Great work Suresh, Joe and supporters! We're looking forward to the book. Turns out that today we just kicked off this project on RocketHub ourselves! We're hoping many of you will find this work useful enough to contribute, and pass along to others: http://rockethub.com/projects/1349-understanding-today-s-economic-transformation<http://rockethub.com/projects/1349-understanding-today-s-economic-transformation#> Understanding Today's Economic Transformation
[image: 1300474757-xl] *Project Description* *Do you want to understand what is driving our evolving economy in a way that you can use today?* It is no longer news that the old economy is collapsing around us. But it is easy to miss the new economy that is emerging. *This project will produce a guide that brings together research and a model into a set of literacies for understanding today’s changing global economy.* This guide will be based on: 1. *research* on today's changing global economy as an evolving system. 2. a complex systems *simulation* people can use to understand important dynamics transforming that system. This work will draw on work from key thinkers in fields ranging from social media to economics (for example, Howard Rheingold, Douglas Rushkoff, Lawrence Lessig, Chris Anderson, and Elinor Ostrom). Merging the work of these key thinkers with the dynamics of the model will reveal how what is collapsing creates opportunities for what is emerging. The resulting guide will provide you with scenarios and suggestions for creating strategies to help you move forward in the new economy. *The Creative Team* Future Forward Institute: http://futureforwardinstitute.com - Sam Rose is an expert in open-source software, hardware, open data and open knowledge background. Sam has participated in curriculum development, research and real world implementation in the areas discussed in this proposal. - Richard C. Adler is an electronic records archivist, former Borders buyer/merchandiser, and information culture historian who bring a historical perspective on the long-term trends and pivotal events that created the old economy and what factors may influence the creation of the economy to come. - Paul B. Hartzog is a scholar of panarchy, complex systems, emergence, ecology, cooperation, commons, culture, politics, economics, and social theory. Note: 1. RocketHub is not an investment or charity. It is an exchange: funds from fans for rewards from me. 2. It's an All & More funding mechanism: if I don't reach my financial goal I get to keep what I raise. But if I do reach my goal, I get access to exciting opportunities. Please see http://rockethub.com/projects/1349-understanding-today-s-economic-transformation<http://rockethub.com/projects/1349-understanding-today-s-economic-transformation#> to contribute and for more information On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Suresh Fernando <[email protected]>wrote: > Just to let everyone know that we garnered *40+ pledges in the last 40+ > hours* from 3 different continents, 7 different countries and 19 different > states in the US to reach the $5000 target! > > Check out: > http://rockethub.com/projects/1068-a-crowdfunding-manual-for-social-change > > Joe Brewer and I will now get to work on researching and developing > strategies and engagement models for social innovators and activists who > cannot garner support from traditional institutional channels. > > As we know, the Internet is a powerful mechanism that makes it possible for > us to connect with each other in new and innovative ways. This makes it > possible for us to support each other in new ways, both in terms of capital > flows and the way we work together! > > Our plan is not just to develop a research manual, but also to start > building the collaboration infrastructure that will make it possible for you > to engage directly with us as we implement strategies that we identify in > the coming couple of months or so! > > *We thank all of those that supported this project and look forward to > connecting with you and exploring ways in which we can collaborate as we > move forward!!* > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Suresh Fernando <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:57 PM > Subject: [OK] A Crowdfunding Manual for Social Change! > To: [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected] > > > Hey Everyone - we are down to the last 43 hours to get this project > funded!! > > Remember that our research and ideas will be open sourced and will become a > part of the public domain. We would greatly appreciate your support! > > http://rockethub.com/projects/1068-a-crowdfunding-manual-for-social-change > > > Missions & Endeavors A Crowdfunding Manual for Social Change! > > - Ingenious <http://rockethub.com/projects?tags%5B13%5D=1> > - Inspirational <http://rockethub.com/projects?tags%5B1%5D=1> > - Selfless <http://rockethub.com/projects?tags%5B2%5D=1> > > > - [image: > 1297880469-square_preview]<http://s3.amazonaws.com/rockethub-images-production/images/1068/1297880469-xl.png?1297880467> > > It is time to solve a fundamental problem that plagues progressives > everywhere – the lack of seed money to get innovative projects off the > ground and the absence of workable funding models to sustain ongoing efforts > to create systemic cultural, economic, and political change. > > In our latest collaborative project (also funded by the crowd), the > Progressive > Strategy Handbook <http://www.cognitivepolicyworks.com/handbook/>, we > suggest that it is time for us to embrace *`… our role as social > innovators and change agents who create the new and better world.`* We > assert that it is time to `… *unleash our entrepreneurial creativity and > cultivate our institutions of tomorrow.*` > > In short what we must do is identify the infrastructure and models that > show us how to bypass the constraints of the existing political process as > well as the entrenched corporate power structures that stand in the way of > progress. We believe that it is now possible for the grassroots to mobilize > and align forces in a way that wasn’t possible before, using the new tools > of social media and digital communication. If we are to take advantage of > these tools (as protesters have done in Egypt and Tunisa), we must figure > out: > > - 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? > > If we are able to reach our fundraising goal, we will deliver a handbook > that provides: > > 1. An overview fo how crowdsourcing leads to breakthroughs in funding > social movements; > 2. A framework of open collaboration to engage change agents in the > funding and building of movements; > 3. Concrete first steps for financing and developing infrastructure to > support these new models and high-impact projects. > > If we reach our goal of $5000 we will pull together a team of experts on > innovative financing models, collaboration platforms, and social movements > to draft a crowdfunding handbook. Everyone who pledges money to the project > will be invited to provide comments and feedback to improve the handbook > before it is published. > > 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. > > Will you help us make this crowdfunding guide a reality? > > Notes: > > 1. It's all-or-nothing, so please help us reach our goal. > 2. You can pledge any amount. We'd rather have 1000 people each give > $5 than 5 people each giving 1000. The power of people is our measure of > success! > > > > -- > *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> > * > *-------*ProM: Climate Change Project Matching System------* > Project Description: http://cotw.cc/wiki/Project_Matching > To Join:* *https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/cc-pms* > *Workstreams: http://cotw.cc/wiki/CC-PMS_etherpad_index > > > > > -- > *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://www.facebook.com/aprilrinne#%21/openkollab> > E <http://goog_1610308617>, 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> > * > *-------*ProM: Climate Change Project Matching System------* > Project Description: http://cotw.cc/wiki/Project_Matching > To Join:* *https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/cc-pms* > *Workstreams: http://cotw.cc/wiki/CC-PMS_etherpad_index > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CooperationCommons" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cooperationcommons?hl=en. > -- -- Sam Rose Future Forward Institute and Forward Foundation Tel:+1(517) 639-1552 Cel: +1-(517)-974-6451 skype: samuelrose email: [email protected] http://futureforwardinstitute.com http://forwardfound.org http://hollymeadcapital.com http://p2pfoundation.net http://socialmediaclassroom.com "The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition." - Carl Sagan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CooperationCommons" group. 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