Mira Paying it Forward

Mira Speaks about her Paying It Forward Experience:
http://blip.tv/file/get/Salehmeka-MiraVoicerecord287.mp3

Dear Friends of YLVP,

I was asked by our friends of MindSpace to document myself doing 3 good things to people, so I was wondering what that could be .. I have 2 little things this morning which I wouldn't necesserly see as a help but well since I need to document things I will just count in and what remains is the third thing .. My dear team-mate Nasry "My Victory" has just provoked me a little hehehe but well ya I know he is just kidding, I decided that instead of teasing him back that I do something nice to him, I have a HUGE chocolate bar that I have home that I wanted to share with him, but then I decided that it would be nicer if I just shared it with all of you because I like you all as you are and I would like to make you all happy today or at least smile a little as my third ''doing good thing" ... so today you are all invited to share a huge bar a chocolate maybe this evening when you get back to the hotel and in addition to that I dedicate you all this ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVczDSiAWPY ) lovely piece of music for Fairuz .. which I imagine we all like or most of us at least do .. I got inspired by the snow coz we are in sweden heheh and also the tayr (Bird) symbolyzes freedom to me and so it is an inpiration again !So I wish you a lovely day .. and hope to see you all smiling especially with finishing most of our assignments..TRY TO BE POSITIVE AND SMILE :D-- Mira Nabulsi,Cellphone (ES): +34 65 33 52 601Cellphone (PAL): +970 599 845 139E-mail: mira.gabi@gmail.com

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Re: Dear YLVP`s Have a Smiley Day‏
From:Maha Alaswad (maha.alaswad@gmail.com)
Sent:Tuesday, November 04, 2008 12:51:17 PM
To: Mira A.B. Nabulsi (mira.gabi@gmail.com)

sweet Mira I just loved you email and the lovely song , it's one of my favorites, Birds are my favorite creatures and they mean freedom for me too ,if you remember in the very 1st presentation in Swedish institute.

i am definitely smiling now sweetie

take care

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From: Hazem Abo Youness

Sent:Tuesday, November 04, 2008 10:57:05 AM
To: Mira A.B. Nabulsi (mira.gabi@gmail.com

Dear Mira, thank you allot it's very nice words, and feeling which touched me deeply, thank you again and also for the song, which I didn't see one in Sweden (I know it's winter) thank you and for all of the group, please take it easy, so you will do it, Best regards and Great Love for all of you,

Hazem

http://www.hyperhummus.com/

Sophi Paying It Forward (3)

http://www.youtube.com/v/qSjMZmoEziw

Sophi Paying It Forward (2)

http://www.youtube.com/v/062BwTvYyhI

User Studies - Test Initiators

Sofi Andersson:
Swedish
27-year old female,
living in Karlshamn.
Studied Business Management / Hyper Island
Project Manager / Hyper Island
likes dogs, films and walk in nature

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5g_z5ezGDE

User Studies - Test Initiators

Mira Nabulsi:
Palestinian
25-year old female
Master Peace Conflict & Development studies
Not working at present
Previously worked as a Local Coordinator in GTZ,
many years of volunteering experiences.
Likes music (Sufi and Oriental), cooking, and travelling.
http://www.youtube.com/v/StAxiviCEZ4

User Studies - Test Initiators

Erik Öhlen:
Swedish
22-year old male,
living in Stockholm,
studied 1 year of History and Philosophy,
currently studying Digital Media / Hyper Island.
not working at present.
likes books, music, meeting up with friends and boxing

http://www.youtube.com/v/13f1S40pKdI

Face Lift - Pay It Forward 2.0

Concept:
Pay It Forward is a book written by Catherine Ryan Hyde and released in January 2000. In 2008 and with the current status of the world around us, we have realized the need to re-interpret this initiative but with a new facelift. Pay It Forward 2.0 wants to change this work of fiction and its foundation into a real life social movement that will also be interpreted into a digital social network.
Pay It Forward 2.0 is an open group where people from different backgrounds, fields, and nationalities can participate. It investigates the relation between private and public (private relating to the immediate context in relation to the world) in reference to the private/public as the main philosophical construction of social networks.

Mission:
A social network interface that is user generated and will be the umbrella of diverse other services that will help sustain the network.

Objectives/ Challenge:
Get people to act within their immediate context, write about it and inspire others to carry on.
Our other challenge is to sustain the network through offering the user engaging interface and services like: music, video uploads, simple posting, idea book, celebrities section, tagging, GPRS type of system to help locate the other initiatives around the world, discussion panels, etc.
Also we were thinking of other offerings like a ‘Pay It Forward 2.0’ group, multi-media installations in public spaces (bars, night clubs, streets, etc.), success story books, documentary compiled from all the members, instant messages (twitter application maybe) to stay updated on the stream of good deeds, income generating applications for companies to have good deeds pop up on their main page, etc.
Also other applications like including the YLVP network and other networks as groups within the main frame, public information panels (voting, welfare, etc.), etc. can also be added into the application.

Style:
Transparent, young, dynamic, interactive and ego-less

Strategy:
Provoke action through confrontation and transparency

Effects:
Open individuals and small communities to the idea of positive change and interaction. Push individuals to own their actions and become more accountable to their responsibilities as citizens of the world.