Communicopia

Last week we convened Canada's first ever intensive web training event for the social change sector. Called the Social Tech Training, the event was a collaboration between Web of Change, a series of events owned by the community but managed by Communicopia, and the social innovation group at MaRS, a new player in the Canadian social entrepreneurship scene.

The event was fantastic - a sold out crowd of 65 participants from across North America learned from nearly 30 of the best trainers, facilitators, and strategists in the growing "web 2 for social change" field. We had 3 days of presentations, sharing, leadership development, and fun in hot sunny Toronto.

We're excited to let you know about the Open Everything Retreat, coming this fall to Hollyhock. Former Web of Change co-convener Mark Surman is at the helm, supported by Jason Mogus, David Eaves, and Mike Lewkowitz, to explore how the meme of "open" is changing everything:

Open Everything is a global conversation about the art, science and spirit of 'open'. It gathers people using openness to create and improve software, education, media, philanthropy, architecture, neighbourhoods, workplaces and the society we live in: everything. It's about thinking, doing and being open.

Web of Change, a project of Communicopia, presents, in collaboration with Mark Surman, Michael Lewkowitz, David Eaves and Jason Mogus, a retreat on open source thinking, doing and being.

Open Everything is a global conversation about 'what's open?' and how to do it better. We are gathering the leading 'open' thinkers to explore the principles at the core of open thinking and to improve the game of the people using open strategies in their work.