20090424法鼓公益論壇-網路時代之公益參與-唐瑋主講

Joy Tang's Dharma Drum U Presentation on Digital Philanthropy: A Better World with Digital Philanthropy? April 24, 20091
philanthropy
+emerging technology
+social network
---------------------------------
=a better world?
Jim @

“love of mankind”
philanthropy

“Technology can broadly be
defined as the development and
application of tools, machines,
materials, and processes that help
to solve human problems.”
https://honors.rit.edu/~axrgsl/seniorseminar/index.php/Technology
technology

“A social network is a social
structure made of nodes that are
tied by one or more specific types
of interdependency, such as
values, visions, ideas, financial
exchange, friendship, kinship,
dislike, conflict or trade.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network
social network

Doug Engelbart
Father of the Mouse
 Pioneer of ICT
 Credited with helping to develop the personal
computer
 Inventor of the mouse
 Social network theorist
 developing ICT systems to improve human
collective IQ though Networked Improvement
Communities (NIC)
 His work is a large part of oneVillage mission
 ‘Technology is not the solution in itself but as
an enabler of strategies to increase human
capacity & potential’
From left to right Glen Johnson
(open source innovator), Jim Forster
(distinguished engineer at cisco) -
Doug Engelbart (inventor of the
mouse) and Joy Tang.

Vic Hayes
 Hayes has made his name not by
inventing new technologies but by
standardizing them.
 Created many of the protocols that
govern the Internet today (how e-
mail travels from sender to recipient)
 Chaired IEEE Committee & developed
standards for wireless local-area
networks (WLANs) - 802.11
 Participated in the 2006 AirJaldi
Summit
 Helped OVF establish Open Digital
Village in Ghana
Father of Wifi
Vic at AirJaldi Summit (wireless
mesh) in Dharamsala, India in 2006

Vic at AirJaldi Summit

Mary Lou Jepsen
 Created largest ambient displays ever; a holographic
display over a city block;
 former Chief Technology Officer, Intel Display
Division
 Joined OLPC to lead the laptop through development
and into high volume mass production;
 Invented the OLPC's sunlight-readable display
technology & its ultra-low power management
system
 Transformed these inventions into high volume mass
production rapidly and started Pixel Qi, to
commercialize the technologies she invented at
OLPC.

information
+ communication
technology
---------------------------
=ict
+development
---------------------------
=ict4d
Jim @

Who is Connected?

Who Cares?
 Social Enterprise Oriented – doing good and doing well
 Ethically Grounded – for happiness, cherish others
 Net Savvy - use of Web 2.0 tools to ‘peer 2 peer’
 Bridge the Digital Divide – resources maximization
 Sharing of Human Intellect – What’s the content?
LOTS!
‘Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being’
~ by Paul Hawken

Evolution & Design of ‘Digital Center’
 1997: GDLN - World Bank - e-commerce, pioneered
global networking eCenter concept for the top-down
leaders
 1999: Leland Initiative Digital Center – government;
Scalability – e-Government, connect the last mile rural
villages
 2000: HP e-Inclusion – private sector/ sustainable
model non-existent - emerging markets
 Today: community center concept - local/cultural –
web2.0

Education as a Tool for Conscious Living
UNESCO's Decade of EducationUNESCO's Decade of Education
in Sustainable Developmentin Sustainable Development
Goals:Goals:
 Integrate eco-living into all aspects of education and
learning
 Encourage changes in behavior to create a more
sustainable future
 Ensure a just society for present and future
generations

Corporate Shift:
Cisco a Case Study for Digital Philanthropists?
 2000 - Cisco Foundation formed to enable workers to
shift to more social/ community work;
 2001 responding to non-profit sector and corporate
social responsibility. Cisco Fellows for Community
Development show the human face of Cisco;
 2002 - Cisco Network Academy & Learning Network
launched enabling ICT4D in emerging markets;
 2006 – Emphasis on the ‘Human Network;’
 2009 - Cisco's “Smart Grid” creating jobs, while
modernizing the power grid in USA & expanding
markets.

OVF Holistic ICT ‘Digital Philanthropy’ Tools
 Effective use of ICT including Web 2.0 tools
 Immersion in holistic thinking approach with a focus
on how to facilitate
 Strong ethical foundation for service work and
learning based on values of Buddhism
 Understanding of the concept of social network and
social entrepreneurism
 Method of analysis that asks the tough questions to
find the best and most sustainable ICT appropriate
solution

Open Digital Villages
5 Key Transformational Aspects
 Wireless Network - Low cost disruptive technology that
links people in the community together
 Social Enterprises - Create jobs & through business
incubation driven by community needs
 R&D on Open Source Technologies - low cost and easy to
use
 Affordable Computing - Reliable, efficient and suited to
challenging conditions
 Solar Powered Telecenters - Promote sustainable
technologies

Whole System
Designer
Wanted

Digital
Philanthropist
Wanted

Joy Tang
http://blog.onevillage.tv/
joy@onevillagefoundation.org
+886 988 164 558
skype: joytang
facebook: Joy Tang

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