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WebCitizen is an innovative company that aims to foster civic engagement and bring citizens closer to each other, and to their governments. Through the analysis of present and future virtual arenas, the organization and optimization of information design and the sharing of knowledge via online tools, we can create a bridge between the virtual and the physical world, and help governmental and non-governmental institutions understand the real needs of their citizens and consumers. WebCitizen focuses on the employment of digital technologies towards the creation of channels of participation, bringing more openness, transparency and democracy into the public administration, promoting a public dialogue, a meaningful and accessible sense of community, and ultimately, helping to improve the world.

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March 7th, 2010

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“It is the beat of the black, of the slums”

The actress Regina Casé went on stage at TEDxSP to talk about difference. For her, those considered culturally and socially different, may in fact be as good as those regarded as traditional. The actress spoke about musical production in the outskirts of the cities in Brazil, as the funk from Rio, the electronic forró, and also of cultural manifestations in other countries like Mexico, France and Angola. In the project “My Suburb is the World”, Regina shows that the different, or independent, also creates ideas worth spreading. And more than that, they deserve to be legitimized as successful projects, which generate income and quality of life for people. And as she could not help, her entire speech was filled with good humor, provoking smiles and laughter amongst the audience.

February 4th, 2010

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Enough talking, let’s start doing

Look how fun is that project we have started. We’re still open to people wishing to participate: next meeting is on Saturday, at 9:30am, Tendal da Lapa.

February 3rd, 2010

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Yes, we can

In the moment of her presentation at TEDx SP, the journalist Roberta Faria was so excited that she couldn’t even speak after left the stage. Neither could the audience. Her history was not only surprising but also created questionings expressed in the eyes of every participant. It looked like that every person on the audience was thinking: “I can also do it, I can”, right in the very spirit of TED.

Sorria, a magazine created by the publishing house Mol, is a perfect example that good ideas can and should be accomplished. “They are difficult, demand efforts and creativity”, the journalist and entrepreneur states, making sure to be always involved with what she likes. “I need to do things which I believe”. And it was because of her belief that she has founded Mol, whose history you can check on the video below.

February 1st, 2010

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6 cases of transparency

5 cases that got results and 1 that we thought was funny. By Gisela Blanco.

All stories from Revista Gotas’ first issue  Revista Gotas will be posted here – one per week. Follow and share.

January 26th, 2010

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How to solve the water problem?

It is nothing new to anyone that there are several regions in the world with difficulties to obtain drinking water. In Saudi Arabia, for example, there is really no water at all. Brazil does not suffer from this problem, even in its semi-arid region there is water, because there is rain. Besides, Brazil has the largest aquifer in the world, the Guarani. The question presented by the ad-man Danilo Mendes at TEDx SP was a solution to deliver water using technology. The idea was to produce water.

Not just did he think about it, but he also applied it. And he has invented a machine that makes water. Do you want to know how? Watch the video in which Danilo presents his machine at TEDx SP.

A pianist wearing All Star

Victor Araújo has been on the road for 20 years now, not only professionally, but in his life, with a career spanning 10 years, and four as a professional and a classical piano promise in the country. This may be a quantitatively short trail, but one that already draws great attention.

His great challenge is part of his greatest determination: to combine erudite with popular music, as he did at his performance at TEDx SP, with the intent to break down the prejudice that erudite music is difficult to comprehend.

An example, not necessarily because of his age, but because of his dedication and enthusiasm noticed in his eyes when he is on stage.

A conference about the Internet that has already begun testing its power of mobilization

CIRS

Imagine working in the organization of an event being able to do everything without the need to ask for authorization to anyone. Weird? Not that much, especially after you read Here Comes Everybody, Clay Shirky’s book that shows how amazing the power of organization offered by the Internet is.

CIRS, the International Conference on Social Networking, to take place in Curitiba, will be organized like that. Anyone may work in the event organization and do a lot of things with total autonomy. Everything is explained here. Clay Shirky will like that.

January 11th, 2010

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CIRS. International Conference on Social Networking.

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The year has begun well. We just learned that Clay Shirky, Steven Johnson and Pierre Lévy will come to Brazil to talk about social networks. They will be at CIRS, International Conference on Social Networks, which will take place in Curitiba between March 11th and 13th. The event is being organized by a group of people connected to the Escola de Redes, created by @augustodefranco. You may register by clicking here.

The videos below will give you an idea about what will happen there.

January 6th, 2010

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The hunt for deceiving labels

All stories from Revista Gotas first issue Revista Gotas will be posted here– one per week. Follow and share.

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O movimento está crescendo:

: a Internet a serviço da sociedade. Entrevista no Estado de São Paulo

Ministro da Verdade:

TEDxSP website: now in English. Pls Pass it on. / (via )

"O Brasil será aquilo que nós fizermos." Fábio Barbosa, em mais no blog da Webcitizen.

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