Internet4Change: Concept Presentation

A plan for using the internet and creating jobs to support changemakers everywhere, from http://Evolutionize.It »
Evolutionize It

using the internet to
support changemakers everywhere
fragmentation
duplication
frustration
inefficiency
in the Social Change space, especially online
People, Information, tools & resources to help changemakers work better are available, but too scattered & hard for newcomers to find
a one-stop-shop serving  changemakers online
1. new changemakers
2. changemakers new to the online world
Internet4Change.com
Target Users:
Links to all of your websites & social media profiles on 1 page
Current + historical links to your public discussions & workspaces
Easy "start-page" format to streamline your online work processes
Tags to make it easier to find people with complimentary interests
My.Internet4Change.com/your_name
Target users:
1. Changemakers using the Internet to enhance their work
2. Funders & potential collaborators who want to learn about them
Online Resource Portal for the Social Change Sector
Local Agencies dedicated to facilitating global/local online collaboration
Mobile Agents provide a human web interface for local communities
Community demand for paid services driven by trainee learning by doing
Certification & self-policing co-ownership systems uphold info brand integrity
Internet4Change Agents & Agencies
Facilitating global online collaboration from Africa, S.E. Asia & So. America
nurture & facilitate south-south collaboration
Create jobs for young changemakers
Impact objectives:
position underconnected communities in global dialogue
Internet4Change Project Timeline
2012           2013          2014           2015           2016          2017           2018           2019           2020
Interactive website investment
Training partnerships - Uganda+1 -->
"From chaos 
comes order"
"we must adapt ourselves to the requirements of chaos"
My.Internet4Change.com: functionality
i4c Agents & Agencies: global vision
We NEED: 
The concepts described in this presentation have been brewing since 2002, and represent a response to lessons learned during 10+ years of collaborating globally online from E. Africa to create local community-level change. Acknowledgement is due to the Board, members and global supporters of Life in Africa - Uganda, whose ideas, input and experiences have shaped these thoughts.
Global grassroots 
collaboration will
define our future.
~ Christina Jordan
    Ashoka Fellow (2001)
Structured
Information
Internet4Change.com
Internet4Change.com: content
Global
Inclusion
Under-connected parts of the world are being left out of online dialogue. New global systems must take local issues into account.
i4c Agents & Agencies
skilled job creation for youth who 
use the internet to generate resources 
for changemakers in their communities.
We NEED:
We NEED:
Socio-
Economic Return
We NEED 
Management
Systems
My.Internet4Change.com
what are you doing online and where can others find & engage with you?
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
With the help of
People like these
global low-cost solutions like these
Organic planting techniques
Homemade soil replenishments
safe rural lighting ideas
Water purification 
methods
alternative fuel recipes
What if.....
People like these
Could co-develop, share and help spread
"collaboration"
two or more people working together 
in pursuit of a shared, collective, bounded goal
~ @eekim in collaborative
    Social Change sector 
    discussion at Ned.com
"grassroots"
driven by the politics of a community
~ wikipedia
"global"
involving the ENTIRE earth; 
not limited or provincial in scope
~ wordnetweb.
    princeton.edu
Our global development systems of the future are emerging and being shaped 
now, at the intersection of the global 
Social Change Movement 
& the Internet
We are gathering in
many communities
We have
Many ways & places to share info
times & spaces for working together
Popular Social Media networks
Specialized communities
We have more & more
There are lots of
Opportunities for finding support
17 more links on this list!
Changemakers today
communities for networking
ways & places to share info
times spaces for working together
Opportunities for finding global support
access to unprecendented global resources
But we also have lots of
We need practical systems 
for  using  technology  to help 
grassroots changemakers work better.
similar organizations
competing for clicks, attention and money
too many buzzwords
whose meaning is unclear
people are scattered
hard to keep
up with what's new
anonmymity
distractions
chAoS
~ Kurt Vonnegut
Old global development systems have failed
global/local training & system development operations - Thailand --> 
-|| Training partnerships - Myanmar + 2 -->
Prototype content development
-|| Agencies 2 & 3+ -->
-|| Incorporation: Thailand (10,000 shares @ $20)
-|| Annual Dividend Payments (20,000+ shares)  -->
Trainee/Agent/Agency 
interface development
Global publicity investment
-|| Agencies 4, 5, etc -->
Agency Franchise 
model  roll-out
-|| Certification  model --> 
-|| Agency 1++ --> 
Service offer development
Global investment campaign
Global impact assessment
Interactive website re-design
change to next edge
and online conversation
HUB
Ashoka CM Campus
we_x labs
startsomegood
HAVE
People will go 
where systems lead them.
Globally. effectively. Efficiently. Finally.
Global  inclusion
structured information
socio - economic return
stable management systems
Internet4change proposes

systems to support 
changemakers
everywhere
built on:

individuals 
and families 
makers
Stable
Global archiving investment
 internet4change global summit

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