NGO’s & Government

NGOs & Government
| 02/01/2010 | Tim Bevins

Real-world impact from virtual-world collaboration: Crisis Commons

Crisis Commons (http://www.Crisis Commons.org) is an “international volunteer network of professionals drawn together by a call to service. We create technological tools and resources for responders to use in mitigating disasters and crises around the …   Read more

NGOs & Government
| 01/30/2010 | Don Tapscott

Global problem solving? Stephen Harper defends the status quo

Although Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s speech on Thursday in Davos was received well, many of the delegates that I spoke with told me they thought Harper’s vision was too blinkered. With the conspicuous exception …   Read more

NGOs & Government
| 01/28/2010 | Don Tapscott

Davos: Nike and Partners Launch The GreenXchange

I mentioned in an earlier post that the World Economic Forum in Davos can be a catalyst for great ideas, and one example is the GreenXchange conceived by Nike.  Nike formally launched the Xchange Wednesday …   Read more

NGOs & Government
| 01/27/2010 | Jeff DeChambeau

Canadians friend Democracy on facebook

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Many years ago I fearlessly founded the facebook group “Joining Facebook Groups is My Way of Changing the World.” This past weekend my sarcastic cause lost a bit of steam as facebook contributed in earnest …   Read more