The 21st Century Citizen. How do we Get Involved Today?

For the past ten years my partner at qmedia solutions and I have been doing a lot of pro bono work for a number of not-for-profits and charities. We've really enjoyed it but we wanted to do more. First we wanted to tell stories about some of the amazing people who had inspired us. And so we started with TV storytelling and on October 26th Get Involved had it's World Premiere on TVO-- Ontario's premiere public broadcaster. So far we have produced 25 profiles of amazing innovators, social entrepreneurs and activists. Take a look at our stories. Tell us what you think. Tell us about people or organizations that inspire you. During our research we sensed a growing movement growing all around us-- people realizing their skills and their expertise can be used not only to bring them financial rewards but deeper connection and meaning in their lives. And so our next step was to concieve of a website that would transform the inspiration of the television profiles and help propell people into action and Getinvolved.ca was born. Join the conversation...

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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Digital U hits NetChange Week!

GetInvolved.ca's series about digital and social media literacy heads to NetChange for

Internet Week!

Net Change is a week-long forum dedicated to exploring the intersection between social technology and social change.

We're going to be interviewing some fantastic people throughout the week, like Beth Kanter, CEO Zoetica and author of Beth's Blogs: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media, Jeremy Heimans, CEO of Purpose and Dr Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario.

All great interviews for our second season of Digital U, a series that explores how social media is affecting social change.

Season one of the Digital U podcasts include interviews from Mitch Joel, Twist Image, Jason Mogus, Communicopia, Meghan Warby, Hill & Knowlton Canada, Beka Economopoulos, Fission Strategy, Craig Heintzman , World Wide Web Foundation, Christopher Berry, Critical Mass, and Sacha Chua, IBM. ALL of the 8 episodes are on Get Involved HERE or check out a full schedule and descriptions.

Topics covered range from explaining the crowdsourcing phenomenon and how to create an effective online persona, to online activism and how consumers are being empowered through social technology. You’ll also hear about people’s favourite digital media tools and how not to be overwhelmed by information, but instead how to manage its flow.

Digital U has made learning easy, and if you want to find out even more about social media, listen to our 20+ full length podcasts and become an expert yourself!

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