An alphabet of possibilities

What do Twitter and Facebook have to do with making a difference?

Jasmin Tragas @wonderwebby

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“When a woman invests in the
lives of others, she propels herself
forward into more of her own
destiny...the unlikely dividend of
living a life for others is discovering
the purpose of your own.”
Anita Pahor ‘The Letter A’
Over $7,000 raised for Opportunity International’s
microfinance programs for Filipino women in poverty,
plus a $10,000 pledge, using social media.
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Be strategic

• How can you put your skills, experience,

connections, your passion and your confidence
to work?

• How can you develop these things?

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Conversation
Bloggers around the world
raised money for Variety
Children’s Charity, through
the Age of Conversation and the Age of Con
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Determine to make a difference

• What kind of impact do you want to make?

• Dream big
• Be passionate about your cause
• Connect with others
• Find out what skills you need to make that
impact
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Electricity

• Smarter Energy
• Source: IBM A/NZ social media
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Facebook Connections and Causes

Image source: Beth Kanter

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

Phaedra Boinidiris
CEO and Co-Founder of WomenGamers.com USA

Source: WorldShapers ebook

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

Daphne Nederhorst
Founder and Executive Director of SAWA Canada

Source: WorldShapers ebook

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Infrastructure

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

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

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Kindness

• You’ll find it somewhere tucked inbetween

tweets, through online donations from strangers
on ChipIn or wrapped around the creative work
of Etsy artists selling things online to raise funds
for a bushfire appeal
“Thanks to technology, winning hearts and minds is now
easier as it has powered sharing and collaboration on a
mass scale. So as long as we are passionate about our
world in our own hearts, we all have the tools to make a
difference.”

Marigo Raftopolous - Management Consultant,

Serious Games evangelist @marigo Australia

Source: WorldShapers ebook

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Learning

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

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

Source: WorldShapers ebook

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Mentoring

• Chat, Tweets, Facebook

• Smith Family program
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Not for Profits

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

Karen Maunu, Associate Executive Director,

Love Without Boundaries Foundation @karenmaunu_lwb USA

Source: WorldShapers ebook

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Passion

“Across the world young people are making important

contributions as world citizens, productive workers,
entrepreneurs, consumers and agents of change”

Annie Le Cavalier
Director Vibewire Youth Inc. @vibewire Australia

Source: WorldShapers ebook

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Questions?

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

Roles including:

• Creative
• Technical
• Project Management
• Operations
• Business
• Communications
• Community
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Sustainability
“It's time to restore the planet's bounty and create well-
being for everyone knowing that we are all connected,
dependent upon and truly invested in each other”

Sandy Skees, President and Founderwww.communications4good.com @s

Source: WorldShapers ebook

Smart Technology

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

• Use your voice to make a difference

• Be a leader
• Twitter isn’t just for celebrities 
“Loan capital has been raised primarily online from nearly
1000 donors, most notably TweetsGiving, which raised
over $11,000 in 48 hours from the Twitter community.
The funds raised from TweetsGiving have now built a
classroom in Tanzania where the Twitter handles of
donors are painted on the walls.”

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

Source: WorldShapers ebook

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

Debra Askanase, CEO,

Community Organizer 2.0.
Social Media for Non Profits @askdebra Jerusalem

Source: WorldShapers ebook

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Virtual worlds

• Secondlife and games that make a difference

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

Amy Jussel
Founder/Executive Director of Shaping Youth USA
Source: WorldShapers ebook
“Together we understand more. We stand strong. We hold
each other up when all else feels hopeless or we fear we will
never be heard.
Women have been at the forefront of community. They have
been the waves of change, flowing over the rocks of challenge
and organizational inertia.”

Nancy White
Founder, Full Circle Associates @NancyWhite USA

Source: WorldShapers ebook

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Express yourself

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

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

Eileen Clegg
Founder of Visual Insight @eileenclegg USA

Source: WorldShapers ebook

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YOU!

• It’s about putting your skills, experience,

connections, your passion and your confidence
to work
• What are yours?
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ZOMG! I can do something too!

• What are my skills?

• How can I apply them to my passions?
• Do I have enough experience? How can I get
experience? (study? Work experience?
Volunteering?)
• Do I need a mentor?