People today have the liberty to make use of the many available platforms in order to chase and achieve their dreams. Discussing in this ppt how online and social media have played a huge role in enabling change and empowering people. No matter how big or small one's dream is, with the right approach and determination, everything can be made possible.

1. Its time
to
rise and
shine

2. presented by
Prateek Shah,
www.prateekshah.com
tweets @PrateekShah
founder, Green Smyles
www.greensmyles.com

3. The Past

4. most of the
power to
make public
opinion, influe
nce thoughts
and pass
judgments lie
in some hands

5. The Present

6. events where
online and
social media
enabled
people to
change
the world

7. One man
was enough
to bring the
leaders of
the world to
their knees.
without the
internet, Wiki
leaks
wouldn’t
have existed

8. Mobilising support during
natural calamities has got
a strong boost, as seen in
the case of Japan

9. An unknown face fueled one of the
biggest modern day civil wars,
a war
that
spread
like
wildfire
because
of social
media

10. The personal
accounts of
people from
Tunisia helped
citizens from
other countries also realise that
change is possible. Egypt ousted
Hosni Mubarak

11. Libyans followed. Gaddafi
was next to go.

13. The extent of Arab Spring

14. At first, no media house reported
about the Occupy Movement. After
many tweets and posts, they all
caved in.

15. The issue of
whether they are
doing the right
thing can be
debated. but
such a well
coordinated hacktivist movement
just wouldn’t have been possible
without the net

16. Websites wanted to protest
SOPA/PIPA, they blacked out for a
day. they won.

17. Even though
showing online
support didn’t
mean that all the
people went and
physically stood
for the cause, it
created enough
buzz to move a
nation

18. Is the Kony
campaign
for real?
Who
knows. But
did it
create
a never before seen impact?
Yes it did. A YouTube video was all
it took.

19. Is this you?

20. But the
question is

22. Which step
are you at?

23. Lets learn
some lessons
from ordinary
people on
how to
achieve our
dreams
immaterial of
how small, big
or mediocre
they are

24. Uploaded Video on YouTube.
Spotted by producer. Rest is history.

25. Millions know Matt. And this guy
doesn’t even dance well mind you.

26. If a simple game can become so
famous, so can your idea. You have
the power of the net with you.
Freeware, free listing of apps, free
social networks, everything’s free
Its time you set
yourself free as well.

27. Pranav Mistry - Simple man, big
dreams, followed them, made
breakthrough, TED.com did the rest.

28. Site to register blood donors and
help people when in need today
has thousands of registered
members

29. Just two people running it. No
organisational structure, no major
donations. Happened online.

30. all of 26,
Sonal Kapoor
is running
PROTSAHAN,
a successful
NGO for kids.
Garners
a lot of support
Online from different corners of the
world. Facebook empowered her.

31. Young boy
starts a portal
to make
relevant news
reach out to
people. Site now reaches out to
over 4.5 million people every month.
Anshul Tewari.

32. Simple community on facebook
turns into a smile movement of sorts.
50,000 members later, there is a
dedicated virtual helpline for
anybody wanting to
smile. Smile
Spreaders.
Run
anonymously.

33. The Future

34. An increasingly honest
world where you bring
culprits to justice
An era where your social or
financial background don’t
affect you anyway.
A global village where you have
access to help and the power to
assist people anywhere

36. Its time to follow your dream
Its time to tell the world you can
Its time to rise and shine

37. Wish you All The Best!
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www.greensmyles.com