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Assunta Krehl

Net Change Week (Social Entrepreneurship - Change.org) - 0 views

  • Net Change is a week-long event, June 8-12, 2009, designed to explore how social technology can bolster social change. Presented by the Social Innovation Generation team at MaRS (SiG@MaRS), Net Change Week will tap into the potential that exists when new methods of communicating, organizing and mobilizing are brought to bear on chronic social issues.
  • Eli Malinski sounds off on Net Change: "Social technology is revolutionizing social change.
  • Net Change is the banner under which all sorts of partners are hosting events, discussions and workshops that align with the core mission of exploring the intersection of social change and new media.
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  • * Social Tech Training, or My Charity Connects * Innovation Parkour * Social Mastermind // Social Media for Social Change * The Skills Exchange * Defining and Measuring Social Success And in the evenings, Net Change brings unique community collaborations like: * Mobile Monday takes a social change perspective * Toronto's Internet Town Hall at the Gladstone Hotel * Cocktails and Inspiration: a discussion on profound innovation and social change with Eric Young in conversation with Bill White. * Wired Wednesday gets a dose of Web of Change * Refresh Events encourages collaborative partnerships
  • Net Change's ticketed and free events are taking place at the MaRS Centre. For more information on events and how to be involved, check out http://www.netchangeweek.ca.
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    Lisa Torjman's blog on Net Change Week happening June 8-12, 2009 which is designed to explore how social technology can bolster social change.
Assunta Krehl

Social masterminds challenging social media for social change | danielpatricio.com - 0 views

  • Netchange Week taking place at the innovation hub of Toronto – the MaRS Discovery District.
  • Net Change is Canada’s first week long, city wide event designed to dissolve the divide between digital professionals and social change-makers. With a full five day schedule of sessions helping learn more about leveraging technology to aid awareness of their causes and as a catalyst for social change.
  • ssues faced by the charity we noticed they shared similar problems that many for-profits and small businesses faced. They had limited marketing resources, need to reach out the people that need their services and increase awareness of the good work they were doing.
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  • The challenge we faced was how do we increase awareness
  • We looked at how with a simple web cam or flip camera we could share the strongest messages that people needed to hear.
  • most important social media tools can be email and a blog.
  • tools are important for four reasons. They leverage existing investments of time and resources They allow orgs to add multimedia to existing communication channels eg. newsletters They enable easier sharing than existing tools They are sustainable
  • Social media strategy needs to be adopted by the whole organisation not just by someone who is technically savvy.
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    Daniel Patricio's take on Net Change Week at MaRS. Net Change week is a city wide event designed to reduce the divide between digital professionals and social change-makers.
Assunta Krehl

Social Media Week - TO Tech - January 18, 2010 - 0 views

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    Social Media Week will address concerns of social media and youth. MaRS facilitated events guide discussions to implementation and practicality.
Assunta Krehl

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

  • 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."
Assunta Krehl

JOLT's first six startups have heavy social component - IT Business.ca - August 16, 2012 - 0 views

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    The following six start-ups will comprise JOLT's first summer cohort: Prof (interactive social education platform), Vennpage (infographics), ShelfLife (social commerce for fans of collectibles), SlingRide (social network for booking rideshare trips), Greengage Mobile (social platform encouraging eco-sustainable practices in the workplace) and tout.it  (social media platform for sports fans).
George Botos

AZ pitches social-media rules to FDA - FiercePharma - 0 views

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    AstraZeneca has made its social-media pitch to the FDA. In response to the agency's call for comments on new rules for online marketing and communications, the drugmaker outlined some ways interactions with customers--and potential customers--might be governed. Read more: http://www.fiercepharma.com/story/az-pitches-social-media-rules-fda/2010-03-02?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal#ixzz0h2feB1qq
Assunta Krehl

Marketwire - Addictive Mobility Selected to Participate in Social Media for the Enterpr... - 0 views

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    Addictive Mobility, a leader in mobile social targeting and a MaRS client, participated in tthe Social Media for the Enterprise--powered by professional social network, LinkedIn and MaRS Discovery District. The panel discussion was held February 15, 2012 at the MaRS Centre.
Assunta Krehl

Social change event aimed at young people - UW Daily Bulletin - 0 views

  • “Social technology: This workshop will focus on emerging online media strategies, products and services in order to advance social purpose work. The use of online media strategies is absolutely critical as we can no longer use old methodologies to look at new ways for solving problems.” Leaders: Joseph Dee and Lisa Torjman of Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District, and Ryerson University sociologist Sam Ladner.
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    Studio Earth will be held in downtown Kitchener and is sponsored by SiG@Waterloo - the university's "Social Innovation Generation" agency. Lisa Torjman and Joseph Dee from MaRS Discovery District along with Sam Ladner from Ryerson will lead the Social Technology workshop.
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    Studio Earth will be held in downtown Kitchener and is sponsored by SiG@Waterloo - the university's "Social Innovation Generation" agency. Lisa Torjman and Joseph Dee from MaRS Discovery District along with Sam Ladner from Ryerson will lead the Social Technology workshop. Jan 9, 2009
Assunta Krehl

It's all about making connections - The Beacon Herald - January 12, 2012 - 0 views

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    Social media is all about making connections. "Individuals and businesses alike need to be as open, transparent and "authentic" as possible when it comes to their online presence, said Karen Schulman Dupuis, a Stratford social media strategist and manager, digital communications, at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto."
Cathy Bogaart

Social Media Tools for Work & Learning - 0 views

  • social media tools as they are utilized in the non-profit, business and education sectors
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    Brent MacKinnon consults with non-profits on using social media tools to effect change. Met through STT (Social Tech Training), he's based in Toronto.
Assunta Krehl

RBC Announces $20 Million in Commitments to New Social and Environmental Initiative - R... - 0 views

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    "RBC announced a $20 million commitment to a new social and environmental initiative aimed at facilitating solutions to social and environmental problems. "Ilse Treurnicht, CEO of MaRS and chair of the Canadian Task Force on Social Finance. "This announcement is an important watershed moment for impact finance in Canada. RBC's commitment is both innovative and forward-thinking."
Assunta Krehl

The Social Consumer: Cashing in on the social graph - MaRS Market Insights - Toronto - ... - 0 views

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    MaRS is having a Market Insights event on social commerce opportunities on April 17.
Assunta Krehl

Conference at Metro Hall Brings together mentors and emerging entrepreneurs - Yonge Str... - 0 views

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    "On March 27 and 28, a group of experts and 100 young people convened at Toronto's Metro Hall for a two-day conference hosted by Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada (YSEC), in partnership with social innovation advisory service MaRS.The goal of the re:Vision conference was to leave participants with "practical know-how, new lenses for project design, and a wealth of earned knowledge that can be applied to their initiatives." Cheryl May, advisor and practice lead of social innovation at MaRS, describes her views on Vision."
Assunta Krehl

Innovative shopping site TeamSave.com launches from new Ryerson Digital Media Zone - Yo... - 0 views

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    TeamSave.com offers products and services at deep discounts for a limited time -- potential buyers are encouraged to spread the word about the sale via social networks in order to get enough buyers to make the transaction go through. TeamSave is a MaRS Client and is housed at Ryerson University's Digital Media Zone.
Assunta Krehl

Open-source politics breathe fresh air into the Big Smoke - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

  • Social change and Internet ideals have gotten hitched, and the results are going to change the way Torontonians live.
  • That prevalence of social networks is starting to have unexpected real-world results.
  • ools like Twitter, which encourage people to exchange small thoughts with each other in public, have helped knock Toronto's open-culture scene into high gear.
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  • Ryan Merkley, a senior adviser to Mayor David Miller, was working an easel in the basement of the MaRS building at College and University. Attendees of an un-conference called ChangeCamp — a collection of programmers, activists, politicians and media types — were shouting out suggestions for what municipal information they'd like to see the city put online.
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    Social change and internet ideas are changing lives for Torontonians.
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    Social change and internet ideas are changing lives for Torontonians. Jan 30, 2009
Cathy Bogaart

We Are Media - Materials - 0 views

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    Social media strategy templates: download the "tactical approaches and tools" and "strategy simulation game" . Made for non-profits, but applicable to for-profit businesses as well. From We Are Media's two-day intensive workshop.
Cathy Bogaart

uBuddy brings students together - Metro, Feb 18, 2011 - 0 views

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    Metro features uBuddy, a MaRS client whose social media product just launched. uBuddy, based at the University of Toronto, allows students to facilitate note-sharing, meetings and course discussions online.
Miguel Amante

Net Change Week: Toronto's social innovators are making Don Tapscott's predictions come... - 0 views

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    It's Net Change Week at MaRS and tech-biz thinker Don Tapscott is asking us to rethink how, well, just about everything operates. It's a new way of doing things, and Toronto's social innovators like Michelle Hamilton-Page at Toronto Public Health are helping lead the way.
Sarah Hickman

Ode Magazine - A New Homepage for Intelligent Optimists - 0 views

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    A Netherlands publication, Ode's claim to fame is profiling interesting individuals and innovators before they are known globally (such as Patch Adams and Deepak Chopra) and making alternative media mainstream. Since 1995, Ode's goal has been to promote social, economic, and environmental ideas that change the world for the better. Available in Dutch and English, Ode publishes novel ideas, profiles interesting individuals that are making a change today, makes for a great social networking tool, and reports on people, culture, science and health, responsible business, and environment.
Cathy Bogaart

Unlocking mass-scale social innovation « Social-Business.us - 0 views

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    This blog talks about the strong social innovation community in Toronto. About MaRS, they say : "it's the most popular tag for the MARS blog"
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