sexta-feira, 30 de maio de 2014

Oportunidade! Hackathon Natura Campus Media Lab!

Você sabe como a tecnologia pode unir o produto ao ambiente virtual para ampliar a experiência do consumidor Natura? Inscreva-se para participar do Hackathon Natura Campus Media Lab! Sua ideia pode ser selecionada e você poderá desenvolvê-la no Media Lab | MIT, em Cambridge, EUA. Envie sua ideia: http://bit.ly/1nLhVqk
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GPS for Good

If shopping with a social conscience is a priority, then the iPhone app Social Impact will make your life a whole lot easier. Created by Rolfe Larson Associates, this free global app uses GPS to locate socially minded businesses in your area. 

Enterprises are browsable by location or category - such as Restaurants or Arts and Crafts. Each individual listing provides a description of the business, its mission and other useful information such as opening hours, telephone number, directions to the store and a link to the website. If you can’t find what you are looking for locally, Social Impact also has an app feature that allows users to shop online. 


The newly launched app is steadily growing its database of responsible retailers and has recently compiled a Social Enterprise Shopping Guide accessible online. [Source: Social Impact]


To download Social Impact, go here.
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Monitoring and Evaluation Guidance, Training and Capacity Building Series / Modules

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and the American Red Cross (ARC) have developed a Monitoring and Evaluation Guidance Series, for which a series of webinars will be performed in June, called 'the coffee break webinars'. More information on these webinars can be found here:


CRS Monitoring and Evaluation Training and Capacity Building Modules:
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and the American Red Cross (ARC) collaborated on this nine-part series of training and capacity-building materials in program monitoring and evaluation. The modules provide practical information across a wide range of topics, from hiring M&E staff to preparing for a program evaluation. They were conceived and developed to respond to field-identified needs for specific guidance and provide tools that are not available in other publications.
More information can be found here:http://www.crsprogramquality.org/publications/2011/1/18/me-training-and-capacity-building-modules.html And the various modules are described below and can be downloaded both from the SEA Change platform and from its original location.


Module 1: Capacity-Building Guidance:


Module 2: Monitoring and Evaluation Planning:


Module 3: Indicator Performance Tracking Tables (IPTT):


Module 4: Hiring M&E Staff:


Module 5: Preparing for an Evaluation:


Module 6: Managing and Implementing an Evaluation:


Module 7: Communicating and Reporting on an Evaluation:


Module 8: Effective Report Writing / Human Interest Stories:


Module 9: Success and Learning Stories:

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domingo, 25 de maio de 2014

Websites for Creating the Future City

Over 50% of the world's population now lives in cities, so the conditions are ripe for improving, adjusting and rethinking the urban landscape and city life. The web flourishes with digital platforms for community discussion, since now it’s city dwellers - rather than governing executives - that actively take part in city-related decision-making.  Check out the following seven websites that harness the power, wisdom and knowledge of the crowds to cultivate smarter future cities.
1. 
WHAT A digital outlet to share ideas and engage in dialogue about urban improvement. 
IN DETAIL The public dialogue platform states that it takes a mere minute to come up with an idea to improve your city, but small speaks volumes: your ideas can go a long way. Post them online. 
WHERE Chicago, Memphis, New York and San Jose.
Image: screenshot of Give a Minute
2.
WHAT A collaborative platform for sharing ideas about urban development.
IN DETAIL A digital platform where city residents can express their needs, share their ideas and discuss others' suggestions, Neighborland connects between community members in an effort to generate change in their neighborhoods based on the ideas posted online. 
WHERE Various cities Stateside, including Austin, Chicago, San Francisco and New York City.

3. SPACEHIVE
WHAT A crowdfunding platform for neighborhood improvement projects.
IN DETAIL Spacehive gives community members the chance to beautify their public spaces. Users can pitch their own ideas, receiving fundraising and technical assistance from Spacehive, or use the platform to donate to projects that interest them.
WHERE London, UK.

4. THE CITY 2.0
WHAT A collaborative platform for sharing ideas and stories about urban transformation. 
IN DETAIL The winner of the TEDx annual prize for 2012, The City 2.0 gives a voice to the masses, allowing anyone to share their ideas and stories about urban experience and cultivating a better future city. 
WHERE Worldwide. 

5. 
WALKONOMICS
WHAT Crowdsourcing pedestrian-friendliness ratings of streets. 
IN DETAIL Aiming to rate the walkability of every street in the world, Walkonomics invites each and every one of us to take part and contribute information. Over 600,000 streets have been rated so far, with a strong presence of London, San Francisco and New York drags. You can add any street in the world and rate it - no login information required. 
WHERE Cities worldwide. 

6.
WALK YOUR CITY
WHAT An open-source platform to create accurate wayfinding signs that will then be installed around town. 
IN DETAIL Aiming to get more people out of their cars and onto the streets - on foot, Walk Your City harnesses the knowledge of city dwellers to self create wayfinding signs. 
WHERE Anywhere.

7. 
POPULARISE
WHAT A crowdsourcing platform focused on local development.
IN DETAIL Popularise facilitates open discussion among community members and builders, giving city dwellers the power to engage in local development projects. 
WHERE Currently in Washington DC, Baltimore, Seattle and Oklahoma City.

WHAT A collaborative platform for sharing ideas about urban development.
Image: screenshot of Spacehive 
Image: screenshot of The City 2.0
Image: screenshot of Walkonomics
Image: screenshot of Walk Your City
Image: screenshot of Popularise

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