Congrats, man! -p
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. > -- -------------------------------------------------------- The Forward Foundation http://www.ForwardFound.org [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------- http://www.PaulBHartzog.org [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------- http://www.panarchy.com [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------- University of Michigan [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------- The Universe is made up of stories, not atoms. --Muriel Rukeyser Perceive differently, then you will act differently. --Paul B. 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