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A New Perspective on Meritocracy
Meritocracy is a common element of open organizations: They prosper by fostering a less-hierarchical culture where "the best ideas win." But what does meritocracy really mean for open organizations, and why does it matter? And how do open organizations make meritocracy work in practice? Some research and thinking I've done over the last six months have convinced me such questions are less simple—and perhaps more important—than may first meet the eye...
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At the Forefront of Development
The hardware is rudimentary. An ordinary mobile phone connected to a laptop with a cable. But who would have thought that this simple set up could actually be turned into a central communication hub, and in the hands of civil society, become a powerful communication tool for people’s empowerment? Read More »
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Crowdsourcing Gaining Momentum in Africa
In Africa, we are also seeing some innovative ways in which crowdsourciing is being utilised. In Kenya for example, Ushahidi put Africa’s crowdsourcing on the map, as its platform was effectively used to monitor the 2002 Kenya elections...Closer to home in Kubanata, a Zimbabwean human rights and civic organization leveraged crowdsourcing to gather information to map the Typhoid cases in Zimbabwe, providing critical data to assist with managing the epidemic.
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Disruptor of the Day: Juliana Rotich & Ushahidi – Proving It's the Use of Technology That Really Disrupts
Introducing Juliana Rotich & Ushahidi – “Ushahidi”, which means “testimony” in Swahili, was a website that was initially developed to map reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election fallout at the beginning of 2008.
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Focus on Ushahidi: Kenya's Witness Eye
This was the reason why Ushahidi was founded, three years ago, by Kenyian born Ory Orkolloh, out of a voluntary effort. She graduated from law school and worked for a human rights group in Kenya. Her aim was to gather information about what is happening to the citizens during an emergency situation. Ushahidi means ‘testimony’ in Swahili.
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Groups Ask Congress to Postpone new Anti-Piracy Efforts
Opponents of the House's Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act in the Senate want Congress to hit pause on efforts to forge new anti-piracy legislation. In a letter sent to Capitol Hill on Monday, about 70 advocacy groups, Internet companies, and venture capitalists urged Congress to stop pushing new legislation until all concerns have been addressed.
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Learning From Kenya: Mobile Money Transfer and Co-Working Spaces
Since Africa is trying to solve problems that we in the Western world do not have, it’s tempting to say that innovation there isn’t really relevant to us. But upon visiting Africa, one realizes that to ignore its recent innovations is a big mistake.
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Not Impossible Labs’ Award-Winning ‘Project Daniel’ Celebrates One-Year Anniversary
Not Impossible Labs’ Award-Winning ‘Project Daniel’ Celebrates One-Year Anniversary...Ebeling remarks, “The thing I'm most excited about is this has awoken the realization that helping people gain access to solutions is not limited to big corporations and institutions. If we can continue to show people that technology is not this foreign, inaccessible thing, but is something that is very real and can help individuals in their worlds, then Project Daniel is just the first fuse lit for the many ideas to come.”
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Open Source Municipalities: Twitter, Transit and Apps a Focus of Cities Summit – Live Blog
One of the big cultural shifts we're working through in Calgary is to change our entire mindsets. We serve the citizen. We have to put the citizen at the centre of every decisions we make. I only want you to think about that every day. That mindset coupled with the open data mindset allows us to serve our citizenry more. Read More »
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Transparency Launches as Linux of Drug Development
Then Sablinski read an article about the open-source operating system Linux and he had an epiphany. “If said, ‘If computer coders can do open source, so can drug developers,” he recalls. “You have to add patients to the mix, because they’re really the reason you’re doing drug development.”
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Why Crowdfunding Is Set To Explode In Size Over The Next Few Years
The type of social-driven lending that helped fund flashy startups such as virtual reality goggles maker Oculus VR could more than double over the next few years, according to research from the Tabb Group. Oculus was scooped up by Facebook for a cool $2 billion less than a month ago after receiving its original funding through the crowd-funding company Kickstarter.
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World Radio Day: An Opportunity to Celebrate an Unsung Hero
World Radio Day celebrates radio's role in empowering people in remote communities – not just as a source of information, but increasingly as a way to make their own voices heard
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