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A talented fundraiser, Lyons has helped bring in eight of the school's nine largest gifts and galvanized donors to record levels of participation and engagement.
More than 1,000 MIT alumni and friends were in attendance to celebrate the MIT Campaign for a Better World, a galvanizing effort that has gathered momentum and participation since its public launch in May 2016, at events around the world.
To do so, the company has raised a $7.3 million Series B round of financing led by Foundry Group, with participation from Telegraph Hill Capital, Rocketship VC and Galvanize.
Some speculate the reason for this may have to do with the fact that organizers were everyday people wanting to make a difference and statement about Prop 8, but didn't have field organizing experience to follow up with additional protests without a galvanizing event to motivate and sustain the level of participation.
Coalitions between government and civil society reformers who champion transparency and anti-corruption and advocates of climate action create a powerful new lever for the Partnership by showing how open data, transparency and participation in decision making are all vital elements in galvanizing national climate action.
The seed round was led by RMR Capital, with participation from R/GA Ventures, Bullet Time Ventures, NYU Innovation Venture Fund, Rugged Ventures, Galvanize Ventures, and Brand Foundry Ventures, as well as strategic investors American Family Ventures and Comporium, Inc. Keen Home's first product is the Smart Vent which allows homeowners to control airflow to different rooms.
The Regional Meeting can galvanize far more African countries to make the leap from informal dialogue with the OGP to formal participation - currently only nine African countries are signed up.
ON Election Day 2000, galvanized by Senator Joseph Lieberman's bid for vice president, more than three-quarters of registered voters in the state cast ballots, the third-highest voter participation rate in the country.
These tales galvanize social change.
