Dave Hardy, Rotarian and Lead for Scarborough Community Renewal Campaign presented to the Rotary Club of Toronto Eglinton about the Campaign, results, and current developments.
We know we need to change if we want the Rotary experience to live up to 21st-century expectations. So why are Rotary clubs so reluctant to change? In this breakout session, participants will discover the reasons people resist change. They also will explore ways to implement new ideas that will reduce potential conflict and motivate members to embrace change.
ProjectCASSA is a 501(C) non-governmental organization that operates by giving low interest loans to impoverished villages. These villages use these loans to purchase the equipment and animals needed to raise and breed goats. Goats have a special place in many African cultures; they are used for meat in traditional dishes, given as a dowry in some matrimonial ceremonies, and they serve as a symbolic gift in many villages. With the money made from the sale of these goats the community will be able to invest in their own infrastructure and fund projects for everything from installing running water and electricity in every house to educational scholarships and workshops. Our goal is to be able to provide a constant source of self-sustaining revenue to villages with an agrarian economy. Won’t you join us?
http://www.ProjectCASS.org
An Eden Project Field Guide to working with young peopleEdenProjectWebTeam
Young people are our future. How we treat them is an important indicator of the health and wellbeing of our society. The Eden Field Guide to Working With Young People explains why working with young people is so important and provides advice on how to go about it. This field guide was published by the Eden Project as part of its Big Lunch Extras programme. Find out more at www.biglunchextras.com
Your club has a great People of Action story to tell. How can you share it? This session explains five easy steps you can take to show new audiences how you are making an impact in your community. Gain expert knowledge as you learn how to tell a powerful story, how to take pictures that show you in action, and how to use your stories and images effectively through social media, print, broadcast, and other communication channels.
HOW TO GET PEOPLE FROM INTENTION TO DONATIONIsha choudhary
its about those who have intention but they don,t donate just because may be they are not aware about the process .so its about that how we can attract them toward donation.
An Eden Project Field Guide to community-owned places and spacesEdenProjectWebTeam
How do ordinary people get access to land or buildings to run businesses, offer services, generate energy or build houses? Community-owned assets can help make a community socially, environmentally and above all, economically viable. This guide offers an introduction to acquiring a community asset – a building or a piece of land – as the first major step towards creating the community you want to live in.
This field guide was published by the Eden Project as part of its Big Lunch Extras programme. Find out more at www.biglunchextras.com
CrowdfundSW1 launched a new initiative to help support local charities and community groups by providing them with a platform to promote their projects and increase awareness at Microsoft HQ in London Victoria on 21 March 2012. The aim is to enable funding to reach into the heart of the local community where it is most needed.
This is the first crowd funding platform in the world to focus on fundraising for grassroots charities in a specific locality. The event (organised by CrowdfundSW1, Microsoft and Time & Talents Westminster) will be hosted by Steven D'Souza, internationally renowned speaker and author of the bestselling book Brilliant Networking.
A comprehensive resource outlining and exemplifying active concern for our environment.
Why? Looking after a wonderful world specially designed for human beings; human rights & responsibilities, respecting one another & having freedom to choose involves caring for your country
What? litter pick-ups, designing community bins, various websites/videos raising highlighting issues, awareness-raising campaigns
How? Bags of inspiration for doing something in the style of Martin Luther King
Who? You - how will you respond. Doing nothing is not an option
See related Litter Article, which is evaluated as part of the lesson scheme of work.
Dave Hardy, Rotarian and Lead for Scarborough Community Renewal Campaign presented to the Rotary Club of Toronto Eglinton about the Campaign, results, and current developments.
We know we need to change if we want the Rotary experience to live up to 21st-century expectations. So why are Rotary clubs so reluctant to change? In this breakout session, participants will discover the reasons people resist change. They also will explore ways to implement new ideas that will reduce potential conflict and motivate members to embrace change.
ProjectCASSA is a 501(C) non-governmental organization that operates by giving low interest loans to impoverished villages. These villages use these loans to purchase the equipment and animals needed to raise and breed goats. Goats have a special place in many African cultures; they are used for meat in traditional dishes, given as a dowry in some matrimonial ceremonies, and they serve as a symbolic gift in many villages. With the money made from the sale of these goats the community will be able to invest in their own infrastructure and fund projects for everything from installing running water and electricity in every house to educational scholarships and workshops. Our goal is to be able to provide a constant source of self-sustaining revenue to villages with an agrarian economy. Won’t you join us?
http://www.ProjectCASS.org
An Eden Project Field Guide to working with young peopleEdenProjectWebTeam
Young people are our future. How we treat them is an important indicator of the health and wellbeing of our society. The Eden Field Guide to Working With Young People explains why working with young people is so important and provides advice on how to go about it. This field guide was published by the Eden Project as part of its Big Lunch Extras programme. Find out more at www.biglunchextras.com
Your club has a great People of Action story to tell. How can you share it? This session explains five easy steps you can take to show new audiences how you are making an impact in your community. Gain expert knowledge as you learn how to tell a powerful story, how to take pictures that show you in action, and how to use your stories and images effectively through social media, print, broadcast, and other communication channels.
HOW TO GET PEOPLE FROM INTENTION TO DONATIONIsha choudhary
its about those who have intention but they don,t donate just because may be they are not aware about the process .so its about that how we can attract them toward donation.
An Eden Project Field Guide to community-owned places and spacesEdenProjectWebTeam
How do ordinary people get access to land or buildings to run businesses, offer services, generate energy or build houses? Community-owned assets can help make a community socially, environmentally and above all, economically viable. This guide offers an introduction to acquiring a community asset – a building or a piece of land – as the first major step towards creating the community you want to live in.
This field guide was published by the Eden Project as part of its Big Lunch Extras programme. Find out more at www.biglunchextras.com
CrowdfundSW1 launched a new initiative to help support local charities and community groups by providing them with a platform to promote their projects and increase awareness at Microsoft HQ in London Victoria on 21 March 2012. The aim is to enable funding to reach into the heart of the local community where it is most needed.
This is the first crowd funding platform in the world to focus on fundraising for grassroots charities in a specific locality. The event (organised by CrowdfundSW1, Microsoft and Time & Talents Westminster) will be hosted by Steven D'Souza, internationally renowned speaker and author of the bestselling book Brilliant Networking.
A comprehensive resource outlining and exemplifying active concern for our environment.
Why? Looking after a wonderful world specially designed for human beings; human rights & responsibilities, respecting one another & having freedom to choose involves caring for your country
What? litter pick-ups, designing community bins, various websites/videos raising highlighting issues, awareness-raising campaigns
How? Bags of inspiration for doing something in the style of Martin Luther King
Who? You - how will you respond. Doing nothing is not an option
See related Litter Article, which is evaluated as part of the lesson scheme of work.
Focusing on three areas essential to nonprofit success in the era of online giving: participatory programs, new younger donors, and communicating one's story. Produced as a training by Reggie Woolery of 'Arts4Good' for participants in "Give Big San Bernardino County 2015" campaign.
Citizen Network Australia was formally launched in Perth, WA on 21st August 2017. These slides were presented by Leanne Pearman, Rosie Lawn and Simon Duffy.
a slide show accompanying a presentation about change. How did people and places bring about change - what are the key factors needed for change and what would we do differently!
A small group of four people first met in February of 2012 to talk about their desire to have a place where people could get healthy food year round in Maynard, MA. The group knew they wanted to find a way to create access to healthy food, but didn’t know exactly how to make it happen. They started learning about food co-operatives, got very excited, and initiated the process of trying to make the dream a reality. Today, the vision of the group is to open up a storefront market in Maynard that will be owned and operated by co-operative members. The Assabet Village Food Co-Op is currently made up of a Steering Committee, and a group of several enthusiastic volunteers. Typically, to get a food co-op up and running takes about three to five years – with the help of the community, the Assabet Village Food Co-op should be right on track!
On Sept. 21, 2010, Mr. Jet Li and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) formally announced that Jet Li has become a Goodwill Ambassador for the IFRC, marking the first time in history that the international humanitarian organization has granted such an appointment.
Mr. Li has always believed that humanity is one big family, and that we must all do our part to make this family better. In this spirit, he founded One Foundation in 2006. As a 21st century non-profit organization, One Foundation seeks to encourage social sector development and broad-based participation in philanthropy as a way of life. One Foundation has promoted a micro-philanthropy model, advocating “every 1 person + every 1 month + donates 1 dollar/yuan = 1 big family,” and has achieved meaningful recognition both in China and internationally.
Mr. Li also deeply respects the core principles and mission of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, especially its spirit of “Humanity, Universal Fraternity and Devotion.” In becoming a Goodwill Ambassador for the IFRC, Mr. Li builds upon his extensive relationship with the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, having served as “Philanthropic Ambassador” for the Red Cross Society of China since 2006.
As Goodwill Ambassador, Mr. Li would like to share One Foundation’s experience and philanthropic model with the rest of the world. Each country’s Red Cross and Red Crescent societies are welcome to extract any useful lessons and adapt them to suit their particular culture, customs and needs. In sharing his ideas and experience, Mr. Li hopes to support the IFRC’s noble humanitarian goals, as well as strengthen international cooperation and caring as one global human family.
Andrew Bush, Social Media analyst at Reach Further talks about recent changes to Google and how to create Google-friendly content at the Don't Blink Social Media Briefing 26 June 2012
Finding and editing images to illustrate your content Liz Cable
Bryony Taylor, Social Media Consultant and Trainer at Reach Further delivered this presentation at the quarterly social media briefing 'Don't blink' on 26th June 2012.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
2. “Wealth is not what you own, it’s
what you have access to.”
3. “Web 2.0 is not just a technology, or
a business model.
It is an ethos, and a mindset”
4. What is social capital?
• Social energy
• Community spirit / good neighbourliness
• Social bonds
• Civic virtue
• Community networks
• Social ozone / Social glue
• Social resources
• Informal & formal networks
• Community capacity building
• Resilience.
5. What is social capital?
Hard to say - often defined by its outcomes:
• Lower crime rates
• Better health and improved longevity
• Better educational achievement
• Greater income equality
• Enhanced economic achievement.
6. Social Capital
“Just as a supply of money can enable you to do
things that you otherwise could not do, a stock of
relationships will make it easier to do things that
otherwise you could not.”
David Gauntlet, Making is Connecting.
7. Social Capital
Community
Co-operation
+ Trust
+ Reciprocity
+ Good-will
= “Nice” society
No Community
No Communication
+ Isolation/Depression
+ Selfishness/Crime
+ Distrust
= Society falls apart
10. 2. Television – privatising leisure time
Americans alone
watch about 200bn
hours of television a
year: that
represents, about
2,000 times the total
human hours that
have gone so far into
creating Wikipedia.
(Shirky)
13. It’s not all bad
• For the first time in history, the amount of
television being watched by a younger generation is
decreasing rather than increasing annually. (Shirky)
18. “Tribes” – Seth Godin (2008)
• All it takes to turn people into a tribe is:
• A shared interest
• A way of communicating
• The Communication can be one of four kinds
• Leader to tribe
• Tribe to leader
• Tribe member to tribe member
• Tribe member to outsider
25. A visualisation of Clay Shirky’s
“Cognitive Surplus”
Doing
Nothing
Co Creation
of Society
LolCatz
Interest
Blogging
Civic
Hacking
Participation
Economy
26. MARKETING our services . . .
Fromm, J., Lindell, C. and Decker, L. 2014. American Millennials: Deciphering the Enigma Generation.
[e-book] http://barkley.s3.amazonaws.com/barkleyus/AmericanMillennials.pdf [Accessed: 27 Feb 2014].
27. Even more bluntly . . .
http://www.v3im.com/2013/06/marketing-to-millennials-welcome-to-the-participation-economy
28. Some Examples . . .
• Landshare.net
• Fixmystreet.com
• Borrowmydoggy.com
And it gets better . . .
29. Seagulls is an environmental social
enterprise working to promote and
develop a community resource
centre in Leeds.
Our Aim
. . .to encourage people to reuse with
a focus on promoting community
participation through the renovation
and reuse of waste materials,
applying creative means to provide
the sustainable use of resources
whilst offering training , support,
volunteering and job opportunities
for local people.
30. Achievements so far . . (since 2001)
• Saved and reused over 500 tonnes of paint -
that's about 360,000 litres
• 50 tonnes of paint pots and tins, emptied, bagged
or crushed, to go to be recycled
• Serving 10,000 customers a year …promote access
to those on lower incomes, but open to all
• Now work with 11 Household Waste Sorting Sites.
• Just opened second distribution site.
• Skills, training, and valued volunteers.
31. 'Being part of Seagulls and the mosaic team has
allowed me to develop new skills and get my confidence
back, all this whilst I was trying to start a life in a
foreign country. In Seagulls I have found friends and a
home, they have been key for me having a job I am very
proud of and I thoroughly enjoy. Today I have the
chance to work with people on the peripheries of
society and throughout this journey I have gained a new
insight into my life. What a fantastic turn of events! To
everyone in Seagulls: thanks a lot!'
Angela
'I have been with Seagulls since 6 months. I drive the
pink van and collect paint from five different household
waste sites. The working atmosphere is very friendly
and supportive. When I was told by Vicky form Canopy
that Seagulls needed a volunteer to drive their van, I
was quite hesitant but when I met people in there and
worked with them, I really been relieved and now I am
thoroughly enjoying working here.‘
Ansari
33. • Volunteers collect unwanted food
and turn it into their own meals -
which vary each day but normally
include a meat and vegetarian
option, sandwiches and sometimes
a dessert.
• Customers pay what they want for
the food.
• The cafe was founded by
chef Adam Smith - who opened the
cafe in December.
• Since then, he has been joined by
five more directors plus an army of
volunteers, with 50 signing up in
one week alone
Pay As You Feel café, Armley, Leeds
34. • All food salvaged – or
intercepted – before it can be
thrown away by markets,
restaurants and supermarkets,
and before it has gone off.
• The café now caters for dozens
of people a day, sometimes
hundreds.
• Instead of paying in cash,
people can wash up, tidy up, do
a stint as a waiter, clean the
windows or help in a host of
other ways.
Pay As You Feel café, Armley, Leeds
35. Pay As You Feel café, Armley, Leeds
https://www.facebook.com/PAYFcafe
37. A visualisation of Clay Shirky’s
“Cognitive Surplus”
Doing
Nothing
Co Creation
of Society
LolCatz
Interest
Blogging
Civic
Hacking
Participation
Economy
38. Relevance to Digital Housing
• Social Landlords have ready made communities
• Can broker within the community - providing
bonding social capital:
• Removal of the “service fee” element of the business
models
• Lessens the risks of “trust between strangers”
• Can broker with other agencies – providing bridging
social capital.
• Don’t underestimate the connection between
online networks driving offline events,
communities, and revolutions.
