Bonus: One-on-one interview with Cynthia McLurry of Kiva] Kiva, the Micro-Lending Crowdfund Platform: Fighting Poverty One Country At A Time. Author: Diana Yazidjian, Crowdfunding consultant and Principal at Do-it-for-You Consulting. I was looking forward to hearing Cynthia McMurry, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Kiva.org, speak at the KWS Forum conference held...
Take-aways from Kiva Conference @KWS Forum October 3rd
Bonus: One-on-one interview with Cynthia McLurry of Kiva] Kiva, the Micro-Lending Crowdfund Platform: Fighting Poverty One Country At A Time. Author: Diana Yazidjian, Crowdfunding consultant and Principal at Do-it-for-You Consulting. I was looking forward to hearing Cynthia McMurry, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Kiva.org, speak at the KWS Forum conference held...
Life after a Hackathons
The Technology and Social Innovation week was brilliantly kickstarted today with the conference LIFE AFTER A HACKATON that took place on Monday Sept 29th at the well established Notman House in Montreal. The speakers were: Luc Sirois, co-founder of Hacking Health Stephane Guidoin, NordOuvert / Open North, Cofounder of Acces civique and open...
Que deviennent les projets des Hackathons?
Thème : Que se passe-t-il après les Hackathons ? La Semaine de la Technologie et de l’Innovation Sociale a débuté ce lundi à la bien connue Maison Notman sous le thème : Que se passe-t-il après les hackathons ? Cette activité, organisée en collaboration avec Montréal NewTech, a eu pour objectif...
Design-Thinking Workshop official recap
By Katrina Albert Day two of the Technology and Social Innovation week consisted of an insightful and complex workshop on Design Thinking. Hosted by the dynamic André Fortin, the workshop allowed participants from very diverging backgrounds to exchange on the importance of forming bridges between social innovation and digital technologies....
L’atelier de design-thinking
Animateurs : André Fortin, conseiller en animation créative, innovation sociale et participation citoyenne. Juliana Alvarez, Co-fondatrice IDE3S L’atelier de design thinking animée par André Fortin, deuxième activité de la semaine, a été bien plus qu’une réflexion sur la manière de créer plus de ponts entre le milieu de l’innovation sociale et...
Karl Miville de Chene
Karl Miville de Chêne Consultant International et spécialiste de l’éducation à distance a permis à l’audience du forum technologique KWS Montréal 2013, d’en savoir plus sur les changements positifs qu’apporte la technologie en matière d’éducation. Karl a notamment insisté sur le caractère jeune des utilisateurs des technologies et leur envie d’apprendre. Karl...
Karl Miville de Chene
Sorry this video exists in french only Karl Miville de Chêne Consultant International et spécialiste de l’éducation à distance a permis à l’audience du forum technologique KWS Montréal 2013, d’en savoir plus sur les changements positifs qu’apporte la technologie en matière d’éducation. Karl a notamment insisté sur le caractère jeune des...
Discovery for associations
Facebook has a community of over one billion people. This community know allows every local nonprofit or small company to become a global one. In the last months we have seen several cause-focuzed organizations use social media and specially Facebook to drive awareness, raise funds and enable their members to...
Discovery for associations
Facebook has a community of over one billion people. This community know allows every local nonprofit or small company to become a global one. In the last months we have seen several cause-focuzed organizations use social media and specially Facebook to drive awareness, raise funds and enable their members to...