Authentic Social Media - I think, you think, we create (better) together

I think, you think, we create (better) together

We're here to make a positive difference through blogging and other social media - for ourselves, for our organisations, for others.

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Social Networking Wars

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Severn Suzuki address to Rio conference

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The Miniature Earth

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Music

Blog Posts

Hello World!

Ethical Trade & Info Community is coming into reality now.

Etic project is driven by personal interest and questions raised by my love for social anthropology, people, traveling, art and cultural products. I have been always fascinated by different cultures and their art and craft products, how their meaning has been changing in our modern world, through globalization, travel & tourism, technology, the Internet… How craft traditions, activities can be preserved in our fast changing worl… Continue

Posted by Eszter Kun on 11 June 2008 at 6:24pm

Social Media for the Third Sector

We hosted what became a passionate debate on Social Media… Continue

Posted by Libby Davy on 12 May 2008 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

Dalai Lama Comes to UK - May 2008 - last chance?

This may be the last chance we have to meet world peace leader Tenzin Gyatso the Dalai Lama of Tibet. A friend helping organise the tour has told us future tours are unlikely, due to his advancing years and some health issues affecting insurance.

Fortunately… Continue

Posted by Libby Davy on 2 May 2008 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

Social tools for coordinating collective action in Egypt

I was in Cairo, Egypt on holiday last week, and came across some news articles while reading the local papers, about how social tools like Facebook and Twitter were being used by pro-democracy activists in coordinating collective action against a number of Government measures, such as lack of freedom of speech (a number of bloggers have been jailed for supposedly defaming the country and Islam), the increase in food prices, in particular the price of bread, etc. Here's a link to my own blog site… Continue

Posted by Taline Haytayan on 1 May 2008 at 10:00pm

I Am An Activist - Tribute to Anita Roddick

I am a big fan and sometimes apologist for Anita Roddick. I am also an activist.

I have grown up with Anita's strong voice and heart, strong actions, in my life. She is like an inspiring, very sympatico Aunty, always there, always putting the fire in my belly.

The day she died was a da… Continue

Posted by Libby Davy on 21 April 2008 at 2:30pm — 3 Comments

Follow 'blogtivists' and each other on twitter

Hi all

Now we can share the highlights of our day with this group on Twitter.

Just search for blogtivists and follow on topic updates from me for the group.

You can also follow my personal tweets as libbydavy, some of which will be on topic and some of which will be very random.

If you meet someone you want to listen out for, check their profile for their Twitter account.

I will follow anyone who enters their account name in. If or when you start using Twitter, please update y… Continue

Posted by Libby Davy on 9 April 2008 at 8:00pm

Come & meet up in Brighton

Hi all

If you can make it to Brighton, we would love to see you after werk at our juicy new co-working space and creative hub The Werks. Meet like-minded folk in the Web 2.0 zone, writers, ethical biz and other happening folk, or just sip on something salubrious and celebrate the end of the week and the coming of spring! (Give or take a bit of snow.)

More info here.

First one was 25 April. Stay tuned for next date and… Continue

Posted by Libby Davy on 9 April 2008 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

Free tech resources for social/eco enterprise - and others

This was originally posted on our Authentic Blogging page. You can find it here, with full linkset to resource sites.

Anyone want to add to it? Things are shifting all the time. I guess Ning (the thing we are in right now) needs to be added for a start.

As you can see in this conversation… Continue

Posted by Libby Davy on 6 April 2008 at 8:57pm

Designing the Revolution II

This essay is a follow-up to Designing the Revolution, my initial response to Alix Rule’s The Revolution Will Not be Designed. Here is the essay in its entirety, unabridged from its first appearance at the Groundswell Blog on March 29, 2008. You can find the original post… Continue

Posted by James David on 4 April 2008 at 6:14pm

Designing the Revolution

I first published this article on January 30, 2008 at the Groundswell Blog. You can find the original post here.

Alix Rule recently penned an article titled The Revolution Will Not Be Designed for In These Times. The article centers around a criticism of Stanford's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design f… Continue

Posted by James David on 4 April 2008 at 6:11pm

Forum

Nestle Google ads 2 Replies

So I just saw a Nestle Google ad on the Authentic Blogging homepage which I found pretty out of place. After years of boycotting them along with thousands of other people due to the Baby Milk Actio...

Tagged: google, ads, nestle, nike, anti

Started by Beth Granter. Last reply by suzy miller 26 Jun 2008.

Social Media / Web 2.0 for the Third Sector

What do you think the key questions and issues facing charities, non-profits, social enterprises and other Third Sector folk are when looking at what's happening online? See our recent discussion ...

Started by Libby Davy 12 May 2008

Wanted: Web and Design Manager to make a difference

My favourite environment charity and excellent client, Global Action Plan, are looking for a Web and Design Manager, based in London. This is a nice role -- you get to manage the design side of thi...

Tagged: social, jobs, media, web

Started by Graeme Sutherland 7 May 2008

Joining the dots 7 Replies

We (as in, people who use the web a lot) increasingly inhabit multiple online spaces; Facebook, Upcoming, Twitter, a blog, forum contributions... Does that mean that we have multiple online person...

Started by Ruth Harper. Last reply by Graeme Sutherland 29 Apr 2008.

Libby is our Featured Teacher on School of Everthing this week 2 Replies

http://www.schoolofeverything.com Permalink: http://www.schoolofeverything.com/features/libbyda enjoy doing Featured Teachers because it gradually starts to build up this amazing sense of the diff...

Started by Mary Harrington. Last reply by Mary Harrington 17 Apr 2008.

What music inspires you? 14 Replies

Getting all multimedia around here. Just added two songs that really bring out the passionate activist in me. Was playing Franti's freaky people as I rode along the seafront the other day, after a...

Tagged: music, bragg, franti, activism

Started by Libby Davy. Last reply by Sarah Cheal 16 Apr 2008.

Letting go of control is hard!

Reposted from Social / Eco Enterprise Group Posted by Chris Anderson on 7 April 2008 at 8:03pm Talking with would-be bloggers at large campaigning organisations, one of the recurring issues is th...

Tagged: policy, blogging, ngo, authenticity, activism

Started by Libby Davy 7 Apr 2008

Does blogging make you smarter? 4 Replies

I would say yes, absolutely. By reflecting and writing, possibily sparking a discussion, we are bound to learn more, therefore to become smarter. Better out than in. But do we need to be more caref...

Started by Libby Davy. Last reply by Nick Booth 4 Apr 2008.

Can blogging create bamboo for pandas?

If we are all going to survive, let along thrive, we need bamboo. Think of bamboo as food. What kind of food? The good, healthy stuff that helps us grow. Think of bamboo as like minded people, as ...

Tagged: pandas, survival, slow, food, bamboo

Started by Libby Davy 4 Apr 2008

Positive blogging examples

Here are three examples of blogging doing great stuff to communicate in the social/eco sector. 1. Ethical Weddings 2. Greenpeace 3. Thriving Too I love the way Tessy at Thriving always uses an im...

Tagged: ethical, weddings, greenpeace, ning

Started by Libby Davy 4 Apr 2008