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IfWeRanTheWorld
Organisation details
On Facebook we define ourselves by what we ‘like’ - by things we affiliate with. Now imagine a social networking site designed to put you in touch with local real-world projects where you are defined by what you ‘do’ - things you believe in and act on ….
IfWeRanTheWorld is exactly that. An extremely simple crowdsourcing platform designed to turn good intentions into action. IfWeRanTheWorld.com uses a combination of crowd-sourcing and algorithms to answer the question “If you ran the world, what would you do?” in terms of tangible, achievable goals composed of a series of “micro-actions.” In other words, it connects you to a community and can join you in breaking them down into easy steps. Actions that everyone can commit to achieving. Using gaming dynamics to make doing good fun. Why web guru Ester Dyson it as a ‘liquidity of goodness’.
You can read more about it here.
Project goals
IfWeRanTheWorld Waitakere Activation
The people of Waitakere believe the future of the world is about collaboration and led by the local council, with the support of community groups and businesses have seen the opportunity to use IfWeRanTheWorld as a platform to help the Waitakere community to self-organise, self-manage and self-sustain, to continue the community initiatives that will no longer be aided and funded by a dedicated city council as of November.
You can read more about what IWRTW is doing in the West here.
To coordinate and spread the activities and try to spark new actions we are creating a dedicated ‘IfWeRanTheWorld Waitakere’ hub on IWRTW. And in the next couple of months we are bringing all these people together in a number of collaborative events where we hope to generate the ideas, commitment and momentum needed for this project. At the events we will be capturing ideas and loading them straight onto IWRTW to make sure the good intentions do indeed turn into actions.
You can read more about how IWRTW activates events here
Who What When
We would love to talk to students with a passion for social media and online tools who over the next couple of months can help as “Love Agents” at these events and help people to capture their ideas and turn them into action using IWRTW, as well as be available to respond to people’s questions on using the site as they come to hand.
Those who are interested will be connected with our Love Agent working in the States who knows the site like the back of his hand and can help train you up.
The opportunity is to be an integral part in what is a landmark global social experiment, a first in social media, something Waitakere and NZ is pioneering, and join a team which is absolutely dedicated to proving that the internet can be used to power good and in our way help change the world.
To learn more about the IWRTW team you will be working with see here.
We are very excited to hear from you.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please Contact Us and be sure to mention that you are interested in the IfWeRanTheWorld opportunity.
