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kaioo.com: the first REAL Social Community - donating ALL profits to charities. Myspace and Facebook were yesterday - Join now and be truly social! ;-)

2008-12-02T14:28:23Z

www.kaioo.com will be a place where you want to take all your friends to. Even make new friends waiting for the bus, in the queue of the supermarket or while getting your teeth fixed - just to be able to invite them to kaioo. It will be a pleasurable feeling - to know, that, with your help, more and more users, perhaps the friends of the friends your friends, are joining kaioo.com. It will be exciting, when you log in to your account to check your messages and know, that this will help to generate more money for charities. And you'll be the one who decides, which charity organizations will get the money. You can vote for as much charities as you want by joining special groups.

Every Social Community X lives off the user. Of course, they invest a lot of brains and esthetics - not to mention sleepless nights - into giving you an engaging platform. They also spend huge amounts of money for advertisement. But at the end without you they have nothing but thrown-out money. You are the capital. You are the marketing And the marketers.
And you do a good job. By joining group after group, inviting your friends, sharing your interests, pasts, and posts you give Facebook and MySpace substance. While doing exactly the same with www.kaioo.com you help solving the world's problems. Now also the network effect kicks in and you can even tell your 450 friends, which you wouldn't have if not for MySpace, Facebook or whatever, to join the Real Social Community. All there is left then, is the decision to which charities the Money goes to. And it will definitely be a lot money, Social Communities earn about US$ 2 Billion per year.
Take a second to digest this: You are the ones who generate that much wealth - just by being human and communicating with your friends. kaioo is now giving you the platform to be generous with it!

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You're probably a member of some Social Network. Did you ever wonder how much money these networks make? 2 Billion US$ every year! Generated by YOU! Imagine what could be done with all that money! We create all the content of Social Networks. We spread the world. But the big companies cash in on what we created. Wouldn't it be great if we - the users - could decide what is done with the earnings? We could use the money to help solve the world's problems. ...like starvation ...and global warming. To make this possible we need: our own Social Community and users supporting the project.
Two guys donated 500000 € as start up capital In November 2007 www.kaioo.com launched as the first REAL Social Community.
kaioo.com is FOR FREE and donates ALL advertising money to charities! Our users help to develop the network, decide about the donations and have full control over the privacy rules. A community that is fully independent and does not give your data to third parties! Now, after months of development and with support by thousands of its users kaioo has become THE Social Network we've been waiting for
providing all the features we're looking for. At this very moment, users from all over the world are discussing ways to make kaioo even better.
The time has come to be truly social! Make it possible!

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kaioo.com: the first REAL Social Community - donating ALL profits to charities. Myspace and Facebook were yesterday - Join now and be truly social! ;-)

2008-12-02T14:28:22Z

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Youth Politics and the Internet

2008-10-31T21:31:47Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Voting activist Maya Enista examines how personal technology and the internet are changing political organizing, and may be encouraging greater youth participation in politics.

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On July 22nd 2008, The Century Foundation (TCF) hosted the second installment in its summer 2008 public policy lunch series for New York City interns with a forum, "The Incredible Youth Vote: Will the Youth Vote Have the Strength to Decide the 2008 Presidential Election?"

TCF gathered a panel of experts to lead an interactive discussion with nearly 100 young people from the NYC area on the potential political power of the youth vote, and the various legal and social factors that election year after election year keep this demographic of voters from actively engaging in the political process.

Forum speakers included, Tova Wang, Vice President of Research for Common Cause and Democracy Fellow at The Century Foundation; Justin Rockefeller, Co-founder and National Program Director of GenerationEngage, Maya Enista, Chief Executive Officer of Mobilize.org, Mark Hugo Lopez, Associate Director of the Pew Hispanic Center; and Ben Adler, Staff Writer for Politico - The Century Foundation

Maya Enista is chief executive officer at Mobilize.org, and has worked in both the Washington, D.C., and California offices as the chief operating officer. She has been active in public service since she was an undergraduate at Rutgers University, focusing mainly on voter empowerment and youth civic engagement.

In addition to her work with Mobilize.org, she serves on the steering committee for the November 5th Coalition,.an all-partisan alliance committed to civic partnerships that address our democracy's biggest challenges. (The coalition is named for the day after the election in 2008, when a new chapter of America's civic history begins.) She also runs the 2100 Fund (originally founded by Atlas Service Corps Founder Scott Beale, and now a project of Mobilize.org), which throws "parties with a purpose" and raises money for diverse youth civic engagement campaigns throughout the country.

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Where are you Online?: DocuWebisode Teaser

2008-12-02T14:31:34Z

Teaser of a 5+ part series on social networks and web media.

Interviews with:
Ashkon on his "Hot Tubbin" Video
Zack Wolk on "The Real UHF" and "Product Talk"
Erik Frank on his band "Links"

The Bigger Project:

We're looking at how internet personas move into mainstream entertainment industries, how social and media based websites are becoming an integral part of their careers, and what this means for everyone else.

We're producing a series of "docuwebisodes," talking with people involved in these industries. Stay Tuned.

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What Your Facebook Profile Says About You - Sam Gosling

2008-10-29T15:30:55Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Social psychologist Sam Gosling examines what an individual's online networking profile can reveal about their personality, using websites such as Facebook and MySpace as examples.

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Sam Gosling on "Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You."

Does what's on your desk reveal what's on your mind? Do those pictures on your walls tell true tales about your character? Is your favorite outfit about to give you away?

For the last 10 years psychologist Gosling has been studying how people project (and protect) their inner selves. By exploring our private worlds (desks, bedrooms, even our clothes and cars), he shows not only how we showcase our personalities in unexpected ways, but also how we create personality in the first place, communicate it others and interpret the world around us - The Commonwealth Club of California

Sam Gosling, Ph.D., is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. His work has been widely covered in the media, including The New York Times, Psychology Today, NPR, and "Good Morning America," and his research is featured in Malcolm Gladwell's Blink. Gosling is the recipient of the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution. He lives in Austin, Texas.

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Rupert Murdoch on MySpace vs Facebook

2008-10-28T09:31:04Z

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News Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch compares social networking websites MySpace (owned by News Corp) and Facebook, arguing that the two sites are different enough that they are not necessarily targeting the same audience.

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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch warned that "technology will continue to destroy all of the old ways and old assumptions, especially in the media" during an April 2 speech on "Creative Destruction: News for the 21st Century."

Rupert Murdoch is the chairman and chief executive officer of News Corporation, a global media company with properties in film, television, print and online.

News Corporation's subsidiaries include Fox News Channel, Dow Jones (publisher of the Wall Street Journal), 20th Century Fox, and MySpace - Georgetown University

Rupert Murdoch is an Australian-American global media mogul. He is the major shareholder, chairman and managing director of News Corporation (News Corp).

Beginning with newspapers, magazines and television stations in his native Australia, Murdoch expanded News Corp into the UK, US and Asian media markets. In recent years has become a leading investor in satellite television, the film industry, the Internet and media. News Corp is based in New York.

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What the US Networks Are NOT Talking About When It Comes to Iraq

2008-10-27T21:30:17Z

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Major networks spend only 2 minutes per week on Iraq war coverage; Lara Logan of CBS joins critique.

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Social Media Optimization Basics

2008-10-29T09:35:31Z

We've all heard of search engine optimization, but the new buzz word is social media optimization (SMO).

SMO refers to the tools and techniques you can use to increase your website, or blog's, popularity using social networking, bookmarking, and online community websites.

There are a number of social networking and bookmarking sites that have the potential to drive thousands of visitors to your website. RSS feeds and the use of sites like YouTube and Flickr all fall under the definition of social media.

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Why are Reality TV Shows So Popular?

2008-10-14T15:29:46Z

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Two-time Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Bill Guttentag examines the ongoing popularity of reality TV shows.

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The Real and The Reality of Documentary Film with filmmaker Bill Guttentag.

The popularity of documentary films has exploded in recent years, resulting in a constant flow of narratives based on true events and real people. In a world where many would rather watch than read, the veracity of these films is often unquestioned. Should it be? Do these films manipulate reality? What are the responsibilities of the filmmaker? Guttentag tackles these and many other questions - The Commonwealth Club of California

Bill Guttentag, a two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker, wrote and directed Live!, a dramatic feature starring Eva Mendes, Andre Braugher, and David Krumholtz. The film was produced by Chuck Roven/Mosaic Media Group and distributed by The Weinstein Company. He also wrote and directed Nanking, a documentary which premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The film includes a stage reading he wrote that features Woody Harrelson, Mariel Hemingway, and Jurgen Prochnow. Nanking was released theatrically this winter by THINKFilm and will air later in the year on HBO.

In 2003 Bill Guttentag won an Oscar for the documentary Twin Towers (Universal). It was his second Academy Award; the first was for You Don't Have to Die, a film he made for HBO.

He has also received three additional Oscar nominations, as well as two Emmy Awards. His films have been selected three times for the Sundance Film Festival and have played and won awards at numerous American and international film festivals. His films have received a number of special screenings, including one at the White House.

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Social Networks, Technology & Better Government GSP West

2008-12-02T14:30:06Z

A roughly worded question asked by me at GSP West to hopefully guide some attention to opportunities in a HUGE area currently being substantially missed!

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Web 2.0 Panel Discussion - Does the "Wiki" Model Work?

2008-10-25T21:30:10Z

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A panel of internet cultural critics debates the successes and failures of "Web 2.0," using Wikipedia and its popular "wiki" model as an example.

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"The Cult of the Amateur" with speakers Andrew Keen and Ori Brafman. Mary Hodder moderates.

Andrew Keen is the author of the book, "The Cult of the Amateur: How the Democratization of the Digital World is Assaulting Our Economy, Our Culture, and Our Values." He is the founder and former CEO of Audiocafe.com and is considered a leading contemporary critic of the internet. Andrew is currently the Founder and Chief Executive of afterTV LLC.

Mary Hodder is an information architect and interaction designer for several web service companies with social media sites. She works with companies in open source, photo sharing and blog aggregation, was at Technorati, and recently completed a survey of the current state of research and development in academia in the area of New Media for the American Press Institute. She is a blogger at Napsterization (napsterization.org/stories/) and an original author at bIPlog (the first UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism blog, on the topic of intellectual property, security and privacy).

Ori Brafman is the co-author of the book "The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations." Born in Israel and raised in Texas, Ori Brafman has been a lifelong entrepreneur. Ori holds a BA in Peace and Conflict Studies from UC Berkeley and an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.

When he was still in college, he co-founded Vegan Action, which successfully launched a network with thirty-six national and international chapters. He brought vegan foods into numerous college dining halls. Ori co-founded Global Peace Networks, which catalyzed a network of CEOs working on conflict resolution and economic development in Africa and the Middle East.

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Web 2.0 Panel Discussion - What is Web 2.0?

2008-10-25T21:31:29Z

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Technology blogger Mary Hodder and internet cultural critic Andrew Keen define what is meant by the phrase "Web 2.0," and give examples of its influence on internet popular culture.

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"The Cult of the Amateur" with speakers Andrew Keen and Ori Brafman. Mary Hodder moderates.

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