Here's a story about how members of the Changemakers community are using broadcast journalism to improve farming practices in Africa and South America:
Much has been made of the Internet revolution, but the genius of communicating ideas across borders does not necessarily require cutting edge technology. In fact, for many people, there's one good old-fashioned technology that has a greater power for change: radio.
For people who live in remote rural areas around the globe, without easy access computers and who don’t read or speak the most common languages of the Web—English, Spanish, French—the Internet is not much use. But a global exchange of ideas and information happens anyway, in part thanks to Farm Radio International.
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A web platform to aggregate & highlight news on a case by case basis, specifically those that are under-reported/censored, in the main stream media. A timeline assigned for each case, and it is declared "open" till a conclusion is reached. Sharing such "open" cases and creating awareness on them.
Created on 03/28/2013 by Mike Berkowitz
GPI is committed to solving two global challenges: the decline of quality international news and empowerment of women.
Organisation: Global Press Institute
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États Unis, CA, San Francisco, San Francisco County
Pays dans lesquels ce projet crée un impact social
Votre organisation est-elle une
organisation à but non lucratif
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Stabilité (le projet a dépassé les premières étapes et obtient de bons résultats)
What problem is your organization committed to solving? In particular, share what is innovative about your approach.
GPI is committed to solving two global challenges: the decline of quality international news and empowerment of women.
A number of factors separate GPI’s work from others in the field. Foremost among them is GPI’s unique training-to-employment program. While many international development and media organizations provide training, few offer opportunities for on-going practical application of learned skills. GPI not only teaches traditional reporting skills, digital literacy and advanced writing skills, but each woman who completes the training program receives an offer of employment at a living wage and goes on to work for GPI’s signature publication, the Global Press Journal.
GPI has trained and employed 133 women as professional journalists across 26 developing countries.
What are your organization's top three priorities in the next year?
GPI’s top three priorities in the next year are to (1) launch the Global Press Journal’s new syndication service to market our unique content to news outlets around the globe, enabling dramatic growth in readership and potential for social impact. Syndication will also allow GPI to move towards greater sustainability through earned revenue generation; (2) invest in the continued professional development of GPI trainees and Journal reporters by providing advanced training to every reporter in our network; and (3) equip every reporter with a laptop, camera, and elevated internet access, enabling increased multimedia training and news coverage.
Need #1
Message & Brand Strategy
Need #2
Digital Marketing Strategy
Based on your first choice of the eight technical categories you selected above, what is your specific project need? Please be specific!
We are segmenting the GPI brand to include the newly created Global Press Journal in order to elevate our identity as a world class news agency. Together, the Global Press Institute, Global Press Journal, and Global Press News Service will demonstrate that the basic problems of the news industry – quality, ethics, source access, and economics – can be solved with a low-cost solution.
The Journal will give readers a unique news experience by offering a better reader experience. A new syndication platform, the News Service, will market unique content to news outlets around the world, increasing social impact (by drawing more readers to the Journal’s content) and long-term organizational sustainability (by monetizing our news product). Finally, the Institute will continue to focus on training and empowering women.
Visitors come to the current website for a variety of reasons, but the mixture of the nonprofit message and original news content is confusing and diminishes the value of our journalism. Brand segmentation will change that, but due to the complexity of our branding we need expertise to develop the right strategy for refining and executing it well.
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Creative, collaborative working style and perspective
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Accountability and reliability
3.
Honesty and professionalism
Will support from American Express be focused on your organization overall or a specific product/service? Please describe.
Brand strategy and digital marketing strategy will focus on the entire organization, which is critical to the success of GPI’s new brand segmentation and the launch of our syndication platform. These two types of support will affect all parts of the organization, from our news syndication sales to our staff development and internal identity.
Have you focused on the above area previously? If so, please explain, including whether you have worked with outside consultants before.
Yes, GPI has repositioned its brand before. A few years ago, we changed our name from the Press Institute for Women in the Developing World to the Global Press Institute to improve our branding and shift the perception of GPI as a primarily women’s empowerment organization to one focused first and foremost on journalism. We did not engage a consultant for that process, but we have worked with outside consultants on web development, organizational strategy and management, impact evaluation, and development strategy, and we have received pro bono support on a handful of occasions.
Are you able to commit 3-5 hours/wk over 10-12 weeks?
Oui
Are you able to meet virtually or at a convenient in-person location?
Oui
Are you able to meet in the city where your organization is based?
Oui
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Brand identity and cohesion
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Increased syndication sales
Jusqu'à ce jour, quels résultats a obtenu votre projet ?
More than 25% of GPI stories in the last two years have catalyzed direct action, sparking social protest, provoking international attention to issues first covered by GPI, and even changing laws in two countries. For example, in 2011, when the Parliament of Nepal passed an anti-discrimination law regarding inter-caste marriages, the Prime Minister’s legal team credited a GPI reporter with forcing the issue into the national dialogue.
GPI’s 2012 reporter survey demonstrated the impact on the lives of our reporters: 84% said that they are more respected in their communities; 90% said they have a sense of transformational personal accomplishment; 100% reported having a greater sense of basic journalism principles and ethics after GPI training; and 79% reported greater computer literacy.
What is your project future impact after receiving professional support from American Express?
GPI aims to increase demand for our news coverage, grow our readership, and deepen our reader engagement as a result of having a clearer brand segmentation and digital marketing strategy, all of which would ultimately contribute to catalyzing social change and creating greater local and international awareness about the developing world.
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Created on 03/16/2013 by Andrew Ng
Orchive is an online platform that provides the foundation for users to post first-hand accounts of local news. It’s valuable to the users because it offers clean, un-biased news that’s commonplace in mainstream news agencies. The venture can achieve sustainable success because it’s marketable to a wide demographic, and a revenue model can be generated through the use of advertisements.
Created on 02/20/2013 by Whitley777
The Curbside Chronicle is a street newspaper that is written and sold by the homeless community to provide them with both a voice and means of income.
5MinuteMusic is an online magazine about the music scene in Singapore.
This project also has a Changeshop where you can read more about its latest progress.
Allez à Changeshop: EnvisionWith.Me.
Created on 01/16/2013 by Justin E Harris
www.EnvisionWith.Me is a professional network for teenage visionaries. We are revolutionizing the way students learn about entrepreneurship.
Created on 12/18/2012 by r.sweetman
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Hi all, I am a current HR graduate at GSK,
Having previously worked in Occupational Therapy and Occupational and Organisational Psychology, I am very interested in being part of making a change. I have also previously volunteered and worked with special needs children in America, taught in a school and helped to build and orphanage in Thailand,
Qu'est-ce qui fait de vous un intrapreneur? Quelles sont les compétences, les capacités et les traits de personnalité qui font de vous un intrapreneur?
Hopefully my experiences, ability to think outside the box, communication and networking skills will help to bring intrapeneurial ideas and movement to changemakers.
Pays de la société
Royaume Uni, XX, Brentford - London
Principal pays où ce projet crée de l'impact
Impact de votre projet dans d'autres pays ou régions
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Le besoin: Quel problème social ou environnemental essayez-vous de résoudre?
Having learnt across the years through the media, charities and most recently through the GSK Pulse programme volunteer, a large problem in Africa is that people suffering with HIV, who do have access to treatment, do not finish the course of their medicine provided. This is due to education and local traditions which the people have held for many years. Further, drs and healthcare profesionals do not have the time or money for education, I wanted to come up with an idea that would aid education about HIV and the benefits/importance of taking medicines for the duration prescribed. There are also many other healthcare issues that we can raise awareness to.
La solution: quelle solution proposez-vous ? Soyez précis !
My idea would be to provide a free newspaper which would go as far out to rural communities in Africa where it is most needed (thinking in London terms:- a newspaper such as the Metro). The newspaper would contain pictures as well as words to communicate key messages to those who are unable to read that well. Which would include clear and visually friendly information as to the importance of taking HIV medication, the importance of washing hands where possible, information as to where people may be able to find shelter/free food, key news information from around Africa and the world. My idea is with implementing this, gradually and over time local people will become more educated about the benefits of health activities and word will spread. It will also be a form of communication to those in local villages about other topics as well.
La solution: pourquoi est-ce une solution innovante pour votre entreprise ou votre industrie?
One of the thoughts that I need to think about are connections that GSK may have, or other charities may have to work out the supply chain in enabling the distribution of the newspaper.
Le modèle: décrivez-nous un exemple précis de la façon dont votre solution fait la différence; inclure vos activités principales.
Le marché : qui sont vos collègues et vos concurrents ? Identifiez les autres personnes qui travaillent à répondre au même besoin et indiquez ce qui vous différencie d'elles. Comment ces concurrents pourraient-ils influencer votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
I am not aware that this is currently inplace.
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I thought of the idea whilst listening to GSK Pulse volunteers and their experiences in Africa on the programme, the metro was on my desk at the same time and I thought "why couldn't we do this for them? to provide a readily available, easily accesible paper for education"
Jusqu'à ce jour, quels résultats a obtenu votre projet ?
It is a brand new idea to me that I would like to put forward to Changemakers.
Quel est l'impact prévu pour votre projet sur les 1 à 3 prochaines années?
Over the first year I believe we could scope out, if a supply chain is possible and to where? to propose to the supply chain holder what we had in mind. Upon this approval we would need to think through where the office of the writers and printers would be - in Africa to also provide work for the local people and to reduce transport costs.
Quels sont les obstacles qui risquent de freiner votre projet ? Comment pensez-vous les surmonter ?
Finance, I would need to look into where the funding would come from, charity or business funded?
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This is not in itself a direct financial benefit for GSK but it is inline with our mission to improving the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer.
Comment allez-vous tirer parti des ressources internes (les fonds, le temps, les connaissances, etc) pour soutenir cette initiative?
If the idea is seen as an idea that could happen, or further exploration of the idea is needed I would then look further into how the idea could be leveraged. I need help in understanding whether the plan could be viable before I research the idea further.
Développer votre réponse, en expliquant le financement à long terme et un plan de soutien.
Either through fundraising or support from organisations such as GSK.
Parlez-nous de vos partenariats au sein de votre entreprise et à l'extérieur qui sont la clé de la réussite de votre projet.
Quel soutien interne avez-vous reçu pour votre projet? Quel genre de commentaires critiques avez-vous reçu?
In 2011, there was a drought in the Horn of Africa and disaster, relief response was ramping up. Unfortunately, the narrative, the complexity and the presentation of the issue as well as the position of the people affected by the drought was discouraging. 26 years have passed and the was the same old tired story of Africans as victims that had to be saved. Africans were generally invisible in the dialogue and the presentation of the issues. It was the same old approach that has been seen in the many years past were people needed food and those that could ‘save’ them will.
Created on 10/24/2012 by Mike Berkowitz
L’IGP (Institut Mondial de la Presse) utilise le journalisme pour éduquer, employer, et pour favoriser l'autonomisation des femmes des pays en voie de développement afin d’assurer une couverture de h
Organisation: Global Press Institute
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nd
Age de l'innovateur :
18 à 34 ans
Sexe de l'innovateur :
Féminin
Votre organisation est-elle une
organisation à but non lucratif
Depuis combien de temps votre organisation opère-t-elle ?
Plus 5 années
Votre organisation a-t-elle reçu des récompenses ou des prix ? Si oui, indiquez-nous lesquels.
The Global Press Institute (GPI)’s work has been continuously recognized and lauded by both journalism and social justice organizations for its unique and effective impact. All told, GPI has won more than a dozen journalism awards and honors. In 2008, founder Cristi Hegranes received the Ida B. Wells Award for Bravery in Journalism. In 2010, the Society of Professional Journalists recognized GPI for Bravery in Journalism. Last year GPI received the prestigious Kurt Schork Prize from the Reuters Foundation for Excellence in International Reporting for its coverage of political rape in Zimbabwe, and Cristi was honored with a Jefferson Award for Public Service. Earlier this year, GPI reporter Chanda Katongo was named Journalist of the Year in Zambia, while Jackee Batanda of the GPI Uganda News Desk received the Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship at Harvard University.
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Global Press Institute: Digital journalism for women in the developing world
Sélectionnez la phase qui s'applique le mieux à votre solution
Stabilité (le projet a dépassé les premières étapes et obtient de bons résultats)
Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
En place depuis plus de 5 ans
Parmi les propositions suivantes, laquelle décrit le mieux les obstacles que votre projet tente de surmonter ? Jusqu'à deux réponses possibles
Accessibilité, Transparence.
Le besoin : quel problème tentez-vous de résoudre ?
GPI uses journalism as a tool to solve two pressing global challenges: women's empowerment and the decline of quality international reporting. These problems know no boundaries: in too many developing countries women lack access to professional skills and networks, while news coverage of the developing world wanes. Over the last 25 years, foreign news in daily newspapers has declined by 53% and more than 60% of all foreign bureaus have been closed. Most remaining coverage of the developing world is conducted by foreign correspondents who are parachuted into a country, often don’t speak the language, and don’t understand the culture. This shapes the news we see, and deprives women in these countries of a chance to use their natural storytelling skills to report on their own communities.
La solution: quelle solution proposez-vous ? Soyez précis !
Using digital technology, GPI educates, employs, and empowers women in the developing world through the practice of professional journalism. GPI offers women a unique training-to-employment opportunity that builds the skills necessary for success in professional journalism – including reporting, digital literacy, ethics, and advanced writing – and then provides them with long-term employment as journalists. GPI reporters are paid a living wage to cover every aspect of life, politics, society, and culture in their communities.
GPI operates news desks in 25 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, and has trained and employed more than 130 women. Their stories – generally 1-2 each month per reporter – are published on GPI’s newswire and are syndicated to more than 50 news outlets around the world, ranging from small, local language outlets to major news agencies such as the BBC, Reuters, and UPI.
Le système : décrivez un exemple spécifique montrant de quelle façon votre initiative fonctionne ; indiquez vos principales activités.
As a young woman growing up in rural Nepal, Tara Bhattarai dreamed of becoming a journalist. But with little formal education and few opportunities for women journalists, her dream seemed out of reach. Then in 2007 GPI opened an office in Kathmandu. Tara and four other local women participated in GPI’s "The Principles & The Practice" training program, a 2-week intensive on ethical storytelling using digital technologies, followed by six months of targeted reporting exercises. Armed with a kit of multimedia tools, Tara and the other GPI reporters in Nepal learned to use digital platforms to increase access to information and create social change.
In the years since that first training, Tara has earned a strong living wage from GPI and has published more than 100 investigative feature stories on a range of pressing social issues. Working within the GPI editorial structure, she has received constant coaching, feedback and skill development. In 2010, the Prime Minister of Nepal became aware of Tara’s high-impact reporting and human storytelling, and along with other members of Parliament he used one of Tara’s articles about violence among inter-caste couples as the basis for a new law criminalizing such violence.
Tara has won or been shortlisted for more than eight international journalism awards, and earlier this year she fulfilled another dream when she became the GPI Country Editor for the Nepal news desk. As editor, Tara is responsible for training and employing the next generation of women in Nepal who dream of creating social change through journalism.
Le marché : qui sont vos collègues et vos concurrents ? Identifiez les autres personnes qui travaillent à répondre au même besoin et indiquez ce qui vous différencie d'elles. Comment ces concurrents pourraient-ils influencer votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
GPI's unique training-to-employment model sets it apart. While many international development and media organizations provide training, few offer opportunities for ongoing practical application of learned skills. Additionally, GPI reporters write and publish in their native languages, so they are not obliged to know English to participate in the program – a requirement at most other organizations in this field. Our closest competitors are World Pulse (an English-only blog platform that does not pay its contributors) and Women's eNews (which does not provide training or long-term employment, and requires knowledge of English or Arabic). However, we have active training and content-sharing partnerships with these groups to strengthen our collective work, so we do not see them as a threat.
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Quelle(s) solution(s) votre projet propose-t-il pour améliorer la vie des femmes et des jeunes filles en recourant aux technologies ? (plusieurs réponses possibles)
Accès à la technologie, Accès à l'éducation/la formation, Accès aux opportunités économiques.
Jusqu'à ce jour, quels résultats a obtenu votre projet ?
GPI has had an enormous impact. The combination of training and employment in a dignified profession empowers GPI reporters and provides the means by which they can elevate living standards for themselves and their families. 98% of GPI journalists report feeling empowered as a result of their work with the organization.
By covering stories ignored elsewhere and increasing access to information in countries that do not have free and global media, GPI promotes global awareness about the developing world.
Additionally, more than 25% of GPI stories in the last year have catalyzed direct action, sparking social protest, provoking international attention to issues first covered by GPI, and even changing laws in a country. For example, this June, after GPI Kashmir reporter Aliya Bashir wrote about a local children's hospital where more than 500 children had died since January due to faulty ventilators, Doctors Without Borders and Project Hope contacted GPI about donating ventilators.
Quelles sont vos prévisions en termes d'impact au cours des trois prochaines années?
Over the next three years GPI plans to add additional reporters and editors to our current news desks, supply more of our news desks with multi-media technology and training, build a syndication platform and extensive new syndication partnerships, and formalize our model for creating social change through journalism. This will lead to more trained and empowered women journalists in the developing world; a much larger readership for our original content; and significantly more news stories being generated by GPI that create social impact. We strive for this multi-level impact model: empowered women, an informed global citizenry, and social change that results from transparency and public pressure.
Quels sont les obstacles qui risquent de freiner votre projet ? Comment pensez-vous les surmonter ?
Geopolitics and security issues are the biggest potential threats to GPI's work. We address these risks by not working in active conflict zones, conducting thorough security assessments before opening a news desk in a country, implementing rigorous security protocols, and working closely with the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Another potential barrier that could hinder our success would be our reporters, who now have marketable skills, being hired away by other news organizations. While this would be, in a sense, a natural and welcome development for the women, GPI tries to retain reporters by paying a living wage and promoting our most talented reporters to Senior Reporters. Furthermore, we mitigate against any harm to our program by employing multiple reporters at each news desk.
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Produce high-quality multi-media journalism at five target GPI news desks: Argentina, Cameroon, India, Kenya, Nepal
Tâche 1
Acquire high-quality cameras and recording equipment for the five news desks
Tâche 2
Launch multi-media training program at the five news desks
Tâche 3
Develop a syndication audience specifically around GPI's multi-media content
Et maintenant, voyez les choses en plus grand ! Identifiez vos objectifs à 12 mois
Utilize GPI multi-media content to elevate its position in the global media and drive greater social impact
Tâche 1
Acquire high-quality cameras and recording equipment for all 25 GPI news desks
Tâche 2
Scale multi-media training program to all 25 GPI news desks
Tâche 3
Build syndication platform specializing in multi-lingual, multi-media content to feed GPI news stories to other media
Création de l'organisation : nous voulons tout savoir sur votre déclic. Expliquez-nous oú et quand les fondateurs se sont rendu compte que cette solution possédait un véritable potentiel pour changer le monde.
Cristi Hegranes founded GPI after serving for 11 months as a foreign correspondent in Nepal, where she began to recognize many entrenched, problematic aspects of her profession. Most correspondents were parachuted into a country, didn’t speak the language, and didn’t understand the culture. They lacked access to real people and often wrote through a lens of bias and stereotype. The reality of developing nations such as Nepal was eclipsed by stories on war, disaster and disease.
While reporting from a village in Eastern Nepal, Cristi met Pratima, the community matriarch. Pratima was passionate, literate and an incredible storyteller, but she lacked two critical tools that Cristi had access to: journalism training and a credible global platform. It was then that Cristi decided to found GPI, to empower women like Pratima – local women, with social, historical, political context – by providing training and a professional platform to share their stories.
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To enhance its impact and enable other social change organizations to benefit from its work, GPI maintains strong partnerships with dozens of nonprofits. These partnerships include working with Free the Slaves to create a training module on Reporting Modern Slavery; sharing GPI’s "The Principles and The Practice" curriculum with news organizations such as World Pulse; and providing content to nonprofits including the Center for Reproductive Rights, the Global Fund for Women (in process), the Institute for Inclusive Security, NPR, and Women’s eNews.
Expliquez plus en détails les besoins et les offres indiqués ci-dessus ou proposez un type d'aide non mentionné dans la liste
GPI's biggest pro-bono needs right now are for an accountant and an auditor. We are always looking for collaboration opportunities to strengthen our work, share our expertise, and market our content. We can, as appropriate, make connections for other initiatives to partner media outlets, and we can share ideas, research, and information that our journalists generate in the course of reporting.
FlashCast operates a network of location-aware, dynamically refreshing text displays installed in public transit vehicles. We leverage this novel technology to offer micro to small-sized enterprises an affordable, geotargeted channel to capture new business. We enable NGOs, government agencies, and social enterprises to broadcast vital information to a notoriously difficult to reach demographic.
GroundTruth gives journalists and social entrepreneurs the tools to hyper-efficiently connect with the right people via mobile phones -- to understand their needs, their experience and to gather accurate on-the-ground information.
This is a great opportunity to give honest press to these hard working organizations. It is my hope that telling these stories not only inspires people to work for these kinds of organizations, but that it also inspires them to work for the one that best fits their ideals and goals. An even better result would allow these charitable organizations to see themselves and see how they can improve to become better at engaging their participants and developing their community.
Created on 09/12/2012 by Prukalpa Sankar
Social Cops is a technological platform that allows users to voice their complaints regarding public administration & connects them to relevant authorities.
Organisation: Social Cops
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Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Votre organisation est-elle une
Pas inscrit
Depuis combien de temps votre organisation opère-t-elle ?
Moins d'un année
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Idée (vous êtes sur le point de lancer le projet)
Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
Encore au stade de l'idée, mais il sera bientôt lancé
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Accessibilité, Coût.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
Lack of Transparency, Lack of Accountability and Corruption are some of the biggest issues plaguing the growth of many developing economies. Small Issues such as uncleared garbage bins, potholes and water leakages become insurmountable. Even the common citizen who wants to take action cannot do so as his hands are tied- he does not know whom to contact and how to go about the same. We would like to create a solution that brings the much needed accountability into the system, allowing citizens to not just watch the problems in their communities as 'mute spectators' but actually kickstart the change process.
La solution: quelle solution proposez-vous ? Soyez précis !
Social Cops is a cloud based smartphone and web application that will allow young urban Indian population to immediately report simple problems in their locality like garbage dumps, pot holes simply by uploading photographs and sharing their location. NGO's & public administration in the vicinity of the report will be notified. The complaints & follow-up process will be monitored ,tracked and reviewed on the open platform thus bringing the much needed accountability into the system. Social Cops will be integrated with Social Media - making a 'personal' problem a 'community' problem. The neighbourhood water leak will no longer be just your problem as the entire city will be conspiring to solve your problem.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
Social Cops makes the solution to Social issues really simple. Imagine you walk out of your house and see an uncleared garbage dump. Previously, while the sight may have distressed you - a common citizen would just walk by- as the process of getting the issue solved is highly cumbersome & unrewarding. But with Social Cops', all you need to do is click a picture of the problem with your smartphone. Your problem statement & photo of the problem along with the location will automatically be posted to the platform. It will then be forwarded to the relevant authorities and you will be assigned a complaint number. In the case of uncleared garbage, it will be the municipal corporation's responsibility to update you on the status of your complaint. Your complaint will be monitored, tracked and reviewed thus bringing the much needed accountability into the system. Social cops will also be publishing monthly social analytics to bring transparency- which localities authorities are slowest to respond, where are the maximum reported problems from, etc.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
Currently, Social Cops is working to solve a problem that is larger than itself- and we consider anyone trying to solve the same problem allies rather than competitors. But due to the innovative nature of Social Cops- the technological platform provided to address problems- we currently do not have any direct competitors.
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As citizens of the nation, we have always complained. We've always blamed everything that isn't right on the 'System'- corruption is the government's problem, unclean roads is the municipalities problem, a girl being molested in the train is the police's problem. As citizens of the nation, we were tired of being 'mute spectators' and wanted to create a channel for ourselves to initiate change. While on one hand, we realised that using technology it would be easy to create a channel for citizens to voice their concerns- we did not understand how mere citizen journalism could be used to create change. The 'Aha' moment came when we realised that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi had recently created a Facebook page inviting citizens to upload pictures regarding garbage problems and were promptly actioning on the same. Suddenly, the Social Cops model seemed viable: Connecting citizens- giving them a reason to report problems using the social gaming feature to the administration.
Décrivez le but de votre initiative, en insistant sur les résultats que vous souhaitez obtenir
The underlying goal behind Social Cops is to give citizens a voice to create change. We would like to ensure that the common citizen's voice is not only heard, but is also actioned upon. We believe that common problems such as garbage, unclean roads & water leakages must be actioned upon immediately & the citizen voice will help the public administration quickly identify and rectify the problem. We will be satisfied if we are successful in bringing accountability & transparency to the public administration system of India.
Jusqu'à ce jour, quels résultats a obtenu votre projet ?
While Social Cops has not officially launched, we have built the prototype in the Windows Phone platform which went on to become the runners up in the Microsoft Imagine Cup Singapore 2012. We have also begun actively campaigning for the cause, building an active community of 200 supporters in 2 days of launch. We are also working to build the products on the Android, Blackberry & iOS platforms to launch the product in January 2013.
Quelles sont vos prévisions en termes d'impact au cours des cinq prochaines années ?
Over the next five years, we hope to solve atleast 100k problems related to public administration and expand to all the major cities & technological hubs in India. We believe that in 5 years we will be able to build a scalable model that can be taken to other developing countries as well.
Quels sont les obstacles qui risquent de freiner votre projet ? Comment pensez-vous les surmonter ?
Our biggest barrier at the moment is the cost involved in being able to implement the project. We have initiated a crowd funding campaign on http://www.indiegogo.com/SocialCops to help us gather the initial costs involved in starting up.
Les meilleures propositions possèdent un programme solide détaillant leurs prévisions pour atteindre et suivre leurs objectifs de croissance. Identifiez vos objectifs à 6 mois pour accroître vos résultats
Successful building of prototype on the different platforms - WP, Android, iOS and BBM & base creation in New Delhi
Tâche 1
Coding & Prototyping to build product
Tâche 2
Successful recruitment of Campus Ambassadors & Publicity in Delhi University (50 ambassadors, outreach of 3000 people)
Tâche 3
Negotiation with a locality municipal corporation & building partnership with them
Et maintenant, voyez les choses en plus grand ! Identifiez vos objectifs à 12 mois
Beta phase launch & Feedback Collection
Tâche 1
Publicity campaign to residents of the locality
Tâche 2
Liaising with Municipal Corporation to ensure timely response to problem
Tâche 3
Product Development & testing
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Currently, as Social Cops is still in the launch phase, we do not have any partnerships with any organisations.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
We are currently targeting New Delhi, India as the market for our solution due to the high smartphone penetration and support from the municipal corporation.
Quel environnement et quels facteurs organisationnels internes font la réussite de votre projet ?
We believe that Social Cops stands at an intersection between needs of society, technology & the future plans of the administration. We believe that due to the viral features of Social Cops (Social Gaming, sharing etc) & the support of the local administration, Social Cops is a truly innovative solution.
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Created on 09/5/2012 by Margarita Barry
CitySpotters by I Am Young America - Using Civic Engagement To Collect Data And Champion Young Entrepreneurs
Organisation: I Am Young America
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États Unis, MI, Detroit, Wayne County
Pays dans lesquels ce projet crée un impact social
États Unis, MI, Detroit, Wayne County
Age de l'innovateur :
18 à 34 ans
Sexe de l'innovateur :
Féminin
Votre organisation est-elle une
Entreprise
Depuis combien de temps votre organisation opère-t-elle ?
1‐5 années
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CitySpotters - Using Civic Engagement To Champion Young Entrepreneurs
Sélectionnez la phase qui s'applique le mieux à votre solution
Création (un pilote qui vient juste de démarrer)
Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
En place depuis 1 à 5 ans
Le besoin : quel problème tentez-vous de résoudre ?
The inability of most Detroiters to recognize, support, and engage with the city's growing movement of young entrepreneurs. In recent years, a growing number of young Detroiters have begun blending entrepreneurship with civic action. While many Detroiters are aware of and engaging with this movement of young entrepreneurs, most are unable to engage with it. As a result, the persistence, motivation, and success of Detroit’s youngest “do-ers” is often left to chance.
La solution: quelle solution proposez-vous ? Soyez précis !
I Am Young America's proposed approach is “CitySpotters”, a web and mobile platform that builds on the early success of I Am Young Detroit. I Am Young America will use its proven technology platform and convening power to mobilize the general public to recognize, connect with, and support Detroit’s youngest innovators and changemakers. CitySpotters transforms data-mining into a tool for engagement. We’re encouraging citizens to put their cities “on the map” by populating them with bright spots. Using our rewards system, citizens are incentivized to spot young entrepreneurs and play supporting roles, thus earning points to champion them as "spotters," customers and mentors.
Le système : décrivez un exemple spécifique montrant de quelle façon votre initiative fonctionne ; indiquez vos principales activités.
We’ve designed and programmed the beta version of the CitySpotters website platform, which we launched this past June at www.thecityspotters.com. A perfect example of CitySpotters in action: #1) A user logged on using facebook and "spotted" Jay Rayford, a young entrepreneur who has started a loyalty card program for local spending in Detroit. #2) User earns 10 points on CitySpotters.com for spotting him. #3) Jay is profiled on I Am Young Detroit (http://detroit.iamyoungamerica.com/people/jay-rayford), allowing other Detroiters to learn about and from Jay. #4) Jay's business is added to the CitySpotters Gift Gallery Database. #5) Original user and others can now champion Jay's business by spending their CitySpotters rewards point on his business reward, a loyalty card with two punches.
Le marché : qui sont vos collègues et vos concurrents ? Identifiez les autres personnes qui travaillent à répondre au même besoin et indiquez ce qui vous différencie d'elles. Comment ces concurrents pourraient-ils influencer votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
There are other movements in the city of Detroit working to engage the community with local doers like the Urban Innovation Exchange and Model D, what makes us different is that we're specifically focusing on Young Detroit entrepreneurs under 30, and actively encouraging community engagement with the young doers we feature through technology and innovation. Our community reach is a bit broader, as we're working both in physical spaces and virtual ones, to connect with people of all walks of life throughout Detroit. These players have been in the game much longer than us, and have a great network of fiscal supporters, staff teams, and popularity that will make for a healthy competition, and possibly collaborative partners in the future.
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Votre initiative s’occupe de quelle(s) solution(s) pour aider des entrepreneurs émergents et pour aider des petites entreprises à croître et à s’augmenter dans des communautés mal desservies ? (sélectionnez tout ce qui est applicable)
Accès au financement, Accès au talent, Accès aux opportunités économiques.
Jusqu'à ce jour, quels résultats a obtenu votre projet ?
Founded in 2010, I Am Young Detroit is already among the city’s most successful engagement platforms: it has mobilized an impressive social network that constitutes 1,000 daily website visitors, 8,00 Twitter followers, 8,000 e-mail subscribers, and 4,000 Facebook fans who support 100 young do-ers. Many of the connections informally made have already resulted in recognition, connection, and support for young innovators.For example Mashawnta Armstrong, founder of MASH Magazine, hired four freelance creatives, was asked to sit on a panel at the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, was sought out and accepted into the Detroit Creative Corridor’s Business Accelerator, and was featured in the American Black Journal, Michigan Daily, and WDIV CHannel 4 all as a result of being profiled on I Am Young Detroit. Tunde Wey of Detroit’s Big F Deal, was asked to participate in a paid opportunity to work on a national anti-menthol smoking ideation session with creatives from across the country.
Quelles sont vos prévisions en termes d'impact au cours des trois prochaines années?
Over two years, this initiative will help 5,000 Detroiters of all ages support 500 young entrepreneurs in the city through CitySpotters, I Am Young Detroit, and a micro-grant/fellowship program in development.
Quels sont les obstacles qui risquent de freiner votre projet ? Comment pensez-vous les surmonter ?
It will be challenging to ensure those recognized are increasingly connected with one another and the broader community, to overcome that we'll do the following: (1) use our online social media competencies to connect do-ers with one another; (2) showcase those recognized online and offline across the city so the public - including students in the city - are able to pledge support as fellows, funders, mentors, marketers, consumers, advisors, and more; and (3) bring young entrepreneurs and their supporters together constantly through meet-ups, conferences, and more.
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Tâche 3
Marketing & Public Outreach
Et maintenant, voyez les choses en plus grand ! Identifiez vos objectifs à 12 mois
Tâche 1
Hire Community Outreach Director
Tâche 2
Launch Micro-Grant Program
Tâche 3
Launch Fellowship Program
Création de l'organisation : nous voulons tout savoir sur votre déclic. Expliquez-nous oú et quand les fondateurs se sont rendu compte que cette solution possédait un véritable potentiel pour changer le monde.
When I arrived back to my hometown of Detroit after college, among the negative noise, I began dreaming of creating a community that was supportive of young people like them and those who aspired to be like them; a community that was all inclusive, drawing inspiration and resources from both people that looked like me and those that didn't. I wanted to show young people both near and far, that there ARE opportunities to turn your dreams into success stories here, in this supposed wasteland. And so I Am Young Detroit was born. I created the blog in 2009 to share the stories of these unsung people, movements, and opportunities. I thought, here's something simple that I can do to contribute to changing the Detroit narrative. I made it a point to feature those who weren't really receiving shine elsewhere. I Am Young Detroit officially launched to the public in early 2010 and quickly gained steam becoming one of the first niche blogs covering content specific to Detroit and its young Doers.
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We have a burgeoning relationship with The Knight Foundation, who hopes to support I Am Young America & CitySpotter's microgrant and fellowship programs in the year 2013. I Am Young Detroit has also built working relationships with the Michigan State Housing Development, Team Detroit, 71 Garfield (a green, mixed-used, renovation project that transformed a vacant building into 30 units of live/work space for artists), WDET, The Detroit Creative Corridor Center, Detroit SOUP, The Heidelberg Project, Detroit Regional News Hub, Model D, Detroit Symphony, Wayne State.
Expliquez plus en détails les besoins et les offres indiqués ci-dessus ou proposez un type d'aide non mentionné dans la liste
Created on 08/21/2012 by Sean Condon
Megaphone provides a low-thresold and empowering economic opportunity to homeless and low-income people, giving marginalized people a job and a voice.
Organisation: Megaphone Magazine
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Region in BC where your solution creates social impact
Vancouver.
Votre organisation est-elle une
organisation à but non lucratif
Depuis combien de temps votre organisation opère-t-elle ?
1‐5 années
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Stabilité (le projet a dépassé les premières étapes et obtient de bons résultats)
Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
En place depuis 1 à 5 ans
Which of the following best describes the barrier(s) your solution addresses? Choose up to two
Accessibilité, Équité.
The Need: Describe the need for your solution and the size and characteristics of the community(ies) your solution is engaging
The 2011 Metro Vancouver homeless count found 2,623 people sleeping in shelters and on the street, up from 1,121 in 2002. In the Downtown Eastside, only 38% of the population participates in the labour market, less than half of the national average. Due to complex social and health issues and negative stereotypes, many homeless and low-income people have difficulty getting employment: 95% of our vendors are Homeless or Vulnerably housed, 97% have Addiction issues or Mental illness, and 33% have a Criminal record. Sources of income for this marginalized population are often limited to bottle binning, panhandling, or illegal activities. There is great need for provision of consistent, legitimate, meaningful, and low-barrier employment for marginalized people in Vancouver.
La solution: quelle solution proposez-vous ? Soyez précis !
Megaphone gives a voice and an economic opportunity to homeless and low-income people. Megaphone’s primary project is Megaphone Magazine, which is sold on the streets of Vancouver by homeless and low-income vendors—a population that has difficulty entering the labour market. Vendors buy each issue for 75 cents and sell them for a suggested donation of $2. By selling the magazine, vendors are able to gain stability, a sense of pride, and financial self-sufficiency. Megaphone meets vendors at their capacity level and enables them to become entrepreneurs, taking agency and creating a meaningful job for themselves on their own terms. Selling Megaphone is an accessible way for people to achieve gainful employment, increase their income and help put their life back on track. Vancouver’s high poverty rates and lack of legitimate, low-threshold employment opportunities for the city’s large marginalized population means that Megaphone is filling a previously ignored service gap.
The Model: Walk us through a specific example of how your solution makes a difference; include the primary activities involved in your solution.
Before selling Megaphone, vendors undergo a one-hour training session, facilitated by a Megaphone vendor coordinator, in order to learn best practices, ground rules and sales tips. They then sign a City of Vancouver-approved Code of Conduct and are given a photo identification badge, a copy of Megaphone’s City of Vancouver business license and 10 free starter copies. In addition to enhancing individual financial capacity through sales, vendors build employable skills like customer relations and sales experience that can help them move onto other types of employment or improve their magazine sales. Vendors who show that they consistently go out and sell the magazine are allocated designated turf. By having protected turf, vendors are rewarded for their work and have the assurance that the area and customers they have worked hard to nurture will be secured. At various sales and participation milestones, vendors are given Megaphone hats, T-shirts, bags, and free copies.
Marginalized people with barriers to employment transform into entrepreneurs, with agency over when, where, and how often they sell. They gain confidence and social interaction skills, and become active, recognized members of their communities.
Vendors attend monthly meetings where they provide feedback & ideas on the program, & are given the opportunity to make administrative decisions & feel empowered through participation. Megaphone runs specialized training sessions with outside experts focusing on body language, sales strategies, conflict resolution & financial literacy.
The Marketplace: Who are your peers and competitors? Identify others working to address the same needs as you and indicate what sets you apart from them.
Hope in Shadows is a similar program: homeless & low-income Vendors buy calendars for $10 & sell them for $20, keeping the profits. 200+ Vendors distributed 14,500 calendars in 2011. Megaphone works closely with Hope in Shadows. The success of the calendar shows there is a market & capacity for a product sold on the streets by homeless and low-income vendors. However, the calendar is a seasonal product and its success shows a need for a consistent year-round product, & source of low-barrier employment for homeless and low-income vendors.
Embers Staffing Solutions requires "extensive screening and assessment process to ensure candidates are job-ready and have a network of supports in place" - many marginalized people are unable to meet these criteria, and need low-barrier opportunities.
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Between 2002 and 2008 Vancouver’s homeless population had more than doubled and unemployment in the Downtown Eastside was more than double the municipal average. Something needed to be done to help marginalized people get jobs.
The founders of Megaphone recognized that since many of the Downtown Eastside’s residents suffer from numerous health problems, there needed to be employment opportunities that are low-barrier and flexible. With more than 130 street papers around the world helping provide income and a voice to homeless and low-income people, it was time Vancouver got a strong street paper again.
Out of the ashes of former street papers in Vancouver, Megaphone was born in 2008 and has since helped provide an income, a sense of purpose and a voice to more than 150 marginalized residents of Vancouver every year.
Décrivez le but de votre initiative, en insistant sur les résultats que vous souhaitez obtenir
Megaphone’s mission is to provide accessible economic opportunities and a voice to homeless and low-income people while building grassroots support to end poverty.
Our three primary goals:
1. Provide homeless and low-income people with sustainable, low-barrier opportunities for self-employment.
2. Provide opportunities homeless and low-income people to express their views, opinions & creative ideas through writing.
3. Achieve a self-sustaining economic model for the magazine & provide opportunities for growth.
Through Megaphone, marginalized people gain stability, a sense of pride, and financial self-sufficiency. Over the next 3 years, Megaphone plans to grow to 60 vendors and 6,000 copies per issue, providing vendors with a combined yearly income of $195,000 per year.
Jusqu'à ce jour, quels résultats a obtenu votre projet ?
Street papers are the largest social enterprise in the world. Megaphone provides support and assistance to homeless and low-income people in Vancouver and helps raise awareness about the reasons people live in poverty. It acts as a bridge between communities and can literally change people’s lives: both the vendor and the customer’s. Megaphone currently has between 30-35 vendors and a bi-weekly distribution of 2,500 copies per issue, putting nearly $70,000 in the pockets of those previously excluded from the labour market. Megaphone has provided sales training workshops to over 250 marginalized people. Megaphone provides the opportunity and support for vendors to stabilize their lives. Through Megaphone, vendors cite improved self-esteem, confidence in social situations, and a feeling of connection to society, as well as the opportunity to find adequate housing, address addiction and mental health issues, and find the confidence to reconnect with family and friends.
Quelles sont vos prévisions en termes d'impact au cours des cinq prochaines années ?
Having already grown to a circulation of 5,000 a month with 35 vendors, Megaphone projects it will follow in the footsteps of other street papers around the world and see its reach and impact grow. The street paper in Seattle, WA (Real Change), for example, has a weekly distribution of 20,000 copies and more than 300 vendors.
Over the next five years, Megaphone envisions its monthly circulation will hit 15,000 with more than 150 vendors. This will help put roughly $225,000 into the pockets of marginalized people a year.
By having an opportunity to earn an income, Megaphone expects to consistently help over 100 more homeless and low-income people raise their standard of living and be able to either move off the streets, away from addiction or simply stabilize their lives.
Quels sont les obstacles qui risquent de freiner votre projet ? Comment pensez-vous les surmonter ?
One barrier to the project could be a lack of public awareness about the program. This makes it difficult for people on the street to understand what vendors are selling and why they should support them, and thus hindering Vendor sales.
Megaphone plans to address this barrier with a comprehensive communications strategy that includes a guerrilla marketing campaign (started in 2011 and called 'I Work Here'); by increasing Megaphone's profile in the media (ex: this past August a Megaphone vendor received extensive media attention for throwing out the first pitch at a Vancouver Canadians game); and by hiring a vendor coordinator to help vendors improve their sales techniques and increase their presence on the streets (Megaphone has begun to start that process).
Les meilleures propositions possèdent un programme solide détaillant leurs prévisions pour atteindre et suivre leurs objectifs de croissance. Identifiez vos objectifs à 6 mois pour accroître vos résultats
Increase the number of vendors to 40 to 45 and circulation to 6,000 a month (3,000 per issue).
Tâche 1
Hire Vendor Coordinator to recruit and work directly with vendors.
Tâche 2
Conduct three Megaphone orientation sessions for new Hope in Shadows vendors during the calendar sales season.
Tâche 3
Develop community partnerships (shelters/SRO/social agencies) to outreach to potential vendors: offer 6-8 orientation sessions
Et maintenant, voyez les choses en plus grand ! Identifiez vos objectifs à 12 mois
Increase the number of consistent vendors to 45 and circulation to 8,000 a month (4,000 per issue).
Tâche 1
Increase demand for product: hire a part-time editor to improve quality&make Megaphone more attractive for readers & advertisers
Tâche 2
Deliver 4-6 special Vendor training workshops focused on sales & interpersonal communication to help improve sales & confidence
Tâche 3
Acquire new database to track vendor sales, improve data quality & position vendors in more strategic locations to improve sales
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Megaphone works closely with Pivot Legal Society’s Hope in Shadows to coordinate vendor programs & service provision. Megaphone also provides writing workshops to PHS Community Services Society clients, with classes at their treatment centres, social housing, and community centres. Last year Megaphone began a contracted citizen journalism class with SFU Woodward's for marginalized writers to learn basic journalism skills. Megaphone has been awarded grants from Building Opportunities with Businesses, Enterprising Non-profits, the City of Vancouver, BC Arts Council and Vancity, among others.
Are you currently targeting other specific populations, locations, or markets for your solution? If so, where and why?
Megaphone is seeking to expand its vendor base and provide accessible economic opportunities for individuals living in poverty all over Vancouver and increasingly, North Vancouver. Megaphone aims to increase services to North Vancouver to address a similar lack of low-barrier legitimate employment to marginalized people living there, and access a population that is currently underserved in this regard.
Megaphone is also planning to build on partnerships and expand its Vendor training to outside of the Downtown Eastside and to community centres and resource locations across Vancouver.
Quel environnement et quels facteurs organisationnels internes font la réussite de votre projet ?
Megaphone benefits from a talented and dedicated team of staff and volunteers. We have more than 30 volunteers who recruit and work with vendors, facilitate writing workshops, write, photograph, edit, and design.
Megaphone values and prioritizes transparency and strong connections to and consulation with our target community through Vendor meetings, an elected Vendor Advisory Board, and two Vendors sitting on the Megaphone Board of Directors.
Megaphone is an active member of both the International Network of Street Papers (more than 122 members with combined monthly sales of 1.5 million) and the North American Network of Street Papers (Exec Director Sean Condon is Co-Chair of the Board of Directors), & is able to learn from shared knowledge & experience to improve product & services.
Expliquez plus en détails les besoins et les offres indiqués ci-dessus ou proposez un type d'aide non mentionné dans la liste
Created on 04/9/2012 by laescuelita
La Escuelita – Popular educators cooperative from Olivos working with children, adolescents and young people from 4 to 21 years old.
Organisation: La Escuelita -Asociación Civil EPEBA
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La Escuelita -Asociación Civil EPEBA
Pays dans lesquels ce projet crée un impact social
Votre organisation est-elle une
a. organisation à but non lucratif
Votre rôle dans l’éducation : [case à cocher]
Administrateur, Prestataire intervenant après l’école, Enseignant.
Le type d’école(s) à laquelle votre solution est destinée :
Publique (pas de frais de scolarité)
Depuis combien de temps votre organisation opère-t-elle ?
Plus 5 années
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Croissance (votre pilote fonctionne et commence à prendre de l'ampleur)
Depuis combien de temps votre solution est-elle en vigueur?
En place depuis plus de 5 ans
Le besoin : quel problème tentez-vous de résoudre ?
The community communication project Neighborhood Chronicles is based on the work carried out by the Inter institutional Network of the La Loma de Olivos neighborhood (Vicente López, Buenos Aires province, Argentina) with the aim to rebuild the social and solidarity bonds which in this neighborhood population are deteriorated due to different circumstances. At La Escuelta we realized that it's necessary to offer pedagogic alternatives to channel an increased social insertion among young people and teenagers who do not study nor work, from a neighborhood profile providing alternative and proactive alternatives comparing to the existing possibilities. The lack of a valid and gratifying future perspective in teenagers and young people over thirteen years old is the main social problem observed
La solution: quelle solution proposez-vous ? Soyez précis !
Propose institutional channels that accompany the neighborhood’s young people and teenagers in their insertion in a different world, a hyper techno oriented and hyper communicated world; however territorially within a disconnected, split neighborhood with pathological dynamics. We believe that the communitarian communication proposal “Neighborhood Chronicles” empowers young people and teenagers in the neighborhood in their family relationships, to other people or institutions in the neighborhood to share the tasks carried out as well as interests and needs; by affirming a shared neighborhood identity, looking doe creative answers to everyday problems.
Le système : décrivez un exemple spécifique montrant de quelle façon votre initiative fonctionne ; indiquez vos principales activités.
The evaluation of the experienced gathered through the development of a bimonthly magazine is the reason that motivates us to drive this proposal. A permanent team composed by teenagers and young people who support almost the whole proposal has been formed. By means of their interventions these young people have built a different image of themselves. There are testimonies such as “I did not know how to write before and I am a journalist now” Others have managed to speak in public, before known and unknown audiences. The magazine is highly expected in the neighborhood and the community activities organized prior to the launching have become neighborhood events which did not exist before.
Le marché : qui sont vos collègues et vos concurrents ? Identifiez les autres personnes qui travaillent à répondre au même besoin et indiquez ce qui vous différencie d'elles. Comment ces concurrents pourraient-ils influencer votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
Peers are the different institutions of the community who work with the same population, some of them within the neighborhood’s Institutions network. No competitors are identified.
We relieve that the success and growth of the experience lies in speaking to young people using the same language and in offering them alternatives and tools to solve their problems while meeting the needs of the neighborhood.
décrivez votre organisation, votre programme ainsi que les services ou les produits proposés (1 ou 2 phrases brèves). [136 caractères/25 mots]
Neighborhood Chronicles Radio and magazine
The voice of young people and teenagers to communitarian Communications
expliquez le caractère innovant de votre initiative (1 ou 2 phrases brèves). [136 caractères/25 mots]
Provide the communities and mainly young people with channels and resources which give them voice and their own opinion.
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Jusqu'à ce jour, quels résultats a obtenu votre projet ?
The continuous five years of work with adolescents and young people. Eleven issues of the Neighborhood Chronicles magazine. The correspondents’ network formed. Participation of the community by means of specific articles. The participation of institutions from the neighborhood with their own articles. Letters to the Editor. Five trips to present the experience to other young people. An award. Radial and television invitations. Increased forma education insertion. Over fifteen communitarian massive events. The realization of three murals, invitations to narrators, the creation of a community library, among other activities. The acquisition of technical equipment for edition purposes.
Quelles sont vos prévisions en termes d'impact au cours des trois prochaines années?
The formation of two teams of young people from the neighborhood trained for managing and organizing the community communication proposal. This would imply the continuity of the magazine edited nowadays and the launching of an aerial and Internet broadcasted radio
Quels sont les obstacles qui risquent de freiner votre projet ? Comment pensez-vous les surmonter ?
The unique barriers may be material (economic); however I believe there are no barriers which may hinder this project.
Les meilleures propositions possèdent un programme solide détaillant leurs prévisions pour atteindre et suivre leurs objectifs de croissance. Identifiez vos objectifs à 6 mois pour accroître vos résultats
Pilot audio proposals to develop the radial programming.
Tâche 2
The acquisition of the radial equipment.
Tâche 3
The organization of events for promotion
Et maintenant, voyez les choses en plus grand ! Identifiez vos objectifs à 12 mois
The radio operating Turing eight hours with own programs.
Tâche 1
Training and accompaniment to young people.
Tâche 2
Creation of a programming coordinating team
Tâche 3
The organization of events for promotion and the participation of the community.
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world [125 words]
Almost 6 years ago the idea of the magazine was developed as a way to deepen our educational involvement with the community we are working. The sustained work, the positive changes evidenced in young participants and families of the neighborhood are some of the positive aspects which evidence the potential of the communication proposals and which give us the strength to continue expanding the proposals. At the same time we are urged to continue in spite of the sadness we feel when some young people with huge potential pay with their lives the impossibility to get involved in positive activities. Contribute to constitute a communitarian means that provides young people and families with greater and better possibilities and the fact that we have been doing this for almost twenty years is what makes us believe that there are no barriers that hinder the idea.
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In order to equip the computing cabinet an articulation with the local branch of IBM was carried out. Moreover, work is carried out in articulation with social and communitarian institutions and organizations. Schools, kindergartens, health centers, clubs, municipal programs and universities. At the same time work is performed jointly with other social and educational organizations similar to our organization by sharing resources to provide teachers with training.
Avec quelle équipe (employés, bénévoles, etc.) pensez-vous atteindre vos objectifs de croissance définis dans la section sur l'impact social? [75 mots]
A combination of both. There is a staff and also there are volunteers who may collaborate in less systematic aspects.
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An idea stage venture to send budding journalists to developing countries, to a.) uncover stories, b.) to build journalism capacity for local communities, and c.) to raise consciousness about human rights overseas.
We are a band of storytellers, armed with cameras, out to reveal the good in our world.
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We invite teachers to join the National Writing Project teachers who started Youth Voices in 2003 as a social network where students discuss their passions.
Organisation: New York City Writing Project
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Le besoin : quel problème tentez-vous de résoudre ?
Youth Voices is a school-based social network created in 2003 and maintained by National Writing Project teachers. We have learned a lot about how to encourage youth voices using many different media, building out of their own passions and concerns. With "authentic conversation" at the center of our mission, we have learned how to make comments and learning how to make comments central to our work with students. Our site would be richer, our students conversations more authentic, and our shared curriculum (missions and guides) might be stronger if we had more teachers and their students working with us. We are proud of our network of about a dozen teachers who use the site, but we would like to invite and include more teacher and their students to join us on this journey.
La solution: quelle solution proposez-vous ? Soyez précis !
This spring we are piloting a face-to-face study group, working with six New York City Writing Project teachers to integrate the approaches and technologies of Youth Voices into their classrooms, and to learn from these teachers what they need to make Youth Voices a more effective tool for authentic conversations and multimedia discussions. We would like to "scale across" to other local National Writing Project, and invite more face-to-face study groups to form. These would be groups of National Writing Project teachers who are amplifying their students voices on Youth Voices, and nurturing their empathetic responses to the other youths' posts they find on our social network. For years, we have been using a weekly webcast http://teachersteachingteachers.org to help coordinate, inspire, and connect teachers who are using http://youthvoices.net We would continue to do this. And we have started to use P2PU to help coordinate as well: http://p2pu.org/en/groups/connected-learning-with-youth
Le système : décrivez un exemple spécifique montrant de quelle façon votre initiative fonctionne ; indiquez vos principales activités.
Youth Voices is a school-based social network. It is a site built by the teacher-friendly Drupal shop, FunnyMonkey. Many years of design and re-design have been invested in this teacher-created tool. We are proud of it, and we have a long list of improvements waiting for financial support to all us to implement. One way the study groups will make a difference is that they will continue to help us develop a site that meets the needs of teachers and students who want to have authentic conversations based on rich, multimedia discussion posts that come from the passions, concerns and interests of individual students. But Youth Voices is also a community of teachers, mainly based in the New York Writing Project, but nationally as well. Youth Voices a way for teachers K-college to invite their students to learn in connected, empathetic ways in a trusted community of peers. We want to build this community both through online networking and through face-to-face meeting where we develop our projects together and ask questions of each other. We believe that having both a foot on the ground in local National Writing Projects and one foot in the cloud at P2PU http://p2pu.org/en/groups/connected-learning-with-youth-voices and weekly at our webcast at http://edtechtalk.com/teachersteachingteachers that we will have a strong path toward building this project into something truly amazing. Any why? For our students to have a wider audience to learn from and with. We think we can build stronger ties between teachers and their students on our already effective site, Youth Voices.
Le marché : qui sont vos collègues et vos concurrents ? Identifiez les autres personnes qui travaillent à répondre au même besoin et indiquez ce qui vous différencie d'elles. Comment ces concurrents pourraient-ils influencer votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
For a decade now, teachers have been experimenting with blogs in their classrooms. A couple of problems have become immediately obvious. First, how do we build a network of peers for our students to write for and to respond to? Second, what happens to these blog when our class is finished? A third concern has to do with safety and citizenship in these online spaces. We think we help to answer some of these problems with Youth Voices. When students post on a social network like Youth Voices, they are much more likely to get a response. In fact, learning to compose positive, dialogical comments is as important as anything on Youth Voices, and this addresses many of the concerns about safety. Finally,Youth Voices is an ongoing site that will be here year after year. A Student's work endures.
décrivez votre organisation, votre programme ainsi que les services ou les produits proposés (1 ou 2 phrases brèves). [136 caractères/25 mots]
We are thrilled each day by the comments and posts students create on Youth Voices. Why not add your students' voices to the mix?
expliquez le caractère innovant de votre initiative (1 ou 2 phrases brèves). [136 caractères/25 mots]
We'll build our Youth Voices community with teachers meeting in local study groups and online in a weekly webcast and in a P2PU course.
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Jusqu'à ce jour, quels résultats a obtenu votre projet ?
Dozens of teachers have been involved with the Youth Voices community since 2003 when we started, with a few of us making up the core teachers. National Writing Project teachers from Alaska and California to Utah and Colorado and from Louisiana and Mississippi and from Maryland to New York and more have found Youth Voices to be a valuable tool for their students to publish their multimedia projects and to develop a positive online presence through their work with niche groups. The teachers who have been working on this project over the past nine years have been early adopters: technology teachers, digital photography and art teachers, journalism teachers, and risk-taking English teachers. It's been an exciting journey. We've learned a lot both about how to build and maintain a social network and nurture a community of like-minded teachers. We're ready to expand this community and to invite in teachers who are looking for positive ways for their students to learn from their peers.
Quelles sont vos prévisions en termes d'impact au cours des trois prochaines années?
We hope to see local study groups in at least ten local National Writing Project Sites. Each of these sites will have a study group that will be modeled on the one we are currently building in the New York City Writing Project. This design will sustain a Youth Voices presence in these local sites because it won't depend on any particular teachers's ability to continue to work with the site. These study groups will build capacity to develop the technological and pedagogical support needed for local teachers to have their students find success as commenters and discussion post creators on Youth Voices. At the same time teachers in these study groups will find support nationally by connecting from time to time on our weekly webcast, Teachers Teaching Teachers, and on our P2PU course.
Quels sont les obstacles qui risquent de freiner votre projet ? Comment pensez-vous les surmonter ?
We have found that there are many technological hurdles for teachers as they begin to see the value of using Youth Voices as often as possible. Many teachers still do not have the kind of access to computers that they would like, and there are often problems with schools blocking both Youth Voices itself and with other sites students might need to use. Having the support of a local National Writing Project and a group of teachers who might be facing similar issues should help individual teachers overcome some of these difficulties. Another area of concern has to do with how the design of Youth Voices, with its emphasis on freedom and student-generated questions and projects fits within the curriculum of particular schools. Working together we can find ways to meet those expectations too.
Les meilleures propositions possèdent un programme solide détaillant leurs prévisions pour atteindre et suivre leurs objectifs de croissance. Identifiez vos objectifs à 6 mois pour accroître vos résultats
Tâche 1
Successful integration of Youth Voices in the classrooms of the six teachers in the NYC Writing Project Youth Voices Study Group
Tâche 2
Identification and coordination of at least six other local National Writing Projects that will develop study groups.
Tâche 3
Development of the P2PU course and continued development and better support with current teachers in the Youth Voices network.
Et maintenant, voyez les choses en plus grand ! Identifiez vos objectifs à 12 mois
Tâche 1
Successful integration of Youth Voices in a few classrooms in each of six study groups in other National Writing Project sites.
Tâche 2
Support of study group leaders in local National Writing Project sites.
Tâche 3
Development of the site to meet the needs of the teachers whose students are working on it.
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world [125 words]
There have been a couple of the moments. First, about a decade ago, we realized that a few groups of National Writing Project teachers had similar blogging and cross-blogging projects in the works. It was an "Aha!" for us to realize the value of bring these projects together in one ongoing, larger network of teachers working together and students finding each other more easily. Another "Aha!" happened when we realized that the work we do face-to-face in local National Writing Project sites couldn't be replaced by the wonderful experiences of meeting online in our weekly Webcast, Teachers Teaching Teachers. Yes, that connection beyond geography has always been important, but the "knitting bee's" -- as we have compared them to -- that are our tech study groups, that meet every other week in each others schools couldn't be replaced. We have "Aha's" all the time when we come together physically AND when we meet online. We need both, we've come to understand. And our students do too.
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Youth Voices is a school-based social network that was started in 2003 by a group of National Writing Project teachers. Many of us are active members in our local National Writing Project sites, and Youth Voices is managed by teachers in the New York City Writing Project. In addition, many of us count ourselves as members of the World Bridges community, and we meet regularly using Google+ Hangouts and Livestream on a weekly webcast/podcast, Teachers Teaching Teachers, which has been broadcast live every Wednesday evening over the EdTechTalk channel of the WorldBridges network since 2006.
Avec quelle équipe (employés, bénévoles, etc.) pensez-vous atteindre vos objectifs de croissance définis dans la section sur l'impact social? [75 mots]
The program associates at the National Writing Project will support us. The directors, consultants, and staff at the New York City Writing Project, which is housed in the Institute of Literacy Studies at Lehman College will continue to support us. In reality, we are peers who support each other, we are Teachers Teaching Teachers, and our network is strong!
Expliquez plus en détails les besoins et les offres indiqués ci-dessus ou proposez un type d'aide non mentionné dans la liste
Created on 02/2/2012 by Stu Goulden
One&Other inspire and empower communities for good via co-created local media platforms.
Organisation: One&Other®
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Tell us about your personal background. Why are you passionate about this issue? Making an idea a reality takes innovation, dedication and strong leadership. Do you have the necessary entrepreneurial skills to realize your vision?
For me, One&Other is a wonderful opportunity to combine two passions – media and social change – to make a real difference in my local community and society as a whole. I have always possessed a desire to apply my marketing and publishing background, together with personal drive, to good causes and did just that last year on a successful pilot of the basic concept on which One&Other is based.
Together with fellow Directors Ben & Vicky, we have rallied a 70-strong collective of journalists, illustrators, designers, photographers, videographers, hackers and hobbyists to change local media for the better and to inspire a new generation of volunteers.
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It’s no secret that whole generations are disengaged with tradition local media, which puts to waste their power (and responsibility) to foster community cohesion, highlight key social and environmental issues, and rally positive change.
Issue #1: Community Cohesion/Activity
• 31% of the UK population provides nearly 90% of volunteer hours, just under 80% of charitable giving, and around 70% of civic participation (NCVO, March 2011)
• Only 32% of adults feel they can influence decisions affecting their local area (2010-11 Citizenship Survey)
Issue #2: Charity cuts
• Voluntary Sector cuts of £5bn are reported at a time when it is needed most (various sources)
• Only 15% (of small charities) have a marketing dpt to hand, with the same % engaging in digital marketing (Media Trust)
La solution: quelle solution proposez-vous ? Soyez précis !
Our solution is simple: we cultivate goodwill in our editorial and channel this for social good by matching the would-be volunteers in our readership with the specific needs of their local communities, charities, and the planet.
This change is presented to people as actions to do good everyday in a way that is fun, easy, rewarding, and social. This could be donations of their time or talent to promoting causes their care about, or starting a petition or movement of their own. At the same time, our intervention gives our beneficiaries a stronger voice and allows them to harness the collective power of the crowd to make a positive difference in their local area.
By integrating this engine for change into our popular media platforms we can reach a broad and engaged audience, amplifying the positive difference we are able to make.
Le système : décrivez un exemple spécifique montrant de quelle façon votre initiative fonctionne ; indiquez vos principales activités.
For example, "Sally" is a student in York who is also a pretty nifty graphic designer when she hasn't got her head in her books. She reads and/or contributes to One&Other because she finds it more relevant to her daily life than the doom and gloom of the stuffy local newspaper. Through reading one of our articles about a particular cause or charity she decides she cares enough to offer her help via one of our many calls to action. This could be in the form of painting a classroom in the school down the road with a nice group of other do-gooders who she might not have met otherwise, simply sharing the issue on her Facebook wall, or by using her design skills to do that poster they need. Either way, she's happy that giving back is so easy and flexible. The charity thank her, we give her a pat on the back (and maybe a smoothie donated by a local shop, who is also an advertiser), and she can see the difference she's making in the follow-up article. She shares this with her friends, they realise how easy and fun it is, and next time Sally decides to help out she's accompanied by 3 of her friends. What's more, if Sally ever needs help herself, she knows where to look as we've featured lots of support charities on our pages. Lots of people helping out in lots of different ways (big and small) starts to make a real dent in these big issues and everybody wins.
Le marché : qui sont vos collègues et vos concurrents ? Identifiez les autres personnes qui travaillent à répondre au même besoin et indiquez ce qui vous différencie d'elles. Comment ces concurrents pourraient-ils influencer votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
Traditional media fall far short of this approach. In fact, the sad truth is that their editorial practices actually reinforce damaging perceptions of big social issues (e.g. poverty). What's more, their readerships are dwindling and getting older - this makes certain demographics harder to reach for these charities (etc).
The concept of volunteering is not new, but it is forever changing and the industry is slow to adapt to new opportunities. What's more, many only cater to the minority only actively looking to volunteer at that particular moment in time. The stories behind these issues are rarely told in engaging ways and often the fun is sucked out of giving back/helping in the community. We are trialling a different approach and will happily share everything we learn all the way.
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One&Other launched in beta in September 2011: in our pilot city of York people have already donated over 10,000 hours of their time & talent to give a voice to local causes, the environment and those in poverty in our editorial. Our impact is currently measured by ongoing dialogue with these charities and causes and case studies. We are currently building better digital tools and implementing SROI to quantify the number of pledges made and the collective difference these actions have delivered.
Of course each time we receive feedback we are nimble enough to be able to refine our solution.
What barriers might hinder the success of your business? How do you plan to overcome them?
We have worked hard to test the main assumptions behind our business and social model, learning lots along the way. We are currently looking to appoint a non-exec Board to advise our relatively youthful team as new opportunities and issues present themselves.
Perhaps the last remaining obstacles are those currently unknown but we have always gone into this with our eyes open and are not shy of thinking and acting quickly!
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We have spent the past five months validating the main assumptions behind our model and believe it has the potential to (cost-effectively) transform communities and the environment across the world. We have built a strong network around our core team, fostering relationships with the likes of the leading thinkers on poverty Joseph Rowntree Foundation, all round good guys UnLtd, 50+ local charities, and the local universities and colleges.
Our Theory Of Change centres on community engagement and empowerment, channeled for social good. We believe the UK is a compassionate nation that cares about the problems faced by our communities and planet, and that many individuals foster a latent desire to make a difference.
While 51% feel being more active in their community could make a difference, only one in 10 said they were certain to do so in the next two years. Summarily there is an aspiration within small-medium sized charities to improve and do more in a marketing capacity, however many feel out of their depth, short of the resources and manpower required, and paralysed as a result. Clearly a catalyst and helping hand is needed to kick-start the change needed.
In our model, this change is presented as actions to do good everyday in a way that is fun, easy, rewarding, and social.
At its most simplistic level, it is about connecting and inspiring a new generation to solve 21st century problems.
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It goes without saying that the issues developing countries are more diverse & pressing, and as such require bigger solutions.
Social Entrepreneurship succeeds in creating opportunities. Opportunities for communities not just to earn and trade in order to support their families, but also to find their self-expression & pursue their chosen paths. Opportunities to educate & advance societies, to protect their corner of the planet & care for other citizens, and to have a louder voice. These individual & collective opportunities are currencies of arguably greater value than the Uganda Shillings, Haitian Gourde, or Vietnamese Dong that they generate.
To trade as a Social Enterprise is to invest in the future, where all the profits are reinvested back into the creation of more social value. This cycle is a more sustainable and liberating option than charitable handouts.
What aspects of your stay in Uganda as part of the competition do you think you will find most challenging and rewarding?
Where to start?
I have to confess that in the past I have had my eyes forced open during the moments when I've stepped out of my daily routine and into lives of others. It's no surprise that these are also the experiences and images that I treasure the most. As a result, they are woven deep into everything that defines and drives One&Other.
Such experiences are important reminders that we must not replicate the 'use and them' dichotomy that haunts most traditional media. Instead, I want to use the stay to absorb as knowledge much as I can, to give as much as I receive when there, and to use it to inform our plans for the future.
The individual stories and circumstances make sense of the facts and figures and are critical to helping me understand how we can achieve our dream to have a One&Other in every village, town, and city the world over. That journey cannot happen without first hand experiences such as Uganda.
Created on 11/9/2011 by melissaulbricht
Mobile Journalist on an SD Card expérimente et propose les MEILLEURS outils de média mobile dernière génération pour partager vos informations, quel que soit votre environnement.
Organisation: MobileActive.org and the Mobile Media Toolkit
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Le besoin : décrivez le besoin auquel répond votre solution et la taille/dynamique de la ou des communautés auxquelles vous vous adressez.
Most journalists already use mobiles phones, but the sheer number of tools available makes it difficult to know the most effective way to use them. Mobile Journalist on an SD Card tests and makes accessible the BEST of the tools for journalists and citizen journalists - downloadable and on SD cards ready to plug into any phone.
First, it is important to test these new tools in the field. We draw from our expertise and the resources of the Mobile Media Toolkit to share tools, via an SD card, with up to 200 Al Jazeera English reporters, working in the field around the world.
Second, it is important to make the lessons and tools available to a larger audience. As part of this second phase of Mobile Journalist on an SD Card, we create short and accessible scenario-based reviews of the tools, available online or via SD card ready to use on any phone.
Between these two phases, Mobile Journalist on an SD Card dramatically improves media access and participative citizenship around the world by leveraging tech to enable anyone to capture, contribute, and deliver news content via mobile. We take the guesswork and noise out of a growing landscape of new mobile media tools.
La solution : expliquez en quoi consiste votre solution et dans quelle mesure elle est innovante. Comment comptez-vous mettre votre solution à disposition des utilisateurs et des bénéficiaires ? Soyez précis !
That mobile applications, new media, and technology are an increasingly crucial component of journalism today is no surprise. What is difficult is parsing through the many new tools and platforms. Put bluntly, there is a lot of junk out there. This is why we developed the Mobile Media Toolkit, which provides guidance on tools, resources, and case studies of how mobiles can be used for reporting, news broadcasting, and citizen media participation.
Mobile Journalist on an SD Card takes the Toolkit one step further. It literally puts mobile media into the hands of journalists, via SD cards that are used on a journalists’ own mobile device. The project team will deliver up to 8 suggested applications in two broad categories: low bandwidth/low resource/high conflict environment and good bandwidth/well-resourced/stable environment.
We are working with a team of professional reporters from Al Jazeera English who will test the apps in the field. In this way, we are further vetting and selecting the most innovative, useful, and accessible mobile tools.
In the second phase of Mobile Journalist on SD card, we develop an online “deployment kit” for journalists who want to add new tools to their reporting arsenal. Simplicity and accessibility is key; the scenarios will have minimal text, interesting, useful graphics, and few choices or links. The scenarios can be digested quickly by trained reporters and citizen journalists. We also produce SD cards with tools for wider (and easy) dissemination through journalist organizations that we already work with.
Le modèle : donnez un exemple détaillé de la manière dont votre solution fait la différence grâce à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des médias.
Mobile Journalist on an SD Card tests and makes available up to 8 mobile media apps in two broad scenarios. In the first scenario, a trained reporter or citizen journalist is working in a low-resource environment. This means that a reliable Internet connection is nonexistent, intermittent, or unsafe, or there is a risk of network disruption. Journalists do not have a professional team available and citizen journalists work on their own.
In such an environment, being able to report via a mobile phone is crucial. See this example from Libya, for example.
http://mobileactive.org/case-studies/small-world-news-libya
In the second scenario, a reporter or citizen is operating in a more fully wired environment, meaning that Internet access is reliable and relatively safe. The reporter may have multiple resources at hand, such as professional newsroom support or news teams.
In this scenario, mobile plays an important role as a “value add” to enhance reporting capabilities or engage more users. See this example from the WNYC radio station.
http://mobileactive.org/case-studies/ourcing-through-texting
In this way, our project offers solutions for journalists and citizens in various reporting environments. It leverages technology to add value to content, circumvent issues of connectivity or network shut-downs, promote citizen media creation, distribution and engagement, and better equip journalists with the best new mobile tools. We test tools and make these lessons available to a larger audience in appealing, easy-to-use, scenario-based guides, online and via SD card.
Le marché : qui sont vos pairs et vos concurrents ? Comment ces acteurs peuvent-ils gêner votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
A partnership between Al Jazeera English and the Mobile Media Toolkit is key to the success of this project. The Mobile Media Toolkit, developed over the last several years, is a unique, content-heavy resource that is all about Making Media Mobile. It is currently available in English, Spanish, and Arabic.
Al Jazeera stands as an innovative, respected international media company with a robust reporting staff. Together, we will test and vet mobile media tools via SD card, and make our findings and suggestions available to a larger audience. There are no other resources like the Mobile Media Toolkit currently available, and this project takes the online Toolkit content to the next level through innovative, hands-on testing and sharing.
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Point de départ : nous voulons que vous nous racontiez le moment où l'idée vous est venue. Racontez où et quand le ou les fondateurs ont compris dans quelle mesure cette solution pouvait changer le monde.
The simple fact is that using mobile phones in media production isn't always as easy as it seems. Finding the right tool and using it correctly to reach the broadest possible audience requires knowledge of the mobile landscape. Mobile Journalist on an SD Card is the solution.
We test and vet the best mobile media tools among respected, trained journalists and make these lessons available to the widest audience possible. We create bright, easy-to-use, scenario-based guides so that journalists, citizens, media development organizations, and newsrooms around the world can enhance their work with mobile media tools that make sense.
This gives a voice to underserved populations by making media creation and distribution more accessible to citizen journalists looking for the right tools. It also better equips working journalists with effective new tools or channels to receive, create, and share important news.
Précisez l'ampleur et la portée de l'impact social de votre solution à ce jour.
The Mobile Media Toolkit was developed and tested over the last several years and officially launched in June 2011. Since then, we have added numerous case studies, mobile tools, and guides on how to Make Media Mobile. Since the launch 3 months ago, the Toolkit has been viewed nearly 5000 times from 125 countries or territories.
The Toolkit offers guidance for curious and concerned citizens, professional reporters, media development organizations, and newsrooms. With the first phase of Mobile Journalist on an SD Card, we have the potential to work with 200 reporters from Al Jazeera English.
Al Jazeera is a respected international media company broadcasting to 220 million households in more than 100 countries. The Al Jazeera Network has more than 3,000 staff members across the world, including more than 400 journalists from more than 60 countries.
In the second phase, we make these lessons available to thousands of individuals and organizations through promotion and marketing of the mobile tool scenarios and deployment kits.
Quel est l'impact envisagé de votre projet dans les un à cinq ans à venir ? Votre idée peut-elle être reproduite ? Si oui, comment ?
Technology moves quickly and new mobile media tools are developed every day. In light of this, Mobile Journalist on an SD card is replicable, expandable, and adaptable. Within 1 to 5 years, we can take lessons from phase one and two and add new mobile tools. We also continuously create new scenarios based on developments in technology and the larger global media landscape. For instance, scenarios can be developed that highlight the best tools and strategies to use in high-risk environments where citizens and journalists face mobile communication risks. As we continue to develop mobile security software, we can also test our tools and apps with Al Jazeera and other newsrooms and media organizations to create the best, most useful tools, scenarios, and deployment kits.
Les projets gagnants sont ceux qui expliquent clairement comment ils comptent assurer et maintenir leur croissance. Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur six mois.
In 6 months, we will have selected and tested mobile tools and made these lessons available to a larger audience.
Tâche 1
Identify and choose mobile media apps, test these tools with Al Jazeera journalists, conduct intensive user research.
Tâche 2
Compile online and downloadable scenarios and tools, based on user reviews.
Tâche 3
Promote and share the online scenarios and downloadable tools with our larger audiences and networks.
Et maintenant, voyez plus grand ! Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur 12 mois.
In 12 months, we have expanded the number of scenarios, tools, and increased our reach by translating content.
Tâche 1
Identify 2 new additional scenarios and 5 relevant tools for each scenario. Translate existing and new content.
Tâche 2
Complete a second round of testing among Al Jazeera English journalists and potentially other newsrooms.
Tâche 3
Compile and promote the new apps and scenarios, in multiple languages.
Combien de personnes ont été touchées par votre projet ?
1,001 - 10,000
Combien de personnes pourraient être touchées par votre projet au cours des trois prochaines années ?
Plus de 10,000
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Quels obstacles ont freiné la réussite de votre projet jusqu'à présent ? Comment prévoyez-vous de surmonter ces problèmes et les autres à mesure que votre projet se développera ?
Finding testers for mobile tools can be time-consuming. While there are volunteers available among our various networks, in many cases, it is best to have journalists test the tools in the field. Our partnership with Al Jazeera English affords us the opportunity for testing and feedback among a large, innovative, and international media company.
Comment voyez-vous l'évolution des secteurs des technologies de l'information et des médias sur les 10 prochaines années ? Comment votre solution s'adaptera-t-elle à cet environnement changeant ? De quelle manière votre solution pourrait-elle entraîner ce changement ?
The beauty and benefit of new media and mobile tech in journalsm is exactly this: it shifts constantly. New tools are developed as citizens increasingly contribute and access content via mobile platforms and as reporting environments change due to infrastructure, access, and conflict. Mobile Journalist on an SD Card is strategically poised to adapt by identifying and adding new tools as they become available. We are agile and mobile.
L'échec n'est pas toujours une option. Si votre solution ne parvient pas à prendre de la vitesse au cours des deux prochaines années, quelles sont les autres applications de l'idée que vous pourriez explorer ?
If site visits, downloads, or interest in Mobile Journalist on an SD Card is low, we will explore alternative delivery options and formats. Part of the plan going forward is to engage with other newsrooms and media organizations around the world, which will also help reach new audiences. Further, as we translate and update content, our target market grows. Future iterations of Mobile Journalist on an SD Card may involve audio or video delivery or hands-on training events.
Donnez des détails sur vos choix en expliquant votre plan de financement.
Our initial support has come from contracts, foundations, and the United States Government as well as from individual donors. Our earned income stream has included consulting projects and we are now exploring large-scale paid trainings for organizations and individuals to scale our reach and revenue.
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
Mobile Journalist on an SD Card is a joint project from the Mobile Media Toolkit and Al Jazeera English. The Toolkit is a free resource from MobileActive.org, funded by the Knight Foundation. Since launch, the Toolkit has been viewed 5000 times from 125 countries/territories. Al Jazeera English is a respected and innovative international media company broadcasting to 220 million households in more than 100 countries. The Al Jazeera Network has more than 3,000 staff members across the world, including more than 400 journalists from more than 60 countries.
Quel type d'équipe (salariés, volontaires, etc.) vous permettra d'atteindre les objectifs de croissance décrits à la section Impact social ?
Mobile Journalist on an SD Card has a rock star staff who bring expertise and proven success.
Katrin Verclas is the co-founder of MobileActive.org. She was a 2009 TED Fellow, a 2010 fellow at the MIT Media Lab, and was named by Fast Company one of the most Influential Women in Tech
Melissa Ulbricht is a journalist with MobileActive.org and reports on the role of mobile technology in social change. She is project lead for the Mobile Media Toolkit.
Cynara Vetch is part of the Mobile Team with Al Jazeera, based in Doha, Qatar.
Changemakers est un espace de collaboration et de soutien. Indiquez les ressources communautaires dont vous auriez besoin pour développer durablement votre initiative. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Collaboration/réseautage.
Indiquez les ressources que vous pourriez offrir pour aider d'autres initiatives. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Marketing/médias, Recherche/informations, Collaboration/réseautage, Innovation/idées.
Détaillez les besoins ou les offres d'aide indiqués ci-dessus et/ou suggérez d'autres catégories de soutien qui ne figurent pas dans la liste.
One strength of Mobile Journalist on an SD Card is our ability to tap into a dedicated and passionate network of people using mobile tech for social change. Between MobileActive.org, SaferMobile, and the Mobile Media Toolkit, we have a large, diverse audience around the world with mobile and media expertise. Al Jazeera English contributes to this strength with its own cadre of 21st century reporters and even larger audience network. For other mobile-based initiatives, we are able to offer content, tools, case studies, and connection to our network of experts.
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Mobile Journalist on an SD Card helps makes sense of the growing sphere of mobile tech in media.
Expliquez en quoi votre solution est innovante en une ou deux phrases courtes.
Mobile Journalist on an SD Card expérimente et propose les MEILLEURS outils de média mobile dernière génération pour partager vos informations, quel que soit votre environnement.
This project also has a Changeshop where you can read more about its latest progress.
Allez à Changeshop: CGNet Swara.
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Ce portail à reconnaissance vocal en faveur des médias communautaires, accessible par téléphone, permet un renforcement de la participation démocratique grâce à la communication et au dialogue.
Organisation: CGNet Swara
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CGNet Swara : portail à reconnaissance vocale en faveur des médias communautaires en Inde
Sélectionnez la phase qui s'applique le mieux à votre solution
Extension (la prochaine étape consiste à étendre l'impact à l'échelle régionale, voire internationale)
Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
En place depuis 1 à 5 ans
Le besoin : décrivez le besoin auquel répond votre solution et la taille/dynamique de la ou des communautés auxquelles vous vous adressez.
Information sharing and communication are keys to participation in democracy. However, many communities across the world are deprived of media and communication mechanisms, rendering them voiceless and therefore vulnerable to exploitation. Mainstream media content is biased towards what sells rather than what is balanced or relevant.
e.g. Even with a tribal population of 90 million in Central India there are no newspapers, television channels or radio programs in tribal languages. Community radio is strictly regulated, rendering it out of reach for most communities. The internet and television are out of reach since both education and infrastructure are at a premium.
In this landscape, mobile phones provide a ubiquitous medium that utilizes oral traditions already practiced by many of these communities.
With 850 million cellphone subscribers, India is a prime market for voice based content platforms accessible via mass market cellphones.
La solution : expliquez en quoi consiste votre solution et dans quelle mesure elle est innovante. Comment comptez-vous mettre votre solution à disposition des utilisateurs et des bénéficiaires ? Soyez précis !
CGNet Swara is a voice-based portal, freely accessible via mobile phone that allows anyone to report and listen to stories of local interest. Reported stories are moderated by trained journalists and made available for playback online as well as over the phone.
CGNet Swara is the first portal of its kind, where users can both listen AND record their own content. This 2-way interface allows for quick reports and reactions from the ground about issues that affect communities.
Mobile penetration in the region is much higher than internet, television or print media and the ability to use the mobile phone as an information sharing tool has taken off well. With a one year pilot started in Feb 2010 in Chhattisgarh, we now receive 300+ phone calls a day from across the country, primarily from the Central Tribal Region.
Swara was initially developed as an extension of the CGNet discussion group, also started by Shubhranshu Choudhary, which has been active since 2004. The aim was to extend the reach of CGNet into areas where there is no Internet and television.
Le modèle : donnez un exemple détaillé de la manière dont votre solution fait la différence grâce à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des médias.
The solution uses open source components, the core of which was developed as a student project in MIT. It consists of a server connected to a telephony interface, running a software PBX system. The PBX directs all incoming calls to a very simple (2 option) IVR interface. Users can choose to record new content, or listen to recordings left by other people that have been published by the moderators.
Since the interface is almost completely voice based and in a local language, the user does not have to be literate or specially trained to use it.
Once the content is recorded, it is filtered by trained journalists who frequently call the contributor back to check and verify details. Once the story has been verified, the moderator releases it to the web and the IVR. The web link is also published to subscribed mailing lists and social media. The target user group on the IVR are grassroots workers and rural activists. The target group for the Web are urban activists, international development/ human rights organizations and the administration.
Swara also helps forge partnerships between urban and rural activists based on reports and carries out training programmes for moderators and citizen journalists.
Le marché : qui sont vos pairs et vos concurrents ? Comment ces acteurs peuvent-ils gêner votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
While we have no direct competitors, several groups are also working with voice services.
(Gramvani, Awaz.de,Gaon Ki Awaz).
We are looking to forge partnerships with these organizations with the long term view of standardizing a platform for mobile content sharing, similar to a voice-web. In the short term we are looking to collaborate with GramVani to pool our resources and expand our reach.
What we bring to the table is several years of experience in journalism and building grassroots partnerships. What differentiates Swara is the fact that we have spent over 5 years building strong networks in both urban and rural areas. Just reporting is not enough, action must follow and that requires a solid presence at both the administrative as well as grassroots level.
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Point de départ : nous voulons que vous nous racontiez le moment où l'idée vous est venue. Racontez où et quand le ou les fondateurs ont compris dans quelle mesure cette solution pouvait changer le monde.
Shu Choudhary was researching a book in the conflict regions of Central India (Chhattisgarh/Andhra Pradesh/Orissa). While talking to Maoists, tribals and the mainstream population, Shubhranshu realized that the conflict was less because of politics and more because of a gap in communication between people.
Looking for ways to open communication channels, he first explored Community Radio, but realized that restrictive regulations prevented it from being a viable tool for conflict resolution. TV was ruled out, since much of this region barely has electricity. Shu first explored the Internet as an option and started CGNet, an email discussion group that has over 2000 members today. However, this still represented only the areas with Internet penetration. The question was how to get the people not on internet to join the conversation. Shu noticed that even people in the deep interiors carried mobile phones and found ways to use them. On his return to the city, he began talking to technologists about designing a mobile solution. Bill Thies at Microsoft Research and his academic colleagues at MIT stepped up to the task, designed the initial platform and helped Shu set up the pilot.
Précisez l'ampleur et la portée de l'impact social de votre solution à ce jour.
Since Feb 2010, we have received 58,000+ calls from 7,000+ unique phone numbers and have published about 900 reports. 71% of our calls are from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, 11% from Jharkhand and Bihar, the rest from Rajasthan, Delhi etc.
Many of these reports have been picked up by the national and international press, some with credit. Moreover, our follow-up network has been proven capable of tracking stories about one individual or issue by multiple sources. E.g. the case of Mr. Pitbasu Bhoi, a labourer who was not paid by the MNREGA scheme was reported by two independent journalists and later picked up by mainstream media
Swara has also helped empower our citizen journalists, by providing training, support and exposure to mainstream media.
We have also carried out training programmes for citizen journalists and moderators, the last one in collaboration with the Indian Ministry of Culture’s Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti.
Quel est l'impact envisagé de votre projet dans les un à cinq ans à venir ? Votre idée peut-elle être reproduite ? Si oui, comment ?
Over the next 5 years we envision connecting communities across the country using a network of phone and web accessible audio channels, allowing users to create and access audio content from their cellphones, creating a “voice-web”. To this end we plan to develop an open technology platform that can be leveraged by communities everywhere to build their own applications and manage their own content.
We also plan to develop a partnership and training program to get communities started with the platform and how to use it to spark and sustain follow up action on issues raised by the community.
Les projets gagnants sont ceux qui expliquent clairement comment ils comptent assurer et maintenir leur croissance. Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur six mois.
Expand reach by starting 3 regional chanels with training for users and moderators in partnership with like-minded organizations
Tâche 1
Set up channels with independent moderators in Jharkhand, Orissa and MP
Tâche 2
Set up partnerships with organizations such as GramVani to share content and resources
Tâche 3
Host 3 citizen journalism workshops to train contributors, one for each channel
Et maintenant, voyez plus grand ! Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur 12 mois.
Design & standardize technology/proceses that comunities can use to conect to a netwrk of linkd voice chanels that share content
Tâche 1
Work in collaboration with GramVani and others to merge features and design an open, community supported, technology platform
Tâche 2
Work with grassroots partners, citizen journalists and activists to develop a training program for citizen journalists, moderato
Tâche 3
Raise funds to provide running costs and training and technology support for communities for free or at subsidized rates
Combien de personnes ont été touchées par votre projet ?
1,001 - 10,000
Combien de personnes pourraient être touchées par votre projet au cours des trois prochaines années ?
Plus de 10,000
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Quels obstacles ont freiné la réussite de votre projet jusqu'à présent ? Comment prévoyez-vous de surmonter ces problèmes et les autres à mesure que votre projet se développera ?
1.Scaling up moderation: Moderation requires time and commitment, often difficult to sustain at no cost. Moderators have to verify news reports with the community and this requires training. We plan to distribute the task by having separate channels per language, each with a paid moderator. To sustain this, communities could eventually contribute to support the moderator.
2. Call costs: To popularize the service, we began calling users back after they leave a missed call. We are reducing this cost by setting up efficient call routing and encouraging users who can afford it to pay for their own calls.
Comment voyez-vous l'évolution des secteurs des technologies de l'information et des médias sur les 10 prochaines années ? Comment votre solution s'adaptera-t-elle à cet environnement changeant ? De quelle manière votre solution pourrait-elle entraîner ce changement ?
We envision an upsurge in the number of people in India with access to the Internet and that media will evolve to this new consumer model. The primary mode of information consumption and exchange will be the mobile phone. By being well connected to the community at the forefront of the adoption curve in rural and semi-urban India, we feel that we are uniquely positioned to create the maximum impact
L'échec n'est pas toujours une option. Si votre solution ne parvient pas à prendre de la vitesse au cours des deux prochaines années, quelles sont les autres applications de l'idée que vous pourriez explorer ?
Given that smartphone penetration in rural India is set to shoot up, with companies like Micromax and Lava bringing out feature and smartphones at mass market prices. Irrespective of whether voice gains traction, we will be targeting that wave early on to find other applications for the same platform.
By making the project open source, we are ensuring that innovation will continue from the community regardless of our success
Donnez des détails sur vos choix en expliquant votre plan de financement.
We are currently grant and donation funded. However, in the long term, we see a possibility of a revenue stream from a hosting service model, where in communities interested in running an audio platform will be able to sign up for an account and manage their own content from an administration interface. We could also supplement this revenue stream by providing paid training programs in citizen journalism and audio content management. A tertiary revenue stream could be advertising and content syndication, where in mainstream media could sponsor some citizen journalists in an area that they are interested in.
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
Our core funding is through the Knight International Journalism Felowship Program, managed by the International Center for Journalists. We aditionaly work with other organizations at a program level basis, e.g. Ministry of Culture’s Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti recently hosted one training program with us and we have another lined up at the end of September with another agency
We also have many grasroots partners including Sitara and Prasoon. Our grasroots partners help mobilize citizen journalists and folow up on isues raised by the comunity.
Quel type d'équipe (salariés, volontaires, etc.) vous permettra d'atteindre les objectifs de croissance décrits à la section Impact social ?
We invite people with a passion for empowering communities through technology to work with us, particularly individuals and organizations interested in partnering with us on technology, to develop new features for the platform, multilingual people who speak at least one language from the region to moderate and translate messages and finally people interested in following up on messages in action.
Changemakers est un espace de collaboration et de soutien. Indiquez les ressources communautaires dont vous auriez besoin pour développer durablement votre initiative. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Investissement, b. Ressources humaines/talents, Marketing/médias, Recherche/informations, Collaboration/réseautage, Aide bénévole (juridique, financière, etc.), Innovation/idées, Tutorat.
Indiquez les ressources que vous pourriez offrir pour aider d'autres initiatives. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
b. Ressources humaines/talents, Recherche/informations, Collaboration/réseautage, Innovation/idées, Tutorat.
Détaillez les besoins ou les offres d'aide indiqués ci-dessus et/ou suggérez d'autres catégories de soutien qui ne figurent pas dans la liste.
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CGNet Swara: Call 08041137280 and speak to the world in your own voice, from wherever you are, using tools you already have.
Expliquez en quoi votre solution est innovante en une ou deux phrases courtes.
Ce portail à reconnaissance vocal en faveur des médias communautaires, accessible par téléphone, permet un renforcement de la participation démocratique grâce à la communication et au dialogue.
Created on 11/9/2011 by nditada
Tout le monde peut contribuer à la création, à la validation et à la diffusion de l'actualité, chacun avec son bout d'information.
Organisation: InSTEDD iLab América Latina
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Depuis combien de temps votre organisation opère-t-elle ?
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Découvrez et partagez la véritable histoire petit à petit
Sélectionnez la phase qui s'applique le mieux à votre solution
Idée (vous êtes sur le point de lancer le projet)
Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
Encore au stade de l'idée, mais il sera bientôt lancé
Le besoin : décrivez le besoin auquel répond votre solution et la taille/dynamique de la ou des communautés auxquelles vous vous adressez.
The true story of any social event is a complex and changing network of information bites. These include events, people, places, reasons why things happen, dates and times, etc. Putting this together collaboratevely today takes time and happens away from where things are happening. Each person can share or validate little bits of the story but nowadays there is no way to do this collaboratively and in real time. The real problem is that the story closest to the reality lies in the hands of a distributed group of people that may or may not know each other without a way to converge or revolve around the truth.
La solution : expliquez en quoi consiste votre solution et dans quelle mesure elle est innovante. Comment comptez-vous mettre votre solution à disposition des utilisateurs et des bénéficiaires ? Soyez précis !
Our solution offers a way for everyone, anywhere, to send a short message relevant to what's going on around them. This information bites are collected and curated into a structured "mini-wikipedia" of places, events, causalities, and consequences. Anybody can act both as a journalist or as a curator, by expanding, complementing or contradicting each bite of information. People can also confirm or deny information pieces based on their observation or beliefs.
Le modèle : donnez un exemple détaillé de la manière dont votre solution fait la différence grâce à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des médias.
Citizens in the field would interact with the system through SMS, Twitter, email or even voice calls. A dialog between citizens and the system would go like this.
A Citizen in Libya starts by sending a text message to a local phone number with "NATO is bombing civilian buildings". The system will reply with a message confirming the reception and will ask for more information about when, why, what happened before or after in short, individual messages. The citizen could also add additional bites of information at his own will.
In parallel the system would send this new information bite to other users in Libya asking "Is it true that NATO is bombing civilian buildings?". People can then confirm or deny the information and can also contribute with additional bites, like exact date, place, consequences or reasons.
The result is a web of information bites, validated or refuted individually by the community. This allows a more nuanced understanding and exploration of the situation. This information can be queried by the citizens themselves through text messages, etc. or could also be navigated via the web and also used by mainstream journalists to understand and influence the information requests.
Le marché : qui sont vos pairs et vos concurrents ? Comment ces acteurs peuvent-ils gêner votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
This is a new kind of service that could built upon the collective experience of social interactions that have happened are evolving around things like Wikipedia, Twitter, Ushahidi, SwiftRiver, etc.
As far as we know there is no way right now to evolve a picture of the truth made of bites of information contributed and validated by a distributed group of citizens and journalists. This idea combines the notion of a Wiki (crowdsourced knowledge), the network model of Twitter (people contributing information, others subscribed to topics/people) with a novel concept of validation and extension of information by citizens themselves.
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Point de départ : nous voulons que vous nous racontiez le moment où l'idée vous est venue. Racontez où et quand le ou les fondateurs ont compris dans quelle mesure cette solution pouvait changer le monde.
While working in crowd sourcing information in Haiti, we realized that the picture of the situation does not lie in the hands of any individual. We were helping thousands of citizens get information based on data from journalist stringers, who went at great pains in understanding the situation in port au prince and missed nuances that were only apparent after the fact. The citizens knew these aspects all along and if we only had had a better way to have people collaboratively build the picture of the situation in the camps, the journalists would have had better information and events like the rapid spread of cholera could have been mitigated better.
Seeing the use of social media tools in the recent events in Middle East, was a confirmation that a tool like this was worth exploring.
Précisez l'ampleur et la portée de l'impact social de votre solution à ce jour.
This idea is new, but our experience in Haiti shows that information in the hand of citizens causes up to 85% behavior change.
Quel est l'impact envisagé de votre projet dans les un à cinq ans à venir ? Votre idée peut-elle être reproduite ? Si oui, comment ?
Our idea is global in scale and tools exist to create channels (text messages, voice, twitter, etc.) in different countries in easy and fast ways. The impact in each instance will depend on the situation, but will generally consist of a better collective knowledge of a story as it unfolds - including seeing divergent opinions, misinformation and gaps.
Les projets gagnants sont ceux qui expliquent clairement comment ils comptent assurer et maintenir leur croissance. Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur six mois.
Have a prototype validated in a community setting
Tâche 1
Design and prototype including field user experience tests
Tâche 2
Prioritize and integrate communication channels such as twitter, voice, sms, etc.
Tâche 3
Run a pilot in 2 communities where filling knowledge gaps can have an impact
Et maintenant, voyez plus grand ! Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur 12 mois.
Have this tool in the hands of anybody that wants to use it and have active usage in 3 countries
Tâche 1
Release a stable and usable version of the tool. Define impact metrics.
Tâche 2
Create a communications and "marketing" plan for journalists and social media
Tâche 3
Support a community of users and interested parties and evolve the tool in agile ways.
Combien de personnes ont été touchées par votre projet ?
Moins de 100
Combien de personnes pourraient être touchées par votre projet au cours des trois prochaines années ?
Plus de 10,000
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Quels obstacles ont freiné la réussite de votre projet jusqu'à présent ? Comment prévoyez-vous de surmonter ces problèmes et les autres à mesure que votre projet se développera ?
We are still in the idea stage. We don't foresee any infrastructure issues. We think the biggest challenge is creating a good user experience and this can be mitigated by interaction design and rapid prototyping processes.
Comment voyez-vous l'évolution des secteurs des technologies de l'information et des médias sur les 10 prochaines années ? Comment votre solution s'adaptera-t-elle à cet environnement changeant ? De quelle manière votre solution pourrait-elle entraîner ce changement ?
We see that the trends in the media sector have gone from centralized generated and mainstream distributed knowledge to a model where citizens are contributors of the journalistic process but the information is still built and curated by centralized entities. This next step we propose, involves a complete de-centralized process where each citizen can play any role ranging from reporting, validated and extending shared knowledge which can then be shared with the rest of the world.
L'échec n'est pas toujours une option. Si votre solution ne parvient pas à prendre de la vitesse au cours des deux prochaines années, quelles sont les autres applications de l'idée que vous pourriez explorer ?
We fail fast. We would not go on for 2 years before realizing that the idea needs adjustments and by having a constant presence in the field we expect to learn patterns and pitfalls to help us evolve the concept.
Donnez des détails sur vos choix en expliquant votre plan de financement.
We believe we would create a valuable source of information that could tap into media revenue streams. We would have to do the market analysis, but one could imagine paid subscriptions by mainstream media who want to ask specific questions or validate facts.
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
Quel type d'équipe (salariés, volontaires, etc.) vous permettra d'atteindre les objectifs de croissance décrits à la section Impact social ?
Changemakers est un espace de collaboration et de soutien. Indiquez les ressources communautaires dont vous auriez besoin pour développer durablement votre initiative. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Indiquez les ressources que vous pourriez offrir pour aider d'autres initiatives. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Détaillez les besoins ou les offres d'aide indiqués ci-dessus et/ou suggérez d'autres catégories de soutien qui ne figurent pas dans la liste.
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Discover and share the true story one bite at a time. Everyone helps create, extend and validate the story.
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Demotix est le lieu de rencontre entre liberté d'expression, diversité médiatique et avenir de la distribution de l'information.
Organisation: Demotix
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Demotix : démocratiser les actualités
Sélectionnez la phase qui s'applique le mieux à votre solution
Extension (la prochaine étape consiste à étendre l'impact à l'échelle régionale, voire internationale)
Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
En place depuis 1 à 5 ans
Le besoin : décrivez le besoin auquel répond votre solution et la taille/dynamique de la ou des communautés auxquelles vous vous adressez.
As the old news models have disintegrated, the AP and Reuters have come to dominate the global news model so entirely that they define what news is. The world’s media is poorer for that increasing uniformity, and poorer for this shrinking coverage (neither newswire has fulltime correspondents in 40% of the world's countries).
Demotix seeks to engage all potential citizen journalists, and distribute their news into the local grids of mainstream news editors – all over the world. Our community, like the mainstream media they serve, is global.
La solution : expliquez en quoi consiste votre solution et dans quelle mesure elle est innovante. Comment comptez-vous mettre votre solution à disposition des utilisateurs et des bénéficiaires ? Soyez précis !
Demotix provides citizen journalists all over the world with a platform to publish their work and a distribution network to make it count; Demotix provides mainstream media with a truly alternative global news wire.
Demotix licenses its contributors’ work to the mainstream media for a fee, which it divides 50/50 with the contributor. News takes time and money to cover properly – we do not believe journalism should be the preserve of those who can afford to report for free.
Our solution is already in the hands of 5,000 citizen journalists in c.190 territories around the world via our web, FTP and email upload systems. And our distribution network comprises direct sales into every UK, most US and many EU newspapers, a reseller network in 47 countries around the world, and a global distribution partnership with Corbis Images – the 2nd largest visual media provider in the world.
Demotix citizen journalists have seen their work on the front pages of the New York Times, Boston Globe, Guardian, have had their work featured on CNN, al-Jazeera, NBC and the BBC, and have sold their images from Canada, through Kathmandu, to Canberra.
Le modèle : donnez un exemple détaillé de la manière dont votre solution fait la différence grâce à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des médias.
June 2009: In the build-up to the Iranian elections, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad expelled almost all foreign journalists from the country, and arrested or detained those who remained. When the results were fraudulently called in his favour, and hundreds of thousands of Iranians took to the streets to protest, there was nobody to cover the turmoil.
Demotix, with its two dozen local Iranian contributors on the ground in Tehran and elsewhere, with 24/7 support out of London, and using a network of anonymous email accounts and twitter, led reporting from the frontline, and told our Iranian contributors’ stories all over the world.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/jun/22/iran-citizenmedia
http://www.demotix.com/blog/104400/iran-breakthrough-demotix
Le marché : qui sont vos pairs et vos concurrents ? Comment ces acteurs peuvent-ils gêner votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
Our peers and competitors are the user-generated platforms of mainstream media companies – BBC’s ‘Have Your Say’, CNN’s ‘I-Report’, etc… They work best within their own limited demographic audiences, nor do they compensate their contributors for the work they do.
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By 2007, I had spent nearly ten years working on Middle East politics across all media platforms (TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, books and web) – watching coverage shrink, news outlets die and journalists be laid off. (I was a correspondent in Iraq in 2003, set up an arts and politics magazine in Beirut in 2004, and have written and appeared in the UK and US press on Middle East issues since 2000).
Simultaneously, I was heavily involved in free speech activism, specifically as it related to democratisation and empowerment in the Middle East, and as a direct antidote to radicalisation. (I ran the Middle East Programme at the world’s oldest defence thinktank – www.rusi.org - in 2005)
It dawned on me in 2007, that I could build a platform that would tie free-speech into the media model and provide a business model to sustain it: a platform that would ultimately incentivise citizens to tell their stories to the world. So Demotix – the word comes from the Greek Demos (people) and Demotic (of the people) - was born.
Précisez l'ampleur et la portée de l'impact social de votre solution à ce jour.
Demotix has published the work of citizen journalists in dozens of countries all over the world, telling stories the world would often have otherwise not known. We have licensed thousands of our contributors’ images and videos, generating hundreds of thousands of dollars for contributors, motivating them to get ever more immersed in the business of talking truth to power.
Quel est l'impact envisagé de votre projet dans les un à cinq ans à venir ? Votre idée peut-elle être reproduite ? Si oui, comment ?
We currently provide a platform for c.5,000 active contributors around the world, publish 1,800-2,000 stories monthly, and showcase our contributors' work to the 1m+ visits we receive on Demotix.com every month.
Over the next five years, we seek to grow 10-fold. We seek to power, finally, a total alternative newswire - of the breadth and depth of an AP or Reuters, but run from the bottom up, by our contributors. We seek to democratise the way the news is sourced, and the way the news is told.
Demotix is certainly replicable - with the right commitment, community and distribution.
Les projets gagnants sont ceux qui expliquent clairement comment ils comptent assurer et maintenir leur croissance. Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur six mois.
1,000 mobile sign-ups in the developing world (where web is much less prevalent)
Tâche 1
Launch mobile app for iOS
Tâche 2
Launch mobile app for Android
Tâche 3
Launch mobile partnerships
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10,000 active contributors across the globe; treble sales revenue for contributors
Tâche 1
Upgrade our Contributor platform (Upload, FTP, Mobile etc...) on Demotix
Tâche 2
Re-vamp the Demotix.com front end for greater impact
Tâche 3
Deep outreach across Latin America, South-East Asia and Africa for contributors and markets.
Combien de personnes ont été touchées par votre projet ?
1,001 - 10,000
Combien de personnes pourraient être touchées par votre projet au cours des trois prochaines années ?
Plus de 10,000
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Entreprise
Quels obstacles ont freiné la réussite de votre projet jusqu'à présent ? Comment prévoyez-vous de surmonter ces problèmes et les autres à mesure que votre projet se développera ?
To be sustainable, we need to be profitable.
In the first two years of operations, Demotix suffered from limited distribution and a tiny sales team. Our deep partnership with Corbis - www.corbis.com - which launched in March 2011 and was cemented with their investment - http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/demotix-secures-investment-from-media-p... - in August 2011, has given us and our contributors access to 200+ salespeople around the world, as well as a network of resellers in 40+ countries.
Demotix sales have grown 10% month-on-month since March 2011. Were we not reinvesting in the company, we would already have hit break-even.
Comment voyez-vous l'évolution des secteurs des technologies de l'information et des médias sur les 10 prochaines années ? Comment votre solution s'adaptera-t-elle à cet environnement changeant ? De quelle manière votre solution pourrait-elle entraîner ce changement ?
User-generated news, mobile and collaboration are the future of the tech/media intersection over the next few years. Demotix seeks to impact in all three areas.
L'échec n'est pas toujours une option. Si votre solution ne parvient pas à prendre de la vitesse au cours des deux prochaines années, quelles sont les autres applications de l'idée que vous pourriez explorer ?
Our solution fails only if it is unsustainable financially. If the service continued to be as valuable as we see its potential now, we might consider shifting to a non-profit basis.
Donnez des détails sur vos choix en expliquant votre plan de financement.
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
Quel type d'équipe (salariés, volontaires, etc.) vous permettra d'atteindre les objectifs de croissance décrits à la section Impact social ?
We need to focus our efforts in marketing our solution to the developing world.
Changemakers est un espace de collaboration et de soutien. Indiquez les ressources communautaires dont vous auriez besoin pour développer durablement votre initiative. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Marketing/médias, Collaboration/réseautage.
Indiquez les ressources que vous pourriez offrir pour aider d'autres initiatives. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Marketing/médias, Collaboration/réseautage, Innovation/idées.
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Demotix is a multi-award winning UGC photo and video newswire, seeking to empower freedom of speech and democratise the news.
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Demotix est le lieu de rencontre entre liberté d'expression, diversité médiatique et avenir de la distribution de l'information.
Created on 11/9/2011 by Meedan
Associer technologie, traduction et formation pour amplifier l'expression citoyenne au Moyen Orient.
Organisation: Meedan
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Salle de presse numérique permettant aux journalistes et aux citoyens du monde arabe de collaborer
Sélectionnez la phase qui s'applique le mieux à votre solution
Création (un pilote qui vient juste de démarrer)
Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
En place depuis moins d'un an
Le besoin : décrivez le besoin auquel répond votre solution et la taille/dynamique de la ou des communautés auxquelles vous vous adressez.
Citizen media has played an important role in the Arab Spring, and will continue to grow as an integral part of the regional media landscape. Mainstream media in the Middle East, however, largely fails to harness the potential of citizen journalism, and fails to represent the plurality of citizen voices found online. This limits access to citizen reporting for the general public while also demonstrating a need for journalists to be given tools to better empower them to amplify citizen voices and citizen journalism in their reporting. We believe that wider access to citizen media among the general public would help improve knowledge exchange, critical thinking and media plurality in Egypt and the wider Middle East as a means to increase awareness of issues relating to governance and human rights and to underpin the ongoing transformation toward democracy in the region.
La solution : expliquez en quoi consiste votre solution et dans quelle mesure elle est innovante. Comment comptez-vous mettre votre solution à disposition des utilisateurs et des bénéficiaires ? Soyez précis !
The Meedan Swift project is a digital newsroom that helps connect journalists at mainstream media outlets with citizen reporters using collaborative, cross-language curation technology. Meedan will work with leading media partners (starting with Egypt’s Al-Masry Al-Youm Arabic and English editions) to ensure that the cutting edge technology being developed meets the needs of professional journalists. This partnership also means that the content produced in the digital newsroom will reach both the online and print readerships of Egypt’s best-selling daily newspaper. Citizen journalism thus becomes accessible to both online and offline communities, which is particularly important given the region’s comparatively low internet penetration. Additionally the project emphasises the importance of translating citizen media, both from and into Arabic.
In parallel to the development of the digital newsroom, Meedan will work with Al-Masry Al-Youm and Birmingham City University to build and train a community of at least 100 citizen journalists (in Phase 1) in Egypt, who will work with journalists to help them find the best citizen media to be highlighted for the mainstream media audience. Phase 2 will see the expansion of the training to 1000 citizen journalists in at least 3 different countries in the region in collaboration with 5 media partners who will also deploy Meedan Swift as a reporting and publishing tool.
Le modèle : donnez un exemple détaillé de la manière dont votre solution fait la différence grâce à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des médias.
In November 2011, Egypt will hold the first parliamentary elections since the end of Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year-long dictatorship. Holding a credible poll that meets the hopes of an Egyptian population desperate for democracy is a huge challenge for the ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces and will reveal much about how willing the SCAF is to cede power to a democratically elected body. Citizen media will play a crucial role in the elections, in two main ways:
> Reporting - citizen journalists are often those best placed to report on the election and events as they occur across the country, posting rich images, sound and video that adds crucial detail to a picture often painted in broad, Cairo-centric strokes by the national and international media.
> Opinion and analysis - new media is an important space for discussion and analysis of the election process and the results, among citizens, activists and political figures.
In the Meedan Swift digital newsroom, journalists from Egypt’s leading daily publication will work alongside trained citizen editors to find, corroborate, tag and publish the best citizen journalism being posted across Egypt. The rich variety of reporting found in citizen media is thus amplified for the attention of the mainstream media audience, leading to a broader and deeper understanding of the events, and increased accountability for those responsible for organizing the elections.
Le marché : qui sont vos pairs et vos concurrents ? Comment ces acteurs peuvent-ils gêner votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
There are several tools that journalists can use to integrate citizen journalism into reporting (Storify, Curated.By, Storific), however in spite of the availability of these tools, the penetration of citizen journalism into mainstream media remains low in Egypt and the wider Middle East. Meedan Swift distinguishes itself from other tools in 3 ways:
> Integrating translation technology to take citizen reporting across languages (many leading citizen journalists in the Middle East post in English, while citizen reports posting in Arabic are often overlooked by the international media)
> Working in partnership with leading media outlets to build the tools they need
> Training citizen journalists and building a community of citizen editors to work with mainstream media voices
The most tangible output of the project is content published in mainstream media that utilizes a trained network of citizen journalists. As such, this content will compete for the attention of the media audience much as any other reporting or content would. We believe that the rich variety citizen media provides and the value it creates will make Meedan Swift content a viable competitor as a media product.
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In January 2011, a week before the fall of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Meedanis gathered at Meedan HQ in San Francisco were left frustrated at the lack of mainstream media coverage of the quickly developing situation in Tunisia. As our regional community of content producers and translators struggled to find high quality, original media reporting from traditional media, we turned increasingly to Twitter, YouTube, and TwitPic for the latest and best coverage of what was happening on the ground in Tunis.
As the wave of protests spread from Tunisia to Egypt, Libya, and the rest of the Arab world, and as mainstream media struggled to keep up, we devoted our efforts to translating citizen media: Twitter on Curated.By; blogs on News.Meedan; YouTube videos and voice messages as principal partner in the Alive.In Egypt & Libya projects.
Meedan Swift is a project born of a thirst for citizen voices which are under represented by the international media. By working with media partners and by developing advanced translation & curation tools, we can help journalists in their difficult work of covering fast-breaking news situations, and help amplify citizen voices to a global media audience.
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With Meedan Swift still in a startup phase, the main social impact achieved has been in building links with journalists and leading international and regional media organizations. Meedan will also work with Noha Atef, a leading Egyptian activist and social media expert, and Birmingham City University on the training resources and workshops for citizen journalists. We believe that working with these high-profile partners and collaborators will greatly enhance the social impact of the project.
Meedan Swift builds on the principles and technologies first developed for News.Meedan.Net project, which saw the world's first cross-language media sharing platform launched to help broker online intercultural dialogue. Visitors to Meedan can read about news events as covered by a variety of citizen and mainstream media, which always includes content translated from and into Arabic and English. Translated content from News.Meedan.Net has been published by The Economist, the Guardian, Time magazine, Wired and the Huffington Post.
Quel est l'impact envisagé de votre projet dans les un à cinq ans à venir ? Votre idée peut-elle être reproduite ? Si oui, comment ?
Over the next 3 years Meedan Swift will expand into a second phase, embracing further regional media partners in a variety of countries and training more regional citizen journalists. Once expanded, the project will allow media audiences across the Middle East to access citizen media, which in turn will encourage more people to participate in citizen journalism. Meedan’s development process will be described step by step on the Meedan blog, for others to learn from and observe, and technology developed through the project will be open source, for others to use and contribute to. Although Meedan Swift focuses on media in the Arabic/English language pair, others are able to take the open source software and adapt the technology for other under-served language pairs such as Chinese/English.
Les projets gagnants sont ceux qui expliquent clairement comment ils comptent assurer et maintenir leur croissance. Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur six mois.
Full-time journalists using Meedan Swift to produce daily citizen journalism-centered content for line and offline publication
Tâche 1
Build an early iteration of Meedan Swift that stems from user research carried out with journalists
Tâche 2
Source and engage journalists with a passion for citizen reporting
Tâche 3
Set-up a project office in Cairo, housed within the media partner newsroom
Et maintenant, voyez plus grand ! Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur 12 mois.
Media partnerships with 5 publishers in at least 3 different Arab countries, further 1000 citizen journalists ready for training
Tâche 1
Build relationships with leading regional publishers, demonstrating Phase 1 success
Tâche 2
A Meedan Swift tool that fully meets the needs of Phase 1 media partners
Tâche 3
Build an active and engaged community of citizen journalists and editors who contribute to the project
Combien de personnes ont été touchées par votre projet ?
Plus de 10,000
Combien de personnes pourraient être touchées par votre projet au cours des trois prochaines années ?
Plus de 10,000
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Quels obstacles ont freiné la réussite de votre projet jusqu'à présent ? Comment prévoyez-vous de surmonter ces problèmes et les autres à mesure que votre projet se développera ?
An important obstacle for Meedan’s first cross language news project was the highly complex codebase of the original site. This made it difficult to update and add features to the platform, which hindered the development process. Since 2010, however, Meedan has been working on creating cross-language web spaces based on the Drupal platform. Drupal is an open source content management system that allows modular development, making it easy to develop and integrate new features into a platform without compromising core functionality. Drupal’s community ethos also allows and encourages us to share any modules with anyone wishing to deploy or build on the work we’ve done.
Comment voyez-vous l'évolution des secteurs des technologies de l'information et des médias sur les 10 prochaines années ? Comment votre solution s'adaptera-t-elle à cet environnement changeant ? De quelle manière votre solution pourrait-elle entraîner ce changement ?
At Meedan we aspire to drive change in the way the internet functions as a network for ideas. We believe that language is the biggest barrier to global knowledge exchange, and our mission is to tackle this head on through the development of online translation workflows. Meedan Swift will not only be fully bilingual, but will integrate translation solutions that will help translate citizen voices across Arabic and English. We also believe in the power of community, and an active and engaged community will be a central pillar of the digital newsroom.
L'échec n'est pas toujours une option. Si votre solution ne parvient pas à prendre de la vitesse au cours des deux prochaines années, quelles sont les autres applications de l'idée que vous pourriez explorer ?
Although Meedan Swift is designed for use in a media context, we believe that an online cross-language platform that empowers communities to gather round resource curation and translation is an invaluable and innovative tool, whether it be in a context of citizen journalism, open education resources, religious texts, academic abstracts, business localization efforts - the list could go on. Because all technology developed will be open source, whether Meedan Swift fails to gain traction or is a hit, other creative minds can adapt our ideas and work to find their own solutions.
Donnez des détails sur vos choix en expliquant votre plan de financement.
Meedan Swift has received start up funding from the Swedish International Development Agency, with grant applications that would expand the project’s scope and impact also being considered by major funders. These grant applications are in close collaboration with leading international media outlets that would help expand the project to a global media audience. SIDA’s support over a 3 year period, means that the project will be scaled up to involve more media partners and wider training programs in more countries in the Middle East. With leading media publications using Meedan Swift tools and training for news gathering and publishing, the project could become self-supporting, either as a paid service provided for publishers or as a media services project syndicating content to publishers.
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
Phase 1 partners with Al-Masry Al-Youm, who will work using the tools we develop and publish Meedan Swift content in print and online. AMAY will provide office space for the project in their Cairo newsroom, ensuring that Meedan Swift is housed at the very heart of Egypt’s media community. Meedan has engaged tech non-profit Ushahidi as a technology partner, to work collaboratively on Swift River, which will be developed as the digital newsroom platform. Meedan’s training partner for the project is Noha Atef, representing Birmingham City University.
Quel type d'équipe (salariés, volontaires, etc.) vous permettra d'atteindre les objectifs de croissance décrits à la section Impact social ?
Meedan Swift requires journalistic and editorial staff, community managers, a training manager, a translation manager, front-end UI/UX developers and back-end developers. Journalists and editors will ensure that the community-journalism driven content meets the highest journalistic standards. The community managers and translation manager will manage communities of volunteer journalists, editors and translators who have been trained by the training manager and his/her team.
Changemakers est un espace de collaboration et de soutien. Indiquez les ressources communautaires dont vous auriez besoin pour développer durablement votre initiative. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
b. Ressources humaines/talents, Collaboration/réseautage.
Indiquez les ressources que vous pourriez offrir pour aider d'autres initiatives. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
b. Ressources humaines/talents, Marketing/médias, Collaboration/réseautage.
Détaillez les besoins ou les offres d'aide indiqués ci-dessus et/ou suggérez d'autres catégories de soutien qui ne figurent pas dans la liste.
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Meedan Swift: A Digital Newsroom Where Journalists And Citizens In The Arab World Can Work Together
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Associer technologie, traduction et formation pour amplifier l'expression citoyenne au Moyen Orient.
Created on 11/9/2011 by Sourcefabric
Avec Superdesk, toutes les organisations médiatiques sont libres de choisir leur salle de presse et de fournir des contenus sur n'importe quelle plateforme, partout et tout le temps.
Organisation: Sourcefabric
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Depuis combien de temps votre organisation opère-t-elle ?
1‐5 années
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Superdesk offre une salle de presse numérique aux organisations médiatiques indépendantes
Sélectionnez la phase qui s'applique le mieux à votre solution
Idée (vous êtes sur le point de lancer le projet)
Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
En place depuis 1 à 5 ans
Le besoin : décrivez le besoin auquel répond votre solution et la taille/dynamique de la ou des communautés auxquelles vous vous adressez.
One of the biggest hurdles for small media organisations trying to set up newspapers in transition and post-conflict states is finding the money to buy a publishing system that can deliver to print and all digital platforms; the cost for those not tied to big business or political interests is prohibitive.
Media organisations are increasingly required to deliver content to multiple platforms. They need to distribute content to whatever device the user turns to in order to access information.
Superdesk is the publishing solution for the multi-platform age. Superdesk offers broadcasters and publishers of all sizes the opportunity to exploit content across all revenue-generating devices using existing resources and without incurring extra costs.
La solution : expliquez en quoi consiste votre solution et dans quelle mesure elle est innovante. Comment comptez-vous mettre votre solution à disposition des utilisateurs et des bénéficiaires ? Soyez précis !
Superdesk is a free, open source newsroom and workflow management software. One tool to deliver the entire publishing cycle for print and broadcast, from ingest to output, built by journalists, for journalists, with the aim of helping the media business towards financial sustainability.
Superdesk is open source, free, downloadable, intuitive, platform/device neutral, low-cost and easy to update and install.
A Superdesk-powered newsroom is accessible to traditionally-trained journalists who have been trained (or self-trained) in new media from the beginning, as well as for power bloggers who “graduate” (i.e. wish to compete at a higher level with traditional media in their respective markets).
With Superdesk, media organisations will be free to define their own type of newsroom organisation, content delivery or business mix. Whether the desired model is highly hierarchical or community driven, hyperlocal or global, paid or free, traditional or cutting-edge, visual or audio, print or online, Superdesk will be there to ensure journalists deliver content efficiently and cost-effectively. It's moldable to any conceivable collaborative news production and publishing/broadcasting scenario.
Le modèle : donnez un exemple détaillé de la manière dont votre solution fait la différence grâce à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des médias.
Superdesk will provide drastic productivity improvements in content authoring
and have a highly customizable, multilingual user interface reflecting the particular workflow and nature of publishing. It provides full management of electronic publishing platforms: first and foremost the web, then mobile, e-book readers and social networks. In addition, it is print-friendly and can deliver well structured and well formatted content to specialized tools (e.g. Adobe InDesign, or legacy commercial newsroom systems), and is able to import final versions of content back. TV is important too. Superdesk is broadcast-friendly, delivers well structured and formatted content to specialized tools (e.g. playout systems) and is able to import their outputs back.
Superdesk focuses on content filtering and processing functionality - it provides an environment for quick processing of external sources of news/information with “ingest” - rewriting/translation editorial control - and “digest” - easy simultaneous publishing on multiple platforms. It provides revenue-generating components (e.g. classified ads, listings, data/content syndication) for the web, and is able to deliver those also to traditional platforms.
With Superdesk, independent media organisations are able to take advantage of external content hosting and delivery services (Youtube, Vimeo, Livestream.com, Soundcloud.com, etc.) without getting locked in. Superdesk allows for the inclusion of citizens in the news process via social network components.
Le marché : qui sont vos pairs et vos concurrents ? Comment ces acteurs peuvent-ils gêner votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
Proprietary systems exist as developed by Tera, Atex, Octopus. However the cost of these completely prohibits small to medium independent media enterprises in emerging markets using them. No equivalent product to Superdesk is known, certainly not in the open source world. The existence of other CMSes is actually a plus point for Superdesk. Superdesk enables various existing systems to communicate in a new digital newsroom.
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Sourcefabric grew from the Campware suite of free, open-source tools that has been helping publishers and broadcasters worldwide for more than 10 years. Having implemented projects over the past decade, providing valuable support to independent media in countries as varied as Indonesia, Belarus and Sierra Leone, the founders recognised the value, flexibility and power of open source software. With the onset of social networks, digital publishing and citizen journalism, the logical next step was to develop a tool specifically for the newsroom and Superdesk was born.
Précisez l'ampleur et la portée de l'impact social de votre solution à ce jour.
The Superdesk idea is currently in development, but already is having an influence on how Sourcefabric is developing its other media tools. Several features have begun to be integrated into Newscoop, Sourcefabric's content management system, and future integration is planned. Newscoop powers over 150 large, professional media organisations worldwide, many of whom are already benefiting from the Superdesk philosophy. Opinion-formers are already evangelising about its potential.
Leading media consultant (BBC, Al-Jazeera) David Brewer said this of Superdesk: "It's a dream come true for me. A group of international developers working on a free, open-source tool designed to power a converged newsroom concept based on a centralised superdesk. (It's) a tall order and a massive task, but already the team at Sourcefabric are well down the road of delivering on all the above. Once they do they could become the publication tool of choice for all who want to deliver a content offering across multiple devices without having to break the bank to do so. And that could be a massive boost to the establishing of an alternative voice where independent media is absent."
Quel est l'impact envisagé de votre projet dans les un à cinq ans à venir ? Votre idée peut-elle être reproduite ? Si oui, comment ?
Superdesk will become the leading open source newsroom tool for media organisations globally. Initial impact will be among newspapers, radio and TV stations in emerging markets, plus local news organisations in more developed media climates. An open source codebase means the software will be free and a growing community will continually improve the project. Organisations can develop or commission new features, creating a secondary economy around improvement and implementation for developers, engineers, systems administrators, designers and media consultants. A professional, paid hosting service will allow organisations to leave installation and maintenance to experts and will ensure financial stability for the project.
Les projets gagnants sont ceux qui expliquent clairement comment ils comptent assurer et maintenir leur croissance. Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur six mois.
Release Superdesk version 1.0 as free, open source software.
Tâche 1
Find and implement Superdesk with proof-of-concept partner
Tâche 2
Develop core functionality
Tâche 3
Create community platform for growth and advocacy
Et maintenant, voyez plus grand ! Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur 12 mois.
Launch Superdesk hosting project for professional media organisations.
Tâche 1
Establish hosting infrastructure - servers, payment systems, administrators
Tâche 2
Develop community and awareness significantly
Tâche 3
Obtain feedback and implement core improvements for the software
Combien de personnes ont été touchées par votre projet ?
Moins de 100
Combien de personnes pourraient être touchées par votre projet au cours des trois prochaines années ?
Plus de 10,000
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Quels obstacles ont freiné la réussite de votre projet jusqu'à présent ? Comment prévoyez-vous de surmonter ces problèmes et les autres à mesure que votre projet se développera ?
A lack of development resources meant that, previously, an open source newsroom software was not a possibility. Any resources the organisation had were invested into the development of Newscoop which already had professional users. Sourcefabric was launched in late April 2010 with generous start up funding, which allowed us to plan our core activities well into the future and begin Superdesk development.
Comment voyez-vous l'évolution des secteurs des technologies de l'information et des médias sur les 10 prochaines années ? Comment votre solution s'adaptera-t-elle à cet environnement changeant ? De quelle manière votre solution pourrait-elle entraîner ce changement ?
If traditional media companies, and especially mid-size or small ones, are to survive, they have to be ready for any eventuality in the industry. Superdesk opens up management thinking to emerging platforms. It makes any media operation multi-platform by default (with nearly unchanged staff). It increases productivity, decreases processing time of news events, provides an ultimate insurance policy against diminishing returns on any platform (e.g. print) and taps the full content-generation capacity of a media organisation.
L'échec n'est pas toujours une option. Si votre solution ne parvient pas à prendre de la vitesse au cours des deux prochaines années, quelles sont les autres applications de l'idée que vous pourriez explorer ?
Firstly, interoperability with Sourcefabric's other open source software products for media organisations will be built into Superdesk as standard, meaning that should the idea fail to gain traction, our other software would 'inherit' the features.
Secondly, given that the codebase is open source, the project could also be given over to 'the community' to maintain - allowing adaptation and improvement to take place on that basis.
Thirdly, once the product is developed, enterprise-level modules and features can be developed for major media, meaning that even if wide-scale adoption does not take place, project-by-project integrations can take place, with appropriate resources being budgeted for in a bespoke fashion.
Donnez des détails sur vos choix en expliquant votre plan de financement.
Sourcefabric and Superdesk will have three key revenue streams:
1) Start-up funding. Generous start-up funding in April 2010 has allowed for dramatic expansion over three years and the implementation of a business plan to maintain financial sustainability.
2) Partnerships and donors. Sourcefabric is working with a number of partners throughout the world who fund specific media projects. This funding is often used to develop the tools being used (like Superdesk) and then the improvements are committed into the public versions of the software.
3) Software as a Service (SaaS). Paid hosting and support for our software will become a significant revenue stream in 2012. Our first SaaS programme's infrastructure will pave the way for Superdesk SaaS and launches in October 2011.
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
Sourcefabric was formerly known as CAMP (the Center for Advanced Media-Prague), initially founded by the Media Development Loan Foundation in 1998. It is now an autonomous organisation that has partnerships throughout the word with various donors, NGOs and media development bodies. Recent project partners include the Open Society Initative For West Africa and IREX Media. A private Swiss foundation is providing Sourcefabric with its core funding currently.
Quel type d'équipe (salariés, volontaires, etc.) vous permettra d'atteindre les objectifs de croissance décrits à la section Impact social ?
Sourcefabric has a team of over 35 employees based in offices in Prague, Berlin, Cluj, Minsk, Toronto and Guatemala. Their roles range from development, to quality assurance, to administration, to client liaison, project management and communications.
All have significant experience in their field, many have been involved in journalism previously - all are passionate and dedicated to supporting independent media worldwide.
Changemakers est un espace de collaboration et de soutien. Indiquez les ressources communautaires dont vous auriez besoin pour développer durablement votre initiative. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Investissement, Marketing/médias, Collaboration/réseautage, Innovation/idées.
Indiquez les ressources que vous pourriez offrir pour aider d'autres initiatives. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
b. Ressources humaines/talents, Marketing/médias, Recherche/informations, Collaboration/réseautage, Innovation/idées, Tutorat.
Détaillez les besoins ou les offres d'aide indiqués ci-dessus et/ou suggérez d'autres catégories de soutien qui ne figurent pas dans la liste.
Sourcefabric would be committed to becoming active in the Changemakers space and would commit significant resources in the form of media expertise, global journalistic and news enterprise contacts, collaborative research or idea-sharing and mentorship for young developers or journalists interested in this field.
In return Sourcefabric hopes to gain further exposure for the work it is doing, and specifically for Superdesk, access to a greater range of news organisations that could benefit from the project. Funding, collaboration and networking opportunities with other NGOs, media projects and news agencies would be welcomed.
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Superdesk is an open source newsroom and workflow tool built to help independent media towards financial sustainability.
Expliquez en quoi votre solution est innovante en une ou deux phrases courtes.
Avec Superdesk, toutes les organisations médiatiques sont libres de choisir leur salle de presse et de fournir des contenus sur n'importe quelle plateforme, partout et tout le temps.
Created on 11/9/2011 by James Vasile
Cet ordinateur à faible consommation offre un haut degré technologique en matière de vie privée, d'anonymat et de sécurité, avec une configuration minimale pour des utilisateurs finals non spécialistes.
Organisation: FreedomBox Foundation
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FreedomBox : box clé en main pour des communications privées, anonymes et sécurisées
Sélectionnez la phase qui s'applique le mieux à votre solution
Création (un pilote qui vient juste de démarrer)
Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
En place depuis moins d'un an
Le besoin : décrivez le besoin auquel répond votre solution et la taille/dynamique de la ou des communautés auxquelles vous vous adressez.
Inherently, there is an assumption that the Internet can instantly facilitate cohesive communities, however, we have seen that this has not been the case.
In many places, the network is frail. Access is ad-hoc, unreliable or incompatible. Crises render the network unreliable (Egypt or Syria), absent (Sendai) or even treacherous (China). Elsewhere, censorship, privacy invasion and lack of security restrict direct personal communication.
A few web sites carry most internet communication. They steer interaction toward monetizable channels and toll-taking gatekeepers. They give your private communication to hostile governments. Social networking sites sell you, your personal data, and your social graph to advertisers in the guise of creating infrastructure that fosters community.
Digital infrastructure is everywhere inadequate for safe, unmediated direct interpersonal communication. This inhibits cooperation and community organization. It prevents the kind of communities that make momentous social change in the face of powerful opposition and daunting obstacles.
La solution : expliquez en quoi consiste votre solution et dans quelle mesure elle est innovante. Comment comptez-vous mettre votre solution à disposition des utilisateurs et des bénéficiaires ? Soyez précis !
FreedomBox will put in people's own hands and under their own control encrypted voice and text communication, anonymous publishing, social networking, media sharing, and (micro)blogging.
We need a robust, open network architecture to serve popular needs from the pipes up to the user. The solution is decentralized infrastructure so all the people on the network can communicate free of external or artificial barriers.
Much of the software already exists: onion routing, encryption, virtual private networks, etc. There are tiny, low-watt computers known as plug servers to run this software. The hard parts is integrating that technology, distributing it, and making it easy to use without expertise. The harder part is to decentralize it so users have no need to rely on and trust centralized infrastructure.
That's what FreedomBox is: we integrate privacy protection on a cheap plug server so everybody can have privacy. Data stays in your home and can't be mined by governments, billionaires, thugs or even gossipy neighbors.
FreedomBox assembles robust software, makes that software work well together, and configures it to be as easy as possible to use. We provide that software for free under open source licenses to hardware vendors who install the software on low-cost plug servers, which they sell. Other people will download our software for free and install it themselves on their existing hardware (a spare netbook, perhaps).
With FreedomBoxes in their homes, anybody, regardless of technical skill, can easily enjoy secure, private, even anonymous communication!
Le modèle : donnez un exemple détaillé de la manière dont votre solution fait la différence grâce à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des médias.
* Egyptian Democracy activists had trouble talking to demonstrators in the streets because the Mubarak regime shutdown parts of the internet as well as many cellular networks. If your internet plug is pulled, the box will use mesh routing to talk to other boxes like it. If any of them can get a packet across the border, they all can.
* The US government famously sought information about internal WikiLeaks communications from Twitter and other social websites. By moving our communication from centralized monoliths to decentralized servers in our homes, we protect our data from government prying.
* Many whistleblowers and dissidents need to anonymously talk to media and the public. With the FreedomBox, they can use VOIP to encrypt telephone calls and can create anonymous web servers over TOR to publish documents. Anonymous instant messaging or microblogging are also possible.
* FreedomBoxes are encrypted web proxies. Boxes in uncensored countries can bounce signals for users stuck behind censorship walls---each one is a tiny crack in the Great Firewall. Chinese users could surf the entire net free from government eavesdropping.
* FreedomBoxes are useful on a daily personal level too. That same proxy technology can scrub web sites of ads and tracking technology as you use them, thus protecting your privacy. FreedomBoxes help you encrypt your email. They also know who your friends are and can back up your data in encrypted form to their FreedomBoxes. You can get your data back even if you don't know your password. Even absent a crisis, privacy matters.
Le marché : qui sont vos pairs et vos concurrents ? Comment ces acteurs peuvent-ils gêner votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
FreedomBox has no competitors. Projects exist to make individual parts of the FreedomBox, but nobody seeks an integrated solution to address a broad range of privacy, anonymity and security needs. Those individual projects are our partners, not our competitors. Their success is vital to our mission, because the open source technology they create powers the FreedomBox.
Peers include Tor, PageKite, Mesh Potato, Identi.ca, Diaspora, Tahoe, Friendika, and Commotion. All these projects have interoperability as their goal, and when they are deployed on computers that are not FreedomBoxes, our users benefit from the network effects.
Projects exist to deploy meshes to disaster sites. This is difficult. Our approach is daily utility so the mesh is present when disaster strikes. Additional mesh capability deployed by such projects would of course improve the network.
There are also entrenched social networking websites that people use despite their lack of respect for privacy. We won't move recalcitrant users off those websites but will instead empower those who want a more secure alternative. FreedomBox will have to interoperate with established services like Facebook and Twitter.
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Our Aha came from a few sources. Eben Moglen identified centralization of communication infrastructure as the big privacy and anonymity threat. Ian Sullivan and James Vasile were investigating how plug servers suit a range of home applications. All three are passionately interested in returning control of our digital lives to individuals.
Eben pulled these threads together and presented them to the world in a talk entitled "Freedom In the Cloud". It was watched by a couple hundred people that night, and later many thousands via web video. Volunteers translated it into many languages and suddenly the geek world was buzzing.
As the Arab Spring spread, the value of protected, reliable communication was immediately obvious as governments sought to prevent protesters from reaching each other and the world. FreedomBox as Democracy tool was the Aha moment for a lot of our supporters and we gained national media attention that brought us many dedicated team members.
WikiLeaks showed how whistleblowers and dissidents need much the same infrastructure, and the FreedomBox can serve a range of users, from normal individuals to freedom fighters.
Every day is Aha on this project!
Précisez l'ampleur et la portée de l'impact social de votre solution à ce jour.
Our project is still in the pilot stage, but we've already had an impact on a lot of people. About 100 people have built prototypical FreedomBoxes: plug servers loaded with existing software to protect their privacy. These boxes do onion routing, strip web traffic of malicious content, provide secure VPNs and do a host of other things, each suited to the needs of its builder.
More broadly, our goals extend beyond creation of FreedomBoxes. Step one is raising awareness of privacy, anonymity and security issues while showing people that technology exists to address those issues.
Many thousands of people have watched speeches by Eben Moglen, James Vasile, Bdale Garbee and a long list of our community members. In those speeches, we have raised awareness of how centralized architecture threatens privacy. And we have helped people understand that if they band together they can do something about it.
The proof of impact is in the thousands of individual donors to our project and the thousands of people who have written to the Foundation and participated in our email lists. We are a young project, but people have responded to us with amazing efforts and enthusiasm.
Quel est l'impact envisagé de votre projet dans les un à cinq ans à venir ? Votre idée peut-elle être reproduite ? Si oui, comment ?
We create open source software. Our workflow upstreams all our technology to the Debian project, which will make it instantly available on the millions of Debian-installed computers worldwide. Anybody can build a FreedomBox from our work. They can use an existing Debian computer, toss it on an old laptop or buy one pre-configured off the shelf fromone of several vendors. We have begun talking to industry partners about putting FreedomBox technology in a variety of small home computers, from set-top cable boxes to home automation devices.
Our goal is to see tens of thousands of FreedomBoxes in a couple dozen countries within five years. Also within 5 years, I would like to see the Freedom Stack provide one major user-facing social application with secure, decentralized communication.
Les projets gagnants sont ceux qui expliquent clairement comment ils comptent assurer et maintenir leur croissance. Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur six mois.
Working Groups (inc. UX) integrating, producing software, documentation and an early feature release on working hardware.
Tâche 1
Develop high-level user experience vision. Begin executing that vision throughout project.
Tâche 2
Develop common user interface system. Begin integrating software into that system.
Tâche 3
Continue packaging, testing and developing privacy-respecting software on our hardware.
Et maintenant, voyez plus grand ! Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur 12 mois.
Tâche 1
Complete a working wireless router with at least three high-quality privacy-respecting features.
Tâche 2
Polish documentation and translate it into a dozen languages.
Tâche 3
User-interface testing with naive end-users.
Combien de personnes ont été touchées par votre projet ?
1,001 - 10,000
Combien de personnes pourraient être touchées par votre projet au cours des trois prochaines années ?
Plus de 10,000
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User experience is the most difficult and important problem we face, and we have not yet managed to build an expert team of volunteers to tackle it. We seek funding to, among other things, hire innovative designers who can develop a vision of a unified FreedomBox interface and then help us execute that vision.
Integrating disparate software and connecting it to our Freedom Stack (a library that provides easy, interoperable APIs for decentralized private communication) and our UI is difficult. We cannot possibly tackle all the services FreedomBox might offer. Our approach is to encourage community work on the parts people are passionate about while building support to enable that community work to succeed.
Comment voyez-vous l'évolution des secteurs des technologies de l'information et des médias sur les 10 prochaines années ? Comment votre solution s'adaptera-t-elle à cet environnement changeant ? De quelle manière votre solution pourrait-elle entraîner ce changement ?
The inexorable pressure of capital will continue to drive network infrastructure toward centralized, stratified architectures. At the same time, the pressure of competition will continue to require APIs for interoperability. Privacy will increasingly be illegal.
As those structures solidify their gains and extend their empires, we will distribute our boxes and develop our privacy-respecting alternatives. Peoploe will have the tools to seize control over their own digital lives, and the ones who value freedom will take that control.
L'échec n'est pas toujours une option. Si votre solution ne parvient pas à prendre de la vitesse au cours des deux prochaines années, quelles sont les autres applications de l'idée que vous pourriez explorer ?
FreedomBox is 100% open source, upstreamed into Debian and spread across many other projects. Much of our work will develop without us even if we disappeared tomorrow. Now that we have gathered a community in one place and concentrating on this idea, people will ultimately build FreedomBoxes of one kind or another, with or without us.
Also, our project includes several independent milestones. If our user interface layer is as good as we intend, it will be usable in many other projects. Likewise, if the Freedom Stack is good, it will outgrow us and underpin many other services.
If we have been too ambitious and need to retreat to a simpler idea, we will make simple privacy-oriented wireless routers with a few features and let it grow slowly and chaotically from there.
Donnez des détails sur vos choix en expliquant votre plan de financement.
FreedomBox is supported by public donations. We have raised over $100,000 USD from thousands of individuals. Public support for us is enthusiastic and if we produce results we know we public support will continue.
We plan as well to seek foundation and governmental funding. The work we do is very much in the public spirit and has the capacity to produce great change.
A mature FreedomBox with a large install-base will present opportunities for hardware and digital service vendors to build businesses related to the FreedomBox functionality. We believe some of those businesses will support us as an investment in a profitable and continually developing ecosystem.
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
We are supported by the Software Freedom Law Center, where our President, Executive Director and Project Manager are all employed (and given time to work on FreedomBox). We work closely with Tor. We cooperate with dozens of free software projects, sharing people, technology and ideas.
We have close relations with GlobalScale (they make plug servers) and Marvell (they make the chips that go in the servers). Those partnerships will ensure that our code ships pre-installed on consumer goods and that we can design for future editions of those servers.
Quel type d'équipe (salariés, volontaires, etc.) vous permettra d'atteindre les objectifs de croissance décrits à la section Impact social ?
FreedomBox is volunteer-driven. Unpaid staff: President, Executive Director, CTO and Project Manager. Volunteers: dozens of translators, a 5-person technical advisory board, scores of developers and documentarians. All of those people are unpaid.
We have one paid part-time community facilitator. And we need the executive director to become a full time staffer to manage this immense volunteer effort. We will likely need to hire a user experience designer, as that need has not been met with volunteer resources.
Changemakers est un espace de collaboration et de soutien. Indiquez les ressources communautaires dont vous auriez besoin pour développer durablement votre initiative. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Investissement, b. Ressources humaines/talents, Marketing/médias.
Indiquez les ressources que vous pourriez offrir pour aider d'autres initiatives. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
b. Ressources humaines/talents, Marketing/médias, Recherche/informations, Collaboration/réseautage, Aide bénévole (juridique, financière, etc.), Innovation/idées.
Détaillez les besoins ou les offres d'aide indiqués ci-dessus et/ou suggérez d'autres catégories de soutien qui ne figurent pas dans la liste.
FreedomBox grows out of the Software Freedom Law Center, where we have been providing pro bono legal services to open source projects for the last 6 years. We talk to everybody in the culture/tech sharing world and are always happy to help good ideas reach the right people for collaboration.
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FreedomBox is turn-key privacy, anonymity and security services and social applications on *your* server in *your* home.
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Cet ordinateur à faible consommation offre un haut degré technologique en matière de vie privée, d'anonymat et de sécurité, avec une configuration minimale pour des utilisateurs finals non spécialistes.
Created on 11/9/2011 by rmbjspd
Grâce à FrontlineSMS, nous possédons un réseau mondial d'utilisateurs et de partisans, et une réputation en termes d'intégration mobile qui n'est plus à faire.
Organisation: FrontlineSMS / The kiwanja Foundation
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1‐5 années
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Journalisme participatif mondial avec FrontlineSMS
Sélectionnez la phase qui s'applique le mieux à votre solution
Création (un pilote qui vient juste de démarrer)
Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
En place depuis moins d'un an
Le besoin : décrivez le besoin auquel répond votre solution et la taille/dynamique de la ou des communautés auxquelles vous vous adressez.
The mobile phones in the hands of rural community members throughout the developing world give them an opportunity to interact with, contribute to, and consume the news like never before. In the developed world, our long familiarity with participatory media like call-in radio can make interaction via mobile technology seem banal, if occasionally compelling: CNN anchors reading live messages from Twitter users on air, for example, can seem like more novelty than useful glimpse into the backchannel; reports via Twitter from the streets of Tehran during this summer’s protests, though, offered a live and vital window into an oppressive regime that would otherwise have been impossible. Most importantly for FrontlineSMS, though, is the fact that, in vast swathes of the developing world, areas where literally billions of people live, no opportunities for participatory journalism had ever been possible before. Those are the communities we are building for, and in the process developing tools with universal applicability to helping the voices of the world's rural poor be heard.
La solution : expliquez en quoi consiste votre solution et dans quelle mesure elle est innovante. Comment comptez-vous mettre votre solution à disposition des utilisateurs et des bénéficiaires ? Soyez précis !
Our work is putting the tools of participatory journalism directly in the hands of people throughout the rural developing world. In fact, the tools are already in their hands, in the form of their basic mobile phones. Our software, which runs at a hub on a laptop in a radio station, TV control room, or other newsroom, aggregates messages sent to the station and can also send messages back out in bulk. With this initiative, we plan to add features like comprehensive MMS compatibility, which will allow ordinary community members to document news in the field, from photos documenting fraud or abuse, to audio recordings of local politicians, to short videos of violence or corruption. Hosts and journalists will be able to comb through, curate, and verify piles of primary sources, and even send selections of this media out to listeners’ handsets, transforming the passive act of listening to or watching news into a rich, participatory, multimedia experience.
We plan to prepare guides to help journalists and news presenters consider new topics to discuss with their audience and learn how those conversations could be enhanced by SMS. Ultimately, we aim to build the capacity of community organizations and outlets to empower their own communities. The simplicity of the platform, the fact that all of our software is free and open-source, and our strong global network of media organizations, from the BBC World Service to Farm Radio International, means that it is easy to scale up and replicate our work throughout the world.
Le modèle : donnez un exemple détaillé de la manière dont votre solution fait la différence grâce à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des médias.
[Adapted from a message from Equal Access International]: Equal Access International specializes in educating and empowering people in some of the world’s most remote regions. Linking their work on local radio with FrontlineSMS has converted a traditionally one-way information flow into an open dialogue, allowing listeners to express their ideas and perspectives, sometimes for the first time in their lives.
EA has been using FrontlineSMS to collect listener messages in Chad and Niger since late 2009. The radio stations receive thousands of messages each year, some in response to questions posed on the radio and others sharing personal views or commentary. In Chad, EA produces a youth radio show that discusses peaceful ways of addressing grievances, tolerance, and problem solving. Listeners can send in feedback through FrontlineSMS asking questions like “I lived for a little while in the North, and I noticed that tribalism still exists there. The young people from the North and South avoid relating to one another. How do we get past this behavior?” EA discusses these comments on air, helping youth from all over the country feel included in important conversations.
In closed communities, or those struggling with violence or intolerance, the act of engaging in a dialogue via a mass communications platform such as a radio can help people feel engaged and included. As one young listener in Niger texted, “[EA’s youth show] Gwadaben should be congratulated because it is an essential environment for young people, where we can discuss and address the questions that concern us.”
Le marché : qui sont vos pairs et vos concurrents ? Comment ces acteurs peuvent-ils gêner votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
As a socially driven organization developing free and open-source tools, competition over the participatory journalism space is less important to us than ensuring we serve and empower our users and their audiences in the best way we can, especially given the immense size of the global market for the kinds of tools we develop. As the same time, since our tools are free, simple, and well known, competitors would have a hard time displacing us. Most of the peer organizations in our field are less competitors than current or potential collaborators. The team at Ushahidi, for example, builds participatory mapping tools that use FrontlineSMS software to collect and organize SMS messages. Community media outlets using FrontlineSMS will benefit immensely from the ability to integrate mapping into a participatory journalism workflow. There are other SMS aggregation tools out there, as well as Web-based SMS services, but we offer different advantages. The Web services, obviously, require Internet access, a nonstarter in the communities we serve, and other SMS tools either require advanced technical skills to launch or lack the dynamic user community and support system we have cultivated.
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FrontlineSMS began life back in 2004 when Ken Banks was working in South Africa, thinking about how the park authorities could use mobile technology to communicate with local communities living around Kruger National Park, many of whom were slowly beginning to acquire mobile phones. Frustrated by the domination of web-based communications tools—it was impossible to connect to the Internet in these communities—Ken built a communications solution that would offer its users the maximum amount of accessibility. To reflect the reality in the field, this meant no Internet and no technology more advanced than a low-cost laptop and basic mobile phones already in the hands of community members. In 2005, armed with a laptop, programming guide and an assortment of cables, phones and GSM modems, Ken went to work on developing a prototype of his communications platform, one which was eventually to become FrontlineSMS. Since then, the popularity of the platform and engagement of the user community has grown ceaselessly. As a few journalists began to use the basic tools to engage their communities, it became clear that there was more work to be done, and this initiative was born.
Précisez l'ampleur et la portée de l'impact social de votre solution à ce jour.
Nearly 20,000 organizations and individuals have downloaded FrontlineSMS, and our community of active users has reached millions of people with projects from agricultural support to public health to election monitoring campaigns. As we begin to develop and grow our participatory media initiative, we are working hard on developing and collecting metrics directly related to that work. This will mean more than counting radio stations or other journalists that are using FrontlineSMS (though there are already 26 stations around the world who are doing so); we need to go into detail in pilot projects designed to measure the impact of SMS-based interaction on information retention and listener engagement, develop surveys to measure uptake and satisfaction with new communications tools, and analyze the workflows of community journalists to understand how our tools and mobile in general are transforming their newsgathering process.
We are ready to hit the ground running. With committed interest from organizations like al Jazeera, Internews, the BBC World Service Trust, the World Bank, and more, we are ready to lead in this movement and deliver rapid and sustainable global impact.
Quel est l'impact envisagé de votre projet dans les un à cinq ans à venir ? Votre idée peut-elle être reproduite ? Si oui, comment ?
Thanks to our existing network of users and supporters, we are confident that our tools will be used widely within the next year. Within the next 5 years, we anticipate being leaders in the field of mobile integration in journalism and media. Because our tools are free and open-source, and our community is open and dynamic, it will be simple for our tools to be used and our expertise to be tapped for projects and programs around the world. Given the rapid growth of mobile technology, and the growing embrace of innovation around the channel, we believe that, in five years, mobile integration in newsgathering and participatory journalism will be nearly universal, and it is our hope that early, aggressive initiatives like this one will keep us at the forefront of this critical movement.
Les projets gagnants sont ceux qui expliquent clairement comment ils comptent assurer et maintenir leur croissance. Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur six mois.
100 stations or programs around the world actively using FrontlineSMS for citizen media
Tâche 1
Complete software development and consultation with pilot partners
Tâche 2
Roll-out software and launch engagement and outreach strategy
Tâche 3
Support early-adopting stations to work out software bugs and ensure smooth integration
Et maintenant, voyez plus grand ! Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur 12 mois.
Continued growth and clear leadership in the mobile-for-participatory-media movement worldwide
Tâche 1
Conduct rigorous impact evaluations of the benefit of mobile tech in media and journalism
Tâche 2
Gain widespread satisfaction with our team, tools, and community through hands-on support
Tâche 3
Develop a sound, sustainable, active business model of consultation and training for a diverse client portfolio
Combien de personnes ont été touchées par votre projet ?
1,001 - 10,000
Combien de personnes pourraient être touchées par votre projet au cours des trois prochaines années ?
Plus de 10,000
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Modèle hybride
Quels obstacles ont freiné la réussite de votre projet jusqu'à présent ? Comment prévoyez-vous de surmonter ces problèmes et les autres à mesure que votre projet se développera ?
We foresee three potential risks to the success of FrontlineSMS:Media: lack of adoption, a failure to keep the software simultaneously easy to use and feature-rich, and resource constraints. The whole point of dedicating time and resources to addressing the needs of rural journalists and media outlets is to improve the way they work. Like any free, open-source software, FrontlineSMS:Media will only be as successful as the people that use it. If no one uses our tools, or if no one considers our community and expertise an asset to their work, the project objectives will not be met. We believe our development process mitigates this risk, by involving current and potential users at every stage of the process, ensuring that what we build responds directly to their stated needs.
Comment voyez-vous l'évolution des secteurs des technologies de l'information et des médias sur les 10 prochaines années ? Comment votre solution s'adaptera-t-elle à cet environnement changeant ? De quelle manière votre solution pourrait-elle entraîner ce changement ?
In a world of rapidly shifting technology and an uncertain media landscape, versatility is a key piece of our strategy. While it is certain that mobile data connectivity will come to many parts of the developing world, and cheap Android handsets will make mobile Internet accessible, the persistence of SMS in the U.S. shows that there will always be communities where texting is the cheapest, easiest, or only tool. The same goes for broadcast media like radio, which remains vital even as the Internet has otherwise transformed the news landscape.
L'échec n'est pas toujours une option. Si votre solution ne parvient pas à prendre de la vitesse au cours des deux prochaines années, quelles sont les autres applications de l'idée que vous pourriez explorer ?
Luckily, our work in citizen media is one of several sector-specific initiatives we are undertaking. Therefore, even if FrontlineSMS:Media fails to gain traction, the software we build, the expertise we develop, and the ideas we generate can easily be internally directed towards one of our other initiatives. With a community users reaching millions of people around the world with our tools, we are confident that any investment in our work and our team will yield dividends.
Donnez des détails sur vos choix en expliquant votre plan de financement.
As described elsewhere in this application, our sector-specific initiatives in media fit neatly in our long-term palns to attain financial sustainability as a unique hybrid social enterprise. We have found that larger organizations want access to the expertise we’ve gained during five years in M4D. Program design consultancy is therefore our primary type of contract, with training coming in a close second. Ongoing consulting work with larger partners will therefore provide the bulk of funding necessary to support this work. We don’t anticipate future grants being necessary, but targeted grants for new initiatives can and do take budgetary pressure off existing work and allow us to pursue other projects that have the potential to become self-sustaining in the short-to-medium term.
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
We have received support from these organizations to help us develop the core FrontlineSMS platform, and to build the team that supports the software and its user community. Other major donors are the Omidyar Network and the Knight Foundation, which recognized our new media initiatives in this year's News Challenge.
Quel type d'équipe (salariés, volontaires, etc.) vous permettra d'atteindre les objectifs de croissance décrits à la section Impact social ?
Our team consists of a project manager for our media initiative, a software development team, and a core team that takes on a variety of management roles. As we move towards becoming a hybrid social enterprise, the responsibilities of software development and community engagement will fall with the US-based nonprofit, while the training and consulting activities that will keep us sustainable will fall to the UK-based Community Interest Company
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Investissement, Collaboration/réseautage, Aide bénévole (juridique, financière, etc.).
Indiquez les ressources que vous pourriez offrir pour aider d'autres initiatives. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Innovation/idées, Tutorat.
Détaillez les besoins ou les offres d'aide indiqués ci-dessus et/ou suggérez d'autres catégories de soutien qui ne figurent pas dans la liste.
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Integrating SMS with newsgathering and participatory journalism, our team is working to transform global citizen media.
Expliquez en quoi votre solution est innovante en une ou deux phrases courtes.
Grâce à FrontlineSMS, nous possédons un réseau mondial d'utilisateurs et de partisans, et une réputation en termes d'intégration mobile qui n'est plus à faire.
Created on 11/9/2011 by MideastYouth
CrowdVoice offre une nouvelle façon d'accéder aux informations relatives aux mouvements en faveur des droits de l'homme et aux manifestations, de les partager,de les modérer et de les organiser.
Organisation: Mideast Youth
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Votre organisation est-elle une
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Depuis combien de temps votre organisation opère-t-elle ?
1‐5 années
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CrowdVoice.org - Suivre les voix dissidentes
Sélectionnez la phase qui s'applique le mieux à votre solution
Création (un pilote qui vient juste de démarrer)
Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
En place depuis moins d'un an
Le besoin : décrivez le besoin auquel répond votre solution et la taille/dynamique de la ou des communautés auxquelles vous vous adressez.
CrowdVoice.org is a user-powered service that tracks voices of protest from around the world by crowdsourcing information. Users create topics for current causes and demonstrations. Users worldwide then curate specific content on these issues from various sources (news, blogs, videos, photos and social media) - often from on-the-ground sources. CrowdVoice gives both active participants and visitors front-row seats to current events that are happening worldwide, allowing even more people to become engaged spectators. It continues to raise awareness especially about the many issues that go unnoticed by amplifying the participants' voices. It also helps to quicken and organize the dissemination of assorted information and current news.
La solution : expliquez en quoi consiste votre solution et dans quelle mesure elle est innovante. Comment comptez-vous mettre votre solution à disposition des utilisateurs et des bénéficiaires ? Soyez précis !
CrowdVoice made its mark with thousands of visitors when the revolutionary protests began in Tunisia and Egypt. Users of these pages were quick to curate various content, especially videos and photos from local sources. Collecting and organizing local videos and photos is important especially in cases such as the Libyan uprising, where the media blackout meant that even mainstream news outlets relied on YouTube videos and photos from local sources to accompany their reports. Because of this, CrowdVoice proved to be a useful tool for journalists as well.
Le modèle : donnez un exemple détaillé de la manière dont votre solution fait la différence grâce à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des médias.
When the protests were taking place here in Bahrain, there was a media blackout and widespread internet censorship. Journalists were not allowed near the protest areas and foreign journalists were not allowed into the countries. Bloggers were arrested, beaten and interrogated. CrowdVoice collected an endless amount of resources that was then used by The Guardian, the LA Times, UN Dispatch, amongst others who credited the site for finding important sources of info from witnesses. Al Jazeera also profiled CrowdVoice on a program about how crowdsourcing and organizing this type of content is crucial to compile evidence of abuse in the protests in Syria. Fast Company also listed the young site in an article titled "Google's Journalism Prize and the 5 Groups who should win it" for its short-term and long-term influences on how projects like these can impact the future of journalism.
Le marché : qui sont vos pairs et vos concurrents ? Comment ces acteurs peuvent-ils gêner votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
We partner with as many people as we can find, and have a healthy relationship with both Storify and Storyful, the latter of which we are exploring an extended partnership with as we both focus on current events. The biggest difference is that both of these services use a method that is not crowdsourced by the public, and rely on users to curate very specific content from one user's perspective, instead of a larger approach that we believe is faster and more balanced in its scope. Instead of picking only a handful of sources, we also rely on thousands per page, where users have the ability to view them by filtering the types of content they'd wish to explore.
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Point de départ : nous voulons que vous nous racontiez le moment où l'idée vous est venue. Racontez où et quand le ou les fondateurs ont compris dans quelle mesure cette solution pouvait changer le monde.
As digital activists who have been running grassroots initiatives for years, amplifying voices of dissent proved increasingly difficult. We thought that perhaps the popularity of sites like Twitter and Facebook might make this easier, but it partly added to our frustrations, as the information spread throughout these services was overwhelming and disorganized. Organizing the content was time-consuming and with more information it kept becoming more difficult to stream what was worth reading and what wasn't. During these human rights campaigns, we were exhausted and overworked. We needed to improve the way we were receiving and sharing news with our members and readers, and we felt the best way to do so was to involve an open community that could submit pieces of news that grabbed their attention and which they wanted to share. We created CrowdVoice to address this very need, because the tools already available to us were increasingly insufficient. We realized that apart from organizing the content, it was also important to diversify sources, as it's crucial for people to constantly be exposed to various perspectives on a particular issue.
Précisez l'ampleur et la portée de l'impact social de votre solution à ce jour.
CrowdVoice was initially intended to be for the Middle East, as this is where we are based and where most of our campaigns are focused. However, weeks after we launched, activists from countries such as Russia, China, Kenya and others were requesting invites as they felt the project was useful to them as well. The site was used in prominent papers in Russia, Germany and others and used as resource on where to find the best information about particular causes, namely the Arab Spring revolutions. The pages were shared thousands of times via Twitter and Facebook during these events and was also facing censorship from the governments of Yemen and Bahrain, however we offered our users ways to bypass this censorship and they were able to continue their participation.
Quel est l'impact envisagé de votre projet dans les un à cinq ans à venir ? Votre idée peut-elle être reproduite ? Si oui, comment ?
CrowdVoice is open sourced, so people can use this concept and application to repurpose it however they want. It's already been the inspiration for several organizations in the works, such as PenPal News. The application doesn't have to be used for just human rights or activism, the source code is also being applied on a sports website to crowdsource news about sports events worldwide. We have an established community that we're eager to continue growing through things such as mobile applications, continued improvements on our user interface, as well as better ways to integrate with the growing number of social media sources, and finding a solid business model to sustain future development.
Les projets gagnants sont ceux qui expliquent clairement comment ils comptent assurer et maintenir leur croissance. Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur six mois.
Tâche 1
Mobile apps and making the site compatible for mobile usage and the iPad
Tâche 2
Better and more flexible widget for embedding purposes
Tâche 3
Toolbar for people to implement on their own sites, personalized for the causes that they follow on CrowdVoice
Et maintenant, voyez plus grand ! Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur 12 mois.
Tâche 1
Business model (customizing the app for other orgs or businesses for a fee)
Tâche 2
Bigger improvements on UI (more features)
Tâche 3
Better way to organize the topics by the languages they're available in
Combien de personnes ont été touchées par votre projet ?
1,001 - 10,000
Combien de personnes pourraient être touchées par votre projet au cours des trois prochaines années ?
Plus de 10,000
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Quels obstacles ont freiné la réussite de votre projet jusqu'à présent ? Comment prévoyez-vous de surmonter ces problèmes et les autres à mesure que votre projet se développera ?
Censorship really slowed down our growth and while it is possible to bypass it, it still requires a lot of marketing and a lot of networking with the activists who make use of this platform and providing some level of training on the various ways to access this site. We're going to be implementing a way to do this much more simply, such as hosting the site at different IPs so that it gets more challenging to censor, amongst other potential solutions.
Comment voyez-vous l'évolution des secteurs des technologies de l'information et des médias sur les 10 prochaines années ? Comment votre solution s'adaptera-t-elle à cet environnement changeant ? De quelle manière votre solution pourrait-elle entraîner ce changement ?
At CrowdVoice we are huge believers in the power of information-technology as we have been implementing all our solutions online and we do our best to quickly adapt to all the recent tools and platforms and integrating the ones most useful to our mission. This calls for constant iterations and improvements and building upon the existing platform, which we have been doing for many months.
L'échec n'est pas toujours une option. Si votre solution ne parvient pas à prendre de la vitesse au cours des deux prochaines années, quelles sont les autres applications de l'idée que vous pourriez explorer ?
There are certain things that haven't worked with the very first version of CrowdVoice, we spent weeks making a lot of changes, and we spent the months after that making even more changes until the site gains more traction and membership. We'll just continue doing that until we get closer and closer to our goals. Failure is not an option for us and this is a big idea that has already proved its significance, so if at any time we lose traction we will simply keep growing aggressively until we earn it back. It's our philosophy never to give up on a big idea.
Donnez des détails sur vos choix en expliquant votre plan de financement.
CrowdVoice has come a long way with very little funding. When no one believed in the idea of CrowdVoice or agreed to fund it, I emptied out my life's savings to get the prototype up and running because it was a solution for a need that I really needed. Since then CrowdVoice experienced tremendous growth and Mideast Youth (the parent organization of CrowdVoice) has gotten funding from respected organizations such as the Omidyar Network. We're using the funds to sustain the growth of our projects by providing our skills to other organizations and companies for a fee, as well as building for-profit applications (such as Naseemi.com) and exploring other business models or potentially lucrative partnerships, such as the one we secured with the sports startup that is using the CrowdVoice app.
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
Quel type d'équipe (salariés, volontaires, etc.) vous permettra d'atteindre les objectifs de croissance décrits à la section Impact social ?
As a primary team, there's 4 of us, two of us manage user participation, one does outreach and moderation, and one does product management (taking care of hosting, development, security and product growth.) The number of volunteers however are numerous and we rely on their ongoing support by continuing to grow our community of active participants.
Changemakers est un espace de collaboration et de soutien. Indiquez les ressources communautaires dont vous auriez besoin pour développer durablement votre initiative. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Investissement, Marketing/médias, Collaboration/réseautage.
Indiquez les ressources que vous pourriez offrir pour aider d'autres initiatives. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Recherche/informations, Innovation/idées.
Détaillez les besoins ou les offres d'aide indiqués ci-dessus et/ou suggérez d'autres catégories de soutien qui ne figurent pas dans la liste.
100 mots ou moins (800 caractères)
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CrowdVoice.org is a user-powered service that tracks voices of protest from around the world by crowdsourcing information.
Expliquez en quoi votre solution est innovante en une ou deux phrases courtes.
CrowdVoice offre une nouvelle façon d'accéder aux informations relatives aux mouvements en faveur des droits de l'homme et aux manifestations, de les partager,de les modérer et de les organiser.
Phone Accessible Voice Portal for Community Media to Enable Participation in Democracy through Communication and Dialogue.
Citizen media is growing by the day. Under-served communities need access to internet services, and the use of the latest technology, enabling people to participate in social and community engagement. The proposed Changeshop is a spin-off from the Ethical Citizen Media entry in the Google Citizen Media contest. This project incorporates STEM principles, as a way to promote STEM projects in urban America, and on a global scale.
“La Voz Pública” foundation is an independent, non-partisan and non-profitable organization whose aim is to improve transparency of massive broadcast information in Argentine society. Our goal is to defend the citizens’ right to be informed because we consider that it plays a key role in democratic systems. Moreover, we believe that enhancing participation in public debates regarding community affairs is essential for our democracy.
Created on 09/30/2011 by ismailoazzam
The citizen-journalist is the one who creates the materials for the site, which consists of videos, images, news, and opinion ar
Organisation: Higher Institute for Media and Communication
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Higher Institute for Media and Communication
Pays dans lesquels ce projet crée un impact social
Votre organisation est-elle une
Organisme gouvernemental
Depuis combien de temps votre organisation opère-t-elle ?
Plus 5 années
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A site dedicated for the citizens’ press in Morocco
Sélectionnez la phase qui s'applique le mieux à votre solution
Idée (vous êtes sur le point de lancer le projet)
Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
Encore au stade de l'idée, mais il sera bientôt lancé
Le besoin : décrivez le besoin auquel répond votre solution et la taille/dynamique de la ou des communautés auxquelles vous vous adressez.
dedicated site. There is also a collection of amateur sites which steal the work of others and post it without their permission.
This is due to the fact that official Moroccan media obscures some of the facts so that the real picture of events is not conveyed. Hence the need to set up this site, which is based on the concerns of the citizen.
Morocco is experiencing a deep dynamic experience as there is a strong desire for change on the part of large groups of people.
There are a lot of violations that are spreading throughout Morocco and which need to be exposed to public opinion.
This is because the professional press in Morocco suffers from state oppression and its censorship of the right of free speech.
La solution : expliquez en quoi consiste votre solution et dans quelle mesure elle est innovante. Comment comptez-vous mettre votre solution à disposition des utilisateurs et des bénéficiaires ? Soyez précis !
The anticipated name of the site: Dyalkom (a word in Moroccan dialect meaning “your matters”)
The anticipated link: www.dyalkom.com
A Moroccan news site made by the citizen-journalist, as he writes up the news stories and opinion articles, and he is the one who sends in the pictures and video clips; in brief, the citizen-journalist is the one that makes things happen on this site. Its slogan will be: "You are who makes it happen.."
Le modèle : donnez un exemple détaillé de la manière dont votre solution fait la différence grâce à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des médias.
The site will be divided into 5 sections
The video section: This section will receive video clips that document particular events which cannot be captured by professional cameras, such as demonstrations in a remote region, aggression against a citizen, violation of traffic regulations, and other such incidents...
Your opinion in voice and video section: This section will receive visitors' posts in the form of video clips, through which they express their opinions about an issue or another.
News section: The news written by citizen-journalists will be published here. These news will be checked somehow; the news stories that can not be verified will be given a yellow star, while verified news get a green star. Falsified news will be deleted, and a daily list will be made of true and falsified news stories.
Picture section: This section is designated for pictures taken by citizens’ cameras and phones, and which document some event or scene.
Opinion section: This section is designated for opinion articles from citizen-journalists.
In each genre, the intellectual property rights of owners will be preserved and their names will also be published, if they have no objection.
Every weekend, a PDF copy will be made of the most important news stories and articles, which will be made available for downloading.
In the same way that a PDF copy is to be made of the most important news items and articles published, an audio copy of these materials will also be compiled to enable people who can't read to inform themselves about the most important materials on the site.
Le marché : qui sont vos pairs et vos concurrents ? Comment ces acteurs peuvent-ils gêner votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
There is the "Hespress" site, however, it is a general news site, not to mention the fact that no one knows who is behind this site. There is also Lakome news site, but it is a news site only, and there is nothing on it relevant to the citizens’ press.
For this reason I will be different than them as my site will be only devoted to the citizen and be made by the citizen.
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Point de départ : nous voulons que vous nous racontiez le moment où l'idée vous est venue. Racontez où et quand le ou les fondateurs ont compris dans quelle mesure cette solution pouvait changer le monde.
Précisez l'ampleur et la portée de l'impact social de votre solution à ce jour.
Quel est l'impact envisagé de votre projet dans les un à cinq ans à venir ? Votre idée peut-elle être reproduite ? Si oui, comment ?
People will benefit from the citizens’ press, as the site will not be restricted to the genres mentioned above, but will deliver several training courses that will prompt the traditional mass media in Morocco to develop themselves with the intention of being on a par with this new type of press.
Les projets gagnants sont ceux qui expliquent clairement comment ils comptent assurer et maintenir leur croissance. Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur six mois.
Get the site into the top rankings in the website competition in Morocco.
Tâche 1
Introducing and promoting the site
Tâche 2
Encouraging people to send their material.
Tâche 3
Making people trust the site.
Et maintenant, voyez plus grand ! Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur 12 mois.
The site to become number one in Morocco.
Tâche 1
Creating a design for the site that stands out.
Tâche 2
Forming the team to work on the site
Tâche 3
Concluding partnerships with select organizations.
Combien de personnes ont été touchées par votre projet ?
Veuillez sélectionner
Combien de personnes pourraient être touchées par votre projet au cours des trois prochaines années ?
Plus de 10,000
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Quels obstacles ont freiné la réussite de votre projet jusqu'à présent ? Comment prévoyez-vous de surmonter ces problèmes et les autres à mesure que votre projet se développera ?
I have a financing problem as the cost of the site may be more than $2,000 at the start; This is something that is very difficult for me, especially as I am still a Media student.
After building the site and making it known, I will conclude partnerships with international organizations to support it, and I will attract certain ads to the site with the intention of finding some material means to enable the site to continue. Once the site reaches the top rankings, it will receive ad requests, from which I will pick certain ads that are not at variance with the aims of the site.
Comment voyez-vous l'évolution des secteurs des technologies de l'information et des médias sur les 10 prochaines années ? Comment votre solution s'adaptera-t-elle à cet environnement changeant ? De quelle manière votre solution pourrait-elle entraîner ce changement ?
This question will be answered in relation to my country’s situation, as in Morocco there is an illiteracy rate of up to 50%, there are only 3 million Internet users out of 36 million people, so this site, by its nature, would encourage people to use the Internet.
L'échec n'est pas toujours une option. Si votre solution ne parvient pas à prendre de la vitesse au cours des deux prochaines années, quelles sont les autres applications de l'idée que vous pourriez explorer ?
I will investigate the matters that led to failure and will work on fixing them.I will not stop until I reach my goal.
Donnez des détails sur vos choix en expliquant votre plan de financement.
Moroccan companies.
Global organizations interested in development.
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
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3 employees at most in the initial phases, but the number may increase in the advanced phases.
2 of them will be technical specialists along with a journalist assisting me.
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Investissement, b. Ressources humaines/talents, Marketing/médias, Collaboration/réseautage, Aide bénévole (juridique, financière, etc.).
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Collaboration/réseautage, Aide bénévole (juridique, financière, etc.), Innovation/idées.
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A Moroccan news site made by the citizen-journalist,
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The citizen-journalist is the one who creates the materials for the site, which consists of videos, images, news, and opinion ar
Created on 09/27/2011 by antonemus
Usually the residents could only consume, but now they are involved in the information chain as both the producer and the consum
Organisation: Sloka Institute
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Jurnalisme Warga, Ruang Warga untuk Bersuara
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Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
En place depuis 1 à 5 ans
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Information technology provides good opportunities for the residents to not only access various information, but also produce it. Using information technologies like the internet and mobile phones that become more and more affordable, the residents should be able to easily share the information of their surroundings. However, they have not taken full advantage of those opportunities yet.
There are at least four requirements to allow the residents to benefit from information technology properly. First, all residents have to realize the importance of sharing information of their surroundings. Second, they have to be able to share the information or producing it themselves using tech devices. Third, the devices like mobile phones, computers, or the internet have to be available to support the activity of sharing and producing information.
Also, some continuous assistance for the residents is required in order to allow them properly produce and deliver the information to others. Consequently, it is important that a resident support team is available to deliver the training and assistance in the process of writing.
This program will involve the residents of Denpasar, Bali,
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In order to enable the residents to be actively involved in producing the information, a campaign is needed so that they are willing to take part throughout the process. This campaign is done offline by using posters, stickers, and other possible ways of delivering the campaign. The training will be delivered periodically, at least once in every two months, involving participants who are from the community. The training aims at the ability to use tech devices like mobile phones, computers, and the internet, as well as the technique in producing the information. In general, the residents actually can afford the products, but their capability of using them effectively and efficiently is something that requires more assurance. Most of these people mainly use the technology as a means of entertainment and personal business. Starting today, we are trying to embrace and show them how to widely share the information regarding their own surroundings, such as their public service, facility, and likewise.
It is also necessary to provide this program's target communities with appropriate communication tools. The tools like computers, internet connection and mobile phones have to be available at certain spots in the community, such as the town hall or one of the residents' house. This way, the technology by itself will be able to come and make it easy for the residents to use it not only as a means of accessing the information, but also producing it.
A support team is required in order to continuously encourage the residents to use the technology in their activities of accessing and
Le modèle : donnez un exemple détaillé de la manière dont votre solution fait la différence grâce à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des médias.
The use of information technology may bridge the gap of mainstream media elitism. Using mobile phones, the residents will be able to share information with each other in no time. The residents will be able to reach more media consumer when they are connected to the Internet. Thus, it is necessary that they are provided with the media in which they can directly share information and interact with each other.
Through this citizen journalism program that we have been developing, we are trying to encourage and train the residents so that they can share the information they have with other people. Aside from training the residents to enable them to produce information, we also provide a blog where these people can share the information. The blog is currently managed collaboratively by Sloka Institute and Bali Blogger Community (BBC).
Through the training programs we hold, hopefully more and more residents will be encouraged to take part and write on the blog. There are more than 160 contributors and 7 administrators who are currently managing this blog. The contributors come from different backgrounds, including lecturers, housewives, college students, civil servants, activists, and many more. Upon the presence of information technology, these contributors are able to share information despite they are miles apart. For example, not all of these contributors reside in Bali. Many of them live in different parts of the country. Members of the administrator team can also work collaboratively even though they are far away from each other.
In the long run, we are hoping to embrace
Le marché : qui sont vos pairs et vos concurrents ? Comment ces acteurs peuvent-ils gêner votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
Our partners in this citizen journalism program include journalists, bloggers, netizens, common citizens, an internet service provider, and the town's youth community. Each and every party has roles and challenges specific to their own capabilities.
The journalists and bloggers will deliver training programs to the residents on how to produce information and tell the world about it by using the blog. The main challenge is the need of continuous collaboration between these two parties to work it out. The youth community in the town will be the boundary partner of this program, in which they will also be participating in the production process of the information. Meanwhile, the netizens and common citizens are the beneficiaries of this program where they can access and involve themselves in the created blog. Whereas it is the internet service provider' job to make internet connection available and accessible around the town so that the residents can take advantage of it.
For the town's youth community, in particular, this could be a challenging effort as we have never been worked directly with them previously. In spite of this, we are optimistic about reaching them by approaching
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When TIME awarded Person of The Year 2006 to netizens, it directly came into my mind that, aha!, it's time for people to start produce information, not merely receiving it. In that inspiring article, TIME wrote about netizens who collaboratively changed the world through the use of the Internet. For instance, YouTube, Myspace, blog, and so on. The article stayed in my mind for a while and later on inspired me to do a similar thing in Bali based on my passion and world, journalism and blog.
So, with the help from my friends, I initiated citizen journalism blogging in Denpasar, Bali. That was how www.balebengong.net was created and got online since June 2007 after being established for the first time and developed in April 2007 on blogspot.com. This is the same blog that gathered bloggers all over Bali and later on established Bali Blogger Community (BBC).
While the residents only act as readers or consumers in the mainstream media, this citizen journalism encourages every resident to produce their own information. It has been proven that, as time goes by, there is an increase in the number of non-journalist residents who write on the blog. Although people have not considered it
Précisez l'ampleur et la portée de l'impact social de votre solution à ce jour.
The main power of this program is the residents and the Internet themselves. Generally, the mainstream media in Bali has less than 50 journalists each. This citizen journalism blog alone has more than 160 contributors. Additionally, it happened before we manage the blog intensively or embrace the residents. If there are more and more residents take part as contributors, it is likely that there will also be much more information circulating and becoming the alternatives of mainstream media in Bali.
The residents will be more knowledgeable as it is easier now to share information via communication technology as well as the Internet. Using mobile phones, the residents are able to exchange text messages that can be propagated further via Twitter or Facebook. They can also share longer and more comprehensive information with wider coverage by utilizing social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook.
We are focusing the social impact of this program towards the urban audience in Bali, especially Denpasar. This is mainly due to their Internet literacy, which is better than those who reside in the outskirts or the areas that are not covered by internet service. The primary target of
Quel est l'impact envisagé de votre projet dans les un à cinq ans à venir ? Votre idée peut-elle être reproduite ? Si oui, comment ?
For the next 1-5 years, I am hoping that this program will motivate every resident to share information among them via various kinds of alternative media, including this very program of citizen journalism. Through this blog, the residents can retrieve alternative information aside from that of mainstream media. If the residents are able to produce information by themselves, the availability of information will consequently be increasing in number and diversity. The more information that is accessible, the better the knowledge of the residents will be. These people will also get used to thinking in diversity.
This idea can be applied in other regions, not only Bali. It can be done simply by creating a blog, portal or a media that not only involves the residents as consumers, but also make
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The presence of active citizen correspondents and information centres as well as communication devices in six indigenous communi
Tâche 1
Identifying and socializing the program to the youth communities in the community as a preliminary stage to introduce the progra
Tâche 2
Delivering training programs for citizen correspondents from the town's youth community so that they will eventually be able to
Tâche 3
Establishing information centres (mobile phones, computers and Internet) in every community that becomes the program location.
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The existence of balanced alternative information that is accessible periodically from the citizen correspondents who particular
Tâche 1
Identification, socialization and training for the residents, especially the youths of the indigenous community
Tâche 2
Mentoring residents so that they can write about their daily surrounding through the use of information technology.
Tâche 3
Publish the result of residents' reportage through blog and trigger discussions through social networks, such as Facebook and Tw
Combien de personnes ont été touchées par votre projet ?
1,001 - 10,000
Combien de personnes pourraient être touchées par votre projet au cours des trois prochaines années ?
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Quels obstacles ont freiné la réussite de votre projet jusqu'à présent ? Comment prévoyez-vous de surmonter ces problèmes et les autres à mesure que votre projet se développera ?
Referring to our four-year-experience in managing citizen journalism blog, the barrier of the success of this program is that it is difficult to persuade residents to produce and propagate information through blog continuously. Thus, there will be a mentoring team who regularly reminds, encourages, and mentors residents to produce that information. Another possible challenge is that the residents are too busy to produce information. To resolve that problem, a schedule will be made to enable residents to produce the information regularly with different topics.
Boredom will be another challenge. One of the ways is doing a shared reportage for a specific topic, which eventually will make the residents closer.
Comment voyez-vous l'évolution des secteurs des technologies de l'information et des médias sur les 10 prochaines années ? Comment votre solution s'adaptera-t-elle à cet environnement changeant ? De quelle manière votre solution pourrait-elle entraîner ce changement ?
On the next decade, information technology devices (such as mobile phone & computer) and internet connection will be more affordable. This will be the chance for residents to use and utilize information technology more easily. Despite the fact that information technology becomes more affordable, residents are not capable to use it productively yet. Therefore, citizen journalism gives room and chance for residents to use it more positively, such as by producing information like texts, images, or videos.
L'échec n'est pas toujours une option. Si votre solution ne parvient pas à prendre de la vitesse au cours des deux prochaines années, quelles sont les autres applications de l'idée que vous pourriez explorer ?
If the idea of persuading the town's youth community to actively produce information through this citizen journalism blog failed, we will anticipate it by changing our target from the town's youth community to non-governmental organization (NGO). To date, we are quite involved with NGO because we frequently do some activities together, including information technology and citizen journalism training. The strategy and implementation pattern of the program are not too much different. However, the base is changed from the town's youth community to NGO activist community. The issues will still be varied.
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For the initial phase, the program realization fund will be derived from individuals or NGO. Nevertheless, in order to make this program more interesting as well as giving some economic benefit for the citizens, a system of article payment must be built. Since the blog is managed together by the citizens, they will be responsible to pay the articles. Not only rating an article, they can also donate or become advertisers in this blog. This is a method we have not yet tried. However, it is a big opportunity to be an experiment of community media management such as citizen journalism blog.
Another funding source is advertisement, like the one in mainstream media. However, this new source will rely more on residents' small businesses by the system of reviewing their products or services.
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So far we build partnership between journalists, bloggers, internet development service providers, and residents. Each partner has their own role. The journalists become the editor and primary admin of the blog. The bloggers are the blog's designer and programmer. The internet development service providers support domain and hosting. While the residents become the major contributor of the blog.
For periodic realization of citizen journalism training, with around 100 alumni since 2010 until now, we have been supported by philanthropy community in Bali.
Quel type d'équipe (salariés, volontaires, etc.) vous permettra d'atteindre les objectifs de croissance décrits à la section Impact social ?
The team in this program includes program coordinators, mentors, designers, programmers, and the residents. The program coordinators will coordinate the program implementation, as well as being the main admin and editor. The mentors will work in the field more often, not only for mentoring residents in producing information but also writing as the residents' correspondent. The designers and programmers will work more on the blog's appearance and functionalities. The residents will be represented by at least two members of the town's youth community who a
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b. Ressources humaines/talents, Marketing/médias, Recherche/informations, Collaboration/réseautage, Aide bénévole (juridique, financière, etc.).
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We need support related to human resource enhancement because so far we mostly depend on our own experience in implementing the program, without having any formal education or training associated with citizen journalism or information technology. We need marketing or promotion support because we do not give enough consideration on those aspects. We also need other parties who are capable to do some researches related to the development of information technology, especially the citizen journalism in Bali or Indonesia.
We need network support to expand the opportunity or information access both globally or nationally. We still lack in networking support, particularly in global level. We also need free-of-charge help, especially for mentoring or consulting.
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Sloka Institute develops citizen journalism blog where the citizens do not only get information but also provide it on their own
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Usually the residents could only consume, but now they are involved in the information chain as both the producer and the consum
At the heart of journalism is a story. Every social entrepreneur has one to tell. This venture connects social sector leaders with volunteer journalists from print, photo and film backgrounds to create a dynamic network of storytellers and a media engagement model for social change. Builds on 3-year pilot with Ashoka Fellow Karen Tse that placed 30+ volunteers with hosts in 15 countries. See http://tinyurl.com/33vqozo.
Created on 09/15/2011 by scmn
日本で初めてのNPO専用の動画集約サイトです
Organisation: NPO法人 湘南市民メディアネットワーク
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湘南市民メディアネットワーク：NPO動画サイトが日本で構築された
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Création (un pilote qui vient juste de démarrer)
Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
En place depuis moins d'un an
Le besoin : décrivez le besoin auquel répond votre solution et la taille/dynamique de la ou des communautés auxquelles vous vous adressez.
活動は、NPO団体の動画サイトを構築し、日本におけるNPO活動の社会への啓発と理解を促進する活動です。NPO団体の映像制作は、団体職員や市民、青少年に向けてのワークショップで作成を行い、NPOの中間支援組織にメディアセンター機能を担保します。日本では税制改革によってNPO等の公益団体への寄付行為がやっと促進されていますが、まだNPOの広報が少なく市民がNPO団体の活動を理解できない状況をこの事業によって周知できると考えています。また、青少年が映像制作を行うことで、社会性を身につける機会になります。日本でのNPO団体が世界のNPOと交流できる動画サイトとしても活躍出来ます。
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現在、NPO団体の専用動画サイトは日本には存在いたしません。動画による発信力と影響力によって、NPOが積極的に広報を行う環境を作ります。従来の動画サイトの構築には、膨大なコストがかかりましたが、オープンソースシステムを利用する事でコストを軽減でき、ASPの開発で動画検索方法やストレスない動画鑑賞システムを構築でき、簡便に動画をアップしたり、検索したりする事が可能になりました。ソーシャルメディアとの連携や全てのスマートフォンとの連動が出来ることで、メディアを有効活用した情報の供給が可能になりました。
Le modèle : donnez un exemple détaillé de la manière dont votre solution fait la différence grâce à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des médias.
NPO動画サイトによって、NPO活動の周知とNPOへの寄付行為の促進につながり、日本における寄付文化の形成の一躍を担う事になります。日本では、NPOは活動を広報し人材を募集したり、資金を確保する事が現状では困難です。その問題の一つに広報方法が分からない事があげられます、新聞などの既存のメディアに取り上げられる事やホームページによる広報が主体となっています。この状況では、NPOが主体的に広報をし、活動を社会にアピールする事はでない状態です。この状況を変化させる為に、積極的な広報を行える“場”が必要であり、NPO職員の意識改善が必要です。その為に“伝える場”としての動画サイトを提供し、NPOと社会にNPO活動の啓発を行い、NPOの職員意識の変化を求める事業です。
Le marché : qui sont vos pairs et vos concurrents ? Comment ces acteurs peuvent-ils gêner votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
提携先は株式会社 湘南コラボレーションパークサービス（システム開発）、藤沢市、大学等と連携してこのプロジェクトを推進させていきます。競争他社はYOUTUBEやニコニコ動画などの動画配信業者になります。こうした動画サイトは、多くの動画が集約されますが、NPOの動画専用にすることで専門性と先駆によって、NPOがより活用できる状況を作ります。
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2009年にNPOの任意団体の世話人を任されたときに、テーマとして広報力をあげました。その時からNPOと動画の関係を考えるようになり、昨年にスタッフがオープンソースの動画配信システムを見つけた時に動画専用サイトの構想が生まれました。その後、藤沢市との連携で地域情報動画サイトを構築し、システムの問題を解決したこと、今年の6月に寄付の税制改革が行われてことから、NPOの広報の推進が費用になった事から専用動画サイトの構築を考えました。
Précisez l'ampleur et la portée de l'impact social de votre solution à ce jour.
日本で初めてのNPO専用動画サイトを構築し、運用する事は多くのNPO活動の支援システムになると考えます。多くのNPO団体が広報を推進することができ、市民への寄付行為が促進されることから、受益者はまず、神奈川のNPO団20000団体と県民500万人が受益者となります。
Quel est l'impact envisagé de votre projet dans les un à cinq ans à venir ? Votre idée peut-elle être reproduite ? Si oui, comment ?
動画サイトによって多くのNPO団体が寄付によって資金と人材を確保出来ることで、社会問題を市民自らが解決する市民意識が生まれ、日本におけるNPOの役割に変化が生まれます。さらに、コンテンツ制作にひきこもり等青少年を配し、雇用の促進につなげる事が出来ます。
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Tâche 1
湘南コラボレーションパークとのシステムの打ち合わせ
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Combien de personnes ont été touchées par votre projet ?
Plus de 10,000
Combien de personnes pourraient être touchées par votre projet au cours des trois prochaines années ?
Plus de 10,000
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Quels obstacles ont freiné la réussite de votre projet jusqu'à présent ? Comment prévoyez-vous de surmonter ces problèmes et les autres à mesure que votre projet se développera ?
資金面での問題とシステム構築問題があります。
資金面では助成金システムの活用と企業スポンサーによって運営を予定しています。
システム問題は藤沢動画のサイト構築の過程で、ほぼ解決をいたしました。
Comment voyez-vous l'évolution des secteurs des technologies de l'information et des médias sur les 10 prochaines années ? Comment votre solution s'adaptera-t-elle à cet environnement changeant ? De quelle manière votre solution pourrait-elle entraîner ce changement ?
携帯型のITがより特化し、映像が簡便に制作配信する事が可能になり、多くの消費者がWEB映像によって消費行動を起こすようになると思います。従来のメディアからより地域に根差したメディアが活用されていくことから、ASP開発を促進して、携帯型の動画配信システムと簡便な寄付システムを構築していきます。
L'échec n'est pas toujours une option. Si votre solution ne parvient pas à prendre de la vitesse au cours des deux prochaines années, quelles sont les autres applications de l'idée que vous pourriez explorer ?
もし、動画サイトが構築できなかった場合は、コンテンツ作成をベースにしたプロジェクトまず立ち上げ、現状の藤沢動画を主体に動画配信をしていき、寄付システムの構築を先に目指します。
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この動画サイトへのCSRとしての企業スポンサーCMの制作配信のコストとNPOの映像制作収入と広告制作と広告収入、動画配信分析をベースに収益を確保します。
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
藤沢市の中間支援組織 藤沢市 神奈川県 湘南地域大学 映像機材会社 映像編集ソフト会社
Quel type d'équipe (salariés, volontaires, etc.) vous permettra d'atteindre les objectifs de croissance décrits à la section Impact social ?
動画構築スタッフ 高校の非常勤講師 映画関係者 フリーペーパー制作者 行政 教育関係者 大学生 高校生 NPO団体 NPO中間支援組織
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Investissement, b. Ressources humaines/talents, Marketing/médias.
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Marketing/médias, Collaboration/réseautage, Innovation/idées.
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None on Record works with community members as citizen journalist to document the experiences of QLGBT Africans.
Organisation: None on Record: Stories of Queer Africa
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Pays dans lesquels ce projet crée un impact social
Votre organisation est-elle une
organisation à but non lucratif
Depuis combien de temps votre organisation opère-t-elle ?
1‐5 années
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Croissance (votre pilote fonctionne et commence à prendre de l'ampleur)
Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
En place depuis 1 à 5 ans
Le besoin : décrivez le besoin auquel répond votre solution et la taille/dynamique de la ou des communautés auxquelles vous vous adressez.
3. LGBT organizing has been happening on the African continent for decades. As more visibility has been afforded the community violence targeting LGBT people has risen. The recent murder of David Kato in Uganda is an example of this. Media has played a large part in inciting violence against these communities—many LGBT people have been outed in newspapers and radio programs. LGBT people have not been able to control how their image has been distributed through a skewed media that often inflames homophobic rhetoric. None on Record works to change that. None on Record began as an oral history project that collected the testimonies of LGBT Africans took on the role of training LGBT activist to document their own stories and create media to counteract the mainstream media’s message.
La solution : expliquez en quoi consiste votre solution et dans quelle mesure elle est innovante. Comment comptez-vous mettre votre solution à disposition des utilisateurs et des bénéficiaires ? Soyez précis !
None on Record (NOR) is a global production company that produces media about Africans that identify as queer, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (QLGBT). NOR is working to end violence, discrimination, isolation and hate crimes against Africans that identify as QLGBT on the African Continent and in the Diaspora by putting media-making tools in the hands of community members, teaching media literacy and supporting the production of sound and video documentary making in African countries. NOR works with satellite teams comprised of QLGBT Africans to produce and distribute work through outlets like BBC, CBC, NPR, NBPC and online media sites as well as human rights organizations, community-based organizations and local/ community radio stations throughout the world.
NOR emphasizes working with community members who act as citizen journalist and interviewers to document the lives of QLGBT people in their region. Each region targets an area of interest for their documentary work. For example, the North American region is currently focused on asylum seekers in North America. The Southern Africa region creates media about the treatment of QLGBT immigrants in South Africa. NOR emphasizes documentary storytelling and cultivates journalism and research skills in its members. We have satellite programs in Johannesburg,Toronto, Canada and in Nairobi which will soon become our home base. NOR has created an archive of QLGBT African experiences to support the struggle for equitable treatment in African countries and bring the stories of QLGBT people into major media outlets.
Le modèle : donnez un exemple détaillé de la manière dont votre solution fait la différence grâce à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des médias.
NOR is solely focused on media as a tool for social justice and activism. Many organizations that are working to organize the African LGBT community are not using media to further their aims. Most are using the combination of direct service, community organizing and legal recourse to fight injustice. NOR fills the need for media that is often lacking from community campaigns, from radio shows, from web-distribution and platforms that reach a local and international audience. NOR can do this because we focus solely on media production as our goal to support African LGBT equity. Where campaigns and organizations work solely on women’s/ girls issues, transgender issues, or gay men’s issues, NOR works with all populations facing discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Because we are a multi-gender, multi-issue organization we have a diverse work force and can bring several issues to the forefront in one centralized location (web) and get information into the public discourse. None on Record not only creates advocacy and visibility but also creates opportunities for participants to develop skills in digital media and journalism. NOR will work with community members to take part in our workshops, record interviews and work as citizen journalist to produce media about community issues. We will also have teams that work on media advocacy and distribution—getting radio pieces on the air and into the public discourse.
Le marché : qui sont vos pairs et vos concurrents ? Comment ces acteurs peuvent-ils gêner votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
Because most organizations focused on QLGBT issues are direct service based, an organization like NOR exists to produce issue focused media and journalism about LGBT Africans. I have met and interviewed with several of the leading African LGBT media organization based on the African Continent as well as in the United States and Canada and have assessed that an organization that is specifically focused on digital media on a global scale does not yet exist, nor is there an organization that serves as a digital communication hub. We have worked with community-based organizations in Canada, South Africa and the United States to record interviews, do workshops and presentations to assess what media needs are needed and can be
met in different regions. Our constituency is a global one and because there is no media organization working specifically in this capacity located on the African Continent or in the Diaspora we are uniquely positioned to influence this area of media making.
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In 2004, Fanny Ann Eddy a prominent QLGBT activist was murdered in the offices of the Sierra Leone Lesbian and Gay Association (which she founded) in Free Town, Sierra Leone. Her death meant the silencing of one of the few “out” QLGBT activists in West Africa as well as the end of the organization she founded. Her murder was testament to the realities of living as QLGBT in parts of Africa and illuminated the courage she had in order to organize.Her murder had a profound impact on me. I wanted to know what were the realities for LGBT Africans on the Continent. A year after her murder, I began interviewing Africans who identify as QLGBT. I traveled with a mini disc recorder holding interviews at homes, community centers, wherever people were interested.I learned that people felt outside of their cultures and had few around them that identified as African (or QLGBT). And secondly that people were afraid of what was happening to African LGBT people. I knew these stories would transform listeners. That is when I learned that a story is the shortest distance between two people. I decided to focus not only on North America but travel to Africa to collect stories there.
Précisez l'ampleur et la portée de l'impact social de votre solution à ce jour.
NOR’s first interview aired on NPR in the fall of 2006 and the project officially launched in the winter of 2007. NOR is currently in a growth stage. The project has established an online archive, collected over 250 interviews from all over Africa and North America and began a production that documents experiences of asylum seekers. NOR has also held “think tanks” or meetings of QLGBT Africans in New York City and Toronto. Interviews are archived at the New York Public Library as well as the GALA archives in Johannesburg.
Quel est l'impact envisagé de votre projet dans les un à cinq ans à venir ? Votre idée peut-elle être reproduite ? Si oui, comment ?
In five years, NOR will have satellites in five African countries that are community-led and maintained (providing jobs and training) and producing interviews to be distributed on local and international media outlets.
Les projets gagnants sont ceux qui expliquent clairement comment ils comptent assurer et maintenir leur croissance. Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur six mois.
Tâche 1
A training in Nairobi that invites community members from all over East Africa to learn media and journalism media skills.
Tâche 2
Revamp the None on Record website to distribute more complex media like video and radio stories.
Tâche 3
Target sustainable funding sourced including crowd sourceing
Et maintenant, voyez plus grand ! Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur 12 mois.
Tâche 1
Three sustainable satellites--one located in Kenya, South Africa and Senegal
Tâche 2
Journalist work from region distributed on local and international media
Tâche 3
None on Record's website is a hub for information and digital media about LGBT Africa
Combien de personnes ont été touchées par votre projet ?
101 - 1,000
Combien de personnes pourraient être touchées par votre projet au cours des trois prochaines années ?
1001‐10,000
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Quels obstacles ont freiné la réussite de votre projet jusqu'à présent ? Comment prévoyez-vous de surmonter ces problèmes et les autres à mesure que votre projet se développera ?
Because journalism projects have limited funding resources, raising money through foundations and government granting agencies is challenging for us but we are utilizing as many grassroots fundraising strategies that we can. If we raise fewer funds than we projected than it would mean that we would not be able to make as many documentaries for the calendar year or that we will have to find alternative methods to gather the information. We are brainstorming them currently and are always looking at ways to generate more income. If we raise fewer funds than projected our major priorities are the post-production and distribution of the interviews collected to date and small media trainings throughout East Africa.
Comment voyez-vous l'évolution des secteurs des technologies de l'information et des médias sur les 10 prochaines années ? Comment votre solution s'adaptera-t-elle à cet environnement changeant ? De quelle manière votre solution pourrait-elle entraîner ce changement ?
NOR will stay abreast f changes in media distribution, the use of social networks and new tech savy ways to tell stories. We will share this information with our constituents and staff.
L'échec n'est pas toujours une option. Si votre solution ne parvient pas à prendre de la vitesse au cours des deux prochaines années, quelles sont les autres applications de l'idée que vous pourriez explorer ?
If NOR is unable to reach our target funding than we will work in a smaller model of operation until our goal is reached.
Donnez des détails sur vos choix en expliquant votre plan de financement.
None on Record has been nominated for a Union Square Award, an Astraea Foundation US Fund Panel Grant, A New York Arts Council Award, CLAGGS Fellowship and a CBC Documentary Development Grant. Other funding sources that we are approaching include Atlantic Philanthropies and the Ford Foundation. We are beginning to look at funding sources that are not based in North America as well. When, None on Record has a tax status that allows for US and international funding we will be able to fund each satellite based on geographic location. Because we are building a network of private donors, we are using the grassroots model of fundraising to reach our goals.
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
None on Record has worked with community based organizations in Kenya (Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya, Minority Women in Action and Internews), South Africa (the Gay and Lesbian Archives, Behind The Mask) and community groups in Rwanda and Senegal. We have also worked with scores of individuals by training them to document their stories.
Quel type d'équipe (salariés, volontaires, etc.) vous permettra d'atteindre les objectifs de croissance décrits à la section Impact social ?
None on Record's staff is made up of program managers in various regions--East, South and West Africa and North America.This staff conducts media and technology trainings and outreach in their region. Managers are also heavily involved in fundraising for their region. Currently None on Record has a staff of four and a committed advisory board.
Changemakers est un espace de collaboration et de soutien. Indiquez les ressources communautaires dont vous auriez besoin pour développer durablement votre initiative. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Investissement, b. Ressources humaines/talents, Marketing/médias, Recherche/informations, Collaboration/réseautage, Innovation/idées, Tutorat.
Indiquez les ressources que vous pourriez offrir pour aider d'autres initiatives. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Investissement, b. Ressources humaines/talents, Marketing/médias, Recherche/informations, Collaboration/réseautage, Innovation/idées, Tutorat.
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None on Record produces media about QLGBT Africans and trains community members d to document their own stories.
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None on Record works with community members as citizen journalist to document the experiences of QLGBT Africans.
Created on 09/14/2011 by Rums
promover a comunicação na era da informação
Organisation: Oficina de Rádio
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Votre organisation est-elle une
Pas inscrit
Depuis combien de temps votre organisation opère-t-elle ?
Moins d'un année
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Projeto Jovens Comunicadores
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Croissance (votre pilote fonctionne et commence à prendre de l'ampleur)
Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
En place depuis moins d'un an
Le besoin : décrivez le besoin auquel répond votre solution et la taille/dynamique de la ou des communautés auxquelles vous vous adressez.
a necessidade do projeto demanda tempo para o ensino dos jovens envolvidos na Oficina de Rádio, equipamentos e espaço nas rádios comunitárias para poder divulgar os materiais produzidos.
La solution : expliquez en quoi consiste votre solution et dans quelle mesure elle est innovante. Comment comptez-vous mettre votre solution à disposition des utilisateurs et des bénéficiaires ? Soyez précis !
proporciona o desenvolvimento da comunicação, interatividade com a comunidade inseção social nos problemas e busca de soluções coletivas para as comunidades onde o projeto é desenvolvido
Le modèle : donnez un exemple détaillé de la manière dont votre solution fait la différence grâce à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des médias.
os jovesn irão identificar problemas e produzir material para informar, conscientizar, divulgar e educar sobre diversos e variados problemas atuais, promovendo cidadania, conscientização ambiental, educação no transito, promover cultura etc.
Le marché : qui sont vos pairs et vos concurrents ? Comment ces acteurs peuvent-ils gêner votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
nesta area nao tem concorrencia, na verdade a Oficina poderá até preparar jovens que venham exercer a atividade de radialista em radios comunitárias.
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em visitas a muitas rádios comunitárias a falta de profissionais sem o conheciemento basico necessário para desenvolver a atividade tecnica e teorica da radiodifusão.
Précisez l'ampleur et la portée de l'impact social de votre solution à ce jour.
cada comunicador formado é um multiplicador em potencial de suas comunidades.
Quel est l'impact envisagé de votre projet dans les un à cinq ans à venir ? Votre idée peut-elle être reproduite ? Si oui, comment ?
pode ser implementado todos os anos por ser um mercado dinamico, pois quem começar e buscar a profissionalização poderá ser contratado por rádios comercias o mesmo fazer faculdade de comunicação social
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Tâche 1
passar o conhecimento teorico
Tâche 2
promover o conhecimento prático
Tâche 3
produção de material para ser veiculado e inseções ao vivo na programação da emissora
Et maintenant, voyez plus grand ! Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur 12 mois.
promover com parceria da associação das radios comunitárias esta oficina em todas as radios associadas
Combien de personnes ont été touchées par votre projet ?
Moins de 100
Combien de personnes pourraient être touchées par votre projet au cours des trois prochaines années ?
101‐1000
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Modèle hybride
Quels obstacles ont freiné la réussite de votre projet jusqu'à présent ? Comment prévoyez-vous de surmonter ces problèmes et les autres à mesure que votre projet se développera ?
o projeto demanda de tempo e recurso financeiro para manutenção de equipamentos, material de ensino e tempo nas radios comunitárias. para superar as dificuldades o projeto pode atender varias escolas e ampliar as turmas para adultos e parceria com mais empresas.
Comment voyez-vous l'évolution des secteurs des technologies de l'information et des médias sur les 10 prochaines années ? Comment votre solution s'adaptera-t-elle à cet environnement changeant ? De quelle manière votre solution pourrait-elle entraîner ce changement ?
oe meios de comunicação utilizam os mesmos modelos desde suas criações, a internet uniu o radio a tv e o jornal mas continua com a mesma formula, com a comunicação surgindo da comunidade a inovação nos meios de comuncação.
L'échec n'est pas toujours une option. Si votre solution ne parvient pas à prendre de la vitesse au cours des deux prochaines années, quelles sont les autres applications de l'idée que vous pourriez explorer ?
se o projeto nao tiver cotinuidade os equipamentos podem ser utilizado pelas radios comunitarias ou por associações para produzir material para internet e emissoras de rádio.
Donnez des détails sur vos choix en expliquant votre plan de financement.
com doações das empresas da comunidade
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
70 palavras (560 caracteres).
Quel type d'équipe (salariés, volontaires, etc.) vous permettra d'atteindre les objectifs de croissance décrits à la section Impact social ?
70 palavras (560 caracteres).
Changemakers est un espace de collaboration et de soutien. Indiquez les ressources communautaires dont vous auriez besoin pour développer durablement votre initiative. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Investissement.
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b. Ressources humaines/talents.
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A travers Facebook j’ai crée une communité et j’ai fait la promotion du journalisme citoyen
Organisation: Association tunisienne du journalisme citoyen
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Association tunisienne du journalisme citoyen
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Association tunisienne du journalisme citoyen
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Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
En place depuis moins d'un an
Le besoin : décrivez le besoin auquel répond votre solution et la taille/dynamique de la ou des communautés auxquelles vous vous adressez.
En Tunisie, la révolution était faite avant tout sur le net et en particulier sur les réseaux sociaux ; les médias classiques ont perdu en terme de crédibilité et d’audience ; des simples journalistes citoyens et blogueurs ont pu avoir plus d’audience et donner de la vrai information
Maintenant tout le monde se met sur le net pour suivre ces internautes mais hélas par faute de moyens ; plus de contenu ; plus de vidéos c’est le moment de les donner l’opportunité pour travailler
En Tunisie il y un besoin énorme d’information et d’aller sur le terrain pour faire du journalisme de proximité
La solution : expliquez en quoi consiste votre solution et dans quelle mesure elle est innovante. Comment comptez-vous mettre votre solution à disposition des utilisateurs et des bénéficiaires ? Soyez précis !
Ma solution est très simple en tunisie il y a plus de 400 blogueurs et journalistes citoyens qui travaillent sur le net ; il ya une centaine qui travaille toujours pour un publique qui dépasse 2 de millions d’internautes
Il faut les regrouper en structure ; créer un média citoyen sur le net ; les équiper en matériel ; les former dans le métier du journalisme
Créer une plate forme vidéos qui regroupe toutes les vidéos postés sur le net.
Le modèle : donnez un exemple détaillé de la manière dont votre solution fait la différence grâce à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des médias.
Le 5 mai 2011 ; une video était postée sur le net où l’ancien ministre de l’intérieur tunisien parlait du gouvernement de l’ombre et disait que rien n’a changé en tunisie.
Le 6 Mai 2011 ; Tout le monde est dans la rue et pendant 3 jours sur Facebook tout le monde s’acharner sur la police
Le 8 mai ; j’ai postée une video qui à fait le tour du net et Tv en tunisie où pôur la premiére fois uen camera filmait de l’angle de la police et j’ai pu prouver que la police était innocente
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO9247GXEmA&feature=channel_video_title
exemple 2
je me suis déplacé dans un quartier populaire ou personne n’en parle
7 vidéos et en une semaine on a commencé à tout faire pour les habitants
http://www.tekiano.com/ness/20-n-c/4037-tunisie-sidi-hsin-sijoumi-les-vi...
excemple 3
suite à une video ou je montre des femmes qui ont besoin d’aide pour leurs enfants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROmmxCYdu_g
on m’appelle et on m’accorde 15 bons de la valeurs de 100 dinars pour 15 familles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26k7A3Lfn2Q
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Journalisme-Citoyen/146434805414776#!/photo.php?fbid=218674648190791&set=a.146564258735164.32742.146434805414776&type=1&theater
Le marché : qui sont vos pairs et vos concurrents ? Comment ces acteurs peuvent-ils gêner votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
En Tunisie ; peu sont qui font du journalisme citoyen et ce qu’il essaye de le faire s’arrête rapidement
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Précisez l'ampleur et la portée de l'impact social de votre solution à ce jour.
je suis le journaliste qui à posté le plus de vidéos depuis le début de la révolution
mes chaine You tube
Quel est l'impact envisagé de votre projet dans les un à cinq ans à venir ? Votre idée peut-elle être reproduite ? Si oui, comment ?
Les projets gagnants sont ceux qui expliquent clairement comment ils comptent assurer et maintenir leur croissance. Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur six mois.
Et maintenant, voyez plus grand ! Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur 12 mois.
Combien de personnes ont été touchées par votre projet ?
1,001 - 10,000
Combien de personnes pourraient être touchées par votre projet au cours des trois prochaines années ?
Plus de 10,000
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Quels obstacles ont freiné la réussite de votre projet jusqu'à présent ? Comment prévoyez-vous de surmonter ces problèmes et les autres à mesure que votre projet se développera ?
La censure en Tunisie
Le manque de financement
Comment voyez-vous l'évolution des secteurs des technologies de l'information et des médias sur les 10 prochaines années ? Comment votre solution s'adaptera-t-elle à cet environnement changeant ? De quelle manière votre solution pourrait-elle entraîner ce changement ?
En Tunisie ; Tout le monde parle du net comme l’avenir c’est aussi l’avenir des médias
C’est à nous de créer des plates formes vidéos ; des web Tv ; des journaux électroniques
L'échec n'est pas toujours une option. Si votre solution ne parvient pas à prendre de la vitesse au cours des deux prochaines années, quelles sont les autres applications de l'idée que vous pourriez explorer ?
Donnez des détails sur vos choix en expliquant votre plan de financement.
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
Quel type d'équipe (salariés, volontaires, etc.) vous permettra d'atteindre les objectifs de croissance décrits à la section Impact social ?
A travers Facebook j’ai crée une communité et j’ai fait la promotion du journalisme citoyen
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Changemakers est un espace de collaboration et de soutien. Indiquez les ressources communautaires dont vous auriez besoin pour développer durablement votre initiative. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Investissement, Marketing/médias.
Indiquez les ressources que vous pourriez offrir pour aider d'autres initiatives. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
b. Ressources humaines/talents, Innovation/idées.
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Created on 09/14/2011 by EAMI
Students training organisations on citizen journalism- a cost-effective way to bring available tools to those who need it most.
Organisation: East African Media Institute
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East African Media Institute
Pays dans lesquels ce projet crée un impact social
Votre organisation est-elle une
Entreprise
Depuis combien de temps votre organisation opère-t-elle ?
1‐5 années
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No Clever Name: Just Bringing Citizen Journalism to the Grassroots...Through Students!
Sélectionnez la phase qui s'applique le mieux à votre solution
Idée (vous êtes sur le point de lancer le projet)
Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
Encore au stade de l'idée, mais il sera bientôt lancé
Le besoin : décrivez le besoin auquel répond votre solution et la taille/dynamique de la ou des communautés auxquelles vous vous adressez.
Grassroots NGOs, CBOs and FBOs are in unique positions to take advantage of citizen journalism (CJ)to enhance networking amongst organisations, educate and inform the local communities they work with and to better communicate their activities with donors and clients. Unfortunately, in Kenya they are vastly underutilising this tool due to a lack of knowledge about CJ and an absent mentoring framework that can lead to them effectively using this platform.
It is the thousands of such grassroots organisations that have the closest links to people who are the most in need of development services in the areas of health, agriculture, social development and human rights.
La solution : expliquez en quoi consiste votre solution et dans quelle mesure elle est innovante. Comment comptez-vous mettre votre solution à disposition des utilisateurs et des bénéficiaires ? Soyez précis !
The East African Media Institute (EAMI) will explore the synergy of utilising communication and journalism students undergoing their internships to work with these grassroots organisations to train and mentor them on citizen journalism and help them to apply this to their own operations.
The communities that are the greatest in need of groundbreaking change are also the most of touch with technology. Which makes for a difficult situation since everyone is betting on technology to spur this change.
Well it may not sound innovative, but we believe that the most impact can be made by empowering grassroots organisations to adopt and use citizen journalism in their efforts to help these communities. This is where we can get the most "bang for the buck" in the poor rural and urban Kenya.
In the same spirit, students are a great source of affordable and eager trainers for these organisations. In fulfillment of their training requirements, students will work with these grassroots organisations to incorporate citizen journalism and other communication innovations into their structures.
Le modèle : donnez un exemple détaillé de la manière dont votre solution fait la différence grâce à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des médias.
Every 4 months, 10 EAMI students will be placed with an organisation working in a rural or low-income urban setting which will be their base for the next 3 month internship period. Having received specific training in citizen journalism and adapting it to an organisation’s needs, the students will identify up to 3 other grassroots organisations to train and mentor.
The student will learn what the organisation communication needs are, both to the outside world (donors, partners) and to their clients (local community). They will then be able to train the organisation’s staff to participate in CJ networks as well as explore the possibility of engaging the local community in CJ efforts.
Le marché : qui sont vos pairs et vos concurrents ? Comment ces acteurs peuvent-ils gêner votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
To our knowledge, there are no similar initiatives harnessing the skills and energy of communication students to empower grassroots organisations to utilise CJ. Voices of Africa Media Foundation has an interesting project that trains youth around East Africa on video journalism and then hosts their stories on a website but this looks limited to a select few individuals.
Other students from colleges and universities may find themselves as an intern at various organisations but it is doubtful they are knowledgeable about CJ.
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There was no singular moment by which my proposed solution came about. Rather it was a gradual realisation that despite the excitement and potential surrounding citizen journalism and its intersection with social media and the internet, its adoption in Kenya has been slow and limited to a relatively small number of early adopters. And organisations working with poor communities at the grassroots level are rarely part of this select group.
Therefore I saw the need to find a model by which these tools could be distributed more sustainably- meaning at a lesser cost. As my greatest experience lies with the media colleges I have established over the past 10 years, I saw that harnessing the energy and youthful drive of students could have double benefits:
• Spread CJ tools, techniques and opportunities to grassroots organisations with minimal monetary investment.
• Exposing media students to development activities and forging a bond between future media professionals and grassroots development initiatives.
Précisez l'ampleur et la portée de l'impact social de votre solution à ce jour.
Although our proposed solution has not yet been implemented, we expect it to have a profound impact in enabling grassroots organisations to utilise CJ and to more effectively implement their programmes in their communities.
Quel est l'impact envisagé de votre projet dans les un à cinq ans à venir ? Votre idée peut-elle être reproduite ? Si oui, comment ?
In the first year, we project that almost 100 organisations will be trained and supported to integrate CJ and other internet-inspired communication tools to their work with local communities.
After this, the rate of 100 organisations per year can be maintained by EAMI alone although stronger local organisations can also serve as training hubs to further train and mentor organisations in this area. EAMI can act as a trainer-of-trainers in this regard resulting in thousands of organisations trained and implementing CJ in their activities within 5 years.
Les projets gagnants sont ceux qui expliquent clairement comment ils comptent assurer et maintenir leur croissance. Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur six mois.
By 6 months, the first set of student trainers will have returned from their assignments and we’ll have evaluated their training
Tâche 1
Design training curriculum for student trainers and conduct actual training of 10 students.
Tâche 2
Identify organisations clustered around rural centres that are well placed to receive training in CJ and implement internet base
Tâche 3
Monitor and supervise students during their assignments and conduct evaluations of both the students performance as well as the
Et maintenant, voyez plus grand ! Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur 12 mois.
30 student trainers will have completed their assignments and 90 organisations will have received training and implemented CJ ac
Tâche 1
Design training curriculum for student trainers and conduct actual training of 30 students.
Tâche 2
Identify organisations clustered around rural centres that are well placed to receive training in CJ and implement internet base
Tâche 3
Monitor and supervise students during their assignments and conduct evaluations of both the students performance as well as the
Combien de personnes ont été touchées par votre projet ?
Moins de 100
Combien de personnes pourraient être touchées par votre projet au cours des trois prochaines années ?
1001‐10,000
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Entreprise
Quels obstacles ont freiné la réussite de votre projet jusqu'à présent ? Comment prévoyez-vous de surmonter ces problèmes et les autres à mesure que votre projet se développera ?
The project has not yet started but foreseeable barriers include:
• Lack of capacity of grassroots organisations to implement CJ activities- lack of computers, media equipment, etc.
Solution- Organise solutions (agreements with internet cafe’s, help with finding equipment donors) to improve their capacity.
• Slow uptake of disadvantaged communities to participate in CJ.
Solution- Increased knowledge exchange from empowered grassroots organisations to the local community.
Comment voyez-vous l'évolution des secteurs des technologies de l'information et des médias sur les 10 prochaines années ? Comment votre solution s'adaptera-t-elle à cet environnement changeant ? De quelle manière votre solution pourrait-elle entraîner ce changement ?
A greater focus and investment in local news. This is receiving support with the new Constitution and de-centralised government. We will be able to strengthen the ability of grassroots organisations to be contributors to this demand for local information so that the voice of development may be heard.
This project can definitely drive this change and ensure local communities voices and issues are in the forefront in the media.
L'échec n'est pas toujours une option. Si votre solution ne parvient pas à prendre de la vitesse au cours des deux prochaines années, quelles sont les autres applications de l'idée que vous pourriez explorer ?
We could shift the focus from training grassroots organisations to training local secondary schools and tertiary training institutions. Either way, the cost savings associated with college students serving as community trainers to spread CJ in needy communities is a powerful one.
Donnez des détails sur vos choix en expliquant votre plan de financement.
Of course we can continue to solicit for funds from other organisations and local government agencies to continue and expand our proposed programme. We may also conduct large-scale trainings for NGOs for a fee which can raise funds to support the programme.
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
EAMI has partnered with community FM stations such as Ghetto FM (serving Mukuru slum) and Pamoja FM (serving Kibera slum) both in terms of training of their staff and in producing radio programmes.
We have also partnered with the Nobelity Project (www.nobelity.org) in trainings for rural youth in filmmaking.
Quel type d'équipe (salariés, volontaires, etc.) vous permettra d'atteindre les objectifs de croissance décrits à la section Impact social ?
We will need dedicated and inspired students to play the lead role in spreading the skills and knowledge to the grassroots organisations. We will also use a volunteer from the EAMI staff to help coordinate the students with the organisations and to monitor them on assignment.
Changemakers est un espace de collaboration et de soutien. Indiquez les ressources communautaires dont vous auriez besoin pour développer durablement votre initiative. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Investissement, Marketing/médias, Collaboration/réseautage, Innovation/idées, Tutorat.
Indiquez les ressources que vous pourriez offrir pour aider d'autres initiatives. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
b. Ressources humaines/talents, Marketing/médias, Collaboration/réseautage, Aide bénévole (juridique, financière, etc.), Innovation/idées, Tutorat.
Détaillez les besoins ou les offres d'aide indiqués ci-dessus et/ou suggérez d'autres catégories de soutien qui ne figurent pas dans la liste.
EAMI can provide communications training to organisations in the East African region. We also can chat about ideas every once in awhile!
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EAMI is a media training institute which is determined to use the power of communication to improve lives and foster development
Expliquez en quoi votre solution est innovante en une ou deux phrases courtes.
Students training organisations on citizen journalism- a cost-effective way to bring available tools to those who need it most.
Created on 09/14/2011 by Sahar Ghazi
Hosh media: Pakistan’s first crowdsourcing initiative that takes young online voices onto the mainstream media.
Organisation: Hosh Media
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Pays dans lesquels ce projet crée un impact social
Votre organisation est-elle une
organisation à but non lucratif
Depuis combien de temps votre organisation opère-t-elle ?
Moins d'un année
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Sélectionnez la phase qui s'applique le mieux à votre solution
Création (un pilote qui vient juste de démarrer)
Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
En place depuis moins d'un an
Le besoin : décrivez le besoin auquel répond votre solution et la taille/dynamique de la ou des communautés auxquelles vous vous adressez.
Two in three Pakistanis are under 30-years-old, but their voice is missing from our national discourse. Pakistan has a vibrant media industry, 24 independent news channels and 300 newspapers. But all we see on TV is bombing after bombing; all we read in newspapers is petty, pointless politics. We don’t see the millions of stories of hope that our youth, our majority, carry with them everyday.
Hosh media was born out of the question: how do you bring the voices of 120 million young Pakistanis to dominate the national discourse? One answer would be social media; unfortunately Internet penetration in Pakistan is only 10%. That is where Hosh media comes in. Hosh means to awaken in Urdu, Pakistan’s national language, and our goal is to create enduring ties between the mainstream media and the youth in Pakistan, so they can have more impact and reach.
La solution : expliquez en quoi consiste votre solution et dans quelle mesure elle est innovante. Comment comptez-vous mettre votre solution à disposition des utilisateurs et des bénéficiaires ? Soyez précis !
Hosh media taps into students and bloggers who are online and takes their voices onto the mainstream media.
Contributors can log onto www.hoshmedia.org and submit videos, images and posts. Our production team-a group of well-respected journalists--take these crowd-sourced contributions, then curate and package them in to publish-worthy and broadcast quality news stories.
By encouraging collaborative story-telling and crowdsourcing, Hosh media provides a forum for the youth to explore issues that matter to them. And by publishing these curated and edited stories on to the mainstream media, Hosh gives more reach and impact to the voices of these young contributors.
I have worked with leading news organizations in Pakistan-Geo News TV, The News and DawnNews TV. I know from being on the other side, that all these companies want is a link to the youth and social media, but they find it difficult allocating time and resources for employees to curate content. Hosh media and its team of established journalists and producers fill that gap by curating and packaging crowd-sourced citizen reporting, for mainstream networks in Pakistan.
Le modèle : donnez un exemple détaillé de la manière dont votre solution fait la différence grâce à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des médias.
On May 2nd, the world’s most wanted man, Osama bin Laden was taken out in a secret op by American special forces in Pakistan. Suddenly, the world looked to Pakistan, as a country harboring this century’s most lethal terrorist. But to most young Pakistanis the news was shocking and confusing. Facebook and twitter feeds were exploding with their sentiments, but the rest of the country had no idea what its younger citizens thought. 90% of facebook users in Pakistan are under 30.
Hosh media decided to speed up its launch and started campaigning to put its first story together. We recruited contributors through email, facebook and twitter. Within a week, we had videos, and essays defining various stances on the issue uploaded on our site, www.hoshmedia.org. Our volunteer editors and journalists then got to work, and curated the contributions into a multimedia story called “The Youth Speaks.” I called dawn.com’s editor and pitched the story. The next day, our first crowd-sourced story was published in Pakistan’s leading news site www.dawn.com. (http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/11/the-youth-speaks.html)
Le marché : qui sont vos pairs et vos concurrents ? Comment ces acteurs peuvent-ils gêner votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
There are a few platforms in Pakistan that support citizen reporting, (www.gawaahi.com and www.seeandreport.com), but they do not support crowd-sourcing and do not provide a direct publishing/broadcast link to mainstream media in Pakistan.
The biggest challenges to our growth would be if mainstream media companies actively got into the social media space and established their own departments, mini-versions of Hosh media. The last few years, some networks have established social media cells, but they failed to integrate with the rest of the company. Our biggest strength is our work-flow & our team of volunteer editors and journalists that curate content.
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In six years, I covered countless bombings, seven hostage situations, three elections, three natural disasters, and a state of emergency. It was overwhelming for me a young journalist in Pakistan; I can only imagine how it must have been for the millions of other young Pakistanis. Our voices and aspirations have gotten lost in the fog of war and the chase for breaking news.
“So how do we bring about real change for 120 million young Pakistanis?” A year ago, I took that question to Stanford University, where I started a journalism fellowship.
Over the year, I brainstormed and fleshed out my concept with experts in media innovation and social entrepreneurship. And so Hosh media was born.
In March, Hosh media was incubated at Stanford's Design School LaunchPad. We were one of 11 ideas selected from 80 applicants to participate in the 10-week class. In May we launched!
Précisez l'ampleur et la portée de l'impact social de votre solution à ce jour.
As we were putting together our first story on Osama Bin Laden’s capture, one entry stood out.
20-year old Shahid Saeed is studying Electrical Engineering but his true passion is “Tarikhnama “or “Record of History,” his blog. His entry was powerful and detailed the Pakistani establishment’s failures in the whole fiasco. I sent it over to the editor of Dawn, Pakistan’s leading news outlet. It was published as an Op-Ed piece. The young blogger is now one of their regular contributors and plans on switching majors to History.
Hosh media has impacted that individual (he is now our archivist); it also has the power to transform an industry.
As Pakistan’s first crowd-sourcing initiative, we provide curated citizen reporting for mainstream networks. Essentially, we are trying to create an AP (Associate Press) type newswire based on bloggers instead of reporters. We are making youth voices, a largely untapped market, easily accessible to the media industry.
Quel est l'impact envisagé de votre projet dans les un à cinq ans à venir ? Votre idée peut-elle être reproduite ? Si oui, comment ?
We hope to make the media industry in Pakistan more representative of the majority, the youth, by giving young bloggers bylines in the mainstream media and by providing bloggers the tools to be better journalists through tutorials and mentoring.
Mainstream outlets can pick up our talented young contributors as regular contributors as Dawn.com did with Shahid. And for the bloggers who are still rough around the edges, our first batch of video tutorials in Urdu is in the works. Our goal is to bridge the gap between blogging and journalism, and any blogging site can make use of our tool-kit.
Les projets gagnants sont ceux qui expliquent clairement comment ils comptent assurer et maintenir leur croissance. Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur six mois.
Increase active contributors from eight to twenty-five and expand story production from one story a month to one story a week.
Tâche 1
Recruit contributors through an aggressive social media campaign targeting journalism students and bloggers.
Tâche 2
Raise funding and hire a fulltime operations coordinator, to help manage our increased story production.
Tâche 3
Publish our first batch of video tutorial in Urdu, which focuses on ethics of journalism.
Et maintenant, voyez plus grand ! Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur 12 mois.
Expand story production from one to two stories a week and expand syndication from one to three news outlets.
Tâche 1
Raise funding and hire a fulltime syndication coordinator, to manage our syndication procedures.
Tâche 2
Raise funding to acquire an editing suite and hire a full time non-linear editor.
Tâche 3
Publish second batch of video tutorials and start skype mentership sessions which team-up bloggers with established journalists.
Combien de personnes ont été touchées par votre projet ?
101 - 1,000
Combien de personnes pourraient être touchées par votre projet au cours des trois prochaines années ?
Plus de 10,000
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ONG
Quels obstacles ont freiné la réussite de votre projet jusqu'à présent ? Comment prévoyez-vous de surmonter ces problèmes et les autres à mesure que votre projet se développera ?
Our greatest barrier so far has been funding. Hosh media is currently a bootstrapped initiative; I have been putting my own limited resources into it and have been relying on a network of volunteers-cum-journalists to push it forward. But we need to start compensating these individuals for us to be sustainable in the long run, also we need to hire a full-time coordinator to help recruit contributors, and manage the production process. Hosh media is in the process of getting registered in Pakistan as a non-profit, and we have started applying to some grants to inject some necessary capital into our initiative.
Comment voyez-vous l'évolution des secteurs des technologies de l'information et des médias sur les 10 prochaines années ? Comment votre solution s'adaptera-t-elle à cet environnement changeant ? De quelle manière votre solution pourrait-elle entraîner ce changement ?
Pakistan is already the fasting growing cell-phone market in the world, and experts predict that within a few years all cell phones will be smart phones. Hosh media will soon need to customize its platform and introduce mobile apps, so that our contributors can directly upload content from their phones onto our site.
L'échec n'est pas toujours une option. Si votre solution ne parvient pas à prendre de la vitesse au cours des deux prochaines années, quelles sont les autres applications de l'idée que vous pourriez explorer ?
If we fail, it will either be because we can’t recruit bloggers or because news organizations want to create their own social media cells. In the first situation, we will need to change our approach, by picking up content from social media sites, asking permission from bloggers, then producing content. In the second situation, we could pitch our services as an out-sourced “curation” team.
Donnez des détails sur vos choix en expliquant votre plan de financement.
In our business model we charge mainstream networks for content. So far, we have sold four stories to dawn.com for $350 (two video stories for $200, a multi-media for $75, a photo-story for $75.) We plan to keep up that revenue stream and slowly expand story production and the number of news outlets we are selling to. There are 300 newspapers and 24 independent news channels in Pakistan, so the market is huge. At the six-month and 12-month point we hope to raise two rounds of $10,000 funding to hire full-time employees and procure editing equipment. To be sustainable at 24 months, we project that we will need to earn at least $2,500 a month to break even. We are confident we will be able to reach this capacity within two years.
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
Pakistan Youth Alliance-a youth based not-for-profit organization. (www.pya.org.pk) PYA members participated in our pre-launch brainstorming sessions and filled in as user testers for our site during our launch phase.
Gawaahi.com-a portal dedicated to archiving stories of resistance and abuse.
Khudi Pakistan-a counter-extremism initiative (http://www.khudipakistan.com/)
Quel type d'équipe (salariés, volontaires, etc.) vous permettra d'atteindre les objectifs de croissance décrits à la section Impact social ?
We are currently operating with a team of six bloggers and/or journalists working on a volunteer basis. As Editor-in-chief, I pitch stories, liaise with mainstream media, and managing story production. I am full-time, and our operations, technical, community, marketing leads and archivist dedicate about 5-10 hours a week to the project. (http://hoshmedia.org/forums/content.php?123-about-us) We also have a network of volunteer editors/journalists who help us with story production.
Changemakers est un espace de collaboration et de soutien. Indiquez les ressources communautaires dont vous auriez besoin pour développer durablement votre initiative. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Investissement, Collaboration/réseautage, Tutorat.
Indiquez les ressources que vous pourriez offrir pour aider d'autres initiatives. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Marketing/médias, Tutorat.
Détaillez les besoins ou les offres d'aide indiqués ci-dessus et/ou suggérez d'autres catégories de soutien qui ne figurent pas dans la liste.
We need investment to grow, so any advice in that way would be great. I would love to get some mentoring and do so some networking regarding social enterprise development. In turn I could provide mentoring for media related ventures and offer help for marketing of social enterprise ventures in Pakistan.
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Hosh Media: Bridging the gap between blogging and journalism by creating ties between the youth & mainstream media in Pakistan.
Expliquez en quoi votre solution est innovante en une ou deux phrases courtes.
Hosh media: Pakistan’s first crowdsourcing initiative that takes young online voices onto the mainstream media.
This initiative gives Women and youth the platform to voice their opinions, concerns and critiques in a safe environment. Not only can they freely express themselves, but through doing this, they can achieve their goals of creating a more inclusive society through free speech.
Created on 09/14/2011 by citizensmedia
CM provides and connects online tools for the 3 billion marketplace of the developing world.
Think New. Think Forward.®
Organisation: The Citizens Media
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Votre organisation est-elle une
Entreprise
Depuis combien de temps votre organisation opère-t-elle ?
1‐5 années
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Designing Websites For The 3 Billion Of The Under-Served World
Sélectionnez la phase qui s'applique le mieux à votre solution
Croissance (votre pilote fonctionne et commence à prendre de l'ampleur)
Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
En place depuis 1 à 5 ans
Le besoin : décrivez le besoin auquel répond votre solution et la taille/dynamique de la ou des communautés auxquelles vous vous adressez.
‘There are 3 billion new customers waiting for a revolution on how business designs, prices and markets its products.’ – Dr. Paul Polak
Opportunities created through advancing technologies are changing our world, yet only 30% are online.
The global economy is falling. To create new, localized markets for a world where society can and will be well, innovators from around the world need equal opportunity to express their views, share stories, access local information and promote what they do both locally any further afield. It’s time for global to get grassroots!
With a relatively youthful demographic and a deep desire for change, nowhere is the need to bridge the digital divide greater than for the 3 billion population of the developing world. Lacking access to finance, hardware and education mean (because they require either skills or money) existing tools, such as wordpress and ziplocal are limited in how they can help.
La solution : expliquez en quoi consiste votre solution et dans quelle mesure elle est innovante. Comment comptez-vous mettre votre solution à disposition des utilisateurs et des bénéficiaires ? Soyez précis !
Creating the World's 1st Global Information and Commerce Cooperative, The Citizens Media® (CM) is deliberately simple software for building a mobile-friendly, revenue generating network that unites and rewards individuals by means of monetizing user contributions to Community Media®.
Inviting visitors to pledge support on participants for publishing content and promoting local business and groups, activity is connected through interactive websites featuring microsites (business listings) and blogs. CM:
1. Minimizes costs by collaborating with and integrating complimentary technology.
2. Uses step-by-step processes, modular build and automated alerts reducing skills, experience and time needed to engage.
3. Directly rewards in reflection to what people bring.
Enabling content to be promoted across multiple websites and sharing as much of its revenues as possible with those who take part, CM is not so much about the technology itself, but the fundamental structure that determines the way media is controlled; how revenues and content are distributed, and who gets to own what.
Built for grassroots movements looking to empower community prosperity and amplify local voice, it’s goal is to reduce the wealth gap by giving people everywhere online tools and strategies to help each other help themselves.
VISION: http://thecitizensmedia.com/static/pdf/iSOS_Vision.pdf
Le modèle : donnez un exemple détaillé de la manière dont votre solution fait la différence grâce à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des médias.
Working in partnership with IDE (www.ideorg.org), CM will develop a platform designed for the 3 billion marketplace of the under-served world.
Starting out as a standalone site engaging people in designing for the world’s rural poor, as participation increases, so it will expand into a scaleable network of community sites that give locals everywhere the means to participate in, and gain access to globally connected community news and information.
The platform itself will be brought to the public through an incremental rollout strategy. Each launch will introduce new capabilities for what can be done through sites; how participation can be achieved and promoted throughout the world. As the network evolves, so will the potential benefits of getting involved.
Inviting them to create a microsite to help promote what they do and gather financial support, IDE’s engagement strategy involves connecting with university students, travel bureaus, entrepreneurs and local media groups.
Support is pledged on participants through promotional messages. Getting the ball rolling by pledging support themselves, IDE will further participant revenues by appealing to potential investors and government groups who have a vested interest in helping small business opportunities grow.
Reference: see
1. IDE Network Diagrams Phase 1 and 2 (media attached)
2. IDE Microsite Layout
OR
http://thecitizensmedia.com/static/pdf/the_model_ide.pdf
www.ideorg.org
Le marché : qui sont vos pairs et vos concurrents ? Comment ces acteurs peuvent-ils gêner votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
Peers: those bringing equal opportunity to get empowered online.
Challenge: new concept. It’s time to build our tribe!
Wordpress: established/’feels familiar’/strong following
Incorporating revenue shares and open distribution of content, CM is for creating scalable networks of online communities by uniting individual knowledge and skills so that everyone has equal opportunity to engage. Built specifically with developing communities in mind. With CM you won't be wasting time installing plug-ins or downloading modules, nor will you be overwhelmed by hundreds of features you'll never use that can get in the way.
Facebook/BranchOut: connected, easy access to express views/share news.
Unlike Facebook, with CM, ownership stays with its creator who’s free to establish their own unique brand. Invites unlimited content and how people share up to them.
CM intends to build alliance through Google+.
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Point de départ : nous voulons que vous nous racontiez le moment où l'idée vous est venue. Racontez où et quand le ou les fondateurs ont compris dans quelle mesure cette solution pouvait changer le monde.
My motivation stems from an overwhelming desire for people to connect; to build bridges of understanding that empower identity, release individual skills, strengthens belonging and dispels fear.
An astounding 43% or the worlds population lives on less than $2 a day. Unless we unite for change, it’s not sustainable. It’s time to give those in the developing world the tools they need to help themselves; to shift from a donation to entrepreneurial approach.
We need to find new ways to deliver economic and environmental reform that work hand in hand with alleviating poverty. There’s a way for everyone to win. It’s time to take action. To build upon and not destroy cultures different to our own.
Thinking must change from survival of the fittest to unity.
Social media is changing the world. As Jeff Jarvis exclaims in ‘What Would Google Do?’, there’s more that can be done.
http://thecitizensmedia.com/pub/blog/searching-for-authenticity?id=647
Précisez l'ampleur et la portée de l'impact social de votre solution à ce jour.
Born in Whistler, BC, other than serving the the local community blog during the last municipal elections, CM has yet to be put to good use.
For CM to manifest the social impact its designed to create, it needs to collaborate with like minded initiatives. In short, it needs to build its tribe, hence the connection with iDE.
The mission of IDE is to create income opportunities for poor rural households. In order to do this well, they access timely, reliable, and relevant information that drives innovation and quality. Wherever they work, IDE measures and seeks to maximize:
SCALE: 19 million people have significantly increased their income with IDE’s help.
IMPACT: $1.01 billion total income their customers and associated enterprises have earned since
COST EFFECTIVENESS: 10 to 1 for every dollar IDE invests in global projects, their customers generate an average $10 additional household income.
Quel est l'impact envisagé de votre projet dans les un à cinq ans à venir ? Votre idée peut-elle être reproduite ? Si oui, comment ?
Inviting anyone to create a scaleable network of community websites where content (blogs and microsites) can be shared between multiple sites (PDF P.6), CM can be used to help empower any number of initiatives.
Advertisers follow eyeballs. CM “An easy to use (and employ) information and micropayment system for user contributions of Community Media®.” (Scott Nelson, co-founder of Communicopia.com), the greater the number of people who connect to CM, the more everyone stands to gain.
The mission of CM is to create a global marketplace where individuals and communities connect in helping one another help themselves.
Ref: The Model_IDE (PDF)
http://thecitizensmedia.com/static/pdf/the_model_ide.pdf
Les projets gagnants sont ceux qui expliquent clairement comment ils comptent assurer et maintenir leur croissance. Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur six mois.
Official ‘out of beta’ launch of IDE Network for engaging and connecting people and ideas designing for the world’s rural poor.
Tâche 1
Commence IDE network promoting designs. Share success stories, promote business case for targeting markets of developing world.
Tâche 2
Develop tech/platform and marketing plan (includes SMS/Mobile Transactions). Create Alliances. Appeal for Funds.
Tâche 3
CM: Build team and co-collaborators. Finalize priority developments. Identify potential clients (e.g. http://hablaguate.com)
Et maintenant, voyez plus grand ! Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur 12 mois.
Launch intraweb of hubs featuring National Networks comprising automated Community Sites.
Tâche 1
Connect with local media groups training citizen journalists. Identify needs and challenges. Establish implementation plan.
Tâche 2
Connect with travel bureaus and universities: discuss potential of supporting destination communities through participation.
Tâche 3
Commence platform integration plan and social media campaigns.
Combien de personnes ont été touchées par votre projet ?
101 - 1,000
Combien de personnes pourraient être touchées par votre projet au cours des trois prochaines années ?
Plus de 10,000
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Quels obstacles ont freiné la réussite de votre projet jusqu'à présent ? Comment prévoyez-vous de surmonter ces problèmes et les autres à mesure que votre projet se développera ?
The vision for CM ‘Global Meritocracy Online’ was born five years ago.
Although some saw it’s potential, the scale of what it seeks to achieve was deemed as being ‘too big’ or ‘before its time’. Many argued that social media as dangerous, community newspapers would never die, poverty was a consequence of evolution and that society would find it’s balance through the natural progression of time.
CM is simply a tool with a strategy for rewarding micro-innovation on a global scale. It’s time to connect. It was through seeking to do just this that I came across Ashoka ChangeMakers.
Comment voyez-vous l'évolution des secteurs des technologies de l'information et des médias sur les 10 prochaines années ? Comment votre solution s'adaptera-t-elle à cet environnement changeant ? De quelle manière votre solution pourrait-elle entraîner ce changement ?
The development of the worlds first quantum computer already underway, are we entering new worlds of reality?
Of the more predictable nature, social sharing and the prolific use of mobiles are both important. CM’s integration plan incorporates participation through SMS, mobile-enabled revenue transactions, connection with Google+ and a widget for promoting microsites.
However it may grow, CM is about developing a global cooperative. This philosophy will remain.
L'échec n'est pas toujours une option. Si votre solution ne parvient pas à prendre de la vitesse au cours des deux prochaines années, quelles sont les autres applications de l'idée que vous pourriez explorer ?
Monies required for each development will be sought in partnership by CM and IDE through funding/grant appeals (IDE is a non-profit). As revenues generated through hosting plans and support messages increase, by returning funds to IDE for re-investment elsewhere, CM will ‘buy-back’ platform developments so expanding potential use. The more projects (client networks) CM can take on, the greater the benefits everyone involved will receive.
Site Hosting plans are designed to cover costs. 5% revenue share generated through Support Messages will be dedicated to research and development.
Additional revenues will be generated through micropayments of iPhone app.
Other potential revenues could be generated through an online game (aim of game4change: increase participation).
Donnez des détails sur vos choix en expliquant votre plan de financement.
An online coop, CM is about giving back in reflection to what people give it. So we can keep ownership exclusive to participants, to date, this project has been entirely funded by a manual snow removal business I co-own in Whistler, which employs members of neighbouring First Nations community, Lil'wat.
For development of the partner project, IDE and CM will be jointly seeking various funds. Further revenues will be generated through sales of CM Hosting Plans and Customization/Set-Up of sites.
Ref:
HOSTING PLAN: http://thecitizensmedia.com/pub/section/create-a-network?id=798
BUYBACK Program: http://thecitizensmedia.com/pub/section/customization-services?id=877
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
Founded in 1982 by Dr. Paul Polak, although now focused on serving the needs of the rural poor, it’s beginnings stem from a profound understanding of the socio-economic benefits in designing for the under-served world:
“90 percent of the world’s designers focus on solutions for the richest 10 percent of the world’s customers rather than the other 90 percent who need it most.”
Working together in providing tools for the under-served world, our focus is to see local markets succeed.
For further information, please visit http://www.ideorg.org/
Quel type d'équipe (salariés, volontaires, etc.) vous permettra d'atteindre les objectifs de croissance décrits à la section Impact social ?
“CM is a bridge for voices on the edge of freedom” – Mark Kennedy (my-eScribe.com)
CM seeks to collaborate with technologists and social marketeers who share our passion for seeing that people living “below the line” of technology and finances have equal access and opportunity to succeed.
To date is the work of its two founding members; Eric Howe (programmer http://ca.linkedin.com/in/erichowebc) and myself. It’s time to build our team. Seeking partnership with a digital consultancy firm, other needs include business development and legal advice.
Changemakers est un espace de collaboration et de soutien. Indiquez les ressources communautaires dont vous auriez besoin pour développer durablement votre initiative. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Investissement, b. Ressources humaines/talents, Collaboration/réseautage, Aide bénévole (juridique, financière, etc.).
Indiquez les ressources que vous pourriez offrir pour aider d'autres initiatives. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Marketing/médias, Collaboration/réseautage, Innovation/idées.
Détaillez les besoins ou les offres d'aide indiqués ci-dessus et/ou suggérez d'autres catégories de soutien qui ne figurent pas dans la liste.
There are so many amazing projects working to impact the change our world so desperately needs. We live in exciting times. To this end, CM is open to any feedback, suggestions, offers and/or requests other like minded changemakers may have. Please email caroline@thecitizensmedia.com. Thanks for reading and in wishing you all the best in your endeavors. Please let me know if you think we can help.
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The 1st Online Coop, CM is simple software for building a network that unites individuals by means of monitizing Citizen Media.
Expliquez en quoi votre solution est innovante en une ou deux phrases courtes.
CM provides and connects online tools for the 3 billion marketplace of the developing world.
Think New. Think Forward.®
Created on 09/14/2011 by doloreslavalle
Acceder a la información mejora la calidad de vida. Conoce tu derecho a saber !
Organisation: Centro de Estudios para la Información Ciudadana - ong en formación, trámites presentados ante la Inspección General de Justicia
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Pays dans lesquels ce projet crée un impact social
Votre organisation est-elle une
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Depuis combien de temps votre organisation opère-t-elle ?
1‐5 années
Les informations que vous fournissez ici seront utilisées pour combler toutes les parties de votre profil qui ont été laissées en blanc, comme les intérêts,les informations sur l'organisation, et le site Web. Aucune information de contact sera rendu publique. S'il vous plaît décochez ici si vous ne voulez pas que cela se produise..
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Acceso a la Información mejora la calidad de vida. Conoce tu derecho a saber
Sélectionnez la phase qui s'applique le mieux à votre solution
Création (un pilote qui vient juste de démarrer)
Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
En place depuis moins d'un an
Le besoin : décrivez le besoin auquel répond votre solution et la taille/dynamique de la ou des communautés auxquelles vous vous adressez.
En la Ciudad de Buenos Aires y área metropolitana, en general, la comunidad desconoce su derecho de acceso a la información pública para solicitar documentación al poder y sus beneficios. Ignora que puede dirigirse al Estado y averiguar datos que modificarían sustancialmente la calidad de vida de personas, escuelas o comunidades. Ejemplos, enterarse de subsidios para escuelas ; remedios oncológicos de elevado costo de distribución gratuita por el Estado (que no realiza campañas de difusión masiva para conocimiento de la sociedad) o la potabilidad del agua que consume un barrio. La ausencia de demanda de información permite al Estado ignorar este derecho. El trabajo de cabildeo realizando en ocasiones anteriores en el Congreso nacional, brindando conocimientos técnico-jurídicos a asesores y legisladores mostró ser insuficiente para lograr la sanción de una ley que regule este derecho así como lograr su conocimiento por la comunidad referida.
La solution : expliquez en quoi consiste votre solution et dans quelle mesure elle est innovante. Comment comptez-vous mettre votre solution à disposition des utilisateurs et des bénéficiaires ? Soyez précis !
La implementación de iniciativas creativas facilitará el conocimiento masivo y real del derecho de acceso a la información y sus beneficios a nuevos destinatarios : los habitantes de la metrópolis de BA.
El objetivo consiste en trabajar capacitando maestros de escuelas, profesores universitarios y alumnos de la ciudad de Buenos Aires y área metropolitana. Se motivará la presentación de solicitudes de información pública, apuntando a un cambio cultural poniendo este derecho en conocimiento de la comunidad referida, que permee a todas las capas sociales mediante la entrega de material didáctico de primera necesidad, lúdico y otros que colabore en generar interés y atención en la escuela y el hogar (lápices, calendarios, juegos, etc). Con la información obtenida se generará una base de datos online para consulta al público, cuyo acceso será compartido con las instituciones educativas.
Le modèle : donnez un exemple détaillé de la manière dont votre solution fait la différence grâce à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des médias.
Una base de datos online que puede ser consultada por maestros, profesores y alumnos para chequear si ya existe un pedido de información similar al que desean realizar o no, contribuye a agilizar el trámite de solicitar información, que en la Argentina se realiza por medio de presentaciones en papel. Asimismo, allí se puede compartir información útil para la comunidad. Por otra parte, las redes sociales que utilizamos, Facebook, Twitter, conectadas entre sí, pueden difundir rápidamente las novedades de resultados de pedidos presentados. Se intentará conectarlas a los teléfonos celulares de los participantes, ya que la mayoría de las clases sociales cuenta en su hogar con esta tecnología, algo que no siempre sucede con Internet.
Le marché : qui sont vos pairs et vos concurrents ? Comment ces acteurs peuvent-ils gêner votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
Hay algunas ong´s importantes que se dedican esporádicamente al tema, sin tener un proyecto definido a largo plazo. Ellos son : Poder Ciudadano, CIPPEC, Asociación por los Derechos Civiles y ACIJ. Estas ong´s trabajan en el cabildeo con políticos para alcanzar la sanción de una ley de acceso a la información pública y/o litigando ante los tribunales judiciales. FOPEA podría competir con esta iniciativa ya que brinda capacitación en la temática, pero dirigida a periodistas específicamente.
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desde 2002 trabajo escribiendo y transmitiendo conocimientos técnicos a asesores y legisladores para lograr la sanción de la ley de acceso a la información en Argentina, objetivo pendiente. Como abogada trabajo en comunicación política y tengo contacto con profesionales, periodistas y colegas que ignoran que pedirle información al Estado es un derecho constitucional. Siempre me pregunté cómo transmitir este derecho a todas las capas sociales, cuando ni los profesionales lo conocen. En 2010 el ITAIP, autoridad que controla el funcionamiento de la ley de acceso a la información de Tabasco, México, me invitó a dar una conferencia magistral. Visitando el ITAIP vi un calendario con la inscripción « tienes derecho a saber » e inmediátamente pensé « esto puede estar en cualquier hogar, es útil y didáctico ». Allí entendí que la misión es trabajar con escuelas y universidades, ofreciendo capacitación pero también útiles escolares para mantenerla fresca y activa
Précisez l'ampleur et la portée de l'impact social de votre solution à ce jour.
Desde hace 3 años doy una clase sobre derecho de acceso a la información en la Universidad Católica a 30 alumnos de periodismo de investigación, que realizan luego un pedido de información. Soy tutora de una alumna de comunicación social especializándose en el tema. La motivé para solicitar información en Argentina y México ; la contactaron del organismo oficial mexicano para filmar un video explicando su visión sobre su sistema electrónico de pedidos. Ahora también utiliza el sistema chileno, superando los 50 pedidos propios. Dí clase en un colegio secundario y 120 alumnas de 15 años se sorprendieron al enterarse que podían dirigirse al Estado a requerir información. Tengo un grupo en Facebook (Acceso a la Información Pública) con 180 miembros de distintos países y la página Información Ciudadana conectada al Twitter donde subo información del tema. La escala y el impacto son diversos según los grupos, calculo 600 personas.
Quel est l'impact envisagé de votre projet dans les un à cinq ans à venir ? Votre idée peut-elle être reproduite ? Si oui, comment ?
Espero capacitar más profesores, maestros y alumnos, idea que puede replicarse en otras provincias y países. La capacitación siempre es bienvenida en todos los ámbitos académicos, y si además se le agrega algún elemento útil (juego, material escolar o universitario) suma en interés, atención y memoria. Las personas pasan a sentirse protagonistas de la vida cívica en lugar de individuos olvidados por el Estado.
Les projets gagnants sont ceux qui expliquent clairement comment ils comptent assurer et maintenir leur croissance. Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur six mois.
Ampliar los ámbitos académicos –escuelas, universidades- donde ofrecer capacitación
Tâche 1
Identificación de universidades, escuelas, profesores y alumnos con interés en recibir capacitación en acceso a la información y
Tâche 2
Preparación de materiales informativos
Tâche 3
Contactar a las escuelas y docentes identificados en 1) para ponerlos en conocimiento de las ventajas de la capacitación y motiv
Et maintenant, voyez plus grand ! Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur 12 mois.
Conseguir financiamiento para diseño y compra de materiales y útiles didácticos y escolares ; motivar presentación solicitudes
Tâche 2
contactar fabricantes de kits escolares y conseguir colaboración
Tâche 3
distribución de los kits mencionados
Combien de personnes ont été touchées par votre projet ?
101 - 1,000
Combien de personnes pourraient être touchées par votre projet au cours des trois prochaines années ?
1001‐10,000
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Quels obstacles ont freiné la réussite de votre projet jusqu'à présent ? Comment prévoyez-vous de surmonter ces problèmes et les autres à mesure que votre projet se développera ?
El principal obstáculo fue no recurrir a los elementos claves del marketing para difundir el conocimiento del derecho de acceso a la información pública y haber insistido en un target de capacitación que no era el adecuado, no llegando a los verdaderos beneficiarios del derecho de acceso : los ciudadanos.
Pienso recurrir a diseñadores y especialistas en marketing para la construcción del kit didáctico y escolar. Los conocimientos técnicos ya existen y la capacitación irá mostrando si la combinación de ambas cosas (kits+conocimiento) son la verdadera solución
Comment voyez-vous l'évolution des secteurs des technologies de l'information et des médias sur les 10 prochaines années ? Comment votre solution s'adaptera-t-elle à cet environnement changeant ? De quelle manière votre solution pourrait-elle entraîner ce changement ?
Los valoro sobremanera, son multiplicadores increíbles. Además funcionan perfecto para transmitir conocimientos a las nuevas generaciones que no tienen la costumbre de relacionarse con el formato papel, sino con las nuevas tecnologías. La solución necesita de estas innovaciones tecnológicas porque potencian el número de capacitados y la retroalimentación que pueda recibirse de ellos.
L'échec n'est pas toujours une option. Si votre solution ne parvient pas à prendre de la vitesse au cours des deux prochaines années, quelles sont les autres applications de l'idée que vous pourriez explorer ?
Chequear la calidad y contenido del material que se entrega ; si la capacitación es la adecuada ; si el target de capacitados se benefició o no. Hacer una encuesta luego de cada capacitación
Donnez des détails sur vos choix en expliquant votre plan de financement.
El grueso de la ayuda económica se necesita para financiar el diseño y la compra de los kits escolares y otros materiales didácticos. Luego se destinarán recursos para financiar las capacitaciones, aunque éstas pueden desarrollarse en forma gratuita, como hasta la fecha.
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
Trabajo como contraparte de la Fundación Konrad Adenauer en proyectos de comunicación política (conferencias de prensa) y acceso a la información pública. Asimismo, Información Ciudadana tiene vínculos informales con ong´s como el CARI (Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales) con quien organizamos actividades esporádicamente. Con la Universidad Católica, ADEPA (Asoc. De Empresas Periodísticas Argentinas),el Círculo de Periodistas Parlamentarios trabajamos conjuntamente en la organización de conferencias de prensa, pero sin vínculo formal.
Quel type d'équipe (salariés, volontaires, etc.) vous permettra d'atteindre les objectifs de croissance décrits à la section Impact social ?
Profesores universitarios, maestros, periodistas y abogados, con quienes ya trabajamos, así como también voluntarios que tengan conocimiento cabal de la temática o que puedan colaborar con la parte logística y quieran sumarse posteriormente.
Changemakers est un espace de collaboration et de soutien. Indiquez les ressources communautaires dont vous auriez besoin pour développer durablement votre initiative. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Investissement, b. Ressources humaines/talents, Marketing/médias, Collaboration/réseautage, Innovation/idées.
Indiquez les ressources que vous pourriez offrir pour aider d'autres initiatives. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
b. Ressources humaines/talents, Collaboration/réseautage.
Détaillez les besoins ou les offres d'aide indiqués ci-dessus et/ou suggérez d'autres catégories de soutien qui ne figurent pas dans la liste.
Se necesita ampliar el financiamiento para llegar a más escuelas y universidades para capacitar más maestros, profesores y alumnos, pero sobre todo para motivarlos para realizar pedidos de información, a través de la entrega de materiales ingeniosos, y también generar una base de datos con información pública que crezca con el tiempo y facilite el intercambio. Podemos ofrecer los conocimientos técnicos y prácticos de la presentación de pedidos de información y su seguimiento en sistemas distintos como Argentina y México. Estamos acostumbrados a trabajar en red, sobre todo con las redes sociales 2.0, que multiplican la difusión de nuestra labor.
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Información Ciudadana es una ong que difunde y enseña a preguntar por la información pública
Expliquez en quoi votre solution est innovante en une ou deux phrases courtes.
Acceder a la información mejora la calidad de vida. Conoce tu derecho a saber !
Created on 09/14/2011 by Mashallah News
Our quest is to build bridges & promote intercultural understanding through being the first platform of its kind in the region
Organisation: Mashallah News
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Votre organisation est-elle une
organisation à but non lucratif
Depuis combien de temps votre organisation opère-t-elle ?
Moins d'un année
Les informations que vous fournissez ici seront utilisées pour combler toutes les parties de votre profil qui ont été laissées en blanc, comme les intérêts,les informations sur l'organisation, et le site Web. Aucune information de contact sera rendu publique. S'il vous plaît décochez ici si vous ne voulez pas que cela se produise..
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Mashallah News - Online News Platform
Sélectionnez la phase qui s'applique le mieux à votre solution
Croissance (votre pilote fonctionne et commence à prendre de l'ampleur)
Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
En place depuis moins d'un an
Le besoin : décrivez le besoin auquel répond votre solution et la taille/dynamique de la ou des communautés auxquelles vous vous adressez.
The Middle East has increasingly been the focus of media since the turn of the century. But the coverage is almost only about geopolitics. The need for independent and critical reporting is big; something that is even clearer with this year’s revolutions. Suddenly, the idea of a Middle East in clash with the West seems more misinformed than ever.
With the potential of online publishing, readers across the globe can be reached. Our immediate target groups are those living in the Middle East; those with a connection to the region; or those who have a special interest in it. But, ultimately, everyone - the expert, the novice, any citizen with a desire to engage with the world - is welcome to the Mashallah community.
This year is about citizens demanding just and peaceful change. There are countless stories to tell about society, human rights, creative initiatives and urban change. They have been untold for long, and we want to share them.
La solution : expliquez en quoi consiste votre solution et dans quelle mesure elle est innovante. Comment comptez-vous mettre votre solution à disposition des utilisateurs et des bénéficiaires ? Soyez précis !
Since last year, Mashallah News has been publishing weekly stories from a growing number of Middle Eastern cities. We have connected a network of writers, journalists, photographers, artists, translators, and graphic designers from 18 cities in the region.
The beginning of our journey has been exciting: we have already published over 150 stories on social, human, and cultural life in these cities, ranging from reports and feature stories to personal accounts, video reports and photographic essays. These are well-researched, carefully proofread, always published in English and often translated into Arabic or French.
We hope to continue telling unique and surprising stories with the help of Changemakers. With more support, we can reach many more readers and contributors. No similar platform exists; nowhere can news about the Middle East be found that connect the local to the regional and global, linking the social and cultural to the human.
Our solution to single-mindedness in the media is a participatory, critical, and informed approach. It is us ourselves and our local correspondents who are telling the stories, not large media outlets or those with a vested interest in dividing between “us” and “them”. Mashallah News is about sharing dynamic, contemporary stories by people close to these events.
Le modèle : donnez un exemple détaillé de la manière dont votre solution fait la différence grâce à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des médias.
The internet dramatically shortens the distance between the reader and the story and connects people to far-away places and events. Mashallah News has already made a difference to many, both through our website which gets several hundreds of daily visitors, and through events and seminars that have been arranged in Beirut and Istanbul.
The core idea of the project − to let citizens tell stories unnoticed by mass media − has proved as strong as we hoped. We have had the opportunity to grow into a platform for multiple voices that were previously unheard. Mashallah News has published, among many other things, photo essays of Aleppan factory workers and Dubai’s Indian heart; personal chronicles from Tahrir and the streets of Damascus; a talk with Saudi Arabia’s first female comedian; the human face of urban reconstruction in Istanbul; reflections on make-believe feminists in Beirut, breakdance in Yemen, and devout religious tourists in Qom.
Or the Poet Grocer, a fruit vendor in Istanbul. Our contributor in the city exchanged a few words with him when buying tomatoes, and found out that Faruk, who is also a poet and a therapist for autistic children, had lived a life out of the ordinary. His story was published on Mashallah News with the title ‘Poetry and Tomatoes’.
Le marché : qui sont vos pairs et vos concurrents ? Comment ces acteurs peuvent-ils gêner votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
There are several smart publications about the Middle East: the printed magazines Bidoun and Canvas cover arts and culture; Brownbook writes about lifestyle Jadaliyya is the intellectual innovator, and Babelmed and EMAJ represent the Euro-Middle Eastern connection.
However, none of these compete for the same spot as Mashallah News does. We are online, for free, accessible to readers from all social backgrounds, and we publish in three languages - English, Arabic and French. The core of what we do is bridging gaps, and we have a unique asset in our local correspondents who write about their own cities.
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It was in Beirut during spring 2010 that the idea for Mashallah News was born. Jenny Gustafsson and Isabelle Mayault started discussing a collective online platform covering life in the Arab world, Turkey and Iran. Frustrated by the biased coverage of mainstream media, they saw a need for reporting on interesting transformations taking place in Beirut and other cities in the region. In April 2011, they contacted journalist Clément Girardot, politics student Micheline Toubia and graphic designer Ismael Abdallah. The process of exchanging numerous emails to elaborate on the website and recruit writers started.
We knew that there was a big potential for delivering critical, innovative and alternative stories about the Middle East. After a summer dedicated to building the architecture of the website & contacting collaborators, Mashallah News was launched in November 2011. The quest to share disOriented stories began.
Précisez l'ampleur et la portée de l'impact social de votre solution à ce jour.
The main impact of Mashallah News is social. We contribute to strong inter-regional links and a better global understanding of societies in the Arab world, Turkey and Iran. Going beyond religious and political divisions and clichés, Mashallah News has filled a gap as an alternative source of news and stories, giving readers get access to information that previously was non-existent or scattered. We now have 4000-5000 readers ever month, coming from all around the world but mostly from countries in the region we cover.
We also highlight views and positive actions which rarely make the headlines: the work of artists, civil society, communities and researchers. This way, we contribute to a better visibility of cultural and social initiatives and strengthening of regional networks of independent cultural actors.
Quel est l'impact envisagé de votre projet dans les un à cinq ans à venir ? Votre idée peut-elle être reproduite ? Si oui, comment ?
The aim of Mashallah News is to grow, to focus on innovative ways of storytelling, and to become a strong base for quality journalism in the region. We want to foster a dynamic collaborative community of writers, reporters, artists, academicians, and multimedia developers.
The Mashallah News concept of a regional platform focusing on urban, social and cultural issues can be duplicable in other regions affected by the same sort of prejudices and misinformation. Mashallah News would be happy to contribute to creating such a platform. However, our priority at the moment is to reach more readers and strengthen our team within the Arab world, Turkey and Iran.
Les projets gagnants sont ceux qui expliquent clairement comment ils comptent assurer et maintenir leur croissance. Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur six mois.
Our main aim is to see our readership grow & expand our presence w teams of 3 collaborators in all big Middle Eastern cities
Tâche 1
Look for funds to set up a monthly budget & pay collaborators. This will enable us to attract more talented writers & readers
Tâche 2
Continue our recruitment efforts through networking, personal contacts and general calls to find new contributors.
Tâche 3
Have better online & offline communication; more partnerships w local NGOs; & an increased visibility attracting new readers
Et maintenant, voyez plus grand ! Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur 12 mois.
Creating a new multimedia platform dedicated to innovative reporting. This would be the first such platform in the region
Tâche 1
To get support and fundings for the new platform.
Tâche 2
To expand our collaborations to make Mashallah News the first innovative online platform dedicated to this region.
Tâche 3
To recruit more multimedia journalists & people w storytelling skills - poets, writers, artists - & to train our current team
Combien de personnes ont été touchées par votre projet ?
1,001 - 10,000
Combien de personnes pourraient être touchées par votre projet au cours des trois prochaines années ?
Plus de 10,000
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Quels obstacles ont freiné la réussite de votre projet jusqu'à présent ? Comment prévoyez-vous de surmonter ces problèmes et les autres à mesure que votre projet se développera ?
Since the geographical region we cover is vast, and our core team initially was based in Beirut and Istanbul only, we had to recruit new collaborators via internet. This proved difficult as a volunteer task since it requires various skills. However, through social networks and partnerships, we managed to build our own network of writers, translators and artists from all parts of the Arab world, Turkey, and Iran, who are now fully dedicated to the project. Now, Mashallah News often gets contacted by prospecting collaborators. We currently work on gathering a budget for 2012; this way we will be able to establish long-term collaborations within our current team and get new staff members for additional positions.
Comment voyez-vous l'évolution des secteurs des technologies de l'information et des médias sur les 10 prochaines années ? Comment votre solution s'adaptera-t-elle à cet environnement changeant ? De quelle manière votre solution pourrait-elle entraîner ce changement ?
Tomorrow's media will have no choice but to adapt to the preeminence of a participative web. The increasing mobility and changing patterns of readers will be major stakes for media actors during the next decade. With citizens integrating the field of journalism, we believe that new media platforms should have space for these emerging writers.
Mashallah News envisions a lab for journalistic experiments using a full array of resources in collaboration with specialists from fields such as urban planning, sociology, art, and human rights.
L'échec n'est pas toujours une option. Si votre solution ne parvient pas à prendre de la vitesse au cours des deux prochaines années, quelles sont les autres applications de l'idée que vous pourriez explorer ?
If we do not manage to achieve our budget goals and/or visibility goals within the next two years, we will have to settle for a more modest application of our current plan. We would have to drop the most costly branches of our activities, which are the media lab and the magazine project. But, the core idea of Mashallah News would survive through the collective platform that we have been running for nearly a year. We would also orient our project towards ground activities and local events such as conferences, film screenings, debates, and workshops in the cities we cover, in collaboration with our local partners.
Donnez des détails sur vos choix en expliquant votre plan de financement.
Since the launch in November 2010, Mashallah News has organized 4 fundraisers in Beirut and Istanbul. These raised $3,500 and helped to finance the project until now. We have also received small individual donations. With these small funds, we managed to establish a steady pace of publication (4 articles/week) thanks to the enthusiastic collaboration of volunteer talents and the full-time dedication of the four Mashallah News editors.
For the future, we are eager to put more of our ideas into practice; this is why we try to gather a budget enabling us to realize our ambitions. What matters is to sustain the current platform accessible for free to a wide audience. An option if we fail to raise enough funding, is to continue the way we have done up until now.
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
Mashallah News has developed a range of partnerships including independent web platforms dedicated to the Arab world, Turkey, and Iran: Babelmed (www.babelmed.net), Jadaliyya (www.jadaliyya.com), La revue de Téhéran (www.teheran.ir), and Yaheb mediazone (to be launched in September 2011). Through the organization of joint cultural events and debates, Mashallah News has also enhanced partnerships with cultural venues in Istanbul (Arka Oda, DEPO), Aleppo (Aleppo International Photography Festival), Beirut (Zico House, AltCity) and Paris (La gaîté lyrique).
Quel type d'équipe (salariés, volontaires, etc.) vous permettra d'atteindre les objectifs de croissance décrits à la section Impact social ?
Mashallah News needs to hire a technical team working in collaboration with our graphic designers to build the new web platform. Our second priority is to expand our team of collaborators with skilled journalists to insure the multimedia diversity on our platform. Finally, we will need the assistance of an accountant.
As for volunteers, we aim at recruiting 2 persons dedicated to communication tasks (social networks, partnerships, sponsorships) and 1 person for legal advice, who is knowledgeable in NGO and media legislation.
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Investissement, Marketing/médias, Collaboration/réseautage, Aide bénévole (juridique, financière, etc.).
Indiquez les ressources que vous pourriez offrir pour aider d'autres initiatives. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
b. Ressources humaines/talents, Marketing/médias, Recherche/informations, Collaboration/réseautage, Innovation/idées, Tutorat.
Détaillez les besoins ou les offres d'aide indiqués ci-dessus et/ou suggérez d'autres catégories de soutien qui ne figurent pas dans la liste.
As Mashallah News will expand during the next years, the core team will be looking for more collaborators in the field of journalism, and for volunteers for judicial advice and communication. The main stakes for the team consist of finding sources of funding and improve visibility-wise, hence our need for investment and marketing input. Having managed to gather a network of journalists, editors, translators, graphic designers and visual artists from across the region, the Mashallah Team is always eager to participate voluntarily in projects for which our content production, our network, and our innovation strategies can be useful.
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Mashallah News is a trilingual online platform on society, culture, urban change & everyday life in t Arab World, Turkey & Iran
Expliquez en quoi votre solution est innovante en une ou deux phrases courtes.
Our quest is to build bridges & promote intercultural understanding through being the first platform of its kind in the region
Created on 09/14/2011 by lisarussellnyc
"IMAGE" is innovative in that it gives local citizens an opportunity to report on the ethical work of documentary filmmakers.
Organisation: Governess Films
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IMAGE: Citizen Reporting on the "Media Footprint" of Documentary Filmmakers
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Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
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Le besoin : décrivez le besoin auquel répond votre solution et la taille/dynamique de la ou des communautés auxquelles vous vous adressez.
In my panel presentation at the 2010 UN Week Digital Media Lounge, entitled, “The Power of Film”, I posed the questions, “Who is entitled to tell someone's story? Am I qualified enough, do I know the nuances of a culture? Am I more credible than an Ethiopian filmmaker to discuss women's health in Ethiopia because of my audience and reach? What are my responsibilities in doing so?"
As an award-winning Western filmmaker that often travels to the African continent to make films for UN/NGO agencies, I often reflect on whether I’m doing more harm than good. Am I, purely by my socio-cultural upbringing contributing to the mass media’s perception of the African continent as one only of suffering, violence, poverty and disease? Or can I, with a Masters in Public Health and experience shooting in over 15 African nations, accurately engage audiences about the incredible people and important work being done by individuals on the ground?
In my opinion, this is a very important conversation that needs to take place about the responsibilities of documentary filmmakers in putting forth images of often the poor and marginalized. And it needs to take place with citizen oversight.
La solution : expliquez en quoi consiste votre solution et dans quelle mesure elle est innovante. Comment comptez-vous mettre votre solution à disposition des utilisateurs et des bénéficiaires ? Soyez précis !
My entry “IMAGE: Citizen Reporting on the "Media Footprint" of Documentary Filmmakers" is an online citizen media project which intends to give local citizens an opportunity to report on filmmakers' processes on the use (or misuse) of images and storylines in documentary filmmaking. "IMAGE" will create a horizontal dialogue with filmmakers from around the world about the responsibilities, challenges and opportunities facing filmmakers from the North and the South. The interactive website includes an online conversation about the roles and responsiblities of documentary filmmakers. Through the conversation, "IMAGE" will create an informal code of ethics for international filmmaking. Once developed, it will be followed by a mapping project that will map filmmakers who can report on various film-related observations and opportunities. Local citizens can access this site, find filmmakers they have worked with or know about and can report on abuses, give "grades" to filmmakers based on the code of ethics, and post comments about their work ethics, their relationship with the communities, and their overall standing in the community.
Efforts will be made to reach filmmakers both online (through various social networks) as well as regional film festivals (such as FESPACO - Africa’s largest film festival, and the Toronto International Film Festival which attracts many global documentaries.) Given my strong connections with the UN/NGO community, I can leverage my relationships to reach more beneficiaries.
Le modèle : donnez un exemple détaillé de la manière dont votre solution fait la différence grâce à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des médias.
The “IMAGE” website will work as a global social networking and mapping site. Filmmakers will register and upload their information as well as their film experience, interests and links to their work which then will be mapped using an online mapping program and crowd sourcing tool such as Ushahidi. Over the course of one month, both registered and anonymous users will be asked to share their experiences, ideas, and concerns about the role of documentary filmmakers in covering international stories. An online moderator will engage users about the ethics of documentary filmmaking (including protecting subjects, preventing re-sale of images, and sharing decision making power.) The results of this conversation will help collate this into an informal code of ethics and suggestions on calculating and reducing one’s “media footprint” (ideas may include providing workshops to young filmmakers in-country, donating film equipment, providing internships, etc.) Filmmakers may use the site to connect with filmmakers in the country of the shoot to share opportunities, and find local crew for an international shoot.
Le marché : qui sont vos pairs et vos concurrents ? Comment ces acteurs peuvent-ils gêner votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
Other documentary sites and programs are making efforts to attract international filmmakers in film festivals and television broadcasts. For example, ITVS has an International Call and the Sundance Institute’s Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award selects filmmakers from four countries each year to fund, however these initiatives are purely increasing opportunities for filmmakers in country. They are not engaging filmmakers in any sort of dialogue about the process of their work, nor are they using it as an opportunity to match local filmmakers with international shoots.
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My “aha” moments come whenever I arrive in an African country as a one-person, female, American filmmaker. I undoubtedly get asked why I choose to make films about Africa and why, when American’s make films about Africa, they only show the bad parts of Africa. When I was asked to speak at the UN Digital Media Week on “The Power of Film”, I knew the expectations were that I would share my work on how my films have changed the world for the better. Instead I took it as an opportunity to pose critical but important questions and start a dialogue.
In my own professional work, I have managed to address my never-ending desire to do the right thing by providing a workshop training to young filmmakers in Uganda and Tanzania, and hiring filmmakers in South Africa, Tanzania, Singapore, Uganda and Sudan to shoot material that I then edited back in NYC. I'm giving them work, decreasing my carbon footprint by not flying all over the world, and overall feel like I'm having more of a collaborative process with people on the ground.
Précisez l'ampleur et la portée de l'impact social de votre solution à ce jour.
In my own professional work (perhaps considered the stepping stones for the development of "IMAGE"), I have managed to address my never-ending desire to do the "right thing" by leveling the power dynamic between myself and local filmmakers. I have done this by providing workshop trainings to young filmmakers in Uganda and Tanzania, and hiring local filmmakers in South Africa, Tanzania, Singapore, Uganda and Sudan to shoot material that I then edited back in NYC. I'm giving them work, decreasing my carbon footprint by not flying all over the world, and overall feel like I'm having more of a collaborative process with people on the ground.
Quel est l'impact envisagé de votre projet dans les un à cinq ans à venir ? Votre idée peut-elle être reproduite ? Si oui, comment ?
My goal is by 2015 to elevate “IMAGE” as an integral aspect of the media and communications divisions in both the filmmaking and development communities through presentations at various film festivals, global health conferences and as reference tool for UN/NGO agencies who contract filmmakers for various projects. I want "IMAGE" to become the voice that constantly questions and challenges the role and responsibilities of filmmakers in the development arena.
Les projets gagnants sont ceux qui expliquent clairement comment ils comptent assurer et maintenir leur croissance. Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur six mois.
My six month milestone is to have the beta site built and ready to pilot.
Tâche 1
Write business plan and raise seed funds.
Tâche 2
Create Advisory Committee that includes academics, technology experts, global health professionals and new media specialists.
Tâche 3
Conceptualize, brand and build IMAGE site.
Et maintenant, voyez plus grand ! Indiquez votre plan de développement de l'impact sur 12 mois.
My 12-month milestone is to launch the one-month conversation with at least 1,000 registrants.
Tâche 1
Promote site extensively through various film and global health/development channels.
Tâche 2
Register at least 1,000 filmmakers from around the world.
Tâche 3
Launch moderated online discussion.
Combien de personnes ont été touchées par votre projet ?
Moins de 100
Combien de personnes pourraient être touchées par votre projet au cours des trois prochaines années ?
1001‐10,000
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I have not had the means to take this idea to the next step. Given that I work as an independent filmmaker, my time is dedicated to producing and promoting my various film projects. In order to move forward on this idea, I would need seed money to create time for me to allocate to the project, as well as a hire a business plan writer and web developer.
Comment voyez-vous l'évolution des secteurs des technologies de l'information et des médias sur les 10 prochaines années ? Comment votre solution s'adaptera-t-elle à cet environnement changeant ? De quelle manière votre solution pourrait-elle entraîner ce changement ?
I think, more and more, people will be accessing information and connecting through mobile phones, PDAs, etc. My hope is that “IMAGE” becomes more valuable as it adds more tools that can connect people and share resources while filmmakers are shooting in remote areas. I envision a mobile phone app for "IMAGE". I would also like to see a GPS element added to the “IMAGE” mobile application so that all footage and photographs taken of individuals can be mapped and shared with organizations serving various populations.
L'échec n'est pas toujours une option. Si votre solution ne parvient pas à prendre de la vitesse au cours des deux prochaines années, quelles sont les autres applications de l'idée que vous pourriez explorer ?
If “IMAGE” fails to gain traction in the next two years, my idea would be to make the site self-sustainable. User-generated content can be uploaded and shared and management of the site would be minimalized, and therefore less funds would be needed.
Donnez des détails sur vos choix en expliquant votre plan de financement.
My funding for my film and new media projects often comes from the various UN/NGO agencies that I work with (UNFPA, UN Women, USAID, and others.) My hope would be to find sponsors to the project as well as receive foundation funding which I can access by identifying a fiscal sponsor for the project.
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
In my previous work, I have partnered with some of the international communities leading agencies including UNFPA, UN Women, USAID, PEPFAR, Women Deliver, EngenderHealth, Ipas and the Global Health Council among others. For this project, I have not yet identified partners.
Quel type d'équipe (salariés, volontaires, etc.) vous permettra d'atteindre les objectifs de croissance décrits à la section Impact social ?
I hope to hire two full time staff and several freelancers to reach both the six and 12-month milestones. This includes a business plan writer, a web developer, a fundraiser, a PR specialist and administrative staff.
Changemakers est un espace de collaboration et de soutien. Indiquez les ressources communautaires dont vous auriez besoin pour développer durablement votre initiative. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
Investissement, b. Ressources humaines/talents, Marketing/médias, Recherche/informations, Collaboration/réseautage, Aide bénévole (juridique, financière, etc.), Innovation/idées, Tutorat.
Indiquez les ressources que vous pourriez offrir pour aider d'autres initiatives. Sélectionnez toutes les réponses qui s'appliquent
b. Ressources humaines/talents, Marketing/médias, Tutorat.
Détaillez les besoins ou les offres d'aide indiqués ci-dessus et/ou suggérez d'autres catégories de soutien qui ne figurent pas dans la liste.
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Governess Films is an award-winning network of female filmmakers who make innovative documentary and narrative films.
Expliquez en quoi votre solution est innovante en une ou deux phrases courtes.
"IMAGE" is innovative in that it gives local citizens an opportunity to report on the ethical work of documentary filmmakers.
Created on 09/14/2011 by ranaghose
Farming is a risky livelihood. Video narrowcasts allow farmers themselves to mitigate risk and help other farmers. Who else can?
Organisation: REProductions
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The Potential Of Video Narrowcasting: Farmer Generated Extension Services in India
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Idée (vous êtes sur le point de lancer le projet)
Depuis combien de temps le projet existe-t-il ?
En place depuis 1 à 5 ans
Le besoin : décrivez le besoin auquel répond votre solution et la taille/dynamique de la ou des communautés auxquelles vous vous adressez.
While new varieties of technologies for agriculture are many and varied, access to information among farmers on how best to use them is often limited. Though state mandated extension services exist, the private sector is a more prevalent source of information, especially in the context of - but not limited to - new varieties of genetically modified crops such as Bt cotton, along with the wealth of new farm inputs that have flooded rural markets. Farmers themselves adhere to a combination of information gleaned from the state and their own traditional practice, but primarily from the seed shop, an agent who pursues his or her own financial incentives. As a result, there is a real need to facilitate a disinterested exchange of common challenges, successes, and failures held by farmers in using these new technologies to ensure higher rates of success, as that space does not exist. The location is the Vidharba region of eastern Maharashtra in India, the center of the ongoing "agrarian crisis", with the pilot being the village where I conducted my PhD research, Chikhali; a community of 700 people, and the aim is to scale up the model to other communities in the region.
La solution : expliquez en quoi consiste votre solution et dans quelle mesure elle est innovante. Comment comptez-vous mettre votre solution à disposition des utilisateurs et des bénéficiaires ? Soyez précis !
Digital video presents an ideal, pragmatic means by which to share this knowledge, counter the current lack of expertise, and tap into local knowledge. The objective is to engage farmers to create and broadcast their own “extension” service to other farmers at a district level, using the production skills that those farmers working with the author have, and the existing broadcast infrastructure that Doodarshan (DD), India's state broadcaster, has in place. The application here is to train farmers to shoot their own "how-to" videos based on their local, applied knowledge, and to share them via existing state owned terrestrial cable television lines that are capable of broadcasting - or given the limited reach that reflects the cables, narrowcasting. Video capture devices are becoming nearly ubiquitous on mobile phones, and so capturing the content is perfectly feasible. My 7 years of experience in training others on the basics of digital video production provides a pedagogical framework to do it. And my established background on the issues at hand - agriculture and new technologies in India (http://ranaghose.com/thesisvideo) - are perfectly suited to make this solution a reality. I have lived in these areas over the course of two years and have a team of farmers who are keen to work with me and make this solution take off. By virtue of the fact that farmers will be content creators, ownership dynamics will ensure sustainability. It is an innovative and unique meshing of new media, real challenges faced by farmers, and participatory dynamics in solving these challenges.
Le modèle : donnez un exemple détaillé de la manière dont votre solution fait la différence grâce à l'utilisation des technologies de l'information et des médias.
The model is rooted in a combination of my own observations of how farmers access information, and thus "regulate" their own practice, and my seven years of experience as a video trainer. Along with the more typical elements of academic research, I have trained members of Chikhali how to shoot and edit video for the purposes of his research (http://ranaghose.com/research/i4d.pdf). I have formed a working link with Video Volunteers (http://www.videovolunteers.org) to set up a Community Video Unit within the community, along with logistical and financial support for this endeavor. As such, the community (and some of the surrounding communities) are well placed and able to produce content - to shoot short videos about how to deal with new biotic and abiotic stressors and new farm inputs. With regards to technical narrowcast logistics, a meeting with Sajan Venniyoor in December 2007 revealed the technical possibility of de-linking DD’s satellite link to the content server for a brief period on a weekly basis to narrowcast content from a laptop or similar device. The objective is thus to engage farmers to create and broadcast their own “extension” service to other farmers at a district level, using the production skills that those farmers working with the author have, and the existing broadcast infrastructure that DD has in place. Once this is established in Chikhali, the narrowcasting model can be extended based on DD's networks to a far wider network of districts, with those trained training others to replicate the model.
Le marché : qui sont vos pairs et vos concurrents ? Comment ces acteurs peuvent-ils gêner votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
The model differs from other efforts at using mobile phones in such a context, as these efforts were targeted towards price quotations in real time from local markets (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters_Market_Light). While successful in other regions, RML failed to scale up in Vidharba due to the fee structure. Digital Green (http://digitalgreen.org) has done similar work as what I am proposing, but with a lacking focus on GM technologies, which is poised to become a more and more prevalent source of confusion for farmers. As of now, there is only one GM crop in India - Bt cotton - which now accounts for 95% of all the cotton grown in India. If that is any indication of the kind of adoption rates among farmers, the GM food crops currently in the pipeline will likely be adopted in a similar fashion. However, in my observations over the course of my PhD, the main challenge here is useful information to mitigate risk. Narrowcasting extension services sets itself from apart from what others are doing due to its ease of application, pragmatic need, and involvement with the community members.
