Greetings Agents,
The EVOKE challenge has begun! Please visit the EVOKE challenge on Global Giving at www.globalgiving.org/evoke to support 25 fellow agents in their quest to raise resources and donors for their EVOKATIONS. The challenge will run for the month of August — ending 23:59 EST on August 31, 2010. Bonus resources will be available [...]
EVOKATION PRIZES
Posted by Robert Hawkins on 22 Jul under Uncategorized
Greetings EVOKE agents! I’m very pleased to announce the agents and agent teams selected for the various prize categories.
There were four categories of prizes for which we evaluated the EVOKATIONS:
EVOKE summit scholarship
Mentorship
EVOKATION Seed Funding of US$1,000 (to be distributed through Global Giving)
EVOKE challenge participation with Global Giving
EVOKE Survey
Posted by Robert Hawkins on 18 May under News, Uncategorized
Greetings Agents,
Help us learn! Help shape the next generation of EVOKE!
All EVOKE agents are invited to take a short Web survey that will help measure EVOKE’s impact on social innovation. We all believe that EVOKE has an important role to play — in education, innovation, development. Help us show it!
Take the survey!
EVOKE agents — I’m pleased to introduce another set of four inspiring mentors to the network. They bring an incredible array of talents and experience from both established an entrepreneurial ventures including — EA Entertainment, Samasource, Afroes, and the Shuttleworth Foundation. Please join me in welcoming Dan Morris, Chelsea Seale, Anne Shongwe, and Steve Vosloo!
Congratulations, EVOKE agents. You’ve not only survived your crash course in changing the world — you’ve developed amazing resourcefulness, optimism and resilience.
Now it’s time to put all of your EVOKE powers to use.
It’s time to turn your attention from the story of the EVOKE network to the reality of how YOU will change the [...]
This weeks Mentors bring an incredible diversity of expertise and experience to the EVOKE network. An expert in Indigenous Knowledge and ways to infuse innovation into organizations; an infrastructure innovator who implements viable solutions in the world’s toughest environments; a technologist, artist and community organizer who supports digital culture to bring us together; and an [...]
They are the organizations where this week’s set of mentors honed their skills and experience! We are very excited to introduce to you a set of mentors with a rich array of talents and expertise. This group has created a network of grass roots innovators, developed an application to support disaster relief and transparency, worked [...]
Certificates and Phishing
Posted by Robert Hawkins on 15 Apr under Uncategorized
Greetings Agents,
A quick update on a few issues that came up this past week.
First, we are in the final processes of verifying information for certificates. We will soon be distributing the first batches for certificates per the graduating class of 2010.
Second, as part of this verification process, my colleague from the World Bank Institute — [...]
More Mentors
Posted by Robert Hawkins on 14 Apr under Mentor Reports, Uncategorized
I am very excited to introduce to you another incredible set of mentors for post-game EVOKATION development. Please join me in welcoming Sebastian Barajas, Paul Gabie, Vis Naidoo, and Bill Purves to the EVOKE network. This group of mentors spans four continents and brings with them a wealth of experience in converting innovative and [...]
Investigate Episode Six
Posted by Alchemy on 07 Apr under Uncategorized
INVESTIGATE EPISODE SIX
Get the facts behind the story. Make yourself an expert.
And discover the 17 secrets of episode six…
1. What is “the girl effect”, and how can it change the world?
2. Where in the world are women still not allowed to vote?
3. Who is Shukria Barakzai?
4. What laws prevent a woman from speaking in court [...]
