http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2006/07/11/would-you-work-for-your-association-for-free/ Moving from imagination to impact... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:19:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2006/07/11/would-you-work-for-your-association-for-free/#comment-1679 Tue, 10 Oct 2006 21:42:16 +0000 http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2006/07/11/would-you-work-for-your-association-for-free/#comment-1679 Idealism is the main core of the human civilization. Volunteers can e inspired by the higher goals which can help the other people and impact the world. Art is idealistic and inspires people to search for the different values in their lifes. The idea of peace in the world is also our greates inspiration.All over the world it has its defenders, some working in obscurity, others in the spotlight of public life. But its scope would be much smaller today had it not been given expression in the disinterested acts of thousands of anonymous men and women capable of listening to others, talking to them and acting with them and on their behalf. The concept of “a culture of peace” has clearly not appeared from nowhere. But to have a single expression to describe a multitude of ethical and practical initiatives may help to highlight their common purpose, make them more widely known and bring them together. The importance of the culture of peace has now been recognized by the world community. Idealism is the main core of the human civilization. Volunteers can e inspired by the higher goals which can help the other people and impact the world. Art is idealistic and inspires people to search for the different values in their lifes. The idea of peace in the world is also our greates inspiration.All over the world it has its defenders, some working in obscurity, others in the spotlight of public life. But its scope would be much smaller today had it not been given expression in the disinterested acts of thousands of anonymous men and women capable of listening to others, talking to them and acting with them and on their behalf.
The concept of “a culture of peace” has clearly not appeared from nowhere. But to have a single expression to describe a multitude of ethical and practical initiatives may help to highlight their common purpose, make them more widely known and bring them together.
The importance of the culture of peace has now been recognized by the world community.

]]> http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2006/07/11/would-you-work-for-your-association-for-free/#comment-988 Mon, 04 Sep 2006 21:58:04 +0000 http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2006/07/11/would-you-work-for-your-association-for-free/#comment-988 [...] After last month’s impromptu hiatus, the monthly PI Skypecast will return on Wednesday, September 20 at 2 pm EDT. This month, I will be focusing on the concept of microinnovation, which I previously mentioned in a July post about Wikipedia. In that post, I defined microinnovation as “the act of making very small contributions to a much larger. much broader innovation,” I want to use the upcoming Skypecast to tweak, i.e., expand on, that definition and put the concept in the broader context of how associations can accelerate innovation in today’s environment. [...] […] After last month’s impromptu hiatus, the monthly PI Skypecast will return on Wednesday, September 20 at 2 pm EDT. This month, I will be focusing on the concept of microinnovation, which I previously mentioned in a July post about Wikipedia. In that post, I defined microinnovation as “the act of making very small contributions to a much larger. much broader innovation,” I want to use the upcoming Skypecast to tweak, i.e., expand on, that definition and put the concept in the broader context of how associations can accelerate innovation in today’s environment. […]

]]> http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2006/07/11/would-you-work-for-your-association-for-free/#comment-483 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 02:20:25 +0000 http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2006/07/11/would-you-work-for-your-association-for-free/#comment-483 [...] In the course of collecting information for my recent post on Wikipedia, I learned of the extraordinary contributions of Angela Beesley. While her name will not be familiar to PI Blog readers, you should pay attention to what she has accomplished in just the last few years: more than 50,000 edits on Wikipedia articles since early 2003, a seat on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees (which she has recently resigned) and the status of a recognized leader in the global wiki community. Currently, Angela serves as vice president of community relations for Wikia Inc., a for-profit wiki company she co-founded with Wikimedia founder Jimmy Wales in 2004. [...] […] In the course of collecting information for my recent post on Wikipedia, I learned of the extraordinary contributions of Angela Beesley. While her name will not be familiar to PI Blog readers, you should pay attention to what she has accomplished in just the last few years: more than 50,000 edits on Wikipedia articles since early 2003, a seat on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees (which she has recently resigned) and the status of a recognized leader in the global wiki community. Currently, Angela serves as vice president of community relations for Wikia Inc., a for-profit wiki company she co-founded with Wikimedia founder Jimmy Wales in 2004. […]

]]> http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2006/07/11/would-you-work-for-your-association-for-free/#comment-482 Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:15:40 +0000 http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2006/07/11/would-you-work-for-your-association-for-free/#comment-482 The fideal to build a small independent communities around specific issues, offering special new aproaches for invidual to be creative and part of the new movement in the society which will impact the comunity with positve ideas and actions. Aslo open a space in which to debate important ideas, problems solving, motivations, inspirations and concepts Ideal to make a difference in the society by invidual actions bonds people together in trust and goodwill. In the We believe in the power of the arts to teach and to heal and to divert youth from going into the system further. We also feel that by working with the arts through our programs that serve the youth we will further our underlying mission to reduce the factors which drive the need for the juvenile justice system to exist by changing conditions and helping to create a caring community.” NGO Art Studio showed that arts programs really can have an impact on youth. Not only can such programs enhance young peoples' attitudes about themselves and their futures, but the programs also can increase academic achievement and decrease delinquent behaviour The fideal to build a small independent communities around specific issues, offering special new aproaches for invidual to be creative and part of the new movement in the society which will impact the comunity with positve ideas and actions. Aslo open a space in which to debate important ideas, problems solving, motivations, inspirations and concepts
Ideal to make a difference in the society by invidual actions bonds people together in trust and goodwill. In the We believe in the power of the arts to teach and to heal and to divert youth from going into the system further. We also feel that by working with the arts through our programs that serve the youth we will further our underlying mission to reduce the factors which drive the need for the juvenile justice system to exist by changing conditions and helping to create a caring community.”
NGO Art Studio showed that arts programs really can have an impact on youth. Not only can such programs enhance young peoples’ attitudes about themselves and their futures, but the programs also can increase academic achievement and decrease delinquent behaviour

]]> http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2006/07/11/would-you-work-for-your-association-for-free/#comment-466 Fri, 14 Jul 2006 03:32:26 +0000 http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2006/07/11/would-you-work-for-your-association-for-free/#comment-466 [...] As a follow-up to my discussion of Wikipedia in Tuesday’s post on working for your association for free, here is a unique map showing the nearly 2,100 edits by 68 different editors to Wikipedia’s article on the topic of evolution from December 2001 through October 2005. Each vertical line represents a new version of the article, while each color indicates a new editor. The six numbered red dots show important moments in the article’s own “evolution” over almost four years. (To access the explanation for the six dots, please visit the Discover website, sign up as a “member” rather than a subscriber and then create a printer-friendly version of this article.) [...] […] As a follow-up to my discussion of Wikipedia in Tuesday’s post on working for your association for free, here is a unique map showing the nearly 2,100 edits by 68 different editors to Wikipedia’s article on the topic of evolution from December 2001 through October 2005. Each vertical line represents a new version of the article, while each color indicates a new editor. The six numbered red dots show important moments in the article’s own “evolution” over almost four years. (To access the explanation for the six dots, please visit the Discover website, sign up as a “member” rather than a subscriber and then create a printer-friendly version of this article.) […]

]]> http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2006/07/11/would-you-work-for-your-association-for-free/#comment-461 Thu, 13 Jul 2006 16:59:32 +0000 http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2006/07/11/would-you-work-for-your-association-for-free/#comment-461 [...] There have been some interesting thoughts about ‘What makes people work for free?’ since it was published on openbusiness.cc. The idea of ‘micro-innovation’, the act of making very small contributions to a much larger, much broader innovation sprung up at principledinnovation.com. A reply to this idea was the idea of ‘micro-volunteerism’ i.e. you can put a touch on something and never spend time on it again. It would be interesting to see more organisations working on models of stimulating people to contribute with as much ease as possible, especially in times with low incentive to volunteer as identified by principledinnovation. [...] […] There have been some interesting thoughts about ‘What makes people work for free?’ since it was published on openbusiness.cc. The idea of ‘micro-innovation’, the act of making very small contributions to a much larger, much broader innovation sprung up at principledinnovation.com. A reply to this idea was the idea of ‘micro-volunteerism’ i.e. you can put a touch on something and never spend time on it again. It would be interesting to see more organisations working on models of stimulating people to contribute with as much ease as possible, especially in times with low incentive to volunteer as identified by principledinnovation. […]

]]> http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2006/07/11/would-you-work-for-your-association-for-free/#comment-457 Wed, 12 Jul 2006 22:09:24 +0000 http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2006/07/11/would-you-work-for-your-association-for-free/#comment-457 I think one important thing that Wikipedia harnesses is that you can do "micro-volunteering," i.e. you can put a touch on something and never spend time on it again. I think this is something that associations need to figure out--how do you make a place where people can do something meaningful on a whim? It's long tail all over the place and I haven't seen very many associations harnessing this latent volunteer source, because it's hard to figure out. No? I think one important thing that Wikipedia harnesses is that you can do “micro-volunteering,” i.e. you can put a touch on something and never spend time on it again. I think this is something that associations need to figure out–how do you make a place where people can do something meaningful on a whim? It’s long tail all over the place and I haven’t seen very many associations harnessing this latent volunteer source, because it’s hard to figure out. No?

]]> http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2006/07/11/would-you-work-for-your-association-for-free/#comment-455 Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:07:44 +0000 http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/2006/07/11/would-you-work-for-your-association-for-free/#comment-455 I find that one of the things that motivates people is having an impact on the world. I would say that "care" is derived from collaboration, fun and recognition in a community with ideals. You just inherently care about such things. I would add that since so much of the experience is virtual, companies whose members express themselves through blogs and other online venues are often "cut off" from the feedback mechanisms that show them that community actually exists, and that they're having an impact. It doesn't always come in as comment posts (like this). And not all members have access to, or could make sense of, analytics software that measures such things. Perhaps a company's Wikipedia-like motivational potential could be unleashed by better tools to "unveil" the impact they're actually having. I find that one of the things that motivates people is having an impact on the world. I would say that “care” is derived from collaboration, fun and recognition in a community with ideals. You just inherently care about such things. I would add that since so much of the experience is virtual, companies whose members express themselves through blogs and other online venues are often “cut off” from the feedback mechanisms that show them that community actually exists, and that they’re having an impact. It doesn’t always come in as comment posts (like this). And not all members have access to, or could make sense of, analytics software that measures such things. Perhaps a company’s Wikipedia-like motivational potential could be unleashed by better tools to “unveil” the impact they’re actually having.

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