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Why Dadamac knows where it's going - but can't say where it begins or ends.

Dadamac knows where it's going, but it's hard to say where it begins and ends (which is why the idea of tidying up the organisation in future with Holacracy is so appealing - see Dadamac Holacracy Lite ). To make sense of Dadamac it's simplest to start in the middle, which is easy to find, because I'm at the middle of Dadamac. Dadamac exists because of the Internet I'm Pamela McLean. I'm the "mac" of Dadamac, and I live in London. My central role in Dadamac came about not because I live in London, but because I have 24/7 access...

Learning, doing and dancing in Dadamac

I love dancing. I also love learning new things - but only if I'm interested, and I like to learn in my own way. Maybe it's because I'm curious and I'm a confident self-direct learner, or maybe it's that I'm too lazy, or contrary, to learn stuff that someone else has decided I need to learn. Whatever the reason I find myself in Dadamac continually jumping between "doing stuff" and "needing to learn how", and I have come to see my learning as a dance. In this Dadamac learning-by-doing dance my life skips between: Having to do something. Getting a...

Dadamac Holacracy Lite

Holacracy is a way of structuring an evolving organisation and Dadamac is an evolving organisation (see Why Dadamac knows where it's going - but can't say where it begins or ends ) I'm calling the current Dadamac version "Holacracy Lite", because we haven't learned how to implement the full version properly yet. To date I'm the person in Dadamac who knows most about Holacracy - and I've only been on the one-day, introductory course. There is much more to be learned. What I bring to Dadamac Holacracy Lite is my enthusiasm, the Holacracy Workshop Handbook that I brought back from...

Distance learning challenges

Teresa from Fantsuam reflects on the technological challenges of being a distance learning student. It was an achievement for me to have scaled the hurdles of proficiency in English, tuition fees and academic qualifications to gain admission into the Masters Distance Learning programme at the University of Southampton, UK. But I had not reckoned on coping with the ICT challenge of keeping apace with my class and courses; a reliable internet connection was one of the requirements of getting on this course and I had been given assurances that our VSAT would be adequate for my needs. During the first...

Connecting with Dadamac? Start here.

This is written for people who connect with Dadamac and need to understand its roots and character, in connection with their developing roles. It's probably too detailed for casual readers. History Dadamac was never planned, it just "kind of happened" in response to needs, and requests, and interests. It has been largely self-funded, running alongside various day jobs. Much of its history can be found by dipping deep into www.dadamac.net . Dadamac got its name from the fact that John Dada and I (Pamela McLean) were collaborating in various ways and in those situations we needed to speak with one...

Via SumOfUs - Monsanto versus small farmers in Guatemala - get involved

SumOfUs writes - What happens when small farmers in Guatemala save seeds from one year to the next, as they have for centuries? They get up to four years in prison. That’s according to the “Monsanto Law,” which was recently struck down by Guatemala’s highest court. But now Monsanto is saying the law is required under free trade deals, and it's likely only a matter of time before it launches a wave of lawsuits to force Guatemala to give in. Developing nations like Guatemala have no chance against a corporate superpower like Monsanto -- that's why we're standing with Guatemala...

By Fola - My Story and Journey on ICT with Pamela McLean.

Photo: Fola's self-funded mini ICT centre at Ago-Are This post was sent to me by Folabi Sunday for sharing : My quest to the world of ICT knew no bound and it was borne out of passion since when i was a young boy with mum selling dead newspaper. While reading through these unsold magazines i found out that a life without information is shapeless and helpless. I discovered there avalanche of opportunities on internet. I got most of my problems solved reading those old unsold newspapers and that was 2003 and it continued till 2003 when i got my...

#Inequality, invisibility and Internet #BAD2014 #OCT16 #BlogAction14

It's Blog Action Day, and this year the topic is "Inequality", hence these thoughts on inequality and invisibility on the Internet: Hype about the Internet suggests that we live in a connected world. Hype about mobile phones suggests that, even where direct Internet connectivity is still problematic, smart phones are plugging any remaining gaps. Hype suggests that even in rural areas across the globe people can all be equally on line and equally visible to each other. Imagine if that was true. What if there was true equality of access to the Internet ? How would it be if grass-roots...

Fantsuam celebrates 'International Day for Older People'

Age Demands Action (ADA) was launched in 2007 in 27 countries. The campaign challenges age discrimination and fights for the rights of older people. Since it started, Age Demands Action has created a sustainable environment where older people lead in bringing about tangible changes in their country and globally. The focal day of the campaign is the International Day of Older Persons on 1 October where older people take part in various awareness-raising activities and meet Governments. The Older People's Initiative of Kaduna State in partnership with Fantsuam Foundation and HelpAge International, celebrated this year's International day for Older People...

January 10th 2015 - Starting the New Year with Dadamac.

The seeds of this event were sown back in 2002 when two community projects in different parts of Nigeria linked up through occasional access to the Internet and a shared connection with a contact in London. The intervening years have given us tantalising glimpses of what the future might bring, if the world wide web becomes genuinely world-wide. Imagine being part of a completely interconnected global society, where people from different cultures and perspectives can rub minds, and collaborate on practical problem-solving, and where we can combine our social, intellectual and financial resources. In Dadamac we've sampled many elements of...

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