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

Session Notes: Reproduce & Revolt - The Role of Design, Art and Culture in Community Transformation

By Sarah Pullman on 10/03/2007 - 19:38

Led by Favianna Rodriguez, Tumis

Session Notes: Storytelling

By Sarah Pullman on 10/03/2007 - 19:17

Voci works to help companies and organizations create, hopefully, wildly fabulous brand stories that engage with audiences on their terms and with their language to spark them to take action.

Session Notes: Human-Centred Design Practices: 5 Common Myths

By Sarah Pullman on 10/03/2007 - 19:13

with Dave Robertson of Critical Mass

Session Notes: Campaign Strategy - Leveraging Technology Within It

By Sarah Pullman on 10/03/2007 - 18:37

led by Liz Butler and Cristen Perks

Session Notes: Innovation Processes - Staying on the Edge of Cutting

By Sarah Pullman on 09/21/2007 - 17:34

Session facilitator: Michael Silberman, EchoDitto

First You Voted... Now We Are Asking for Money!

By Sarah Pullman on 08/09/2007 - 18:23

Thanks so much to all of you who took the time to vote for our proposal at GiveMeaning. We were able to reach the required 100 votes fairly handily, and are now ready to receive donations to our Diversity Scholarship Fund.

Help Us Bring More Diversity to Web of Change

By Sarah Pullman on 07/24/2007 - 08:28

We need you to vote for our proposal at GiveMeaning, so that we can start raising money for our Diversity Fund!

We believe strongly that it is important that Web of Change offer a more inclusive environment than many of the other tech conferences out there. The conversation about the best ways to use technology to bring about lasting social change needs to include as wide a range of voices as possible – not just those who can afford to be there.

Enter Our Story Contest!

By Sarah Pullman on 06/25/2007 - 12:30

Calling all Web of Change alumni...

We want to publish a handful of powerful stories, on our site and in our newsletter, because we know that many of you are doing some of the most innovative and inspiring social change work out there. We want to inspire the broader public with what is happening in our sector.

New Site is Up!

By Sarah Pullman on 04/26/2007 - 23:36

Today we launched the new Web of Change site, complete with beautiful new headers, and fresh content. If you're reading via RSS, be sure to check it out!

Progressive Online Media Podcast is Up

By Sarah Pullman on 10/25/2006 - 23:25

Just wanted to write a quick note that the audio recording of "Progressive Online Media: Let's Talk" is now available online.

It is posted here, and is also available as part of the session notes here.

It was a great session – if you missed it, be sure to check it out!

Helping the People Who Help the People Who Change the World

By Jason Mogus on 10/16/2006 - 14:35

Note: This is a reprint from my blog at www.communicopia.com.

A few weeks ago I predicted that this year’s Web of Change conference would be our best ever. I guess you would expect a conference founder to make such a claim, but this year we really pulled something new and magical off.

The Problem of Many-in-One/Council of Canadians Peer-to-Peer Session

By Dan Bashaw on 10/11/2006 - 11:14

During the Peer-to-peer breakout sessions (aka “Workshopping your Issue”) a group of us created an ad hoc session focusing on the web site design and development issues faced by the Council of Canadians, a progressive national organization with 70 local chapters scattered across the country.

Session Notes: Turning Online Campaigns into Offline Action

By Sarah Pullman on 09/27/2006 - 12:48

with Roz Lemieux (New Organizing Institute), Liz Butler (ForestEthics) and Michael Silberman (EchoDitto)

Session Notes: Campaign Strategy - Understanding & Leveraging

By Sarah Pullman on 09/26/2006 - 16:34

with Leda Dederich (dotOrganize) and Liz Butler (ForestEthics)

Enter the Meatrix: 3 questions

By Anonymous on 09/25/2006 - 16:40

The Meatrix captured a lot of people’s attention when it was released in the fall of 2003. It ‘went viral’ in a way not seen before for an advocacy film. Since its launch, the animation has been viewed millions of times and won numerous awards at film and online festivals.

The film has now become the reference point for activists who want their issue to ‘go viral’, inspiring a word-of-mouse buzz that puts an issue in front of millions of people.

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