iq consult offers a mentoring programme “Initiative MENT” for social entrepreneurs and small and medium sized companies. They promise a win-win situation, in which social entrepreneurs will profit from SMBs’ market experience while SMBs will enhance their corporate social responsibility. We have now applied after a very informative and promising meeting last week. We are Read more about VSA applied for the MENT Programme[…]
The VSA went to one of the famous SenseDrinks by MakeSense on Tuesday 13/11/12 at Cafe Conde In Berlin. MakeSense connects Social Entrepreneurs with “supercool individuals” ready to take up their challenges online and offline through specifically designed workshops also called MakeSense Hold-ups. “A hold-up is a 1h30 creativity workshop which gathers 15 persons maximum Read more about VSA at MakeSense[…]
The VSA AGM 2012 took place on Saturday, the 3rd of November at 11am in Berlin-Zehlendorf. 11 members participated, two of them over skype, 8 members were excused, 1 member was unexcused. Anna and Ron Wertlen reported about VSA finances and activities in the past year. A presentation containing all details can be accessed here: Read more about The VSA AGM 2012 Report[…]
This year’s AGM will take place on the 3rd of November 2012 at 11am in Berlin. Please, RSVP to this blog if you would like to take part. Here is the agenda for the meeting: 1. Welcome and excused 2. Reports 2.1 The Association: VSA as NGO and PBO, eKhaya ICT-VSA MoU, awareNet software and Read more about The VSA AGM 2012 Agenda[…]
In the software world, X has two central connotations, eXtreme programming (rapid design and implementation of software) and XML (XPath, XSLT, exsetra), technologies that are closely associated with innovation and the Web. The Xinnovations conference 2012 looked at smart ways to get computers to help people, mainly through the semantic web and the Internet. That Read more about awareNet at Xinnovation 2012 — Xpitch — South African Innovation[…]
Are you aware yet? This blog provides more information to the music CD The awareNet Peace Song Collection 2011, which will be published soon. The challenge – write a theme song for awareNet Popular music culture is big amongst the youth worldwide – in Grahamstown East the Rap and Hip Hop music forms are particularly Read more about Background Information on The awareNet Peace Song Collection 2011[…]
The VSA now focusus on training teachers how to use and teach the use of awareNet to learners and how to integrate the awareNet programme into their regular teaching. Initially, we mainly trained learners, which was important to find out if awareNet is interesting for them, and if they understand the concept and design. That Read more about Teachers become awareNet Champions for Sustainability[…]
Dr Sarah Hanton, our new trustee, will be presenting awareNet to educators at Innovate 2012, the Schools ICT Conference in Cape Town this year (2.-4.10.12). Dr Hanton is a teacher herself (at Victoria Girls High School) and very involved in numerous awareNet projects in the past 2 years, e.g. about Equal Education, outreach projects involving Read more about Presentation of awareNet at Schools ICT Conference in Cape Town[…]
Anna Wertlen presented the ECSPIRT Project and VSA’s awareNet programme in front of the panel of judges at the final round of the Impumelelo Social Innovations Awards last Thursday, the 12th of July 2012, in Cape Town. The discussion following the presentation was very fruitful, and it seemed as if many of the judges had Read more about Impumelelo – Final Round Presentation[…]
During this year’s Arts Festival, awareNet users and Festinos had the chance to try out awareNet’s new scribbling tool for the first time. This scribbling tool makes awareNet even more creative and interactive. The young guests at our stand in the ASSITEJ Family Venue had a lot of fun: We Read more about Arts Festival Outcomes[…]