introducing good bytes
DESCRIPTION
This presentation describes the Good Bytes project started by MetaGood. This project enlists volunteers to build collaborative technology based platforms for use by social impact projects.TRANSCRIPT
Technology-Led Social Innovation
a METAGOOD project
Good Bytes
Good Bytes Many Things Need Fixing …
Good Bytes Different Types Of Solutions Are Needed …
Big Money
Activism
Good Bytes Different Types Of Solutions Are Needed …
Coordinated
Action
Powerful Ideas … And Many More
Good BytesWeb 2.0 Can Make Certain Types Of Contributions
Information & Inspiration• Crowd-created Content• Crowd-Policing
Planning & Coordination• Niche Social Networks• Offline / Online Events
Action• Volunteering• Crowd-Funding
Good Bytes Web 2.0 can inspire people
Good Bytes … it can raise funds for public good …
Good Bytes … and for creative good …
Good Bytes … and can get people together for Collective Action
a METAGOOD project
Good Bytes
Good Bytes
A project that builds innovative, open-source, collaborative technology based platforms that act as force multipliers and make existing social impact interventions far more effective. The platforms once built are transferred to project teams who use them to carry out the project work.
Good Bytes Overview
Good Bytes Good Bytes Process
1) Brainstorm 2) Build 3) Transfer
Good Bytes Framework For Project Creation
Stage Cause Crowdsourcing Crowdfunding
Act
Poverty
Justice A platform that enables crowd funding of legal action against corrupt MPs / MLAs
Democracy A platform that enables crowdfunding of news stories that are important to a better society
Human Rights A platform that places cameras in the hands of people affliceted with HIV and allows them to tell their stories and the prejudices they face
Good Bytes Two Projects We Want To Start Asap
Goal: To unearth instances of serious breaches of law and to enable effective legal prosecution of those cases.
A platform that allows crowdfunding of investigative journalism for specific cases that the crowd votes up.
A platform that allows for crowdfunding of legal proceedings against specific legal cases that have been filed against prominent MPs / MLAs .
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Good Bytes
Architects, developers, designers, html experts with Web 2.0 toolset expertise & who feel
for these causes and can commit 10 – 15+ hours of coding time every month
We Need Volunteers
Good Bytes Please Register Yourself As A Volunteer
Nirat BhatnagarM: + 91 9899692572E: [email protected]: www.metagood.org
Thank You