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Chad Nelsen who is the Environmental Director at the Surfrider Foundation where he has worked since 1998.  (He's currently getting his Ph.D in surf economics!) He gave a presentation about how Surfrider Foundation is striving to make its grassroots network more effective.    He touched on how they are using social networks/media in this effort.

Many of the recommendations in Fair society, healthy lives have been made in previous reports on health inequalities. I was part of the Marmot review team for a few months and we made a conscious decision not to make a long list of recommendations addressing every single aspect of health inequalities. Instead what the report seeks to do differently is to present health inequalities as a question of fairness and encourage all parts of society to play their part. Health inequalities are traditionally regarded as a problem for the NHS but as this report argues (reflecting the 1998 Acheson report) the NHS is but one player in this task. Tackling health inequalities means addressing the social determinants of health - those factors that shape health and wellbeing such as social environments, the housing and neighbourhoods where people live, education, income, standard of living, occupation and working conditions. Clearly the NHS cannot tackle these issues alone, central and local government departments, the third and private sectors as well as individuals themselves have a role to play. The report makes six wide-ranging recommendations. The primary recommendation is to give every child the best start in life. This means supporting Sure Start programmes, maternity services and parenting programmes so they can better deliver their services to those most in need. A great deal of evidence demonstrates that these programmes lead to long-term improvements in health and education outcomes - cutting these programmes would reverse the progress made in the last 10-15 years. Another recommendation is to create and develop healthy and sustainable places and communities. Those working in planning, transport, housing or environment departments need to work with their colleagues in public health to plan and develop joint strategies and outcomes. The quality of parks, the number of take-aways in an area, road safety - all of these decisions influence how we live our lives and

It's designed to give you and your team an at-a-glance look at the ingredients of advocacy efforts. It can guide you to clarify the elements of your own campaign: goals and impacts; audience; what you bring to your campaign; the activities and tactics you're planning for; and benchmarks along the way to your goals. As you click on your choices in each area, you will see your campaign strategy come into focus. And you'll get some clues about how to gauge your progress and make improvements.

Collaboration Multiplier is an interactive framework and tool for analyzing collaborative efforts across fields. It is designed to guide an organization to a better understanding of which partners it needs and how to engage them, or to facilitate organizations that already work together in identifying activities to achieve a common goal, identify missing sectors that can contribute to a solution, delineate partner perspectives and contributions, and leverage expertise and resources.

Social Edge is a program of the Skoll Foundation that was inspired by Jeff Skoll's commitment to connecting people with shared passions. Social Edge is the global online community where social entrepreneurs and other practitioners of the social benefit sector connect to network, learn, inspire and share resources.

The Media That Matters Film Festival is the premiere showcase for short films on the most important topics of the day. Local and global, online and in communities around the world, Media That Matters engages diverse audiences and inspires them to take action.

The country faces enormous challenges. PublicAgenda.org is designed to provide citizens and leaders with the tools they need to tackle them. You'll be able to get the critical facts, consider the choices and current public opinion, and learn new ways to work together on fundamental problems facing the country. Public Agenda is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to strengthen our democracy's capacity to take on tough issues.

TWH-P2020 is a handheld instrument with an integrated FTTx/PON optical power test, which is suitable for the acceptance, activation, and maintenance of BPON, EPON, and GPON. It can test the optical power of 1490nm, 1550nm, and 1310nm at any position in the PON network at the same time, and has a threshold setting function to determine the optical power "pass/fail" in the optical fiber and improve the network judgment time. The TWH-P2020 series also integrates the functions of OPM or VFL. And it has multiple functions. Color screen design, high definition, suitable for working in a variety of light environments. Hand-held design, lightweight, small size, long standby time, simple operation.

The Realise 40G QSFP+ to 4x 10G SFP+ breakout Active Optical Cables (AOCs) offer IT professionals a cost-effective interconnect solution for merging 40G QSFP+ and 10G SFP+ enabled host adapters, switches, and servers. For typical applications, users can install this breakout or splitter cable between an available QSFP+ port on40GE switch and feed up to 4 upstream SFP+ enabled 10GE switches. Each cable features a single SFF-8436compliant QSFP+ connector rated for 41.2Gb/s on one end and 4 SFF-8431 compliant SFP+ connectors rated for 10.3Gb/s each on the other end.