SocialDesignSite is happy to announce that it has created our community platform on Ning . This platform was created in response to the valuable feedback of our participating projects. Through this platform we seek to offer a convenient and lively communication environment, enhance connections between the members of our community and provide opportunities for sharing, participation and collaboration.
Here you can share any kind of information, network with the people you like, provide content, engage in discussions, join and create groups.
Feel free to get the most out of this platform – it is here for you to use!
We hope that this platform will bring you enjoyable and useful experiences.

SocialDesignSite  is proud to announce that it has conducted two first SoYouKnow events. The first SoYouKnow took place on October 9, 2009 at the Young Crew Workshop in Berlin for young professionals and students in the field of project management. It lasted for three hours and received warm acceptance of the participants. The second SoYouKnow workshop was conducted on October 16, 2009 in Witzenhausen at the “Global Thinking – Local Responsibility” conference for the students of food business. The event was again welcomed by the audience.

SoYouKnow, standing for Socialize Your Knowledge, is an interactive and playful workshop format. During the event the participants have the opportunity to share knowledge, communicate on the topic of soft skills in project management and network with each other. The friendly atmosphere of SoYouKnow creates not only meaningful knowledge exchange, but also ground for dynamic and enjoyable learning. SocialDesignSite team will continue working on the SoYouKnow format. The next workshop will follow on November 13, 2009 in Vienna.

SocialDesignSite was presented at the exhibition DREAM FOR A CAUSE - Social Design between Utopia and Reality from November 4 until December 12, 2009 in Vienna. The event was also the occasion to run a SoYouKnow workshop facilitated by Suk-Han Tang and Glória Costa on November 12, 2009. It invited participants to reflect on social design and focused on the practical issues for a successful social design project. For more information concerning the exhibition please visit this link .

SocialDesignSite is proud to announce that it will be conducting an event for the Young Crew Workshop 2009 . The workshop will take place on October 9, 2009 in Berlin. It is organised by the young fraction of the German Project Management Association – Young Crew , which consists of young project managers working voluntarily to disseminate knowledge and best practices in the field.
Our event, called SoYouKnow, is an interactive workshop, aimed at discovering, sharing, shaping and improving people’s knowledge. SoYouKnow stands for “Socialize Your Knowledge” – a motto emphasizing the importance of sharing what you know with other people. Two main streams of knowledge distribution are used: learning by sharing and learning by doing. Learning by sharing consists of real time peer-to-peer learning, when people teach each other and thus enhance their knowledge. Learning by doing aims to brush up knowledge through applying it to real-life challenges. For this goal methods of case studies and role plays are used.
Allowing not only to assemble, but also to co-create knowledge, SoYouKnow pursues the goal of shaping a dynamic and vibrant learning environment. It takes knowledge experiences to a new level and strives for excellence in learning, sharing and doing.
For more information, please visit www.youngcrew.de

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AUGUST 5, 2009, POTSDAM, GERMANY

SocialDesignSite attended the UndJetzt?! (And Now?!) Conference, which took place from August 3 to 8, 2009 in Potsdam. Over 150 socially active individuals, former volunteers in projects in third world countries, spent a week exploring the challenges and opportunities of social and voluntary work. Four members of the SocialDesignSite team attended workshops on Fundraising and Web 2.0 tools, aggregating useful knowledge for the development of the project and sharing practical insights from the social design experience. On August 6th, SocialDesignSite held a presentation in Pecha Kucha format introducing the project to the public. The presentation was warmly received by the audience and as a result of the conference, the project started several new ventures with cooperation partners, thus giving concrete answers to the main question of the conference.

One of the newest addition to our team, Glória Costa, who studied Communication Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Lisbon University, has created a teaser for the SocialDesignSite.
The video can be viewed in the Creative Media Section on our website.