[Webpub] [Fwd: [Cci-seminars] CCI seminar with Craig Newmark, Founder of craigslist, Fri Nov 14, 12:00]

[Susan Curran]

Thought this talk would be of interest to web-pub members.

-Susan


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Subject: 	[Cci-seminars] CCI seminar with Craig Newmark, Founder of 
craigslist, Fri Nov 14, 12:00
Date: 	Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:10:23 -0400
From: 	Robert Laubacher <rjl at MIT.EDU>
To: 	<cci-seminars at MIT.EDU>



*Reminder of MIT Center for Collective Intelligence seminars
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Complete list of currently schedule fall 2008 seminars included with 
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*A FEW THINGS LEARNED FROM CRAIGSLIST 
**Craig Newmark, Founder, craigslist 
**Friday, November 14, 12:00-1:30 pm*
5 Cambridge Center, _MIT Building NE25_ 
<http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=NE25&mapsearch=go>, Room 746, 
McClintock Room

*Abstract
*Founder and customer service rep Craig Newmark talks about the shared 
values of the craigslist community and extending these values to social 
causes across the planet.

*Speaker bio
*In 1995 Craig Newmark began his career in community organizing by 
starting "craigslist" as a list service to share community information 
on upcoming events in San Francisco with his close circle of friends. 
craigslist <http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites> has evolved to a 
community service website with over 50 million community members located 
in more than 576 cities in 50 different countries who are generating 
over 15 billion page views per month, sharing common values and information.

*CCI seminar schedule for the spring semester of 2008
*- Fri Nov 14 , 12:00-1:30
Craig Newmark, Founder of craigslist
_A Few Things Learned from Craigslist_ <http://cci.mit.edu/newmark.html>

- Wed Nov 19, 4:00-5:30 
Deborah Gordon, Stanford University
_Thriving without Management: Ant Colony Organization_ 
<http://cci.mit.edu/gordon.html>

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