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Tuesday, April 25, 2006 |
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Social Tech Brewing Vancouver: May 4 at the WhipIf you work at the intersection of technology and community-building, we hope you'll join us for a May 4th gathering of Social Tech Brewing's Vancouver chapter. Social Tech Brewing brings together folks from nonprofit organizations, community service, social activism, social ventures and technology to share ideas -- and beer! Our May 4th event will look forward to the June meeting of the UN's World Urban Forum (WUF) here in Vancouver. WUF will bring a remarkable range of government leaders, community development workers and urban activists to Vancouver to talk about the future of sustainable cities. And the lead-up to WUF has already featured one of the Net's most ambitious online dialogue efforts to date, the Habitat Jam. The STB meeting on May 4th will feature a short panel and Q&A session to illuminate some of the innovative technology projects that are happneing around the WUF meeting. We'll hear from Gayle Moss, the Director of International Marketing for Habitat Jam, about what was learned from the Jam experiment. And we'll also hear from one of the folks at the Global Urban Sustainable Solutions Exchange, a Vancouver-based information and social networking resource that will launch at the WUF in June. The panel will start at 6:15 and wrap by 6:45, so please come early so you can be part of the discussion. And plan to stick around for another hour after the panel to be part of the beer drinking, gossip exchange, and general consipracy-hatching. We hope to see you there! Please RSVP on Upcoming.org Event details Social Tech Brewing Vancouver Any questions? Email info@socialsignal.com
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Announcing the Social Tech Brewing Company podcast!Techies want to make the world a better place too. Now, they can use technology to learn how. Canada's leading collection of podcasts, the rabble podcast network has teamed up with the Social Tech Brewing Company to deliver a tech-meets-social-change show - The Social Tech Brewing Company Podcast. "We've been bringing technologists and activists together face-to-face for two years," explains Phillip Smith the founder of the Toronto chapter of the Social Tech Brewing Company. "Turning those sessions into a podcast is a no-brainer." The short, accessible shows will explain how leading edge communications tools and tech can be used to help empower communities, inform us as voters, and to improve civil society. "The podcast is a perfect fit for the rpn," says producer Charlotte Scott. "We're all about using tech tools for activism. Plus, they're a great listen for anyone." The podcast is aimed at radical technologists, progressive non-profits, NGOs or anyone curious about the changing media and social activism landscape. It's about changing the world, one geek at a time. The half-hour shows are available for download or subscription at http://rabble.ca/rpn/bru The rabble podcast network is a suite of independently produced podcasts all hosted and promoted by rabble.ca, Canada's irreverent news and information site.
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Article on Social Tech in IT BusinessA recent article in IT Business covers the growing movement that is Social Tech Brewing in Canada: Canadian IT association convenes volunteers in Vancouver, Toronto "At first glance, you might think it's a clever name for a trendy microbrewery run by geeks. But when you visit The Social Tech Brewing Co.'s Web site, you'll discover a group of volunteers that is devoted to bringing together information technology and the not-for-profit sector." >> Read the full article on the IT Business site
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