<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751</id><updated>2012-02-08T03:28:43.853-08:00</updated><category term='conflict'/><category term='protest'/><category term='social entrepreneurship'/><category term='change management'/><category term='media arts'/><category term='capacity'/><category term='infoactivism'/><category term='storytelling'/><category term='documentaries'/><category term='culture'/><category term='participatory media'/><category term='transmedia activism'/><category term='outreach for cause'/><category term='funding'/><category term='filmanthropy'/><category term='cultural-based regeneration'/><category term='co-creation'/><category term='stakeholders'/><title type='text'>Garabelloborus</title><subtitle type='html'>Projects and (Organizational) Culture - Voices on Project Management</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>49</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-2611901453899958760</id><published>2012-01-03T18:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.322-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Simon Staffans' "One Year in Transmedia"</title><summary type='text'>Transmedia designer Simon Staffans created an ebook entitled "One Year in Transmedia," a collection of his own and others' posts, and interviews with transmedia specialists, to present a comprehensive industry snapshot in 2011 and beyond. Simon asked me to give an interview on what I believe is the future of transmedia, and its applications to social change and social innovation. I was honored to</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/2611901453899958760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/2611901453899958760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2012/01/simon-staffans-year-in-transmedia.html' title='Simon Staffans&amp;#39; &amp;quot;One Year in Transmedia&amp;quot;'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-6461633763177134198</id><published>2011-12-20T10:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.322-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Where Is Your Line? Interview</title><summary type='text'>Where Is Your Line? is a fantastic campaign from Nancy Schwartzman, empowering youth leaders to end sexual violence.  The campaign's blog runs a cheeky and informative section called "Badass Activist Friday."  I'm proud to be included in the Badass club.After reading this post, read about the campaign's latest success, the "Circle of 6" app. Here's a repost of my interview with the campaign:</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/6461633763177134198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/6461633763177134198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2011/12/where-is-your-line-interview.html' title='Where Is Your Line? Interview'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-6576877327608707810</id><published>2011-11-18T06:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.322-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Transmedia in Emerging Markets: Spotlight on Africa: Business, Film and Activism</title><summary type='text'>I recently have had the privilege to work with the new organization Storycode to create a panel series called Transmedia in Emerging Markets, to catalyze discussions around the potential role of transmedia storytelling to build vibrant cultural sectors and leverage local voice in developing economies, as well as current trends in investments, business, civil society programs and media production </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/6576877327608707810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/6576877327608707810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2011/11/transmedia-in-emerging-markets.html' title='Transmedia in Emerging Markets: Spotlight on Africa: Business, Film and Activism'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/xYCGwgJMehM/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-5616318189361117236</id><published>2011-10-31T14:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.322-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Lina Srivastava Presents Transmedia Spotlight on Africa</title><summary type='text'>Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 7:00 PM            Film Society Lincoln Center                                                                                                    144 West 65th Street, New York, NY                                                       (map)                                                     Join us for an exciting *first ever* discussion of Transmedia in Emerging </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/5616318189361117236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/5616318189361117236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2011/10/lina-srivastava-presents-transmedia.html' title='Lina Srivastava Presents Transmedia Spotlight on Africa'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-1727074657626393064</id><published>2011-10-18T09:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.322-08:00</updated><title type='text'>TEDxTransmedia Talk</title><summary type='text'>Video from my TEDxTransmedia talk at the MAXXI Foundation in Rome, 30 September 2011.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/1727074657626393064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/1727074657626393064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2011/10/tedxtransmedia-talk.html' title='TEDxTransmedia Talk'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/6GO_bXpckDM/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-5260309857794220385</id><published>2011-10-05T10:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.323-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Announcing the SVA DSI Masters' Program, Fall 2012</title><summary type='text'>Design for Social Innovation at the School of Visual Arts is the first MFA program for designers and graduates in other disciplines who want to harness the power of design to create positive change and impact.An inaugural cohort of 25 diverse, extraordinary students will become leaders in solving real world challenges, beginning in the fall of 2012. Happy to be on faculty next year.  See http://</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/5260309857794220385'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/5260309857794220385'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2011/10/announcing-sva-dsi-masters-program-fall.html' title='Announcing the SVA DSI Masters&amp;#39; Program, Fall 2012'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4tBAuzWnCRs/ToyPPQUgK4I/AAAAAAAADeg/NxabXiTj8wI/s72-c/Slide+for+DSI+SVA.001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-2785832103540822588</id><published>2011-06-28T14:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.323-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Transmedia Activism: Presentation at SilverDocs/TFI Transmedia Lab</title><summary type='text'> Transmedia Activism_SilverDocs presentation   View more presentations from lksriv  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/2785832103540822588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/2785832103540822588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2011/06/transmedia-activism-presentation-at.html' title='Transmedia Activism: Presentation at SilverDocs/TFI Transmedia Lab'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-2430276612814893984</id><published>2011-04-22T09:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.323-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The End of Atrocity: A Manifesto</title><summary type='text'>This Manifesto is a fluid document, which we have begun to draft and will continue to refine throughout this project, with the participation of many. It is an organic process: all are invited to participate.______________________________________________“Never Again.”These two words have become the most uttered and the least meaningful in a world that still witnesses genocide, crimes against </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/2430276612814893984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/2430276612814893984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2011/04/end-of-atrocity-manifesto.html' title='The End of Atrocity: A Manifesto'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-382293050361985785</id><published>2011-04-14T07:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.323-08:00</updated><title type='text'>3 Generations is building a global vision on the end of atrocity</title><summary type='text'>Since the Holocaust and the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, civil society has promised "never again" -- and still genocide and appalling atrocities have continued into the 21st century. We don't have a collective vision for how to build a world free from atrocity. And if we don't have a vision of a better future can we really create one? We need one. The End of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/382293050361985785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/382293050361985785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2011/04/3-generations-is-building-global-vision.html' title='3 Generations is building a global vision on the end of atrocity'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/7NgHEL1EMMo/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-6010190676028062917</id><published>2011-04-05T22:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.323-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Envision 2011</title><summary type='text'>IFP and the United Nation’s Department of Public Information have for the past three years partnered to present ENVISION: Addressing Global Issues through Documentaries. This year's conference focuses on the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, and all the screenings and panels -- featuring speakers ranging from UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Harry Belafonte to City Harvest's Jill Stevens-- </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/6010190676028062917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/6010190676028062917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2011/04/envision-2011.html' title='Envision 2011'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-460145182433375317</id><published>2011-02-24T15:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.324-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tribeca Film Institute Launches New Media Fund | A Piece on Transmedia Activism</title><summary type='text'>Tribeca Film Institute recently launched the New Media Fund, to support innovative cross-platform projects-- an exciting and necessary development.  I was invited to speak to them about Transmedia Activism and the role of cross-platform content in creating communities of change and practice.  With thanks to them, you can read more here.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/460145182433375317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/460145182433375317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2011/02/tribeca-film-institute-launches-new.html' title='Tribeca Film Institute Launches New Media Fund | A Piece on Transmedia Activism'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-6778712134662365624</id><published>2011-01-31T22:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.324-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cultural-based regeneration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='protest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conflict'/><title type='text'>"No, no, not the Museum!"</title><summary type='text'>"I felt if the Cairo museum is robbed, Egypt will never be able to get up again." -- Zahi Hawass.Egypt is in the midst of an uprising against 30 years of repressive rule and a flawed, corrupt governmental system, blocked avenues for political participation, and low employment and wages. This uprising closely follows the Tunisian revolution and is potentially one in a series of revolts and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/6778712134662365624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/6778712134662365624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2011/01/no-not-museum.html' title='&amp;quot;No, no, not the Museum!&amp;quot;'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Af6fxoWh5js/TUSljjtUtSI/AAAAAAAAC3Q/NIAbl4E6Km8/s72-c/museum.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-6609754031614002470</id><published>2010-12-31T12:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.324-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Looking ahead to 2011: Projects, people, organizations and companies to watch</title><summary type='text'>Looking ahead to 2011, I've been thinking about the people, projects, organizations and companies I've worked or connected with this past year.  There is amazing work going on around the world that is effective, game-changing and necessary, and I'm feeling privileged and grateful to be a part of at least some of it.  There are a number interesting projects in various sectors that I will be </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/6609754031614002470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/6609754031614002470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2010/12/looking-ahead-to-2011-projects-people.html' title='Looking ahead to 2011: Projects, people, organizations and companies to watch'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-4916992039450595743</id><published>2010-11-09T06:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.324-08:00</updated><title type='text'>"The Invisibles": Pushing the Needle Forward on NGO/Artist Collaborations</title><summary type='text'>Marc Silver and Gael Garcia Bernal have partnered with Amnesty International to make four compelling short films that highlight the journey tens of thousands of people take every year from Central and South America, through Mexico, and onward north in the hopes of reaching the United States. People who are driven by poverty and a dearth of economic opportunity and social support in their own </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/4916992039450595743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/4916992039450595743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2010/11/invisibles-pushing-needle-forward-on.html' title='&amp;quot;The Invisibles&amp;quot;: Pushing the Needle Forward on NGO/Artist Collaborations'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-2808010023826943143</id><published>2010-09-27T16:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.324-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome to the debate, Malcolm</title><summary type='text'>Malcolm Gladwell's article "Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted," revisits an argument it seems like we in the activism community have been having for quite a while. While it can only be good to open the debate up to the masses who read the New Yorker, Gladwell misses the target.  In the debate on digital activism, Gladwell and most commentators on `social media for social action</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/2808010023826943143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/2808010023826943143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2010/09/welcome-to-debate-malcolm.html' title='Welcome to the debate, Malcolm'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-7468422838283175740</id><published>2010-09-08T10:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.324-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Social Media Won't Save the World... But It Might Make the Job Easier</title><summary type='text'>Social Media Won't Save the World... But It Might Make the Job EasierView more presentations from lksriv.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/7468422838283175740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/7468422838283175740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2010/09/social-media-won-save-world-but-it.html' title='Social Media Won&amp;#39;t Save the World... But It Might Make the Job Easier'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-4012522672999799931</id><published>2010-07-22T12:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.325-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Transmedia Activism in Action</title><summary type='text'>Having first written about Transmedia Activism two years ago and, after spending much of last year working alone or with partners and clients to build out the framework (more to come on that later this year), I am gratified to see the concept take off in a number of realms.  One of my favorite moments came at Lance Weiler's DIYDays in April of this year when a participant told me my work sounds </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/4012522672999799931'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/4012522672999799931'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2010/07/transmedia-activism-in-action.html' title='Transmedia Activism in Action'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-5178256841961847954</id><published>2010-07-15T07:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.325-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Pelis Con Misión Social</title><summary type='text'>An article about social mission film and Transmedia Activism from the beautiful Spanish design magazine Yorokobu. (Click on the image to enlarge.)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/5178256841961847954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/5178256841961847954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2010/07/pelis-con-mision-social.html' title='Pelis Con Misión Social'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Af6fxoWh5js/TFCfqYBOtjI/AAAAAAAACo4/vvgEFa6xTt0/s72-c/Pelis+con+Mision+Social.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-309549044693716721</id><published>2010-05-04T07:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.325-08:00</updated><title type='text'>...and Access for All: A Piece for WeMedia's Tabula Rasa</title><summary type='text'>WeThink - Access for All - Final                      </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/309549044693716721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/309549044693716721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2010/05/and-access-for-all-piece-for-wemedia.html' title='...and Access for All: A Piece for WeMedia&amp;#39;s Tabula Rasa'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-8052431225294714062</id><published>2010-04-28T15:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.325-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Shirts and Boobs</title><summary type='text'>There was a little tremor felt through the networks that use Twitter and Facebook for organizing toward "good," due to two rapidly conceived movements that aimed to clothe people or disrobe them, depending on the fight.  On Monday, "Boobquake" faced off against Iranian cleric Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi, who had the previous week declared, "Many women who do not dress modestly...lead young men </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/8052431225294714062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/8052431225294714062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2010/04/shirts-and-boobs.html' title='Shirts and Boobs'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-286347630845296008</id><published>2010-02-20T12:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.326-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Design strategies for social change in emerging markets</title><summary type='text'>I did an interview about design strategies toward social change in India for the new vlog Designwala, a platform to raise awareness of design methods in the emerging world, and to highlight design ideas to rethink public services that will lead to more sustainable and efficient models. In this excerpt, we talked about opportunities for Indian designers in the fields of service design, information</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/286347630845296008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/286347630845296008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2010/02/design-strategies-for-social-change-in.html' title='Design strategies for social change in emerging markets'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-5570532725722480741</id><published>2010-01-29T13:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.326-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Voice vs. Avenues for Voice</title><summary type='text'>In response to a Twitter exchange among Digital Democracy, Emily Jacobi, Sam Gregory, Audacia Ray and myself, Brian Conley posted on his site a further discussion on using the word "voiceless" to describe populations in disadvantaged communities.   I've always disliked the phrase "giving voice to the voiceless."  The term "voiceless" in the context of social change is pejorative, and the phrase </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/5570532725722480741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/5570532725722480741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2010/01/voice-vs-avenues-for-voice.html' title='Voice vs. Avenues for Voice'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-743304653844462518</id><published>2010-01-14T22:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.326-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='participatory media'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='infoactivism'/><title type='text'>An unfolding story of a crisis: Aggregating information in response to natural disaster in Haiti</title><summary type='text'>In response to the earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, Ushahidi quickly built an online information resource platform for Haiti, which lets people on the ground pinpoint on a map specific places where help is immediately needed and to provide updates and stories via text, email, tweeting and an online form. The site also provides photos, videos and news about shortages, response and threats.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/743304653844462518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/743304653844462518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2010/01/unfolding-story-of-crisis-aggregating.html' title='An unfolding story of a crisis: Aggregating information in response to natural disaster in Haiti'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-5853108255285993337</id><published>2009-12-31T16:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.326-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mission Media in 2009: Presenting Ideas, Images, Stories + Solutions</title><summary type='text'>As 2009 comes to a close, we celebrate our collaboration on the Transmedia Activism site and the launch of our new transmedia design consultancy that is thriving as we turn to 2010.  To mark a good year for us, we give props to some great, innovative initiatives by others working at the intersection of media, arts, culture and social change.  Each of these projects immerses us in a new world </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/5853108255285993337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/5853108255285993337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2009/12/mission-media-in-2009-presenting-ideas.html' title='Mission Media in 2009: Presenting Ideas, Images, Stories + Solutions'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-7103610487044209124</id><published>2009-12-01T06:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.327-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='storytelling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='documentaries'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='outreach for cause'/><title type='text'>Born into Brothels, Five Years Later</title><summary type='text'>One of the pivotal points of my career was serving as the acting Executive Director of Kids with Cameras from 2004-2005.  I started working with Ross Kauffman, Zana Briski and Geralyn Dreyfous in the organization's start-up phase, and while they were in the throes of the wildly successful film festival run of Born into Brothels.  The documentary, which would eventually win the Academy Award, was </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/7103610487044209124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/7103610487044209124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2009/12/born-into-brothels-five-years-later.html' title='Born into Brothels, Five Years Later'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Af6fxoWh5js/SxVRgrXPMiI/AAAAAAAABzg/R-v4CR6pzyU/s72-c/gour_cab_ride.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-5483079719260219009</id><published>2009-11-21T16:37:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.327-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Transmedia and Social Change at MIT's Futures of Entertainment Conference</title><summary type='text'>It was exciting to see a discussion of the application of transmedia storytelling to activism and social change at MIT's Futures of Entertainment conference.  My own work exploring and writing about this topic a year and a half ago was inspired by Henry Jenkins' work in transmedia and I'm very happy to see that the topic is starting to be discussed on a larger scale.  In the time since I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/5483079719260219009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/5483079719260219009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2009/11/transmedia-and-social-change-at-mit.html' title='Transmedia and Social Change at MIT&amp;#39;s Futures of Entertainment Conference'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-4411329120068072637</id><published>2009-07-30T09:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.327-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Building Cultural Engagement for Change through Media and Narrative</title><summary type='text'>The discussions on issue fatigue at both on my site and ArtTribes Network, and later at SocialEdge, prompted me to start looking at the flip side of fatigue, which in the case of social issues is engagement, participation and commitment.  This is also a thread I've been examining in the engagement frameworks I've been co-creating, for Transmedia Activism, which looks at how one uses </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/4411329120068072637'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/4411329120068072637'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2009/07/building-cultural-engagement-for-change.html' title='Building Cultural Engagement for Change through Media and Narrative'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-5017539693557713191</id><published>2009-06-22T17:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.327-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Transmedia Activism Presentation</title><summary type='text'>Transmedia ActivismView more OpenOffice presentations from lksriv.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/5017539693557713191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/5017539693557713191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2009/06/transmedia-activism-presentation.html' title='Transmedia Activism Presentation'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-4058842502460789928</id><published>2009-06-15T12:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.327-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='transmedia activism'/><title type='text'>Transmedia Activism site has launched</title><summary type='text'>The website for transmedia activism is now launched and open-sources the basic framework to be strategic and proactive in the use of media to create social impact. The framework encourages addressing social change first when using actionable content (essentially flipping the model of media first, outreach second), for collaboration on issue identification and storytelling between activists and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/4058842502460789928'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/4058842502460789928'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2009/06/transmedia-activism-site-has-launched.html' title='Transmedia Activism site has launched'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-7656941219698700148</id><published>2009-06-10T17:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.328-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Stop Rape Now Campaign</title><summary type='text'>Two years ago, Eve Ensler, Founder of V-Day and author of the Vagina Monologues, addressed a United Nations panel on sexual violence in conflict zones, asking “What is it about rape that isn’t grabbing people’s imagination, isn’t seizing people’s conscience or isn’t getting people to stand up?”  As a result of that meeting and subsequent advocacy work by a number of UN-related agencies and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/7656941219698700148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/7656941219698700148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2009/06/stop-rape-now-campaign.html' title='The Stop Rape Now Campaign'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-6923014414938358162</id><published>2009-05-28T08:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.328-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Transmedia Activism Workshop at the Open Video Conference</title><summary type='text'>The Open Video Conference, in New York City on June 19-20, 2009, will bring together artists, activists, academics, technologists and entrepreneurs to explore issues of transparency, collaboration and decentralization in online video. On Day 2 of the conference, Vicki Callahan (Founder of  the Conceptual Studies program at Universty of Wisconsin at Milwaukee), Lotje Sodderland (creator of Planet </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/6923014414938358162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/6923014414938358162'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2009/05/transmedia-activism-workshop-at-open.html' title='Transmedia Activism Workshop at the Open Video Conference'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-233295459459643690</id><published>2009-04-16T05:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.328-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='storytelling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stakeholders'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='transmedia activism'/><title type='text'>Transmedia Activism and Planning</title><summary type='text'>Beth Kanter has written a very interesting blog post taking my article on transmedia activism one step further, looking at business planning and networks.  Three very interesting points have arisen from her post so far: First, Beth poses a question about business planning to build and facilitate co-creation networks, which, as I commented on her site, drives home the point that for organizations </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/233295459459643690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/233295459459643690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2009/04/transmedia-activism-and-planning.html' title='Transmedia Activism and Planning'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-570154461326241520</id><published>2009-04-14T10:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.328-08:00</updated><title type='text'>3 Generations: The Power of Storytelling in Social Change</title><summary type='text'>Three Generations helps survivors of genocide and crimes against humanity tell their stories, and provides an avenue for the world to hear them. The organization is built on the principle that storytelling transforms lives.  As Jane Wells, the organization's Founder, says in a blog post for The Hub on WITNESS, "[s]tories remain with us long after conflicts and wars have ended, not just as </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/570154461326241520'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/570154461326241520'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2009/04/3-generations-power-of-storytelling-in.html' title='3 Generations: The Power of Storytelling in Social Change'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-5887005938480124784</id><published>2009-03-19T08:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.328-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='participatory media'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funding'/><title type='text'>SXSW Observations</title><summary type='text'>The SXSW Interactive and Film festivals in Austin, Texas, were a whirlwind of ideas and activity, and the small but significant segments devoted to nonprofit and social innovation issues presented food for thought.  While most of what I saw left me generally hopeful (perhaps because I didn't hear much about our current economic or funding crises), many of the panels made me think we still have </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/5887005938480124784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/5887005938480124784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2009/03/sxsw-observations.html' title='SXSW Observations'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-3901484125605815300</id><published>2009-02-27T05:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.328-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='storytelling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stakeholders'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='capacity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funding'/><title type='text'>Is Fundraising Dead?</title><summary type='text'>Maybe, maybe not.  At the very least, in this climate of limited resources and jittery giving, traditional fundraising techniques are not serving well. We in the social issue community are rethinking how we ask, how we give and how we generate both funds and impact. The exercise of reevaluation is revolutionizing the field-- and traditional fundraising techniques are starting to look </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/3901484125605815300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/3901484125605815300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2009/02/is-fundraising-dead.html' title='Is Fundraising Dead?'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-1994074880791807156</id><published>2009-02-13T05:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.329-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='storytelling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='change management'/><title type='text'>Storytelling for Change: The Most Significant Change technique</title><summary type='text'>Sean Howard made me aware of an innovative storytelling tool geared toward change/needs assessments, called the Most Significant Change (MSC).  This technique is a form of participatory monitoring and evaluation that can be applied across a number of social issues. The process--invented by Rick Davies nearly 14 years ago to meet challenges associated with monitoring and evaluating a complex </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/1994074880791807156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/1994074880791807156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2009/02/storytelling-for-change-most.html' title='Storytelling for Change: The Most Significant Change technique'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Af6fxoWh5js/SZhbv2hTnYI/AAAAAAAABC0/VEAMrjYeKdQ/s72-c/network+view+of+MSC+selection.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-161573431889265758</id><published>2009-01-29T14:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.329-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='participatory media'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='transmedia activism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='co-creation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='outreach for cause'/><title type='text'>Summary: "Preaching to the Converted": Engaging Your Audience and Combating Issue Fatigue</title><summary type='text'>I moderated an online discussion on ArtTribesNetwork, on engaging your audience to combat issue fatigue.  The discussion participants were from The Fledgling Fund, Cinereach, the Center for Social Media at American University, The Skoll Foundation, Global Grassroots, The Tiziano Project, the NYC Leadership Academy and the Miami International Film Festival, as well as two independent filmmakers (</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/161573431889265758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/161573431889265758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2009/01/summary-to-converted-engaging-your.html' title='Summary: &amp;quot;Preaching to the Converted&amp;quot;: Engaging Your Audience and Combating Issue Fatigue'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-9166019333055746764</id><published>2009-01-20T15:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.329-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='storytelling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='participatory media'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='capacity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='transmedia activism'/><title type='text'>MediaRights.org article on transmedia activism</title><summary type='text'>MediaRights, a project of ArtsEngine, Inc., maximizes the the impact of social-issue documentaries and shorts within its community by helping filmmakers reach audiences, educators and librarians bring films into their classroom, and nonprofits and activists integrate media into their campaigns.  They recently published my article on transmedia activism at their site.  Thanks to Kasmore Rhedick, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/9166019333055746764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/9166019333055746764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2009/01/mediarightsorg-article-on-transmedia.html' title='MediaRights.org article on transmedia activism'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-601248715675016357</id><published>2009-01-15T10:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.329-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='participatory media'/><title type='text'>User-generated mashups changing the face of copyright law</title><summary type='text'>ZDNet published a piece today about copyright law and the need to adapt IP laws to the Internet-driven cultural shift towards user-generated related content and participation.  Brad Lichtenstein (friend, colleague, filmmaker, and the original inspiration for my work on transmedia activism), who is active in thinking and writing about the commons, posted a comment on his site about participation </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/601248715675016357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/601248715675016357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2009/01/user-generated-mashups-changing-face-of.html' title='User-generated mashups changing the face of copyright law'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-7077039387058513758</id><published>2009-01-12T07:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.330-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='capacity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='outreach for cause'/><title type='text'>Riptide Communications - a new affiliation</title><summary type='text'>Riptide Communications provides press, public relations, and strategic communications services to groups and individuals committed to progressive social change, designing and executing effective media campaigns that play a pivotal role in promoting international human rights, peace and social justice, worker and immigrant rights, and environmental justice and public health causes.  I am pleased </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/7077039387058513758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/7077039387058513758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2009/01/riptide-communications-new-affiliation.html' title='Riptide Communications - a new affiliation'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-5988588406663444375</id><published>2008-11-25T15:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.330-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='storytelling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='participatory media'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='transmedia activism'/><title type='text'>ResistNetwork: Share your ideas on social change</title><summary type='text'>ResistNetwork has a page seeking ideas for social change, to collect and spread information about websites, online resources, articles or tools.  I am part of the team that is curating the page-- the other team members are Jess Tyrrell at Germination, Wai Mun Yoon and Marc Silver.  Take a look and send in a message to socialchange@resistnetwork.com.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/5988588406663444375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/5988588406663444375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2008/11/resistnetwork-share-your-ideas-on.html' title='ResistNetwork: Share your ideas on social change'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-8715580692313691778</id><published>2008-11-02T18:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.330-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='transmedia activism'/><title type='text'>More on transmedia activism</title><summary type='text'>Paul Hawken's book about the "movement of movements" of activism to create change, Blessed Unrest, has been influential in the field of social justice-- and in my thinking on systemic change and local solutions-building; networks and linkages; and emergent vs. direct strategies.Now Hawken is spearheading a film about the individuals involved in the movements described in the book.  This is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/8715580692313691778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/8715580692313691778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2008/11/more-on-transmedia-activism.html' title='More on transmedia activism'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-981090165464874829</id><published>2008-10-22T09:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.330-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Breathing Earth</title><summary type='text'>My colleague, Juan Carlos Zaldivar (creator of Art Tribes Network) sent me the link to Breathing Earth, a website mapping real-time simulated CO2 emissions, birth and death rates and population by country.  It's a brilliant website on its own and could be a great inspiration for use by third sector organizations to map a number of social change issues, including income inequality, mass atrocities</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/981090165464874829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/981090165464874829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2008/10/breathing-earth.html' title='Breathing Earth'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-4036423944492346277</id><published>2008-10-10T14:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.331-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='participatory media'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stakeholders'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='capacity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='co-creation'/><title type='text'>Participatory Media and Tapping into Technology: Repurposing McKinsey</title><summary type='text'>In thinking about storytelling and content creation to promote social change initiatives, I revisited an article published late last year by The McKinsey Quarterly called "Eight business technology trends to watch."  The article details emerging trends in the use of technology—particularly internet-based and related tools—that will continue to transform markets and business in the for-profit </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/4036423944492346277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/4036423944492346277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2008/10/participatory-media-and-tapping-into.html' title='Participatory Media and Tapping into Technology: Repurposing McKinsey'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-4221554889046896323</id><published>2008-08-04T20:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.331-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='storytelling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='participatory media'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='transmedia activism'/><title type='text'>Transmedia Activism</title><summary type='text'>One of the members of The Art of Social Change, Brad Lichtenstein, wrote last month at www.onthecommons.org about his newest documentary project, What We Got: DJ Spooky's Quest for the Commons, for which the film's creators are using a transmedia storytelling process to craft the film and its outreach strategy. Transmedia storytelling is a concept first described by Henry Jenkins. In his blog </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/4221554889046896323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/4221554889046896323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2008/08/transmedia-activism.html' title='Transmedia Activism'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-2685680614718660784</id><published>2008-07-14T21:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.331-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='documentaries'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='social entrepreneurship'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='outreach for cause'/><title type='text'>Outreach for Cause: Discussion on Social Entrepreneurship and Documentary Filmmaking</title><summary type='text'>http://www.socialedge.org/discussions/marketing-communication/stories-of-changeI participated in a thorough and valuable discussion-- Stories of Social Change-- at the Skoll Foundation's discussion platform, about the intersection between social entrepreneurship, systemic change and filmmaking.Quoting a post on web platforms for documentary distribution/marketing, "from the perspective of a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/2685680614718660784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/2685680614718660784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2008/07/outreach-for-cause-discussion-on-social.html' title='Outreach for Cause: Discussion on Social Entrepreneurship and Documentary Filmmaking'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-3612372985280288663</id><published>2008-07-07T17:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.331-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='funding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='filmanthropy'/><title type='text'>Article about Filmanthropy</title><summary type='text'>http://www.entrepreneur.com/worklife/successstories/article195142.htmlI wish the authors had spoken a bit more about investor returns and effective business models (particularly given the publication) beyond the need to limit budgets and conserve resources. But there are still kernels of wisdom here-- particularly for non-filmmakers who are not used to film budgets. Film financing is often a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/3612372985280288663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/3612372985280288663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2008/07/article-about-filmanthropy.html' title='Article about Filmanthropy'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-6618568995913474920</id><published>2006-08-01T12:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.331-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='change management'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='media arts'/><title type='text'>Article from AIVF's The Independent Magazine</title><summary type='text'>From http://www.independent-magazine.org/    Getting Perspective: AIVF interim executive director's view from the insideWhen I came to work with AIVF in February, I don’t believe the Board or staff could have predicted that AIVF’s situation would spark a debate about the possible meltdown of an entire industry. AIVF’s Board retained me through a referral from the Support Center for Nonprofit </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/6618568995913474920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/6618568995913474920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2006/08/article-from-aivf-independent-magazine.html' title='Article from AIVF&amp;#39;s The Independent Magazine'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745104959511055751.post-8412711447096295441</id><published>2004-11-21T21:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-02-08T03:18:08.332-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Born into Brothels, The Film, Seeds Kids with Cameras, the Organization</title><summary type='text'>Originally published at MediaRights.orgThe theatrical release of the film Born into Brothels (ThinkFilm) on December 8, 2004, presents Kids with Cameras with an opportunity for outreach and exposure most young nonprofit organizations may never enjoy. The organization, dedicated to the empowerment of children through the art of photography, fulfills its mission through a model that was initiated </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/8412711447096295441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745104959511055751/posts/default/8412711447096295441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://garabelloborus.blogspot.com/2004/11/born-into-brothels-film-seeds-kids-with.html' title='Born into Brothels, The Film, Seeds Kids with Cameras, the Organization'/><author><name>en</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00565588943538357675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
