January 2nd, 2009
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The Grassroutes program funds fellowships for teams of young people who go on a road trip in India to work with change makers at the grassroots and document their work using social media tools.
I think it is a great idea and I was delighted when the Grassroutes team asked me to speak to their first batch of fellows on how to use social media for social change.
Here’s the twenty minute video I made for the Grassroutes fellows. In the talk, I focus on the importance of trying to use as many of the 4Cs of social media — user generated content, distributed collaboration, self organizing communities and the cumulative value of web 2.0 tools — to help change makers achieve their objectives of getting endorsement, creating engagement, raisin funds or mobilizing offline action for their cause –
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January 2nd, 2009 |
Posted in Social Change 2.0, Social Media, Vidcast
| Tagged with Collaboration, Community, Cumulative Value, Grassroutes, Social Change, Social Media, User-Generated-Content |
October 21st, 2008
(Cross-posted on my fellowship blog - How International Values Shape Communications Technologies)
Sometime back, I made a list of the top ten resources on social 2.0 or how to use social media for social change.
Here’s a follow-up list of the top five resources on social media for social change in the Indian context.
- ThinkChange India — started by Vinay Ganti and old friend Santhosh Ramdoss — aims to be “your primary source of information on social innovation and social entrepreneurship in India.”
- InfoChange India — managed by Centre for Communication and Development Studies — is “an online resource base that provides news, views, perspectives and debates on crucial issues of sustainable development and social justice in India and South Asia.”
- India Banao — started by the uber high profile trio of Sanjeev Sanyal, Jayant Sinha and Sheetal Talwar — is “a platform for young people to participate in public affairs.”
- Lead India 2020 aims to “lead Indian youth to lead India to lead the world by 2020.”
- Change India aims to “encourage all citizens to participate in nation building by working with the government to improve quality of life of the citizens.”
October 21st, 2008 |
Posted in Social Change 2.0, Social Media
| Tagged with Centre for Communication and Development Studies, Change India, Grassroutes, India, India Banao, InfoChange India, Lead India 2020, Social Change 2.0, Social Entrepreneurship, ThinkChange India |
