Bruce Sterling on Mon, 6 Apr 2009 03:18:40 +0200 (CEST) |
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<nettime> Seeking nominees for next-generation worldchanging activism |
*... worldchanging activists who can, presumably, make their way into the USA somehow. But wait, PopTech has got huge travel budgets! And their catering is aw3some! *I was trying hard to think of any candidate I know who is (a) changing this world FOR THE BETTER and (b) wouldn't shock or startle these kindly, well- heeled geeks at PopTech. Comin' up a little dry, though. *So, hold on -- why not some *Euro-radical tactical-media character* from nettime? Somebody who'll fall like a Trotskyite meteor on these PopTech apparatchiks, and give 'em both barrels about Late Capitalism and the Creative Class! Special bonus if you are under 30, Italian, lavishly tattooed, and you're way into gender-indeterminate netporn! *Nominate yourself, and I'll nominate YOU! Worldchanging chance of a lifetime! -- bruces@well.com Dear Bruce (((yo!))), As you may know, each year PopTech selects up to 15 next-generation world-changing people who are incubating new approaches to some of the world's toughest challenges to become Social Innovation Fellows: <a href="http://www.poptech.org/sifellows/">http://www.poptech.org/ sifellows/</a> We need your help to find the class of 2009! Fellows participate in an all-expenses-paid, multi-day intensive development program focused on insights, tools and skills for accelerating and scaling "big bet" innovations in areas like healthcare, energy, development, mobile technology, climate, education, and civic engagement, among others. Fellows receive world- class training in areas like branding, design, measuring impact, media relations, social/Web2.0 media, finance, leadership, digital storytelling and organizational development. (((Who can't like THAT?! Especially the "finance leadership"!))) These sessions are led by remarkable leaders in these areas -- here are some of the 2008 faculty: http://poptech.org/sifaculty2008/ After the program, Fellows then participate in and present at the PopTech conference, which will take place this year from October 21-24, 2009 in Camden, Maine. Fellows receive prominent placement at the conference, including arranged interviews and collaborative sessions with leading journalists and sessions with members of the PopTech network dedicated to helping them amplify their work and profile. Here are some of the absolutely fantastic presentations from the Fellows class of 2008: http://www.poptech.org/class2008/ If you are or know someone who should be a 2009 Social Innovation Fellow, nominate them here: http://www.poptech.org/nominate/ Even if you don't know someone who should be a candidate, please help us spread the word -- via email, blog post or tweet. And keep an eye on your inbox -- later this year we'll be announcing some new ways that members of the Pop!Tech community can get even more involved in the Fellows program. Many thanks, and much more to come! Andrew and the PopTech Team # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mail.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@kein.org