6 Word Lessons

Today's class reminded us that social technology can be a powerful tool to motivate people to come together and act. The stories from the following class groups affirm this claim:
1. Unnamed Company: Amy and Anna’s story – US and Libya: “Demand More”
2. EnhancEducation: EPAPA and SEE collaborate and sustain students in college
3. Haiti StoryBanking: story of Janet and Goerge and how they were affected by Haiti  texting  peace versus doing more / volunteernation.tv  ONLINE STORYBANKING (ie myhaitistory on facebook)- Over 300 people became fans of myhaitistory - Don’t let personal stories disappear – “what’s your story”
4. Piazzza: launched on jan 4 -> used btwn students and professors  luck of meeting techcrunch  limited number of accounts  facebook fan page to get 15 friends to post  what’s a good idea hypothetically may not translate into what people will actually do  rolled out to classes across the world even in highschool  live to 20 classes
5. Embrace: too small to keep warm  baby incubators for extreme affordability for low birth rate babies at risk of hypothermia -> video on Sat evening and already 400 views  imagine what you could place in your hands  too small to regulate own body temperature – 20 M low weight birth babies – incubators cost 20k - Problem becoming possibilitiy -> 5 idealists creating a miracle “Embrace” – made for $25 – Hope.Life.Embrace – between hands “an infant’s future”
6. Wanted Change: people + plans to help = better world. Tweet: [how do you help] #wantedchange
7. Charrette: executable design strategy – experience architects  developed their brand through their video / pictures / inspiration from d. school -> bridge gap between design and business -> dschool related to problem of designing snack food  innovator/future/make unexpected obvious/connect/happy
8. Beautiful Things: making people feel less lonely; connecting/ blank canvas / unexpected / fun / relax and enjoy and not consume quickly / time expands / something unexpected emerges from a collective slowing down and engaging with everyone’s canvas/ www.thebubblesproject.com


Nevertheless, one group in particular realized that social technology was not the appropriate vehicle with which to spread its message:

Always a Bridesmaid: social technology wasn’t necessarily successful / why it didn’t work  didn’t want to share their stories b/c talking “smack” – only 3 stories were shared which illustrates: when you are asking to share something that has a negative connotation don’t want to share on social media when friends are involved

Here are some 6 word stories from the guests today which affirm the power of social technology:
"Technology enables. People connect"
"The intersection of social media for social change"
"Advance defend Stanford reputation"
"Creating social change through civic participation"
"Technology and philanthropy to have the biggest impact"
"Connecting people over shared life experiences"
"I build ultra low cost applications"
"Make waves for good through participatory media"
"Saving the world with credit cards"
"Help people create and deliver world changing presentations"
"600M people can create big change"
"Awareness is easy behavior change is hard"
"Online platforms for scalable change"
"Fascinated with transforming stories into action"


Some interesting resources from today's guests:
tweet #wantedchange
Whoclicksmylinks.info
The technological citizen blog
www.thebubblesproject.com