Still here at netsquared. Looking around at the audience in this economic sustainability session…and I think we are not capturing the resources that are in the room. When someone is sitting not far from me that is with pledgebank, and yet we aren’t talking about pledging…or Bring Light, who sponsored the event, doesn’t get to […]
San Jose at Cisco for the Netsquared N2Y2 event thanks to Omidyar Network and the Omidyar Network Community. We had speed geeking mixed with a Yahoo and Cisco talk the first part of the day. The speek geeking was appreciated by some as making it easier to get a sense of projects (as opposed to […]
Barcamp Portland. We started Friday night with networking and the creation of our sessions. I met some great people including Kara from White Lotus Design. Kara and I have similar haircuts and had on similar shirts. We decided to find out what else we had in common. Definitely a lot more than these superficial things. […]
From simplistic thinking to embracing complexity…writes Dave Pollard. He states: There are ten things to remember about complex adaptive systems (which include all social and ecological systems): It is impossible to know ‘enough’ about such systems to prescribe blanket ‘solutions’ to ‘problems’ in such systems: There are too many variables. A one size answer never […]
I just had a fantastic conversation with Eric Harris-Braun of Open Money. I am really excited to share this with you. Eric has started talking about currencies in a new way. He talks about wealth acknowledgment. Open Money, of course, is a group of people (Micheal Linton, Jean-Francois Noubel, and Eric Harris-Braun) working to open […]
Who is a leader? Who is not a leader? What qualities do nurturing leaders hold? Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible — the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family. Virginia Satir I don’t […]
Where would I be without the web? One Web Day celebrates the connection and collaboration that the web enables us to have. I couldn’t do the work I do without the web. I have serviced clients without ever meeting them or even talking on the phone. And those that I do meet or call also […]
We need a better world. And to have that better world, we will need better models. Ned may be the brand behind better worlding to come. Mark Grimes, founder and serial enterpreneur committed to doing good, describes Ned: Ned (a philanthropic franchise) is a small retail location in Portland, Oregon that is part better world […]
The question has been asked: What is your idea of The World We Want? I have chosen to answer. I have been reflecting on this question for a long time now. And while my answers are not yet complete, I am ready to share my first draft with you… What is your vision of a […]
Discovering our power to make good things happen Please join us for a three-day event of, by and for the omidyar.net community and friends — to build our capacity to make good things happen. What: Discovering Our Power to Make Good Things Happen When: July 14-16, 2006 pre-set schedule Where: Carleton Hotel, Oak Park, IL […]