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In the coming months, we will be aggregating some of the best posts from North America’s social tech leaders.

After Copenhagen: Turning Activism Into Impact

By Julia Watson on Feb 8, 2010

Michael Silberman is the Web of Change 2010 Chair and a partner and co-founder at EchoDitto, an internet strategy and online campaigns team that works with leading social change organizations.

Going to the U.N. climate change conference in Copenhagen (COP15) was the closest I've come to a good strong punch in the gut -- the type that makes you question much of what you once believed to be true. But it was also one of the best wake-up calls I could have asked for.
 

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2010 Conferences You Should Check Out: A Roundup

By Julia Watson on Feb 5, 2010

Web of Change Convener David Averill put together this inspiring list of impactful conferences on the Groundwire website.  If you are looking to recharge and reconnect with like minded folk you have plenty to choose from!  The Web of Change Conference is in good company.

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350 Global Day of Action: A New Bright Line for Digital Organizing

By Julia Watson on Nov 2, 2009
Michael Silberman is a long time supporter and convener of Web of Change.  He is a founding Partner of EchoDitto, a leading strategic online communications and technology team that works with its clients to leverage new media and participatory technologies to affect positive social and environmental change.
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Web of Change '09

By Kety Esquivel on Oct 6, 2009
We are very lucky that Kety Esquivel was one of our conveners at this year's Web of Change.  Kety was an active member of the convener team leading up to WOC09 and brought so much to the gathering.  She is the New Media manager for National Council of La Raza and has an impressive career with a focus on diversity, advocacy and civil rights.  Kety facilitated two sessions at this year's Web of Change and attended many others.
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The Gathering for Justice

By Gibran Rivera on Sep 11, 2009
We are very fortunate to have Gibran Rivera, a Senior Associate from the Interaction Institute for Social Change as our leadership facilitator at Web of Change this year.  Gibran’s work focuses on igniting social transformation and uncovering ways that old organizational models can transform to make way for new emerging frameworks.  Just like Web of Change, Gibran focuses on catalyzing collaborative action with the intention of creatin
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Global NGO's Collaborate in Radically Open Campaign :: TckTckTck

By Jason Mogus on Aug 29, 2009

Jason Mogus is the CEO of Communicopia and co-founder of Web of Change. His summer project was as the head of digital strategy for an unprecedented new global climate change campaign. To execute this highly emergent and fast paced campaign, he brought together 6 Web of Change community companies. Read on:

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The Summer Gathering at Hollyhock on Cortes Island

By kk on Aug 17, 2009

Kris Krug is a Vancouver based photographer, author and web strategist. He is super engaged in the arts, new media and the internet as a tool for information sharing and community building. Last month, Kris attended the Summer Gathering up at Hollyhock, an invite only retreat that gathered some of the worlds leading artists, activists and social change agents. Read his post below and check out his blog for great images and creative, social and innovative musings.

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Our Theory of Change - ONE/Northwest

By Gideon Rosenblatt on Jul 30, 2009

ONE/Northwest is an innovative hybrid organization that does deep thinking about where this field is going and their role in helping make change happen.  In this blog E.D. Gideon Rosenblatt unpacks the Theory of Change tool that assists ONE/Northwest to evaluate and understand their work, their mission, and the outcomes they seek.  These folks are social innovators committed to social change and building a sustainable society.  Read more to learn how they make it happen.

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I Gave Your Organization $500 & All I Got Was This…

By Alia McKee Scott on Jul 6, 2009

Alia McKee-Scott is a leading thinker in online fundraising and is a co-conveners for this year's Web of Change Conference.  In this blog post she outlines some of her most innovative thoughts on how fundraising is evolving to adapt to a more transparent, open Web 2 world.

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STT Booms into Toronto

By Kori Brus on Jun 25, 2009
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The Social Tech Training and NetChange Week 2009 have come and gone, but after the dust settled what remains is a strong and growing community of emerging leaders filled with new ideas for innovation in their digital campaigns, tools, and programs, and maybe even something a whole lot bigger.

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A Message for STT'ers from Don Tapscott

By Kori Brus on Jun 18, 2009
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Day 3 of Social Tech Training kicked off with a specially recorded video address from world renowned digital futurist Don Tapscott.

The author of Growing Up Digital and Wikinomics sent a special message to the leaders of STT participating organizations, executive and communications directors, who are often from a different demographic than their web teams. Don drives home the critical importance of culture change and adaptation, and posits that our rapidly shifting world demands those qualities of any organization that hopes to be successful in the digital age.

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12 Million Videos for Mom

By Kori Brus on May 22, 2009
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That’s the current count for the viral success of US NGO MomsRising.org’s Mom of the Year Video launched earlier this month. Leveraging great production value and clever customization that features Byonce, Brad Pitt and President Obama, this overwhelmingly successful viral campaign lets anyone give their own mother the nod for Mom of the Year in a television style “news” clip.

How did they do it when most non-profit videos fizzle out after a few thousand views?

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Is Slacktivism Replacing Activism?

By Kori Brus on May 21, 2009
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This week at foreignpolicy.com, online activism was given a pretty scathing critique, with much of its activity defined as "slacktivism" - one click actions that have no impact politically or socially, but cater to a "lazy generation" that is uninterested in the traditional hands on activism of the past.

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A Humble Model of Success - Jeff Regen Interview

By Kori Brus on Apr 20, 2009

Jeff Regen is a pioneering leader in online strategy who has built a formidable digital program at Defenders of Wildlife in Washington, DC. Since 2004, their online community has grown to more than 800,000 e-supporters, tacks one million yearly advocacy actions, and brings in $5 million-all on the back of an innovative online model that embraces the best of emerging web tools, and which formed the foundation for this year's Social Tech Training.

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Right-Wing Taking the Lead in Social Media?

By Kori Brus on Apr 20, 2009

While cash strapped progressive orgs and traditional advocacy organizations sometimes hesitate or balk at investing in web 2.0 their mission may be coming under new attack, from a well funded right-wing that is embracing viral media.

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