Women using social media for social good, based on http://www.lulu.com/content/e-book/worldshapers/7183417

1. WorldShapers
women using the web
to shape, influence &
change their worlds

2. Who are WorldShapers?
Women are helping to shape the world in
many unique and creative ways.
And WorldShapers aren't just keeping it
local, they are embracing the power of
technology and social media to make a
bigger difference, and shape their world.
Dream big, and start taking those small
steps that will get you there. Worldshapers
are women just like you and me.

3. “Women have a unique ‘lens’ with which to view children’s
socio-emotional health, understanding how pop culture is
defining kids before they even have a chance to define
themselves”…”women expanded the conversation via
Twitter, text, mobile/social using inclusiveness to roll
forward with unstoppable momentum, much like the viral
video ‘The Girl Effect.’”
Amy Jussel
Founder/Executive Director of Shaping Youth USA

5. “Online communities aren't just about
finding people from high school. The new
wave of online communities are focused
on social issues, cause areas, and making
social change.”
Amy Sample Ward
Director of community and content at Netsquared
and nonprofit consultant @amyrsward UK & US

6. “I've had many moments when my thinking
about the nature of learning - true learning
- has been transformed, changed and
transformed again. The members of this
community give generously of their
expertise - its a genuine gift-giving
community, where people share their
stories, their knowledge, and their time ”
Dr Angela A Thomas Author Youth Online,Sydney University
anyaixchel Australia

7. “The use of a website, film, blogs, art
exhibitions and engagement of people who are
highly talented in these fields was the main
reason for the success of the efforts - together
they were able to use current communication
platforms to engage women throughout
Australia. Of course, it's always the generosity
of people that makes amazing things happen!”
Anita Pahor, Australia

8. “Across the world young people are
making important contributions as world
citizens, productive workers,
entrepreneurs, consumers and agents of
change”
Annie Le Cavalier
Director Vibewire Youth Inc. @vibewire Australia

9. “We use digital story telling in a new way. A way
where the unsung heroes in the world’s poorest
countries can showcase their innovative
solutions to solve extreme poverty to a global
audience via video and web tools. These
heroes, individuals, have changed million of
lives and protected hundreds of thousands
areas of natural habitat. Sawa Heroes hold
valuable lessons for all of humanity”
Daphne Nederhorst
Founder and Executive Director of SAWA Canada

11. “With new applications and
developments every day, the social web
offers unlimited potential and power to
change our world for the better.”
Debra Askanase, CEO,
Community Organizer 2.0.
Social Media for Non Profits @askdebra Jerusalem

12. “We are discovering how visual language can
work on the web with new visualization
technologies”
Eileen Clegg
Founder of Visual Insight @eileenclegg USA

14. “What started with some online buzz in
various social media channels like Twitter,
Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, and on our blog,
extended offline to fundraising events.
The result? People everywhere, raised
money and awareness for a micro lending
organization in Kenya to the tune of $15,000
while nearly tripling the traffic to its website”
Jyl Johnson Pattee Co-Founder of Mom It Forward @jylMom

15. “Moms can make a huge difference because
they care so deeply about children and families;
almost all our volunteers are women and
moms. Our foundation was started by a mom
who went back to her daughter’s orphanage
and found a child dying of heart disease. From
that first visit 6 years ago, we are now helping
over 1,500 children a year, many of these now
adopted into families”
Karen Maunu, Associate Executive Director,
Love Without Boundaries Foundation @karenmaunu_lwb USA

17. “The international support for this movement has
been overwhelming and has been accelerated by
media coverage and through the internet. The
involvement of women in trekking, a profession
traditionally dominated by men, is helping to push
the boundary of gender equality and inclusion”
Lucky Chhetri, Founder,
Empowering Women of Nepal - EWN Nepal

18. “Thanks to technology, winning hearts and
minds is now easier as it has powered
sharing and collaboration on a mass scale.
So as long as we are passionate about our
world in our own hearts, we all have the tools
to make a difference.”
Marigo Raftopolous - Management Consultant,
Serious Games evangelist @marigo Australia

19. “Together we understand more. We stand strong.
We hold each other up when all else feels hopeless
or we fear we will never be heard.
Women have been at the forefront of community.
They have been the waves of change, flowing over
the rocks of challenge and organizational inertia.”
Nancy White
Founder, Full Circle Associates @NancyWhite USA

21. “Games was what pulled my sister and I into
the tech world. There was something
escapist, compelling, creative about games.
We decided to design our own- spending
hours and hours learning Basic, learning
fundamental design”
Phaedra Boinidiris
CEO and Co-Founder of WomenGamers.com USA

22. “It's time to restore the planet's bounty and
.
create well-being for everyone knowing that
we are all connected, dependent upon and
truly invested in each other”
Sandy Skees, President and Founderwww.communication
@sandyskees USA

23. “Loan capital has been raised primarily online
from nearly 1000 donors, most notably
TweetsGiving, which raised over $11,000 in 48
hours from the Twitter community.
The funds raised from TweetsGiving have now
built a classroom in Tanzania where the Twitter
handles of donors are painted on the walls.”
Stacey Monk CEO and Co-Founder Epic Change @stace

24. You can make a difference too
Follow the links in this ebook to check out the projects that
speak to you, where you feel a sense of connection, to learn
more. Connect up with other worldshapers on Twitter. Tweet
or blog about the things that inspired you in this ebook
#worldshapers.
How have these stories changed the way you think, feel, act?
Start doodling and sharing your ideas for your own world
shaping project.
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