Feb 2016
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A society is a group of people involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Societies are characterised by patterns of relationships (social relations) between individuals who share a distinctive culture and institutions; a given society may be described as the sum total of such relationships among its constituent members. In the social sciences, a larger society often evinces stratification or dominance patterns in subgroups
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Social Media and Technology: How are these two affecting societal situations today, and how are we leveraging them to stimulate change in untapped areas.
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Stories of Social impact: The rising tide of social entrepreneurship. Social impact projects at scale and at the grassroots.
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Patterns of relationships between subgroups of society: How cultural expectations affect our approach to politics, civil sense, and how we go about daily life.
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The Goa Project Funnel The Goa Project is an unconference - where unlike a typical conference, the talks are not put together by a panel or knowledge partner - but is proposed by the attendees themselves. You propose a session or talk that might be of interest to the audience at the unconference, a… more
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Conscious ClubbingA sober perspective on why self propelled highs(as opposed to drugs) can (also) help one attain a more elevated sense of being.Especially when out partying and at festivals. more
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Participatory Learning NetworksThe presentation will focus on current systems in social impact projects at scale, and how bringing in participation by beneficiaries and grassroots workers can increase impact, because of greater contextualisation and ownership. more
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Gratitude Attitude and Life's PurposeThe talk will bring about a transformation in the way we think and look at life through: a deeper insight into our minds and the essence of ‘me’ bringing clarity into what we all are here for..our life’s purpose knowing how to live practically in the now and the difference between the now and instant gratification being aware that we are our own heroes, limiting factors and our own source of infi… more
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Nivas Ravichandran How social media helped during Chennai floodsTo show how Social Media was leveraged by several Chennaites to help the affected. It would act as a good example of how one could solve a crisis with the help of Social Media. more
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Getting comfortable with your sexual selfRecognising the gaps in your perception of sexual self and reality more
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Politics in the 21st CenturyTo raise awareness about role of politics in the 21st century more
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Influence of Cheating on Human Culture & RelationshipsTo gain perspective about personal and societal behaviours that may have never been questioned or if questioned, not understood and which stem from the natural behaviour of sexual infidelity. more
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Sex Crimes And The City- How To Be Today's Carrie BradshawTo reflect on an Urban Woman’s Life and share what I’ve learnt about keeping myself safe, while still having all the fun I need. more
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neha singh The future of Why Loiter? - new ideas for outreachto discuss various new avenues that can be explored, through the arts/design/performances/any new medium to make the Why loiter? movement reach out to more women (and men) across urban and rural India. more
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Work, Food, Music, Ethics, Health, Wellness : Decoding All for People and SocietyTo highlight how all of it is related through live music, props and case studies more
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Effective AltruismIntroducing Effective Altruism- a recent social/ philosophical movement which focus on non-trivial application of rationality & evidence to maximize impact on the world. more
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How I Lost Weight Eating Biryani - Beeryani FitnessTo help people stay healthy in the longrun while enjoying their favorite foods and not torturing themselves in the gym. more
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The loss of the attention spanTo make people aware of the loss of the attention span in this age of an abundance of information and very little knowledge. more
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From transaction to trustTo help build organizations or social models based on trust rather than transactions. In such systems, there is no need to motivate people, monitor them, or lay down rules of behaving in a certain way. more
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Understanding Bitcoin and the Blockchain and why this technology has the potential to change the worldWhile everybody has a vague idea that Bitcoin is some sort of an “anonymous online cryptocurrency,” most of them don’t really know what it means, how it works, and why so many people in so many different industries seem to be so excited about it. At the end of this session, I expect you to have an understanding of how Bitcoin works, what is the really difficult problem that it solves for the firs… more
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Going beyond Modi / Anti Modi / Bhakt / Sickular / AAPTARDPolitical discussion in India is most of the times just name calling. Many important issues are either discussed in a good versus evil framework or are not discussed at all. AskHow India has a simple hack to change the tone and content of such conversations! more
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The power of adventure sport in democratizing changemaking in rural India.The objective of this session is for the audience to get a better understanding of non-conventional methods of social entrepreneurship, focusing especially on adventure sport. more
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Trivialization of mental illness in social media and alienation of survivors in peer groupsUnderstanding how trivialization of mental illness is limiting space for survivors to seek help more
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Social Activism, Work and Impact.To understand why it is imperative that the young act and how to go about doing it. more
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If you're stupid and you know it, honk!Exploring and understanding the lack of civic sense and conduct in India more
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Building 21st century skills through service learningAt the end of the session, I expect you to have an understanding of ‘service learning’ and how it is used to build skills required in 21st century and at the same time solve social problems. more
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The Leadership Manifesto : mapping We-Me-Us JourneyTo leave each participant with reflections on where they are on their leadership journey. We will do this through a manifesto that we have created after speaking to leadership practitioners. This manifesto speaks about three journeys - ME, WE and US and we will be mapping ourselves vis-a-vis these. more
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Bitcoin and Blockchain for Public Transparency and Accountability in IndiaTo create a community of people interested is using bitcoin and blockchain to promote citizen participation and transparent transactions in India. more
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Guns, Germs And Steel. Let's Talk Evolution.Evolution by natural selection is an often misunderstood topic with many people ignoring the simplistic beauty of the process. This talk aims at kindling an interest in evolution from where attendees can explore further books and topics. more
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Digital Desh: Is Rural India equipped to be in the startup scene? Here's what we found.Between the logistic/policy hassle of enabling Desi Entrepreneurs and putting them online, we forgot to check how their organic growth is really like. more
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Hosted by
The Goa Project Funnel The Goa Project is an unconference - where unlike a typical conference, the talks are not put together by a panel or knowledge partner - but is proposed by the attendees themselves. You propose a session or talk that might be of interest to the audience at the unconference, a… more