WiserEarth Presentation 2007

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WiserEarth

Presentation

www.WiserEarth.org

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What is WiserEarth?

A place for the people

and organizationsaddressing the central

issues of our day:climate change,

poverty, theenvironment, peace,

water, hunger, social

justice,

conservation,

human rights andmore

A free international

community directory

A networking forum


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There are over one million

organizations and more

than one hundred million

individuals who are activelyworking toward ecological

sustainability, economic

justice, human rights. and

political accountability

Paul Hawken

speaking about

the social justiceand environmental

movement in June

2007


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Why is WiserEarth Needed?

What is missing is

a map and

directory of the

network. In

essence, aninfrastructure

through which to

see and coordinate

our efforts

The one million organizations +who make up the movement are

systemically interconnected and

intertwine

Their level of effectiveness to

prevent harm and institute positive

change undermined by:

- a lack of collective awareness- duplicative efforts- poor connectivity


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Why is WiserEarth Needed?

WiserEarth maps and links

the largest movementin the world


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How Can WiserEarth Help You?

Find out quickly and easily whos

working on what and where- search the most extensive international

directory of social justice and environmental

organizations in the world- over 100,000 organizations based in 243

countries, territories and sovereign islands

Search Organizations >

Expand Your Network > Connect with people doing similarwork- set up your profile

- join a group working on your issues- find and communicate with people based on

interest area or geographic region

- join in discussions

- visualize a network and make connections


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How Can WiserEarth Help You?

Stay up to date with whats happening

in your field- access books, articles, podcasts, video,

maps, research reports, educational

opportunities and case studies- find events or jobs based on geographic

region and areas of interest- sign-up for email alerts

Stay Current >

Share Your

Knowledge >Contribute to your community- all content is editable by the community

- use, create, edit and improve content- give feedback, edit organizational info,

add/edit information within your area of

interest, geographic region, add

resources etc-

post jobs, internships or volunteeropportunities or events for free


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Who Is Behind WiserEarth?

launched by the nonprofit organization,

The Natural Capital Institute in May 2007(naturalcapital.org).

project team includes researchers,

activists, writers, social entrepreneurs,

students, volunteers, and open source

software experts

the site is free to use and does not

include any advertising or corporatesponsors

the site works in a similar way to

Wikipedia where anyone can edit or add

information

The site was built to

help the movementsee itself and

become better

connected


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How Can I Get Involved?

you are invited to get involved in the

development of the site:

- browse through the site- login and set up your profile

- invite friends and colleagues to joinyour network- make edits- give feedback on the survey or in the

comments section- start a discussion- join a group- present and promote WiserEarth

within your community

-support other users

The sites

development is

guided by the

community


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What Next?

Future additions

- project building/collaboration tools- multiple languages- personalized home page- best practices- needs/resource exchange

- calendars- other community suggestions

The site will always

be a work in progress


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What Next?

The history from

this point on out

is collaborativelywritten by all of

us

the community.


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Site Overview

(if no Internet connection

but you would like

to show the site

to others)



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Search

Browse

through the

site using the

links on the left

hand side ofthe screen


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Search

Or search forspecific

information

using the

search box.

You can

searchorganizations,

people, areas

of focus,

resources,

groups, jobs,

events and

WikiPages


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Search

A search withinOrganizations will

return a list of

organizations that

are selected based

on the keywords

you entered intothe search box

This search was

for:

Water, Africa

The results include681 organizations

To refine your

search further, add

more criteria to

your search


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Search

Map of wherethe organization

is located in the

Netherlands

Contact details

for organizationincluding

address, email,

telephone

number

Areas of focus

The organizations

network of people,organizations and

resources

associated with it

About: Includes

mission statement

& description oftheir work


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Expand Your Network

Creating a

profile on

WiserEarth

allows you to

connect with

others, join

groups, edit andadd information.

To create your

profile, click

Join


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Expand Your Network Create A Profile

To join, fill in the

required fields

(address and

postal code are

optional)

To save your

profile, click

Join Now


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Expand Your Network Create A Profile

Select an Avatar (a

photo or image)

which will

represent you on

the site

You can add

additional

information about

yourself onsubsequent pages

or you can press

next and come

back to these later


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Expand Your Network Invite Friends

Invite friends or

colleagues to join

you on WiserEarth


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Expand Your Network What Next?

Find out more

about what you

can do on

WiserEarth

- edit yourpersonal profile

- expand your

network

- search to see if

your non-profit orNGO is listed

- Find others that

share your

interests

- Join or create a

group


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Expand Your Network Visualize Your Network

Connect with people,organizations, issues and

resources.

Visualize your network

(from your profile page)

and share with others


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Expand Your Network Join or set up a Group

WiserEarth groupsoffer the ability

for two or

more people who

share a common

interest within the

community to come

together.


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Stay Current & Share Your Knowledge

You can stay up to date

or contribute information

on whats happening

around your issues

through theAreas of

Focus Portals.

There are 46 main areasof focus and 379 sub-

areas of focus. They

provide a full taxonomy

all of the issue areas

addressed by the social

justice and

environmental movement

Example shown is Peace

and Peacemaking


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Stay Current & Share Your Knowledge

You can post or

search events, jobs,volunteer

opportunities or

resources.

Resourcesavailable

include books,journals, awards,

articles, quotes,

internet resources,

blogs, databases,

directories and

other forms of data

and informationthat the community

has posted.


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