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Saturday, January 13, 2007

Billanthropy Squared:a virtual community way to openly value Billanthropy & all change the world methods?

I think I have innovated a way forward to get any deeply concerned virtual community to debate which change the world methods it values most, or even wholly knows of

if you have a minute click http://www.omidyar.net/group/community-general/news/1368/

I can't recall if you have to register before it will let you see; this is the community space where nearly 15000 people interested in exploring microfinace communicate thanks to the gracious hosting of Pierre and Pam Omidyar

Naturally since they are among the most innovative CTW resources of 2006, this is also a no-cost marketing format that aims to get people to have a look at Ashoka's 16 global academy videos, and debate how they can be related to other significant happenings like how civil society can influence Billanthropy - the world's biggest philanthropist's web, or getting Blair's people's judges on the G8's promises to Africa connected everywhere humanitarians chatter. The latter is particularly urgent if we are to succeed in furthering Grajew's 2 aims on Africa as I understand them:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6180036948830658291

*make the world social forum in Kenya in January more exciting for economic reform than the world economic forum; not too difficult if we remember to politely ask schwab to collaborate

*up the annual ante for global corporates who do or dont join benchmarking syndicates on sustainability valuation

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note: of course what can be laid out is constrained by the lowest common denominator of what virtual community software permits- so I realise the format isn't the prettiest in the world- but a question for you- what other virtual communities should this conversation format be tested in next?

chris.macrae@yahoo.co.uk

US tel 301 881 1655 - DC region

http://billanthropy.blogspot.com