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Twitter for a better world
Twitter for Change
Of course it is fun to follow your friend on Twitter and find out where she is drinking coffee at that very moment. And yes it is also fun to read that she has been standing in line for more than 3 hours to buy one of the H&M Comme des Garçon collectors items. But would it be dramatic if you didn’t know? Not really, right? Let alone world changing.
There are, however, Twitter conversation that do matter, that really want to change something for a better world. Rhesa, for example, from San Francisco, explores ways of creating new channels of capital to fund innovation and creativity in undeserved communities. You can follow how her updates @persistance
Female online hero in the arts: we-make-money-not-art
We-make-money-not-art is a one-off online art magazine. It takes some time to understand what it is what’s been done. Founder Regine Debatty visits art galleries, listens to conferences, covers art and design events, takes a lot of pictures, interviews creative people, and documents these findings on the website. On Flickr she has an enormous photostream. She has been profiled in Red Herring Magazine and was the subject of a Canal+ documentary and says that she shares ‘the use and misuse of technology by artists, designers and media labs researchers’. Read more
New Venture Business Plan Competition
new venture competition
New Venture 2008, the foundation of Management Center De Baak has started: the annual competition that offers anyone the chance to turn an innovative business idea into a solid business plan. A jury of 21 investors (of which 1 woman, Anne Portwich of Life Science Partners) will decide in 3 rounds. A total € 100.000,- of prize money to be won.
The Next Speaker has launched
Last Friday, The Next Speaker, a new speakers bureau was officially launched in The Netherlands. The Next Speaker focuses on content by representing only people that can speak about new media, new technology, innovation and entrepreneurship. Founder is Tessa Sterkenburg.
Speakers can be booked for talks, workshops, brainstorm sessions and training courses at The Next Speaker. The Next Speaker currently has about 30 speakers under contract, and the list is growing. Some well-known dutch internet specialists, bloggers, entrepreneurs and twitterazzi have signed up: Erwin Blom (Founder of The Crowds), Oscar Kneppers (Founder of Bright Magazine), Francisco van Jole ((internet)Journalist), Richard Derks (Founder of Respectance), Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten (Serial Entrepreneur), Marco Derksen (Founder of Marketingfacts) and Werner Vogels (CTO Amazon). Female speakers are Marja Ruigrok (NetPanel), Marjolijn Kamphuis (MTV) and Simone Brummelhuis (IENS, EuropeanMuseumguide and TheNextwomen), all female internet heroes.
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