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An idea worth spreading

To create a wiki-based website that becomes a go to portal if you want to help.
The website's purpose is to inspire and help websurfers do something that makes a difference in the world on something they truly care about and to be used as a platform to share information themselves,
Chris Anderson talks about combining crowd, light and desire in the referenced talk on How web video powers global innovation
crowd=people with common cause-burden
light=TRULY open web platform
desire=database of info, inspiring content, support to get you to achieve what you want.
I've contacted a few friends hoping they'll get back to me to help but I thought it's a good idea so why wait to put it out there, right?
I've typed some notes. These are 2 links to the notes via scribd.com.
if you think its interesting please use it, share it, comment, advise.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/61747592
http://www.scribd.com/doc/61747712
Thanks :-D
Sarah

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• A reply on Conversation: To create a wiki-based website that becomes a go to portal if you want to help.

  Sep 3 2011: Great websites and advice! Thanks guys.
  Looking forward to that link on mind42
  
  Speak to you soon Joe!
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  A reply on Conversation: To create a wiki-based website that becomes a go to portal if you want to help.

  Sep 2 2011: Hello Joe, just saw you message.
  I would love to collaborate! I've read the conversation you posted, and your blog. It's exciting to see how many people are on the same wavelength. Since posting this I spoke to my computer-savvy friend on whether this is feasible. He highlighted 2 challenges:
  -MISSION people help when there is a clear and defined mission to the organization. This may be hard to do if you want to have a very broad and comprehensive resource
  -COSTS I think we both agree that video is the most effective way to "ignite" hearts into action; unfortunately bandwidth costs for video are pretty high. Trying to resolve this problem by putting all the videos through youtube, (or TED) may be dangerous because it means you are dependent on another platform. My friend suggests that wikipedia would have never flourished if it had been created within geocities.com.
  
  We have to make sure we are not reinventing the wheel.
  There are "philanthropic" organizations that have established what the priorities are
  Some do collaborate with each other to help more effectively
  Some do use video to inform and motivate others to act
  Some do use wiki websites. In fact there's wiki websites about "philanthropic" wiki websites.
  The clue is to aggregate and connect all that wonderful information online for anyone who needs it.
  Sales people say its' not just about the quality of the product, you have to make it easy to buy
  We have to make it easy to help others.
  
  http://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera_y_arcas_demos_photosynth.html
  This guy developed software that allows for the creation of hyperlinks between all photos shared on the internet, based on the keyword tags on the content of each image, where it was shot, with what camera, etc. Wouldn’t it be great if every time I read an article or watched a video thatiinspires me I could very quickly find out who is involved in this project, what resources they used and the best way I can contribute based on my unique skills?