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December 2009 Blog Posts (5)

Mapping the Future: Knowledge Hub Advisory Group

The second meeting of the Knowledge Hub Advisory Group took place on, 7th December. ( For some background to the Knowledge Hub see previous posting).

It was regretable that we didn’t get more attendees from local authorities, but those who did manage to attend were involved in some excellent workshop sessions aimed at teasing out their vision for how the Knowledge Hub would deliver efficiency and… Continue

Added by Stephen Dale on December 9, 2009 at 21:06 — No Comments

A Twestival on Education

Some of you may have heard of Twestival, a gathering of social media people to collect funds for charity. It is an initiative from the worldwide Twitter community with a commitment of Social Media for Social Change (SM4SC). These events explore the exciting possibilities for change and raise money for charity. Global Twestival was organized for the first time on February 12, and collected 250K US$ to drill wells in Africa & Asia and provide many villages with fresh, clean DRINKING WATER for… Continue

Added by Christian DE NEEF on December 8, 2009 at 22:49 — No Comments

Imagining a connected future: Knowledge Hub Advisory Group

Feeling crafty

I love crafts. I don't do much by way of crafts anymore at home, but I love a good workshop based on the use of brown paper and stickers and coloured bits of paper. The Blue Peter method of facilitation.

Ocasionally you get people (often senior) balking at rolling up their sleeves and gluing pictures on paper. So, it's often best to show one you made earlier, just to set some parameters on it and show that it will be… Continue

Added by Ingrid Koehler on December 8, 2009 at 16:30 — No Comments

We are recruiting an education manager: exiting job with young people and mobile apps

I hope this is ok to post this here, since it is very much in the area of work of the network...

Join one of the most successful social enterprises in digital inclusion to create and set-up a new exciting training programme to enable young people in low-income communities to use, design and develop mobile and web-based applications for social change and community action.

Founded in 1995 by Rodrigo Baggio, the Centre for Digital Inclusion (CDI) is the pioneer of… Continue

Added by Iris Lapinski on December 8, 2009 at 13:25 — 2 Comments

A New Way To Engage Volunteers In Local Development in India

I'm running a volunteering agency called 'AMAIDI Volunteering in India', located near Pondicherry, South-India. Every year about 70 volunteers from all over the globe come and work in Indian organizations, mostly charitable Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Next to their physical and/or intellectual contribution, many volunteers plan to contribute in cash towards the aims of 'their' organization. They figure out - some of them real fast - what is needed the most, have a chat (or two) with… Continue

Added by Amaidi on December 7, 2009 at 3:31 — No Comments

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