Thanks Tiberius! - lots to keep both of us busy. We should probably explore closer alignment at some point..
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Tiberius Brastaviceanu < [email protected]> wrote: > Nice Fernando, this handbook has been a long time coming. I am actually in > the process of finding resources for some of the projects I am involved > with. Great timing! > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Suresh Fernando <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> >> As many of you know I've been working on identifying and developing >> innovative models in both the open collaboration space as well as the social >> finance space. >> >> The common theme that underlies all of my recent work is the realization >> of the power of networks and networked communication to radically alter how >> communities form, how people interact with each other etc. In that spirit I >> am pleased to say that I am working with Joe Brewer and the Cognitive >> Policy Works <http://www.cognitivepolicyworks.com/about-us/>team to >> launch a crowdsourcing campaign to finance the development of a strategy to >> develop social movements. The details can be found >> here<http://rockethub.com/projects/1068-how-we-ll-fund-21st-century-social-movements>. >> Be sure to check out the >> video<http://rockethub.com/projects/1068-how-we-ll-fund-21st-century-social-movements> >> ! >> * >> >> Using Crowdsourcing and Collaboration Principles to Build Social Movement >> *s >> >> The objective of the campaign is to finance the development of a Strategy >> Handbook that addresses the following questions: >> >> - *What are the most promising funding models and how do we start to >> use them?* >> - *Why aren’t more effective models available for funding social >> innovation?* >> - *What crowdsourcing and mass collaboration infrastructure is >> available to coordinate the activity of literally thousands of social >> innovators and activists that are working on similar problems?* >> - *What success stories can we point to?* >> - *What do we need to do in order to start building the infrastructure >> and funding models to mobilize thousands of social innovators and >> activists? >> * >> >> * >> Longer Term Strategy* >> >> Upon completion, the handbook will be made freely available to everyone >> under a Creative Commons license. If the crowd pays for it, the crowd will >> own it. >> >> Also note that it is our plan not simply to research and develop a >> handbook in support of financing and developing social movements, we also >> plan to practice what we preach by working towards the implementation of the >> plan that we develop! >> >> >> Please take the time to review our proposal and contribute to the >> development of the handbook! 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The goals of these >> struggles weren’t always complimentary, but the struggles were aligned and >> together they staged a mass offensive to shatter the status quo'*. - from >> The Coalition of the Willing >> >> -- >> This is a message from the OpenKollab Google Group located at >> http://groups.google.com/group/openkollab?hl=en >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > > > -- > t!b! > http://www.google.com/profiles/tiberius.brastaviceanu > -- *Suresh Fernando * BLOG <http://sureshf.posterous.com/>, YOUTUBE<http://www.youtube.com/my_videos?feature=mhum>, OK WEBSITE, <http://openkollab.com>OK FAN PAG <http://goog_1343289408>E<http://www.facebook.com/openkollab?ref=ts#%21/openkollab> , OK GROUP <http://groups.google.ca/group/openkollab>, OK-WE<http://www.wiserearth.org/group/openkollab>, PHILOSOPHY, <http://sureshfernando.wordpress.com> TWITTER, <http://twitter.com/sureshf> FACEBOOK, <http://facebook.com/suresh.fernando>WOTW FAN PAGE<http://www.facebook.com/tedxvancouver?v=wall#%21/pages/The-Way-Of-The-Warrior/156574347703364> LINKEDIN<http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=412718&authType=name&authToken=GrUl&locale=en_US&pvs=pp&trk=ppro_viewmore>, SLIDESHARE <http://www.slideshare.net/sureshf> * **'The counter cultural revolution was a rhizomatic meshwork of loosely-coordinated, loosely-affiliated struggles. 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