If we want technology to have the greatest positive impact on the world, we need to first make sure everyone has the skills to contribute. Thank you to our partners in Italy for making this possible – Freeformers and Fondazione Mondo Digitale – and to everyone I met today who’s making a difference – Federico Bastiani from Social street International, Gioia Gottini from I mercoledì della Mansardina and Lisa…

In my research on innovators, I like to draw the distinction between “path finders” and “path creators.” Rarely does the metaphor seem so apt as in the case of Federico Bastiani. He is the originator of the “social streets” movement now spreading across Italy, so the innovation he created literally involves a path: the street in which he and his family live in Bologna. Bastiani grew up in a small…

We’ve worked together for a little over a now. When I first perused Federico’s website, I recall reading a puzzling phrase, something like: “… we are preparing to perform miracle” I had previous experiences with other highly-rated professionals in the world of communication and the web and I was always left with a feeling of disapointment or delirium as if we were not represented properly. Then I met Federico. I…

Italian neighbors build a social network…

Federico Bastiani has been my assistant for many years and I consider him and his family part of my own. He organises my professional life and everybody loves him, journalists, editors, publishers, publicists, event organisers everybody has praised him.  I am very very lucky to have him and I cannot imagine my life without him. Federico is attentive, polite, takes the initiative when needed and he is very, very dynamic.…

3009 We endorse Federico Bastiani as a competent, professional, and progressive CFO (Chief Financial Officer). He has held this position within our organisation since mid-2021 and far exceeded our expectations. Mr Bastiani has shown great creativity within the pandemic environment by facilitating progressive new projects and facilitating relationships with shareholders who could help our non-profit stay relevant and operational during uncertain times. He would be an asset to any organisation.…

I had the pleasure of meeting Federico Bastiani in december 2008 after my liberation when he organised the events around the celebration of my honorary citizenship in Bologna. I found Federico to be an incredibly soul, and a compassionate and generous person, hardworking and committed individual, as successful in planning and he is in executing . He is a wonderful professional contact who has since become a dear friend to…

Federico Bastiani and the phenomenon of Social Street. Ever wondered what and how long  it would take to invigorate a neighborhood? A simple Facebook group, perhaps? Federico’s idea, born on a street in Bologna has become the paradigm of a new economy made ​​up of trade and aid between neighbors. I had known of him for about three years prior to Social Street,  we met when I approached him about…

One word to describe Federico Bastiani, DYNAMIC. This is quite rare. Coupled with flair for language (he is bilingual) yet another example of his dynamism. In my case Federico interviewed me for a magazine, and then did the impossible, he got my book translated and published by a leading publisher in Milan. This book – dedicated to my mother –  was never published in the UK. This is the direct…

I’ve known Federico Bastiani for several years, but I have only recently been able to work closely with him for a series of events. He’s impressed me with his extensive contacts in different countries across the world. His enthusiasm is coupled with a spirit of initiative, which together with his professionalism and perseverance, has delivered results which far exceeded all expectations. Cautious, well-informed, a visionary, Federico is always positive and…