Comments on: Rising Voices, Helping the Global Population Take Part in the Global Conversation

By: Ajankohtaista 29.5.2007. at Ilja Suvanto

Ajankohtaista 29.5.2007. at Ilja Suvanto — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:25:58 +0000

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By: Jikomboe » Tangazo Muhimu Sana: Omba Fedha za “Rising Voices”

Jikomboe » Tangazo Muhimu Sana: Omba Fedha za “Rising Voices” — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:08:25 +0000

[...] habari kuhusu Global Voices Online kupewa fedha kwa ajili ya miradi ya uhamasishaji kwa jina la Rising Voices. Mkurugenzi wa uhamasishaji wa Global Voices, David Sasaki, ametoa tangazo kuhusu kutuma maombi ya [...]

By: Jikomboe » Rising Voices: Mradi Wa Kuhamasisha Masuala ya Blogu

Jikomboe » Rising Voices: Mradi Wa Kuhamasisha Masuala ya Blogu — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:08:07 +0000

[...] Majuzi Global Voices Online ilipokea dola za Kimarekani 244,000 kwa ajili ya kazi ya uhamasishaji. Fedha hizi zitatumika kutoa mafunzo na kuhamasisha watu au makundi mbalimbali kutumia teknolojia za blogu na podikasti. Mradi huu wa uhamasishaji umepewa jina la Rising Voices. Mkurugenzi wa Uhamasishaji, David Sasaki, ameandika kwa kifupi juu ya mradi huu. [...]

By: Abdul-Rahim

Abdul-Rahim — Fri, 25 May 2007 17:25:00 +0000

Definatley about time for something like this. Hope it is a success!

By: Eduardo Avila

Eduardo Avila — Thu, 24 May 2007 23:52:32 +0000

Looking forward to see how this proceeds! Good luck David.

By: Stephen Banick

Stephen Banick — Thu, 24 May 2007 16:21:19 +0000

Rising Voices’ charter is both idealistic and pragmatic, and thus stands every chance of succeeding. It is not important that (presently) the Podcast/Blogsphere is the domain of “elites” – this is changing. We must remember that every great innovation in history (at least what we know from those boring Western Civ classes!) went through similar stages:

Look at the internet circa 1995 – a mesh of non-user friendly, confusing protocols and glib promises; relatively expensive access; providers coming and going; the unfulfilled promise of seamless eCommerce, etc. Yet now we are closing in on 2 billion worldwide users…

similar chaos defined the early TV and Radio media, and I’m sure that Gutenberg’s printing press wreaked all kinds of havoc in the social order of Europe – but nonetheless was a key contributor in leading Medieval Europe into a (relatively) more “enlightened age” – never mind that literacy rates were in single digits then; a growing merchant/ skilled class soon proliferated the print medium and education levels gradually climbed…

Rising Voices’ tandem mission – a multilingual, “how-to” curriculum that’s judiciously accompanied by targeted micro-grants – can indeed go a long way towards that halycon goal of putting a printing press and broadcast booth in Everyman’s (and Everywoman’s) home, office, or hut. The sheer implication of the mission is so liberating for the common masses that it dwarfs all the hiccoughs, confusion, and market chaos (from providers, vendors, users, etc.) that will accompany it.

This is – will be – the New World; one fueled by what I call “Trans-cultural Connection.” A world where leaders are held responsible for duplicitious comments or irresponsible acts; a world where success stories (or solutions, cures, joy) can be promulgated; a world where ideas can be leveraged and amplified, and in some cases resources can be tapped into to enrich and embolden individuals and their respective institutions. If along the way we get flooded with sideshows about Britney’s latest haircut or the caviar-quirks of Kim Jong-Il, then so be it; we have the same response mechanism as with the TV – just “flip channels”.

Too-Much-Information? Perhaps.. but would we rather have Not-Enough-Information? That’s only served the powers-that-be historically…just like before the printing press… or the Internet…

“Once more unto the breach” — the world awaits.

Stephen Banick,
The Gulliver Project