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Assunta Krehl

MaRS' Net Change Week: Social experiment and huge success - 0 views

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Net Change Social Entrepreneurship Social Technology Don Tapscott Bill White Lisa Torjman

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  • Between June 8-12, 2009, MaRS held our first ever Net Change, a week dedicated to exploring this intersection between social technology and social change.
  • Fourteen different Net Change events, including an art show, experimented with ways of creating and sharing information and knowledge on this question. Bridging the “digital divide” between web professionals and people creating social change, participants were from all different sectors and leadership levels. T
  • Net Change also addressed critical concepts such as how to measure the impact of social technology, and what we really mean by social change, while including storytelling to hit theoretical concepts home.
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  • Web 2.0 training sessions for organizations, non-profits and social purpose ventures Conversations with keynotes and panel discussions hosted by community partners like Mobile Monday @MaRS, Toronto Net Tuesday and Wired Wednesday Immersion sessions that “prepare your mind” for innovative thought
  • Net Change story
  • Net Change video message from Don Tapscott:
  • “The Skills Exchange”:
  • profound innovation and social change
  • Bill White, a member of MaRS’ Board of Directors at our evening “Fireside Chat”
  • Net Change Art Show:
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    Net Change, a week dedicated to exploring this intersection between social technology and social change. Lisa Torjman's interview with CP24's "Homepage."
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County facing 'worst' budget scenario - LA Daily News - 1 views

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shared by Tim T on 12 Jan 10 - Cached
  • 2010-11 "will probably be the worst year for county services in recent history."
  • Hoping to close a $19.9 billion budget gap over the next 18 months
  • governor on Friday proposed $8.5 billion in cuts in health and social services and $4.5 billion in alternative funding and fund shifts
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  • If the federal government doesn't provide the state with an additional $6.9 billion requested by Schwarzenegger, the governor's budget calls for eliminating In-Home Supportive Services, CalWORKS welfare and Healthy Families programs, which provides services to millions of Californians.
  • "There are recommendations to cut more than $2.9 billion from social service programs," McIntosh said. "This action alone will further push families into poverty, putting them in a dire situation from which they may never recover."
  • Elimination of these programs will, in turn, impact other areas as well, including the criminal justice system, the homeless population and county welfare rolls. Elimination of the IHSS and CalWORKS programs would put 450,000 people out of work.
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