Suddenly yesterday I started receiving hundreds of friend requests on Facebook, far more than I normally receive. I Tweeted this fact and others replied that they had experienced the same phenomenon. Finally pieced together why. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg sent an open letter to all 350 million or so Facebook members about new privacy provisions on the wildly popular site. See the letter here. In response to his letter, Facebook users were replying to Mark by asking to befriend his 900 friends, of which I am one. The power of networking on Facebook. But Mark is going to have to do something with his own page.
The debate on the role of social media and change is over. Over the last year, many have questioned just how important social media are in helping activists achieve social change.
Surprisingly it is a city in the emerging economies that may have discovered a key to success — Bogota the capital of the South American Country of Colombia. And it turns out the best way to transform a city for the digital age is to use those same digital tools to engage the population in reinventing their own municipality.
This weekend I had the pleasure of addressing the Biennial Convention for the Liberal Party of Canada, Canada’s historical party. After three consecutive defeats, the Liberals are faced with the opportunity to reinvent themselves and become Canada’s first 21st century political party. Here are some excerpts from recent news coverage: The Toronto Star: “More so [...]
Earlier in the day Saturday, the Liberal party was told it is at risk of being bypassed by a new generation unless it takes part in the technological revolution that is underway.
In many countries civic engagement by young people has been growing for years, but as evidenced by the November 2010 Federal Elections in the United States, around the world voting among young people is declining. Governments and democracy run the danger of becoming irrelevant.
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