prodromou has invited us to join them at their first ever StatusCamp. Status.net is the open source micro-messaging platform that can be hosted independently as a private or public platform like laconi.ca. For us at ChangeMedium public micro-messaing is at the heart of this inflection in the web and at the core of the medium for change. That perspective is what hope to bring to StatusCamp. On December 18th the entire Status.net team will be together to host an unconference led by ...
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10.29.09#cmToronto Recap[caption id="" align="alignright" width="163" caption="Engaged..."][/caption] #cmToronto opened on a gray Saturday morning with an introduction to ChangeMedium and the day by Michael Lewkowitz. James Walker followed up with an overview of what to expect during the hack session. The orientation reminded participants that the opportunity is to take us out of our bubble and think about the reach, application, and implications of this medium for society. Our first research presenter was Hima Batavia, Research Assistant at the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health and Earth Institute at Columbia University. Her talk “Mobile Health: the Great Equalizer” focused on mobile health and showcased 7 ...
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09.10.09It’s Go Time >> ChangeMedium TorontoIt's go time. ChangeMedium Toronto is slated for October 24th at MaRS. What is it? Read more to find out. Want a hand in it? Leave a comment below. What? ChangeMedium is an initiative to provoke public micro-messaging as a medium for change. Public micro-messaging (e.g. Twitter) is emerging as the most accessible, participatory public medium in history. Bringing the open and emergent properties of the web to the global reach of text messaging is already showing great potential for public benefit. But we’ve only begun to understand what’s happening let alone build an infrastructure to make the most of this medium. ...
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08.03.09Framing our future: SoCap09I'm looking forward to this year's Social Capital Markets conference. Last year I came way with a sense of a movement - a long term movement that was working with the balance of social and financial objectives in service of a better world for all. I'm sure this year will do much of the same - bringing the best of the movement together to share their progress and inspire those who are looking to explore 'the intersection of money and meaning'. If you are interested in this space, it's the place to be. This year though, I'm going with a more ...
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01.01.09“The Convo” on the shift[caption id="" align="alignright" width="234" caption="photo by: Ryan Coleman"][/caption] A few weeks ago a few loosely connected people gathered for a conversation - the #convo (tweetstream). Most I hadn't met before - except through twitter - but the conversation is still with me seems to have woven into some really great places in Toronto's twittersphere like #thmvmnt #changecamp #tsTO etc. Here's a quick recap of what my memory and chicken-scratch allow and I'm hoping some more fulsome records emerge in addition to the great tweetstream and photos. The group was drawn to the idea that there is a big shift underway and a feeling ...
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12.09.08Reviving Democracy: a call to Canadians to step up![caption id="" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Image by abdallahh via Flickr"][/caption] My interest in politics and democracy hit record levels recently. November was hope inspired with the victory of the Obama movement and then by a revolt in the House of Commons in Canada. The Governor General's decision to prorogue sparked a visceral anger unlike any I've experienced in a long time. To me it was a technically legitimate assault on the core of our democracy - blatantly ignoring the voice of the people that we voted to represent us - the members of the House. The machinations since then with the Liberals choosing ...
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11.05.08Obama – the mindset tips.[caption id="" align="alignright" width="214" caption="Image by jmtimages via Flickr"][/caption] A major moment in history last night - a shift in the trajectory of our civilization. This is not because of the firsts, the stats, or the policies. It's where this comes from and how it came about. It's about a shift in mindset in the most dominant society in our civilization. A shift from fear to hope. From divisiveness to inclusion. From independent to interdependent. 911, Katrina, and the Financial Crisis successively destabilized this society's attachment to the mindset of independence. The election and yesterday's results give us our most concrete example of a ...
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10.14.08SoCap08 – Alive onlineMy first impression of SoCap08 have as much to do with the excellence of the physical event as they do with the virtualization of it. First the physical event. There are over 600 participants from the usual people but also from more mainstream financial players that are seriously starting to get their toes wet. I first heard about this a year ago when Kevin Jones of GoodCapital was just starting to pull it together and I must say they did an extraordinary job of convening the community in a big way. Now for the virtualization. In addition to some on-site use of ...
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