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Donate Now!Effective Social Media Workflow
gunner | 28 Jul 2010 - 08:30
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Aspiration Executive Director Allen Gunn was delighted to speak at the 2010 Annual Conference of the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, on one of his favorite topics, Effective Social Media Workflow.
Crisis Congress at the World Bank
15 July, 2010 - 16 July, 2010
World Bank, Washington DC
We journeyed to the World Bank headquarters in Washington DC to design and drive the agenda for the 2010 Crisis Congress. Aspiration’s travel and participation supported by the generosity of Mozilla as a part of their Drumbeat initiative.
The first-ever face-to-face meeting of all the city leads in the Crisis Commons community was a high-energy opportunity for an international network of crisis response practitioners to convene in person for the first time. Topics ranged from assessing the responses to the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, to discussing collaborative technology development, open standards, volunteer engagement and project sustainability. Participant travel to The Congress was supported by the generosity of the The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Aspiration also designed and facilitated three focus groups on the day before the Congress at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, engaging peer NGOs, representatives from the private sector, and academia to discuss both how better to employ these stakeholders in crisis response, as well as how Crisis Commons could better support the efforts of those networks.
Event proceedings were streamed live, and notes were captured on the Crisis Commons wiki. Thanks to Mozilla and Crisis Commons for a great time in DC!
Drumbeat Berlin
8 May, 2010
Betahaus, Berlin, Germany
Calling Everyone Who Loves the Open Web to Drumbeat Berlin!
Drumbeat is Mozilla’s initiative to keep the web open for the next 100 years and beyond. Aspiration is partnering with Mozilla to lead the Drumbeat Local Event strategy.
Drumbeat Berlin is an invitation to get involved for teachers, artists, lawyers, filmmakers and other everyday internet users who can do things that will make the web better, and keep it open for the long haul.
Drumbeat Toronto
24 April, 2010
The Gladstone, Toronto, Canada
Aspiration was delighted to kick off our Drumbeat Local Event partnership with Mozilla at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto. Drumbeat is Mozilla’s initiative to keep the web open for the next 100 years and beyond, and local events around the world are a core component of the strategy.
Check out pictures from the event.
Aspiration/TechSoup Webinar on Twitter Essentials
gunner | 15 Mar 2010 - 11:52
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Aspiration once again partnered with TechSoup for another free webinar, Around the Twitter World in 60 Minutes.
Twitter has claimed its place on the short list of communications tools for nonprofits and libraries to consider when designing online strategies. The webinar surveyed the Twitter landscape, explaining core concepts, enumerating best practices, and describing the tools and tactics that exist to leverage Twitter’s strengths.
Aspiration Partnering with Mozilla on Global Drumbeat Event Initiative
gunner | 2 Mar 2010 - 12:18
Aspiration is proud to be partnering with Mozilla to drive the local event strategy for their Drumbeat project. Aspiration will help to prototype what Drumbeat Local events look like across the globe, and train local organizers in how to design and run their own Drumbeat events. The event format and philosophy will be based on Aspiration’s own facilitation methodology.
What is Mozilla Drumbeat? With the aim of finding the next cool ideas that will make the web more open, Mozilla has created Drumbeat, with the goal of better connecting and growing the global community of people using web technology to understand, participate and take control of their online lives. Drumbeat provides a forum for people to share project ideas — and matches the most promising ideas with contributors, funds and guidance. For more information, visit the Drumbeat site.
Mozilla is also looking for local partners and leaders to help them engage the global community of people passionate about keeping the web vibrant and open.
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