And the Winner is…
The winner of One World Social Innovation Competition 2012 is Russian project Liza Alert. The jury particularly appreciated the fact that this project successfully fulfilled both main competition criteria: it is using modern tools of communication and it has proven significant positive impact in the real world. Learn more about Liza Alert here. The justification for selection of this winner by the jury follows. We are excited to congratulate the winners! read more
In Competiton: Networked Volunteers Save Lives of Missing Children in Russia
In September 2010, 4-year-old Liza and her aunt disappeared in a forest area outside of Moscow. Just a few weeks prior to that, fierce wildfires had destroyed forest paths and it was particularly difficult to navigate. Volunteers who found out about Liza’s disappearance used the internet to distribute an urgent call for help. A community of car drivers was the first to respond. Unfortunately, it was too late; Liza and her aunt died alone in a forest. read more
TechShare Tonight – Extraordinary Guests
TechShare starts tonight. Meet extraordinary guests such as Noha Atef, Egyptian activist behind the project Tortureinegypt.net. Checkout the video interview with Noha. read more
How technology helps citizens to promote safe transport more effectively
Petra Lukešová from the organisation Prague Mothers, who took part in last year’s workshop on new media for Czech non-profits, presents the story of how the communication portal chodcisobe.cz (Pedestrians Together), which is aimed at amplifying the voice of pedestrians in the jungle of Prague’s transport, got up and running. read more
So many social networks, so little time
A practical, demythologising guide to using social sites effectively in the work of non-profits, penned by a lecturer from a new media workshop for Czech NGOs.
The media environment available to non-profits has been transformed in recent years. Along with the democratization of access to media, where everybody can become a “media institution”, we have also seen strong read more
TechShare at One World 2012
On March 12, 5:30pm, come to French Institute downtown Prague and enjoy Ignite talks by Czech initiatives using ICTs for positive social change. From 7pm, we start One World Social Innovation Competition Award Ceremony, with exciting guests from Egypt and Russia, read more
In Competition: Let’s Do It/World Cleanup 2012
Do you think that it’s possible to clean up a whole country in one afternoon? Do you think that it’s possible to mobilise millions of people to clean up the whole planet? The project Let’s Do It has already successfully achieved the first. It’s planning to attempt the second in the near future. read more
In Competition: SmogAlarm
Smog Alarm, a Czech project in competition, has in a very short period become a hit with thousands of citizens in the Czech Republic. “If people know what they’re breathing, they can on that basis modify their behaviour (leave their car at home, keep the windows closed) and perhaps pressure read more