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An alphabet of possibilities What do Twitter and Facebook have to do with making a difference?

Careers in ICT that change the world

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An alphabet of possibilitiesWhat do Twitter and Facebook have to do with making a difference?

Jasmin Tragas @wonderwebby

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“When a woman invests in the lives of others, she propels herself forward into more of her own destiny...the unlikely dividend of living a life for others is discovering the purpose of your own.”

Anita Pahor ‘The Letter A’

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Over $7,000 raised for Opportunity International’s microfinance programs for Filipino women in poverty, plus a $10,000 pledge, using social media.

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Be strategic

• How can you put your skills, experience, connections, your passion and your confidence to work?

• How can you develop these things?

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Conversation

Bloggers around the world raised money for Variety Children’s Charity, through the Age of Conversation and the Age of Conversation 2

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Determine to make a difference

• What kind of impact do you want to make?• Dream big• Be passionate about your cause• Connect with others• Find out what skills you need to make that

impact

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Electricity

• Smarter Energy • Source: IBM A/NZ social media

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Facebook Connections and Causes

Image source: Beth Kanter

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Phaedra BoinidirisCEO and Co-Founder of WomenGamers.com USA

“Games was what pulled my sister and I into the tech world. There was something escapist, compelling, creative about games. We decided to design our own- spending hours and hours learning Basic, learning fundamental design”

Games

Source: WorldShapers ebook

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Heroes

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Daphne NederhorstFounder and Executive Director of SAWA Canada

“We use digital story telling in a new way. A way where the unsung heroes in the world’s poorest countries can showcase their innovative solutions to solve extreme poverty to a global audience via video and web tools. These heroes, individuals, have changed million of lives and protected hundreds of thousands areas of natural habitat. Sawa Heroes hold valuable lessons for all of humanity”

Source: WorldShapers ebook

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Infrastructure

• Smarter Transport • Courtesy of IBM Social Media A/NZ

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Jump In

Take small steps to build your confidence (Images by Wonderwebby)

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Kindness

• You’ll find it somewhere tucked inbetween tweets, through online donations from strangers on ChipIn or wrapped around the creative work of Etsy artists selling things online to raise funds for a bushfire appeal

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Marigo Raftopolous - Management Consultant, Serious Games evangelist @marigo Australia

“Thanks to technology, winning hearts and minds is now easier as it has powered sharing and collaboration on a mass scale. So as long as we are passionate about our world in our own hearts, we all have the tools to make a difference.”

Source: WorldShapers ebook

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Learning

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“I've had many moments when my thinking about the nature of learning - true learning - has been transformed, changed and transformed again. The members of this community give generously of their expertise - its a genuine gift-giving community, where people share their stories, their knowledge, and their time ”

Dr Angela A Thomas Author Youth Online,Sydney University @anyaixchel Australia

Source: WorldShapers ebook

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Mentoring

• Chat, Tweets, Facebook• Smith Family program

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Not for Profits

• Social Media• Passionistas• Technology

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Orphans

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Karen Maunu, Associate Executive Director, Love Without Boundaries Foundation @karenmaunu_lwb USA

“Moms can make a huge difference because they care so deeply about children and families; almost all our volunteers are women and moms.  Our foundation was started by a mom who went back to her daughter’s orphanage and found a child dying of heart disease.  From that first visit 6 years ago, we are now helping over 1,500 children a year, many of these now adopted into families”

Source: WorldShapers ebook

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“Across the world young people are making important contributions as world citizens, productive workers, entrepreneurs, consumers and agents of change”

Annie Le CavalierDirector Vibewire Youth Inc. @vibewire Australia

Passion

Source: WorldShapers ebook

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Questions?

Before we get to R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y & Z?

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Roles including:

• Creative• Technical• Project Management• Operations• Business• Communications• Community

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Sustainability

Sandy Skees, President and Founderwww.communications4good.com @sandyskees USA

“It's time to restore the planet's bounty and create well-being for everyone knowing that we are all connected, dependent upon and truly invested in each other”

Source: WorldShapers ebook

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Smart Technology

• Smarter Water• Courtesy of IBM A/NZ Social Media

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Talk

• Use your voice to make a difference• Be a leader• Twitter isn’t just for celebrities

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Stacey Monk CEO and Co-Founder Epic Change @staceymonk USA

“Loan capital has been raised primarily online from nearly 1000 donors, most notably TweetsGiving, which raised over $11,000 in 48 hours from the Twitter community. 

The funds raised from TweetsGiving have now built a classroom in Tanzania where the Twitter handles of donors are painted on the walls.”

Source: WorldShapers ebook

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U can do it

Debra Askanase, CEO, Community Organizer 2.0. Social Media for Non Profits @askdebra Jerusalem

“With new applications and developments every day, the social web offers unlimited potential and power to change our world for the better.”

Source: WorldShapers ebook

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Virtual worlds

• Secondlife and games that make a difference• Mentoring and onboarding

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Amy JusselFounder/Executive Director of Shaping Youth USA

“Women have a unique ‘lens’ with which to view children’s socio-emotional health, understanding how pop culture is defining kids before they even have a chance to define themselves”…”women expanded the conversation via Twitter, text, mobile/social using inclusiveness to roll forward with unstoppable momentum, much like the viral video ‘The Girl Effect.’”

Worldshapers

Source: WorldShapers ebook

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Nancy White Founder, Full Circle Associates @NancyWhite USA

“Together we understand more. We stand strong. We hold each other up when all else feels hopeless or we fear we will never be heard.

Women have been at the forefront of community. They have been the waves of change, flowing over the rocks of challenge and organizational inertia.”

Source: WorldShapers ebook

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Express yourself

There’s a place for creativity in the world of ICT

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“We are discovering how visual language can work on the web with new visualization technologies”

Eileen Clegg Founder of Visual Insight @eileenclegg USA

Source: WorldShapers ebook

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YOU!

• It’s about putting your skills, experience, connections, your passion and your confidence to work

• What are yours?

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ZOMG! I can do something too!

• What are my skills?• How can I apply them to my passions?• Do I have enough experience? How can I get

experience? (study? Work experience? Volunteering?)

• Do I need a mentor?

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