From michael at projectpolymath.org Sun Jan 10 01:21:35 2010 From: michael at projectpolymath.org (Michael Barnathan) Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:21:35 -0500 Subject: [PolyList] Now hiring instructors. Message-ID: <4B4971EF.7020202@projectpolymath.org> Project Polymath Dear Polymaths, Happy New Year! It's amazing what can happen in just a few months. For instance, last June we had only 45 students and 99 supporters. Now, just a few months later, we have over 250 students and over 800 supporters! Thank you all for spreading the message. As exciting as this news is, we have an even more auspicious announcement: we are ready to begin hiring our first instructors. We are seeking creative, intelligent, and inspirational individuals with both breadth of knowledge and subject expertise to teach our next several online courses. Responsibilities of the position are similar to those of an adjunct professor (but without the need to hold office hours), and include formulating a course lesson plan, recording and posting weekly audio or audiovisual lectures, answering student inquiries, and grading submitted assignments (as applicable). As the courses are offered online, this work may be performed fully remotely. Compensation is offered per-course on a semi-monthly basis, with each course running for 10 weeks. Sound exciting? Interested in helping train the next generation of polymathic leaders? Then fill out an application and let's get started! Of course, new instructors imply new course offerings, so even if you don't plan on teaching, keep an eye on our learning portal over the next few months! We have an additional piece of exciting news for some of you: we've recently been contacted by a producer filming a documentary on 18th and 19th century German culture for the BBC and seeking to interview German polymaths on topics ranging from "Bach to Bauhaus, Beethoven to the Brandenburg Gate, Wagner to Weimar Classicism". Filming will take place at the end of January and beginning of February. If you are of German nationality and are interested in being part of this documentary, please email Jess.Hartley at libertybell.tv . Here's to a happy, healthy, and productive 2010! Best Regards, Michael Barnathan Founder, Project Polymath -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: pp_email.png Type: image/png Size: 4373 bytes Desc: not available URL: From polymath.industries at gmail.com Sun Jan 10 11:36:24 2010 From: polymath.industries at gmail.com (Adam Gerson) Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:36:24 -0800 Subject: [PolyList] Article re: Polymath Industries - Multi-Disciplinary Initiative to Catalyze Social Entrepreneurship by Donating Ideas Message-ID: <2c89164f1001100836h14b0efadl4c5465f0c6d055dc@mail.gmail.com> Note to all Polymaths - I am looking for assistance in crowd sourcing software to build an umbrella organization for R&D and social entrepreneurship and bundle formation titled, "Polymath Industries." Any assistance would be appreciated. Additionally, bundles on the Polymath Industries website (listed below) reference bio-therapeutics, the serious game initiative, and object hyperlinking. For these subjects, I am looking for expertise to advance the concepts that are posted on the website. Below are links to related webpage articles on Current TV and Change.org. The text of the article posted along with links to social entrepreneurship sites are listed below. FYI - My Twitter call name is "AMGerson" Thanks in advance, Adam *Adam M. Gerson* *Polymath Industries LLC* *Phone - 360-348-2395 cell* *Email - **Polymath.Industries at gmail.com* *Website - **http://sites.google.com/ site/polymathindustriesllc/ home * Current TV Article - http://current.com/items/91863167_polymath-industries-initiative-to-catalyze-social-entrepreneurship-by-donating-ideas.htm Change.org Story - http://socialentrepreneurship.change.org/actions/view/polymath_industries_-_an_initiative_to_promote_civil_discourse_and_catalyze_social_entrepreneurship *********** *Polymath Industries - Initiative devoted to catalyzing social entrepreneurship seeking fellowship support. * *Related Website* - http://sites.google.com/site/polymathindustriesllc/ *Email Address* - Polymath.Industries at gmail.com *Polymath Industries*, a Seattle start-up devoted to Social Entrepreneurship - is posting a wide variety of business concepts and raw ideas to assist aspiring entrepreneurs and form multi-disciplinary collaborations. Hyperlinks to international organizations promoting social entrepreneurship are also listed on the website. The company described as a think tank designed to catalyze creative system engineering, promote civil discourse & collaborations through PDF pamphlets, and advance social entrepreneurship. Items on the webpage include concepts in social dynamics, draft bio-therapeutics, theoretical social and physical sciences, and various bundles formed through technological knowledge management. All concepts and compilations contained on the page are raw ideas or "White Board" creativity, with novelty yet to be determined as of December 2009. It is theorized that multi-disciplinary collaboration through "Copyleft" exposure on the virtual realm will promote team formation to accomplish 21st Century Problem Solving. Questions regarding the initiative can be sent to Mr. Gerson below. -- Adam M. Gerson Concept Developer - Polymath Industries LLC Email - Polymath.Industries at gmail.com Website - http://sites.google.com/site/polymathindustriesllc/home 1. *Social Entrepreneurship Definition on Wikipedia* - - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_entrepreneurship 2. *Change.org* 3. *Ashoka.org* 4. *PBS The New Heroes* - - http://www.pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/whatis/ 5. *The Skoll Foundation* - - http://www.skollfoundation.org/aboutsocialentrepreneurship/whatis.asp 6. *Free Management Library* - - http://managementhelp.org/soc_entr/soc_entr.htm 7. *The Schwab Foundation* - - http://www.schwabfound.org/sf/index.htm 8. *Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke* - - http://www.caseatduke.org/ 9. *Social Edge* - - http://www.socialedge.org/ 10. *Draper Richards Foundation *- - http://www.draperrichards.org/process/index.html?gclid=CMq75ueDlZ8CFRKjagodlFIuUw 11. *Acumen Fund* - - http://www.acumenfund.org/?gclid=CNrznPaDlZ8CFQZfagod0jpAxQ 12. *Echoing Green* - - http://www.echoinggreen.org/about/what-is-social-entrepreneurship?gclid=CPeev4GElZ8CFQMsawodX3QD9 g 13. *Harvard Business School - Non Profit Management* - - http://www.exed.hbs.edu/programs/spnm/?source=GoogleAdWords&kw=social%20entrepreneurship&gclid=CJS3lZWElZ8CFSgtawodhjs1Z *The site administrator also digs Current TV - **http://current.com/** ** * *Check it out if you get a chance. ? 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