All Blog Posts Tagged 'GAME1' (11)

Free the Children (http://www.freethechildren.com/) was founded by my hero Craig Kielburger (http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=10150131340630083&topic=13911#!/craigkielburger) in 1995 at the age of 12. At that point he gathered 11 school friends to start fighting children labor.



Now Free the Children has build more than 500… Continue

The Canadian Charity website, "Canada Helps", was started by a group of school friends who wanted to find a way for Canadians to make all of their charitable donations online, by going to one site. Sounds like a no-brainer now, but this was back in the late 90s, when the majority of charities did not have an online presence, and most donors were afraid of making financial transactions online. To me, this is an example of many of the EVOKE powers, but… Continue

I was involved in a programme with PRADAN, an NGO of eastern India. We had jointly organized some capacity building programmes. Those gave me an insight that capacity building for farmers is really really tough. Earlier we used to have mainly classroom lectures for farmers and in one day we intended to give them the universe in one day touching…

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At the local science fair, I saw one kid have a project that demonstrated resourcefulness AND addressed what I see as two problems in the region. He 'Macgyvered together a vertical wind turbine from plastic bins that was tied to an electric generator.



It wasn't so much HIS display of resourcefulness as his understanding of the dual problems and opportunities in rural Alaska. Stuff that's brought in here doesn't leave. Broken snow machines, cars, anything and everything in that in the… Continue

Morning Star Fishermen is a brilliant example of the Evoke Power of sustainability from my neck of the woods. I believe that their example provides both local insight and an incredible opportunity to other Agents in the Evoke network!

They are a nonprofit organization that was formed in 1993 by Hans Geissler and his wife, Sigrid. They bring in people from Central America to teach them sustainable methods of raising Tilapia, but more than…

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Collaboration is by far my favorite power. I firmly believe that by working together we can aim higher than ever before! By working in collaboration with someone, one gains a completely new perspective of the task at hand as well far more insight. Never underestimate the power of collaboration!…

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Spark:



for me, this is about a person who may not be a genius, or have billions of dollars, but just has an idea, the spark. this one idea can spread (just like a spark on a piece of paper), until it turns into a much bigger thing, and can end up helping so many people, EVEN IF THE ORIGINAL PERSON CAN'T GET IT MUCH FARTHER











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this is for GAME1, a user-created evoke.

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Vision is an excellent candidate, I think, for this game. Vision has the power to set standards, to alter the future and to inspire self and others to accomplish great things.



"Virgin Galactic" was the vision of Sir Richard Branson back in 2004. He wanted everyone to view outer space at low costs, so he made the private space tourism company, Virgin Galactic. The space fleet on V.G. consists of 7 vessels that can carry a… Continue

I couldn't choose any other term than SUSTAINABILITY, for my power evocation.

If you still don't know what a power evocation is, take a look at this.

First of all, I would point out for a while the reason why I actually prefer speaking of "sustainable development", instead of just "… Continue

Imagine a world where children create and implement ideas that can have life changing results. I am not talking of teens nearing adulthood....I am talking about 6-7 year olds, maybe even younger.



Open the following link in a new window and watch the video:

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/kiran_bir_sethi_teaches_kids_to_take_charge.html



Kiran Bir Sethi is one… Continue