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Aug
27
2012
The Super-Connected Classroom: Experiments in Ingenuity From the Ground Up
by GOOD
In the past, teachers who thought up new and improved ways to deliver instruction could just run with their ideas—largely because teachers operated alone, isolated inside their classrooms. Now, they’re getting connected as districts and administrators seek to replicate successful strategies on a...
Aug
21
2012
Jean Case and Todd Park on Public Prizes and Challenges
by The Case Foundation
At the 2012 Collaborative Innovation conference, hosted by the Case Foundation, the White House Office of Science and Technology, and the Joyce Foundation, Jean Case interviews U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park about the evolution of using prizes and challenges to spur innovation through...
Aug
20
2012
Back to School sweepstakes
Win a Collection of Fearless eBooks for Your Back to School Reading List
by Jenna Sauber
As students across the country head back to school and fill their backpacks with textbooks, classics, and more, we wanted to join in and celebrate some of the most fearless stories in literature. And – we want YOU to vote on your favorite fearless book for a chance to win an Amazon Kindle and a...
Aug
17
2012
Over the Edge
Be Fearless and Go Over the Edge
by Michael Smith
While out casting our net to find fearless changemakers and organizations, a good friend of mine told me about her organization’s effort to take the term "be fearless" quite literally by sending Miami residents rapelling over the edge. This weekend, The Miami Children’s initiative is partnering...
Aug
10
2012
Mashable Social Good Summit
Announcing Mashable’s 2012 Social Good Summit
by Mashable
As we move toward an increasingly connected society, people around the world are gaining access to digital tools and technologies to solve global issues. Millions are using social media to to debate, discuss and act on both the challenges and opportunities we all face. This Sept. 22-24, the 2012...
Aug
09
2012
Special Olympics Volunteer George Srour
Special Olympics Volunteer Inspired by Fearless Athlete
by guest blogger: Special Olympics
In June, we released what we believe are five elements to a fearless approach in solving some of the world’s most pressing issues, in our new website and report, “To Be Fearless.” We are asking people to take the pledge to Be Fearless in one (or more!) of the following ways: 1) Make big bets and...
Aug
06
2012
Nonprofits in the Age of the “New Citizen”
by Stanford Social Innovation Review
Good intentions abound in the civic and social technology movement—why are so few nonprofits participating?   During a recent Code for America salon featuring Nicholas Hanauer and Eric Liu, authors of The Gardens of Democracy, discussion centered on the need for a new conceptualization of the...
Jul
31
2012
Tim Harris
Tim Harris: a Fearless, Hugging Special Olympics Athlete
by guest blogger: Special Olympics
In June, we released what we believe are five elements to a fearless approach in solving some of the world’s most pressing issues, in our new website and report, “To Be Fearless.” We are asking people to take the pledge to Be Fearless in one (or more!) of the following ways: 1) Make big bets and...
Jul
26
2012
Loretta Claiborne
Special Olympics Athlete Loretta Claiborne's Journey To Be Fearless
by guest blogger: Special Olympics
In June, we released what we believe are five elements to a fearless approach in solving some of the world’s most pressing issues, in our new website and report, “To Be Fearless.” We are asking people to take the pledge to Be Fearless in one (or more!) of the following ways: 1) Make big bets and...
Jul
24
2012
Sally Ride
Sally Ride: A Fearless Hero
by Jean Case
As we mark the passing of a pioneer, it’s important to reflect on the challenges that Dr. Sally Ride (May 26, 1951—July 23, 2012) rose to, and the shining example she set. Dr. Ride broke barriers and was an inspiration to millions, an adventurous scientist who made big bets and made history as the...
Jul
23
2012
Vital Voices And Global Ambassadors' Lessons For Mentoring That Can Change the World
by Fast Company
Lessons in life-altering mentorship from Bank of America's Global Ambassador Justine Metz, who journeyed to Haiti to help create social and economic change.
Jul
20
2012
For Some New Yorkers, a Grand Experiment in Participatory Budgeting
by The New York Times
ON a weeknight in mid-March, a room in the Park Slope Armory Y.M.C.A. that is frequently used for children’s birthday parties was packed with tables draped in pale yellow, 99-cent-store, vinyl coverings and topped with propped-up tri-fold poster boards. About 100 people bumped and jostled their way...

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