Tag Archives: Milena Arciszewski

My video application for the Youth Action Net Fellowship

I just applied for the Youth Action Net Fellowship.  Part of the application requires a 2.5 minute video, describing: What challenge are you addressing and what inspired you to take action? What does your project do? Looking ahead 5 years, … Continue reading

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Pando is a finalist in the WE Media Pitch It Challenge!

WE Media hosts a yearly competition for dreamers.  People post their solutions for 21st century challenges, and people vote on which ideas they support.  Eight finalists are chosen and compete to receive $25,000 in seed funding.  The decisions are made … Continue reading

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Pictures. Lots of them.

Here are photos from the Pando kick-off meeting on January 22nd:

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Pando profiled by the Case Foundation Social Citizens blog!

There are two people that I dream of meeting.  If I could shmooze with anyone, it would be with Steve and Jean Case. They started The Case Foundation in 1997, which promotes civic engagement and invests in new, citizen-led ideas.  … Continue reading

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Tears, donuts, Ron Gonen, and my big break

At this time last week, I was in bed, in tears.  Jackie and I had gone to meet with one of the executives at Creative Artists Agency, to pitch Pando and try to raise between $10-20K.  But I chickened out. … Continue reading

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Update on the Pilot

Last Saturday, we had a meeting to get the Project Leaders set up with their websites. The purpose of the meeting was to introduce the next version of the Pando website, which will give Project Leaders the tools they need … Continue reading

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Kick-off meeting for Project Leaders!

This past Saturday we had the Pando kick-off meeting for Project Leaders and their Mentors.  To me, this represented The Beginning. Every Project Leader had a chance to stand up in front of the group and present their project idea, … Continue reading

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Slowly beginning to woo the press

An amazing write-up from Melissa Jun Rowley, in WhatGives?! Magazine: “Pando Projects – the new face of activism” Melissa is also a writer for Mashable, but says that we need a few more months before we are ready for a … Continue reading

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Director of Marketing at HBO now helping Pando + the ridiculousness of online toolkits

Today I met with Sabrina Caluori, the Director of Social Media and Marketing at HBO.  She was radiant, sweet, intelligent, and… a really young female.  I sat in awe.  How can such a young women infiltrate and run one of … Continue reading

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