Talking Good with Elijah van der Giessen
An interview with Rich Polt of Communicate Good on heroes, visions and the meaning of life. Plus jokes!
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Vancouver Social Media Surgery
My latest experiment: a “Social Media Surgery”, and idea stolen from Manchester Net Tuesday.
Online community management: secrets of the trade
Net Tuesday June 12 2012
Spring has spring and it’s time for a change.
I left the David Suzuki Foundation (after five years!) on May 10, 2012.
I have taken on a couple of short-term contracts while I decide what’s next. You can now find me consulting for:
- NetSquared, as a community curator supporting the Localproject.
- Rainforest Solutions Project, doing social media for the Take it Taller campaign
- David Suzuki Foundation, helping orient my replacement.
So much for my dreams of summer underemployment!
I joined the NetSquared Global Leadership Council at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Good times!
But I was ambushed by Vanessa Rhinesmith, who interviewed me and fellow meetup leader April Kyle.
This is what we are about: We plant seeds that one day will grow. We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold future promise. We lay foundations that will need further development. We provide yeast that produces effects far beyond our capability.
We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning.
We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker. We are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own.
I went to the Web of Change conference in 2007 and it was a life-changing event (for the good!)
Along with Anna and Gregory, I have schemed up WOCxNTC. If you’re a Web of Change alumni going to the NTC conference this April (or if you call San Francisco home) we’d love to have you join us.
We’ll gossip, have a snack, grab a drink and perhaps wander off afterwards to join one of the Progressive Parties.
In summary: we’ll have some fun!
Please RSVP to confirm your attendance. Seating is limited to 12.
Date: Wednesday, April 4. 7pm.
Location:
Urban Tavern
333 O’Farrell St. San Francisco, CA 94102
Cross Street: Mason St.
(415) 923-4400
Vancouver ChangeCamp 2010, a set by Jenny Lee Silver on Flickr.
Photos from Vancouver ChangeCamp 2010.
Gosh it looks like fun. You should get a ticket to the 2011 event!
I’m a big supporter of the work of OpenMedia.ca. You may know them from their very successful Stop the Meter campaign earlier this year, or the most recent Stop Spying project. They’re part of a film screening this Thursday, and while I’ll be out of town, I encourage you to attend if you’re in Vancouver.
Monthly donors to OpenMedia (like me!) get in free. Hint hint!
-Eli
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Is our Digital Future In Jeopardy?
Check out the Vancouver premiere screening of “Article 12: Waking Up in a Surveillance Society”
As you probably know, the government is about to ram through legislation that will force every phone and Internet provider to surrender our personal information to “authorities” without a warrant. (details of this situation can be found at:http://stopspying.ca/). Join us in watching this new documentary about the state of invasive and expensive digital surveillance and stick around to talk about the pressing Canadian context with a panel of experts.
MORE DETAILS: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=127118750720442
DISCOUNTED ONLINE TICKETS: http://mddarticle12screening.eventbrite.com/
*Entry is FREE for OpenMedia.ca monthly donors. If you haven’t joined yet you can do so here: http://openmedia.ca/sustainer
//Q&A PANEL EXPERTS//
- Micheal VonnBC Civil Liberties Association
- Vincent GogolekExecutive Director, BC Freedom of information and Privacy
- Kate Milberryfounder of Geeks and Global Justice (geeksandglobaljustice.com/)
- Dr. Michael MarkwickSchool of Communication, SFU
*Stop online spying in Canada by signing the petition at http://stopspying.ca/
//SPONSORS + Partners//
- OPENMEDIA.CA
- W2 Community Media Arts Society
- MEDIA Democracy Day Vancouver
- GEN WHY
- rabble.ca
- OpenFile Vancouver
- The Tyee
- JUNCO Films DOXA International Film Fest
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