Still cleaning out my inbox from a couple weeks on the road (and a few hectic weeks in general!) and ran across these goodies…

The Social Entrepreneurship Summit that was held on Dec 3-4, 2007 at the Centre for Social Innovation and the MaRS Collaboration Centre has posted the event proceedings online. Sounds like they’ve received some good feedback on the event, and there’s momentum to keep it moving forward. read more »

Wow — I was super-stoked to open-up my newsreader this morning to find GreenCamp listed on Upcoming. Last spring David Crow and I bantered about the opportunity for social-mission organizations to use the “unconference” format as a way to facilitate new conversations around progressive ideas. It’s incredible to actually see this happening — And right here in Toronto too! Think I’ll be making it out to that event for sure.

GreenCamp isn’t the only progressive unconference around. There’s a whole new movement afoot, including Chris Messina’s WineCamp, New Organizing Institute’s RootsCamp, and the Media Consortium’s recent ConsortTechCamp. Though not an official “Camp”-style unconference, I like to think of Web of Change as a progressive unconference, and I hope that Misha’s summary of lessons from the recent CopyCamp added to the mix of ideas on how to use the unconference model for change.

Know of other progressive unconferences? Pop ‘em in the comments! :-)

Well, as a somewhat half-baked attempt to get something more recent into the “Announcements” section of this blog, I’m going to give provide a run-down of the last couple months here at Community Bandwidth, and then present a snapshot of what’s to come in 2007. read more »

For the past few weeks, I’ve been excited to announce what is sure to be one of the most dynamic conversations about copyright this year. Planning for the event really got under way in June, with the addition of several new team members, and has been racing forward at a break neck speed every since. With only six weeks to go until the event, we’re all anxious to get the word out and to get your ideas, suggestions, participant recommendations, and commitments to being there. Here’s the key info: read more »