Social Media Workshop for BizAcademy 2010
On Mar 17, 2010, I was invited to speak at the BizAcademy on social media strategy. BizAcademy is a 1-week business bootcamp during March break for entrepreneurial-minded youth that are around Toronto, between the ages of 15-19, and interested to be part of a community-oriented youth-led business.
Discussion on Social Entrepreneurship – “The 100″ Podcast, Episode 2
Jennifer King (of Capacity Waterloo Region) and Renjie Butalid, joined local community animators Hilary Abel and Brock Hart last Sunday, March 14 to record Episode 2 of The 100 podcast.
WLU Global Citizenship Conference 2010
I was invited to present a workshop on social innovation/social change this past weekend at the Wilfrid Laurier University Global Citizenship Conference 2010, where past keynote speakers have included Stephen Lewis and Romeo Dallaire. This year’s keynote speaker featured Andrea Smith, professor in the Department of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Riverside, and a nominee for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize.
Leveraging Technology for Positive Social Change #EpCon
Renjie’s talk at the EpCon conference in Waterloo last week, featured on TechVibes.
Survival of the Fittest: Why Young People want to Change the World
This blog post first appeared on the Ayllu Initiative website, as a response to my blog post published yesterday on Opportunities to Create Social Change, which focused on my understanding of the process of transformative social change. Melissa is part of a growing number of young people interested and actively involved in social change around the world, that I am ‘meeting’ online though blogs, Twitter, Facebook and other social networking communities.
Opportunities to Create Social Change – Workshop Recap
Understanding the process of transformative social change and how young people can become a part of the movement. I facilitated my first social innovation-related workshop on Thursday evening this past week and the response from the participants seemed positive.
