Presentations and other posts relating to Nonprofit Technology

Crowdsourcing Change: EarthGame

Submitted by Medard Gabel on January 26, 2010

We are working with the UN on developing a giant “dashboard” for the world. This 32 foot by 8 foot high-definition video wall will be a permanent installation at the UN Headquarters in New York where millions of people will see it. There will also be a web version where even more will be able to see and interact with the dashboard.

The project makes the vital statistics of the world increasingly transparent, available, interesting and useful to more and more people—and in ways that are easily understandable and exciting. The purpose is to provide an overview and status report on what is happening right now on Spaceship Earth.

Crowdsourcing Change: ScienceForCitizens.net

Submitted by Darlene Cavalier on January 26, 2010

If you’re a citizen: This is the place to find out about, take part in, and contribute to science through recreational activities and research projects.

If you’re a scientist or a representative of a citizen science organization or community group: This is the place to tell eager citizens about your work and get them interested in helping out.

Crowdsourcing Change: Dignity Housing

Submitted by Megan Barnes on January 26, 2010

Dignity Housing is a non-profit organization established by formerly homeless people in 1988 to break the cycle of homelessness and poverty confronting low-income and homeless families and individuals in Philadelphia.  Dignity Housing promotes our client’s self-sufficiency by providing affordable rental housing with individualized social services, homeownership opportunities, assistance in pursuit of education objectives, workforce development, and financial management assistance.

The organization has been slow to technology and social media changes but has the goal for the upcoming year to increase our online presence. Our goals include using social media and new technology to attract new supporters, increase online donations, and form coalitions throughout Philadelphia in support of affordable housing. Currently, Dignity Housing has a Facebook page and a recently updated website, www.dignityhousing.org. Dignity Housing also have a fundraising plan to highlight projects online throughout the year, but it will be a first-year effort both with limited resources and limited knowledge.

“Crowdsourcing Change” will be a highly participatory event where attendees will have an opportunity to help three “Social Changers” who are using — or trying to use — the social web for the common good. Dignity Housing is one of our three presenters. Feel free to ask questions in the comments ahead of time, and read more about the event to learn about the other presenters.

Videostream of Web2.0 Activist Model Case Studies event in NYC 12/17 @ 7:30 PM EST

Submitted by Seth Horwitz on December 16, 2008

Ivan Boothe identified the following event in New York tomorrow (Wednesday, December 17, 2008) night at 7:30 EST. They are going to attempt to live stream it at http://mogulus.com/notanalternative, and will post the video in any event at http://www.notanalternative.net.

Web 2.0 Activist Model Case Studies

Over the past two years, Web 2.0 technologies have matured and so have the methods activists use to employ them. In 2008, activists from around the world used Web 2.0 to take command of the digital airwaves pioneering new forms of political mobilization. From Student’s for a Free Tibet’s live streamed protests in Beijing, to RNC protesters coordinating actions and monitoring police movements on Twitter to mass digital mobilizations for humanitarian relief and election protection, Web 2.0 is no longer just for social networking and fundraising.

This Wednesday, practitioners involved in the above campaigns will present case studies and highlight how they leveraged these tools to have broader reach and greater effectiveness. We’ll also delve into issues governing internal organization and communication among political actors, including: transparency vs. security; command and control vs. autonomous affinity groups, and the power of organizing without organizations vs. the tyranny of structurelessness.

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