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Long time, no blog. However, wanted to share:

Came across this blog post: "You call yourself a social entrepreneur? I had a dream - Begin Rant"

My posted reply:

Okay. I hear ya.

However, let me suggest that there are, as with any population, diversity when it comes to “social entrepreneurs.” I cannot speak to the segment that you seem to be taking aim at, and I don’t d… Continue

1. What are you most excited about accomplishing so far as a HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition winner? How has winning this award helped your project accomplish this goal?

The most exciting aspect of receiving this award is that it has allowed us to expand and enhance our existing social networking platform. Specifically, the award has funded the construction and integration of an Idea Incubator. This platform will allow our whole youth demographic, comprised of… Continue

Relatively speaking. I just uploaded a screen capture of the first incarnation of the incubator into the Hub photo section. We still have a lot of work to do, but it is tremendously exciting to have something up and alive to react to, test, edit, tweak, and all the other good stuff that goes on behind the scenes.

Equally momentous, we are opening up the Marketplace (sans Incubator) on Friday (8/8) for a soft launch. We are very excited to get more folks in sandbox and sharing their feedback.

O… Continue

The YouthActionNet® team have been pretty darn busy over the past few months. Chicago seems a long time ago... Although the video of Cathy dancing at the bar keeps the memories fresh. (note to self... must post that.)

Apologies for the lengthy post, but I felt I should provide some context to our project...

Our proposal to MacArthur outlined the creation of an Idea Incubator and its integration into our YouthActionNet® Marketplace, essentially the social networking heart of our site. We have b… Continue