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21:32:51 05/18/12
Kiff Gallagher: CGI America Stories 2011
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Kiff Gallagher: CGI America Stories 2011
Kiff Gallagher is the CEO & Founder of the Center for Music National Service. Watch this video to learn more about the mission behind MusicianCorps and the 2011 CGI America Commitment that the Center for Music National Service is currently working on. www.musicnationalservice.org VIDEO SHOT BY: TRIBECA FLASHPOINT (www.tfa.edu From: CGIVideos Views: 87 1 ratings Time: 04:09 More in Nonprofits & Activism
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15:37:32 04/20/12
Going after the Green, Cost-Effective Campus Sustainability: CGI U 2012 Working Session
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Going after the Green, Cost-Effective Campus Sustainability: CGI U 2012 Working Session
Like many institutions and individuals across the country, colleges and universities face tightening budgets and shrinking financial resources. However, this predicament also presents an opportunity for schools to reevaluate their energy use and environmental impact while equipping students with practical skills for the workplace. For example, through building retrofit projects, universities can reduce their operating costs and save on utilities, create partnerships between staff, facilities, and students, and generate real-life data for economics, business, and engineering classes. Additionally, universities can invigorate regional businesses and supply chains by sourcing food from local farms and expanding sustainable transportation options. This panel will explore how to create the maximum economic and ecological benefit for students, the campus, and the greater community. Moderator: Majora Carter, Principal, Majora Carter Group, LLC Participants: Carlton Brown, Chief Operating Officer, Full Spectrum of New York, LLC Meghan Chapple-Brown, Director, Office of Sustainability, The George Washington University Melanie Kemp, Student, Warren Wilson College John Onderdonk, Director, Sustainability Programs, California Institute of Technology From: CGIVideos Views: 57 1 ratings Time: 50:16 More in Nonprofits & Activism
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23:15:10 04/19/12
Who Decides and Who Provides, Public vs. Private: CGI U 2012 Working Session
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Who Decides and Who Provides, Public vs. Private: CGI U 2012 Working Session
With traditional government-led education systems often unable to provide all children with a quality education, a wide range of new models have been developed to address education access and quality, including community schools, charter schools, and low-cost private schools. Despite a lack of conclusive evidence showing that one model results in better learning outcomes than the others, a movement pushing fee-based private schools for the most poor and marginalized children has emerged in many developing countries. Since education is generally regarded as a core human right, how can students and universities ensure that the increasing diversity in education funding and delivery mechanisms still provides basic access to quality education? This panel will explore what we can learn from the wide variety of schooling models, and discuss how students can get involved with developing strong national education systems, particularly for children and youth from the most marginalized populations. Moderator: Deborah Bial, President and Founder, Posse Foundation Participants: Fabiola Bongbenuoh, Member, Youth Empowerment through Technology, Arts and Media (YETAM) Project, Plan International Subhash Ghimire, Founder and Director, Sarswati Foundation and Sarswati Peace School Natalie Hopkinson, Fellow, Interactivity Foundation From: CGIVideos Views: 76 1 ratings Time: 58:14 More in Nonprofits & Activism
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21:41:42 04/19/12
Crisis in the Horn of Africa - Poverty, Hunger, and Insecurity - CGI U 2012 Working Session
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Crisis in the Horn of Africa - Poverty, Hunger, and Insecurity - CGI U 2012 Working Session
This past year, more than 13 million people in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Eritrea suffered from the worst drought in the region in over 60 years. It claimed the lives of more than 30000 children and countless more adults. Hundreds of thousands remain at risk from the threat of cyclical famines if their root causes are not addressed. Aid deliveries in the region often struggle to make it the "last mile" due to insecurity resulting from over 20 years of conflict and sporadic rebel-imposed bans on humanitarian aid. Yet investing in long-term food security in the first place can prevent hunger at a fraction of the cost of providing emergency food aid during a famine. Facing a crisis this complex, what can students do to create sustainable food systems where they are needed the most? How are diaspora communities self-organizing to bring effective aid to affected regions? Panelists will discuss the formidable challenges ahead, proven solutions that exist, and the ways in which young people are already working on the ground to improve the situation in the Horn of Africa. Moderator: Paul Weisenfeld, Assistant to the Administrator, USAID Bureau for Food Security Participants: Abdimalik Buul, Chairman, Somali Youth League Amanda Lindhout, Founder and Executive Director, The Global Enrichment Foundation Deqo Mohamed, Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation From: CGIVideos Views: 168 1 ratings Time: 48:35 More in Nonprofits & Activism
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21:41:42 04/19/12
Tomorrow's Triple Bottom Line, Environmental Entrepreneurship - CGI U 2012 Working Session
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Tomorrow's Triple Bottom Line, Environmental Entrepreneurship - CGI U 2012 Working Session
As major corporations and local businesses alike continue to slow or freeze hiring, students have to be increasingly creative about their future career paths. However, many industries related to environmental sustainability still have much room for growth, including the clean technology, waste management, and product design sectors. The ecological challenges ahead call for a new generation of entrepreneurs to innovate, create, and implement ideas that incorporate environmental stewardship as a necessary and fully valued "bottom line." This panel will highlight innovative sustainable business projects at different stages of progress and from different sectors of the economy. The discussion will illustrate how students can utilize their university networks to promote their ideas, implement projects, and scale-up unique business models in order to build a more sustainable workforce and economy. Moderator: Liz Maw, Executive Director, Net Impact Participants: Anita Ahuja, Co-founder, Conserve India Samuel Cochran, Co-founder, Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology, LLC Roxanne Quimby, Co-founder, Burt's Bees From: CGIVideos Views: 33 0 ratings Time: 51:52 More in Nonprofits & Activism
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21:41:42 04/19/12
MYTecC - CGI U 2012 Commitment Announcement
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MYTecC - CGI U 2012 Commitment Announcement
To help engage a strong cross-cultural dialogue, Burcu Kilinc and Shai Tal will lead classes in their home countries of Turkey and Israel to teach students communications and critical thinking skills, and lead them in interactive activities with neighboring countries in the Middle East. Through the Mediterranean Youth Technology Club, or MYTecC, Burcu and Shai will use the organization's online platform to facilitate an open dialogue among their students across political, geographic, and social borders. MYTecC hopes to utilize social media and other technology to inspire students to be agents for social change within their communities. Burcu and Shai, with 15 other instructors, will lead classes of 22 to 25 students, ranging in age from 14 to 19 years old, to help the program scale up to 400 students across six countries by the end of this year. From: CGIVideos Views: 17 0 ratings Time: 02:40 More in Nonprofits & Activism
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15:15:20 04/18/12
Futurenomics: CGI U 2012 Plenary Session
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Futurenomics: CGI U 2012 Plenary Session
Around the world, young people and college students face an increasingly challenging and unpredictable economic landscape. In many industrialized nations, young people are confronted with rising unemployment rates, growing debt burdens, and a consistently volatile stock market. Moreover, in the developing world, there are still 1.4 billion people in extreme poverty who are living on less than $1.25 a day, and few options for young people to access and finance postsecondary education. Yet ongoing economic instability has also served as a launch pad for countless young entrepreneurs who have few other options than to start from scratch with a new business model. From solar energy startups to microfinance-powered medical clinics, students and universities around the world are launching innovative enterprises that are creating jobs, generating income, and further developing local economies. In an age of bailouts, foreclosures, and credit default swaps, how can students continue to harness markets as a tool for global problem solving? What does an economy that factors in the needs of the future look like, and how do we begin to create those jobs today? This panel will highlight how young people can move beyond business-as-usual and create economic opportunity for generations to come. Moderator: Chelsea Clinton, Board Member, Clinton Global Initiative and William J. Clinton Foundation Participants: Tamara Draut, Vice President, Policy and Programs, Demos Cynthia Koenig, Chief ... From: CGIVideos Views: 102 0 ratings Time: 53:11 More in Nonprofits & Activism
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15:15:20 04/18/12
Bulding with Bottles: CGI U 2012 Commitment Announcement
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Bulding with Bottles: CGI U 2012 Commitment Announcement
Brett Perl commits to creating a sustainable business in Port au Prince, Haiti for mobility-impaired individuals in need of employment. Building with Bottles will train these individuals to build functional stools out of disposed plastic bottles collected from the streets, and sell them for a profit. From: CGIVideos Views: 43 1 ratings Time: 02:45 More in Nonprofits & Activism
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15:15:20 04/18/12
Pay It Forward: CGI U 2012 Commitment Announcement
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Pay It Forward: CGI U 2012 Commitment Announcement
As campus representatives for the youth service organization Students Today, Leaders Forever, Abe Lopez, Caroline Chen, Shelby Couch, and Christina Lee commit to creating new programs that will provide additional community service opportunities for young Americans across the country. Building off the 185000 service hours already contributed by Students Today, Leaders Forever, these students will help the organization meet its goal of scaling up by 37000 hours of service nationwide over the next year. From: CGIVideos Views: 11 0 ratings Time: 02:36 More in Nonprofits & Activism
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15:15:20 04/18/12
Code the Change: CGI U 2012 Commitment Announcement
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Code the Change: CGI U 2012 Commitment Announcement
To better connect the worlds of nonprofit and computer science, Sam King commits to increasing the national presence of his organization, Code the Change. His organization hosts Code Jams%mdashdaylong events during which computer science students volunteer up to 24 hours of their specialized skills for nonprofit projects. With the proposed expansion, Code the Change will provide 60 additional days of volunteer programming, addressing 480 additional technology needs of non-profits From: CGIVideos Views: 196 4 ratings Time: 02:39 More in Nonprofits & Activism
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15:15:19 04/18/12
CGI U 2012 Up To Us Announcement
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CGI U 2012 Up To Us Announcement
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation and Net Impact launch a student competition at CGI U. UP TO US: Students Taking Action for a Better Fiscal and Economic Future From: CGIVideos Views: 38 0 ratings Time: 12:17 More in Nonprofits & Activism
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20:00:19 04/16/12
Hands on Haiti: CGI U 2012 Commitment Announcement
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Hands on Haiti: CGI U 2012 Commitment Announcement
Kayla Look Loy and Victoria Sanon originally hoped to facilitate educational opportunities in Haiti by generating revenue for a scholarship fund through livestock sales with a Haitian primary school. However, after reassessing their plan, Kayla, and Victoria developed a more effective way to help reach their goal. In 2012, the group commits to assembling and selling a Haitian cookbook. The profits from the sales will go towards a scholarship fund for a primary school in Croix des Bouquets, Haiti. From: CGIVideos Views: 14 1 ratings Time: 02:53 More in Nonprofits & Activism
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20:00:19 04/16/12
Usher Sings at the Opening Plenary: CGI U 2012
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Usher Sings at the Opening Plenary: CGI U 2012
President Bill Clinton asks seven-time Grammy winner and non-profit founder, Usher Raymond IV a question submitted through Twitter in which the Twitter user requests that Usher sing his answer. From: CGIVideos Views: 204 4 ratings Time: 03:08 More in Nonprofits & Activism
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20:00:18 04/16/12
Employment for Empowerment: CGI U 2012 Working Session
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Employment for Empowerment: CGI U 2012 Working Session
The job market in America is still weak, particularly for young people. One year after graduation, only 56 percent of the undergraduate class of 2010 is employed, compared to 90 percent of the classes of 2006 and 2007. For military veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, the unemployment rate in 2010 was 33 percent higher than the national unemployment average. But students and young people are no longer waiting for their parents' generation to create jobs for them: 20 percent of Millenials have started their own businesses, and 40 percent envision doing so in the future. Unlike many traditional job opportunities, these ventures often come with a double bottom line -- young people are helping themselves, while helping others. This session will highlight local problem solvers and recent graduates who are creating jobs for young people, returning military veterans, and other communities where jobs are needed the most. Moderator: Rishi Jaitly, Program Director, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Participants: Khari Mosley, Director, Green Economy Initiatives, GTECH Strategies Garett Reppenhagen, Director, Veterans Transition, Veterans Green Jobs Veronika Scott, Founder and CEO, The Empowerment Plan From: CGIVideos Views: 16 0 ratings Time: 51:51 More in Nonprofits & Activism
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20:00:18 04/16/12
The Wisdom of Failure: CGI U 2012 Plenary Session
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The Wisdom of Failure: CGI U 2012 Plenary Session
The Wisdom of Failure: Building a Culture of Creative Problem Solving Failure is fundamental to the process of innovation: businesses and organizations thrive on cycles of trial and error, research and development, and creative destruction. When it comes to developing the next generation of vaccines, transportation systems, or mobile phone applications, knowing what might work often requires knowing what doesn't work and why. Yet all too often, students, universities, and countless organizations find themselves trapped in a success-at-all-costs culture, with too few opportunities for the failure and experimentation that ultimately leads to innovation. How can we embrace failure as both a necessary part of the entrepreneurial and design process and as a critical element for ongoing accountability and transparency in our work? Panelists from a wide diversity of sectors and expertise will share not only some of their most educational failures, but how initial failure led to future success. Moderator: Kathryn Schulz, Book Critic, New York Magazine; Author, Being Wrong: Adventure in Margin of Error Participants: Robin Chase, Founder and CEO, Buzzcar Cheryl Dorsey, President, Echoing Green Ashifi Gogo, Chief Executive Officer, Sproxil Biz Stone, Co-founder, Twitter; Chief Creative Officer, Obvious Corporation From: CGIVideos Views: 36 0 ratings Time: 52:09 More in Nonprofits & Activism
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20:00:18 04/16/12
Uhuru: CGI U 2012 Commitment Announcement
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Uhuru: CGI U 2012 Commitment Announcement
At CGI U 2011, Patrick Oathout committed to providing skill-building assistance for refugees resettled in North Carolina with the creation of the TARA program. Unfortunately, Patrick learned that the TARA program did not target the root problems affecting most refugees. Because his initial commitment was unsuccessful, Patrick transitioned his focus from local to global. In 2012, Patrick commits to creating an online operating module that uses mobile technology to crowd source and gives a voice to refugees worldwide. From: CGIVideos Views: 12 0 ratings Time: 02:53 More in Nonprofits & Activism
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