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Archive of posts tagged 1%EVENT
It is almost time for the 1%EVENT – only 2 weeks to go! – which brings together innovators, young professionals, entrepreneurs and change-makers. They invest one day of their time, expertise, talent, network and energy to work on new innovative approaches towards International Co-Operation 2.0. At the event there will be some interesting guests who want to tell you their story. But in the upcoming weeks towards the 1%EVENT we are going to tell you theirs in regular blog posts.
Today’s guest is Marlon Parker from Cape Town, South-Africa. Marlon is what you call a Social Entrepreneur, and he’s one of those people who is using the potential of Social Media. I asked him to do the interview in his own chatting platform called ‘JamiiX’, but more on that later.
What does being a social entrepreneur mean to him, and what makes him different from the rest?
Marlon: “My understanding is to come up with solutions that benefit people, make a positive social impact. I use the bottom-up approach, identify champions on the ground who basically drive the initiative! I have learnt that to sustain something you first need people before you need money. When you have people who are passionate and believe in the cause then anything becomes possible.”
When I ask him to give me an example, he starts telling about the ‘Reconstructed Living Lab’ that he founded. Marlon: “RLabs was started to provide basic training to ex-gang members and drug addicts, but from there we realised that there are other people in the community who also wanted to be equipped in using Social Media to share their stories. So what we did was use the same people (ex-gangsters and ex-drug addicts) to equip the women and children that they used to disempower”.
 JamiiX To better help these people he has developed a program called JamiiX. Jamiix is a platform in which multiple chat clients (mobiles, internet messengers, chat programs) can be combined and be displayed in the same way. Now he can reach a network of almost 150.000 people. Did he expect this? Marlon: “No, we just wanted to help the kids in our community who spent lots of time on their mobile phones”.
His project has caught a lot of attention throughout the world. In South Africa he’s been on national television and recently an article was printed in the Dutch newspaper ‘De Pers’.
We think he is both innovative and refreshing in the world of Social Media, so we’re really glad he is coming to Amsterdam for the 1%EVENT! Do you also want to hear what Marlon has to share, then come to the 1%EVENT!
Order your tickets now!
YOU make it work!
Posted by Jeffrey on 1 September 2010, 1:14 pm
It is almost time for the 1%EVENT, which brings together innovators, young professionals, entrepreneurs and change-makers. They invest one day of their time, expertise, talent, network and energy to work on new innovative approaches towards International Co-Operation 2.0. At the event there will be some interesting guests who want to tell you their story. But in the upcoming weeks towards the 1%EVENT we are going to tell you theirs in regular blog posts.
Today we want to tell you about one of our favourite politicians in Dutch parliament. We have been following him for a while and we are so happy that he is coming to the 1%EVENT!
Arjan El Fassed is a member of parliament for the GroenLinks party. He worked for Oxfam Novib and has over ten years of international experience in the field of human rights. He was interim head of Oxfam International humanitarian campaigns. Previously, he worked for various human rights organisations in Palestine. About that period, and about his Palestinian family, he wrote the book ’Not everyone can throw stones’ (Niet iedereen kan stenen gooien). He is involved in several successful Internet initiatives, he was in the Twitter’s suggested userlist and is by far the most popular tweep (@Arjanelfassed) in the Netherlands with almost 300.000 followers. He is the only Dutchman in the global top 1000 tweeps.
We’re excited to see him at the 1%EVENT! Wanna learn how you can get 300k Twitter followers? Come to the 1%EVENT and ask him yourself!
You make it work!
Posted by Jeffrey on 30 August 2010, 2:29 pm
It is almost time for the 1%EVENT, which brings together innovators, young professionals, entrepreneurs and change-makers. They invest one day of their time, expertise, talent, network and energy to work on new innovative approaches towards International Co-Operation 2.0. At the event there will be some interesting guests who want to tell you their story. But in the upcoming weeks towards the 1%EVENT we are going to tell you theirs in regular blog posts.
This week we give the floor to Stef Kranendijk, who practices the Cradle to Cradle (C2C) philosophy at DESSO, a carpet manufactury where he is CEO and co-owner. We think there is a lot we can learn from him, that is why we invited him to the 1%EVENT.
The Cradle to Cradle concept is a new view on sustainability and was introduced by William McDonaugh and Michael Braungart in their book: Cradle-to-Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. The core of the Cradle to Cradle principle lies in the concept: waste is food. All materials used in a specific product should be re-used in another product. There should be no loss of quality and all rest products have to be re-used or be environmental neutral. Then this circular course is complete… and waste is food.
Sustainable development is the development in which the present-day generation produces, without limiting the possibilities for the next generations. The Cradle to Cradle principle goes beyond that and also wants to come up with more possibilities for future generations. With the motto: try to be good instead of less bad!
Source: MBDC
Do you want to see, meet and speak to Stef Kranendijk about Cradle to Cradle and how this is practised at DESSO then do not hesitate, go to the 1%EVENT website and get those tickets!
Posted by Jeffrey on 24 August 2010, 1:21 pm
It is almost time for the 1%EVENT, which brings together innovators, young professionals, entrepreneurs and change-makers. They invest one day of their time, expertise, talent, network and energy to work on new innovative approaches towards International Co-Operation 2.0. At the event there will be some interesting guests who want to tell you their story. But in the upcoming weeks towards the 1%EVENT we are going to tell you theirs in regular blog posts.
We would like to introduce you to Pim Betist, a social entrepreneur and one of the most innovative people in the Netherlands.
Pim is the Founder of Africa Unsigned and also created the online label SellaBand, attracting music fans to invest in their favourite artist by helping them to raise the funds for a new music project (a new album, tour or the promotion of their music). More than 3 million dollars were invested and around 50 artists ‘crowdfunded’ $50,000 to record and release their album. He was nominated Dutch Direct Marketing Man of the Year in 2008 and in the same year won the title of Best Speaker at MIA, Holland’s largest marketing conference. In January 2010, Management Team, the largest Business Magazine in the Netherlands, listed him as one of the top 25 creative business people.
We are really amazed that one guy can achieve all of this in such a short amount of time. It is not a secret that we are very happy that he is coming to the 1%EVENT! Do you also want to go to the event? Get your tickets now!
Posted by Jeffrey on 24 August 2010, 12:46 pm
It is almost time for the 1%EVENT, which brings together innovators, young professionals, entrepreneurs and change-makers. They invest one day of their time, expertise, talent, network and energy to work on new innovative approaches towards International Co-Operation 2.0. At the event there will be some interesting guests who want to tell you their story. But in the upcoming weeks towards the 1%EVENT we are going to tell you theirs in regular blog posts.
In the first edition we’re starting with a BANG, introducing: Herman Wijffels and Ruud Lubbers, both members of the Worldconnectors!
Herman Wijffels
Herman Wijffels was born in 1942 in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, a Dutch province. He grew up as a farmers’ son, so already at an early age he learned about hard work (as he illustrates in this interview with Paul Rosenmoller – in Dutch). During his career he held various important functions, for instance Chairman of the Board of Rabobank Netherlands, where he worked for 18 years, and Chairman of the Social-Economic Council (SER). He was the former Dutch Representative at the World Bank and Chairman of Natuurmonumenten. He never had any ambitions to go into Dutch politics, so people often refer to him as the best Prime Minister the Netherlands ever had.
At this moment he is Co-Chairman at the Worldconnectors trying to achieve the goals he’s citing in this video.
Ruud Lubbers
Ruud Lubbers is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal party (CDA), who served as Prime Minister from November 1982 until August 1994, which makes him the longest serving Prime Minister in Dutch history. In January 1995, he was granted the honorary title of Minister of State. From 2001 to February 2005, Ruud Lubbers served as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. He is the founding father of the Earth Charter and Worldconnectors initiatives. To get an impression of him, watch the video of last year’s 1%CLUB 24-hour action.
Because of their impressive backgrounds, we are greatly honored that these two Worldconnectors are coming to the 1%EVENT. We can’t wait to hear what they have to share and if I were you I wouldn’t miss it for the world! Get your tickets for the 1%EVENT now!
Check http://www.parlement.com/ for more background information.
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