Chattanooga Fellows Network 9/16
September 16
CreateHere
Regular monthly meetings take place the 3rd Thursday of each month at CreateHere. Arrival and social time starts at 5:30 pm, with the meeting starting promptly at 6:00 pm and ending at 7:00 pm. Contact Sharon Turner for more information sharonturnerlom@comcast.net
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Meet and Greet: Katie Boswell
Katie has just moved to the US from the UK, where she was Behavior Change Program Coordinator at London Sustainability Exchange, running a groundbreaking health promotion program in 20 low-income areas in London. Prior to this, she was a Consultant with Rocket Science UK Ltd for three years, working with a range of government departments, multinational companies and non-profit organizations. She has also worked for Indian NGO Seva Mandir and international orphanage charity SOS Children’s Villages.
Katie is passionate about initiatives to increase social justice and she was invited to become a Fellow of the RSA in 2008 in recognition of notable work with disadvantaged individuals, groups and communities. When in London, she regularly attended RSA House lectures and meet-ups and enjoyed meeting many inspiring Fellows from all walks of life. Outside the RSA, she was on the Executive Board of the London Civic Forum and worked as a voluntary teacher of English and IT in her spare time.
Recently relocating with her partner to Palo Alto, CA, Katie is currently studying for a Masters in Social Research Methods and undertaking internships to learn more about the non-profit sector and public policy in the US. She is particularly interested to hear from Fellows working in these sectors or located in the Bay Area.
Katie can be contacted on katie.boswell@cantab.net
New York Planning Meeting
Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 6.00 pm
Location: 230 Park Avenue South on 19th Street
Open Meeting to evaluate Proposals from Fellows.
In our recent discussions a number of ideas were put forward under several headings including but not limited to Education, Sustainability/Climate Change, Local Community Development and Design.
Bring your ideas and let’s see how we can turn them into fruitful RSA projects that bring significant benefits to civil society.
It was agreed that Fellows should develop proposals for review at this upcoming meeting. A one-page proposal as a minimum should state the following:
- Purpose or objective
- Outcome and benefits expected
- How it fits within the mission of RSA
- Resources needed, including process, key steps and timing
Here are three examples of ideas in the pipeline:
Bronxville NY: The objective is to form a Village Green Committee that creates greater awareness in the community the environment. A hoped-for outcome is to save energy and money through improved building insulation and thus save the planet. We are currently investigating how to engage local high school and college students.
Energy in Common, a green energy and microfinance project headed up by Hugh Whalan which has recently been awarded a catalyst grant.
New York City: An annual prize might be created to encourage design professionals to develop proposals for improving the quality of life in the city. RSA might sponsor the prize with the Mayor of New York and a major corporation at an annual award ceremony to raise the money and provide higher visibility for RSA.
October meeting is being planned on Entrepreneurship.
For more information and to attend please contact:
Robin Thompson at 212 614 3906 or e-mail robin.thompson@landor.com
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We are happy to pass along announcements from RSA Fellows which are in keeping with the RSA’s mission. RSA is not responsible for the content of Fellows’ websites or organization of Fellows’ events.Policy and Internet
The most recent issue of Policy & Internet, includes articles on the role of the Internet in a wide range of policy processes and sectors as well as a Call for Papers for a Special Issue on Cybercrime, to be published in Spring 2011. Policy and Internet is published by the Oxford Internet Institute and Policy Studies Organization in Washington DC.
Agenda Setting in a Digital Age: Tracking Attention to California Proposition 8 in Social Media, Online News and Conventional News
Ben Sayre, Leticia Bode, Dhavan Shah, Dave Wilcox, and Chirag Shah
Virtual Policy Networks in Forestry and Climate Change in the U.S. and Canada: Government Nodality, Internationalization and Actor Complexity
Kathleen McNutt and Adam Wellstead
Deliberating Environmental Policy Issues: Comparing the Learning Potential of Online and Face-To-Face Discussions on Climate Change
Julien Talpin and Stephanie Wojcik
The Development of Japanese Data Protection
Andrew A. Adams, Kiyoshi Murata, and Yohko Orito
The Application of Net Neutrality to Wireless Networks Based on Network Architecture
Scott Jordan
The Essential Internet: Digital Exclusion in Low-Income American Communities
Alison Powell, Amelia Bryne, and Dharma Dailey
Paul Rich, FRSA
President – Policy Studies Organization
1527 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel. (202) 483-2512 Fax (202) 483-2657
www.ipsonet.org/ works.bepress.com/paulrich/
Live Creative Exchange
Unmade: Making It!
A global event celebrating the incredible possibilities in creative collaboration.
29 September 2010
07.00 – 09.00 (CDT)
On September 29th we’ll be conducting a global experiment, bringing together participants from the USA, Europe, Australia and Asia. Here’s the challenge:
How it would be if we could each easily contribute to the making of our world, from wherever we might be?
What are the possibilities for live creative exchange, so that an idea might be exchanged around the world, a development encouraged, a discovery explored, a solution found?
Might it be possible to enhance all our creative opportunities, by bringing us together?
The creative arts are a powerful force for development, and for human communication and human exchange. We’ll bring together artists, writers, performers from different parts of the globe, to work together (live!) for 2 hours, creating, discussing, observing, exchanging.
This event – like the alchemist’s crucible — will aim to to be a vessel for development, a chance to create something new and exciting, simply by working together, live through new technologies. This is not an “alternative reality” or “computer generated imagery”. Making It! is live creative human interaction via stream/audio stream, around the world!
We invite everyone to get involved in “Making It!” by logging on to www.unmade.org (07.00 – 09.00 CDT on 29 Sept) and watching the event.
Or feel free to email us any questions you might like to ask the participants – before or during the event, at: makingit@unmade.org.
Looking for to welcoming you to “Making It!”
PS: If you’re interested in getting even more involved, we’d welcome an email about linking in via Skype from your own location on the day/night (our Skype address for the event will be: unmade2010)
Graeme Harper
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We are happy to pass along announcements from RSA Fellows which are in keeping with the RSA’s mission. RSA is not responsible for the content of Fellows’ websites or organization of Fellows’ events.