The Grid podcast

Education - The Grid, episode 2

Education for all - in our second episode, we look at three projects that provide enlightenment as well as entertainment. Contributors to the episode: - André Tamura, founder and head of WeGov, a start-up dedicated to teaching Brazilian civil servants how to make their work more effective and efficient Florianópolis, Brazil www.wegov.net.br - Katharina Moser, ur-European and inventor of the quirky Europe game COME ON OVER! designed to bring fun and excitement to the topic of Europe Vienna, Austria www.kommzumir.eu/en - Lida Tsene, co-founder of Comicdom Press and Athens Comics Library that teach workshops for both adults and children with the aid of comics Athens, Greece www.comicdom.gr *** For more education within the Impact Hub network, check out the edX / MITx course U.Lab (www.impacthub.net/ulab); TEMI, Teaching Inquiry with Mysteries Incorporated (www.teachingmysteries.eu/en) and SterrenLab (www.sterrenlab.com)in Europe; and Jabber Logic (www.jabberlogic.com) and Actively Learn (www.activelylearn.com) in the U.S. If there are any interesting educational projects near you that you think we have left out, please drop us a line at mail@thegridpodcast.com or share it on Twitter with the hashtag #thegrid02 *** Produced and presented by Alexei Korolyov www.alexei-korolyov.com Logo and visual identity - Lilit Asiryan, graphic designer and visual communicator based in Stockholm www.asiryan.com Music and sound identity - Alexander Forstner, musician and composer based in Vienna www.sneezingbeaver.com

Neighbourhood - The Grid, episode 1

Working for the good of the hood - the inaugural episode of The Grid looks at three businesses concerned with where they are. Contributors to the episode: - Andreas Förster, co-founder of FragNebenan. Based in Vienna, Austria, FragNebenan is a social network aimed at empowering neighbours and neighbourhoods www.fragnebenan.com - Carmen van der Vecht and Andres Talledo Pacheco at Rambler in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Rambler is a social venture and fashion brand that enables troubled street kids and school dropouts to try their hand at fashion www.rmblr.com - Casey Dilloway at CommunitySourcedCapital in Seattle, USA, a platform that helps businesses to generate money from within their communities www.communitysourcedcapital.com *** For more of the neighbourhood-oriented businesses, make sure to check out Konnektid in Amsterdam (www.konnektid.com), Halfway Up the Stairs in Berlin (www.aufhalbertreppe.de), and HandUp in San Fransisco (www.handup.org). Are there any interesting companies doing something for their communities that you think we have left out? Drop us a line at mail@thegridpodcast.com or share it on Twitter with the hashtag #thegrid01 *** Produced and presented by Alexei Korolyov, co-produced by Milo Tesselaar. Logo and visual identity - Lilit Asiryan, graphic designer and visual communicator based in Stockholm www.asiryan.com Music and sound identity - Alexander Forstner, musician and composer based in Vienna www.sneezingbeaver.com Music sample: "In The Hood" by Kool & The Gang