[liberationtech] $100K opportunity for early-stage developing-market fintech entrepreneurs

2017-01-11 Thread Yosem Companys 
From: Temina Madon 

DFS Lab

 is an early-stage incubator that supports high potential entrepreneurs
refine, grow and launch fintech businesses in developing countries. Focused
on empowering communities in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, DFS Lab
delivers mentorship and strategic counsel to early-stage start-ups
pioneering transformative business models that empower the poorest,
profitably and at scale.

We give the highest quality entrepreneurs access to extensive networks
and relevant, world class advice on how to build successful ventures that
change the way low-income consumers interact with digital financial
services. Supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the
initiative is housed at Caribou Digital, a specialist in building inclusive
digital economies. Learn more about DFS Lab at www.dfslab.net and follow us
on Twitter @TheDFSLab.

In April 2017, a select group of purpose-driven entrepreneurs will converge
in South Asia (country TBD) for DFS Lab’s fintech bootcamp, bringing
together smart, dynamic people who are building innovative products,
services and technologies for low-income consumers. Using the Design Sprint
Methodology
,
a process of structured brainstorming for answering critical business
questions, you will go through a workshop to design, prototype and test new
ideas. By creating quick prototypes, you can get actual feedback and see if
there’s a real potential for the solution you’ve created.

This high-intensity program provides you with the very best hands-on
support, guidance and mentoring to help bring your idea to life. The best
ideas will receive grant funding of up to USD $100K and 6 months of
additional support from the DFS Lab. The program runs for 5 days and
includes flights, healthy meals, accommodation and fun!

We are looking for two-person teams who wish to launch a company or very
early stage startups with less than USD $100K investment to date who wants
to send two co-founders to our bootcamp. Your startup's vision should be to
create an innovative new technology to address one of DFS Lab's priority
areas.

Check out  a video of our previous bootcamp
experience in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

If you are passionate about solving problems faced by low-income consumers
and believe you have what it takes, learn more and apply now
!
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[liberationtech] Digital Academy

2017-01-11 Thread Yosem Companys 
From: Melissa Foley

I wanted to let everyone know about a new program we're launching that
pairs digital workshops with one-on-one mentoring. The program is designed
to address the needs of organizations with varying budgets, experience and
capacity. You can find more info about the New Media Mentors Digital Academy
 below.

Cheers,
Melissa
-- 
Melissa Foley
Netroots Nation
Director of Training and Mentoring
650.504.8353 <(650)%20504-8353>
Twitter: @melfoley / @Netroots_Nation

**
We're thrilled to announce that New Media Mentors is launching a new
program called the *Digital Academy*
*.
*The Academy offers master classes on digital skills and best practices to
help organizations mobilize and build power.

*New Media Mentors
*,
a partnership with Netroots Nation, works with nonprofits to help them
supercharge their digital programs and win campaigns. New Media Mentors
supports a learn-by-doing model, where concepts and strategy are applied
directly to live projects going on in the participant's work. The academy
pairs digital workshops with one-on-one mentoring sessions, allowing time
for the participant to go deeper into technique and implementation.

Our session for the Winter courses include:

*Digital Advocacy and Engagement

- *it's time to renovate the tools we use to build leaders and engage with
supporters and members at a time when digital and legislative advocacy and
mobilization is critical.
*Workshops begin *
*Tuesday, 2/14 at 2pm ET and run until Tuesday, 3/7 at 3pm ET. *

*Digital Fundamentals and Best Practices

Re: [liberationtech] Fake News

2017-01-11 Thread Andres Pacheco 
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!important;background-color:white;}In my opinion, "fake news" is neither "new" 
nor a US-only phenomenon.
It's just one more trait of a "marketing society."
Giles Deleuze noted it ~40 years ago:

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too bad Aaron Hillel Swartz was "suicided" for trying to open those vaults, but 
fortunately this particular text is freely available on the internet, pick your 
source. This one from UCLA:
http://classes.dma.ucla.edu/Fall15/252A/content/readings/deleuze-postscript-on-the-societies-of-control.pdf
 

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On Wednesday, January 11, 2017, 12:40 AM, F LM  wrote:

As someone who doesn't live in the US, I find this whole "fake news" issue 
somehow confusing. 

It seems to me that it's a very wide concept created by media like The 
Guardian, NYT, etc., in order to discredit certain efforts by Trump supporters 
to influence voters based on false information (social media profiles, online 
articles, etc.). However, as time goes by, I see fake news coming out more and 
more from that same left-wing propaganda machine with misinformation, 
highly-biased pieces and more often than not, blatantly false reports.

What are the first public mentions of this controversial concept in the press? 
Perhaps that would give me a bit more of light.

FL

> On 11-01-2017, at 00:27, Manuel Amador (Rudd-O)  wrote:
> 
>> On 12/09/2016 04:51 AM, Yosem Companys wrote:
>> Anyone know of any academic studies showing that fake (social media)
>> news influenced the 2016 presidential election outcome?
> 
> The election was influenced by fake media alright, but the victory in
> the U.S. elections is *despite* the fake media, not because of it.
> 
> Fake media — CNN, WaPo, The Times., all that brainwashing nonsense — 
> was basically against the winner.  He won nonetheless.
> 
> *shruggie*
> 
> I don't have to live with that result, but it's the truth.
> 
> 
> -- 
>    Rudd-O
>    http://rudd-o.com/
> 
> 
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