Archive for January, 2009
Is live streaming invasion of privacy?
Excellent launch last night of The Digital Health Service at a Demos event, where founder Gavin O’Carrol explained workshops and other services to help us toward wellbeing rather than stress in using technology. Digital whiz Joanne Jacobs used her netbook to livestream to Mogulus, provoking interesting discussion on openness vs invasion of privacy, because Joanne didn’t ask, just did it. That’s good for a workshop. Tweets here.
Amplification 2009
The team who organised Amplified08 are demonstrating how you can really build networks fast by combining smart use of free social media tools with lightly structured events. They have announced the next London Amplified09 event, on February 24 afternoon. Sign up here. Other local events outside London are in prospect as people volunteer to organise: first regional plans here. Topics – anything around social media, broadly decided by those attending.
Advice on social media for nonprofits
Suddenly there’s a feast of advice and support for nonprofits wishing to adopt social tech. Social media exchange is under way in London, with an excellent social reporting site by Dave Briggs, promising goodies from the sessions and masterclasses. Beth Kanter has posted a detailed roadmap and worksheet on social media strategy, Amy Sample Ward offers a slidedeck from a recent webinar. Paul Webster lets us in to the realities of actually introducing social tech to a national organisation – NAVCA.
Cultivating communities of practice
Communities of Practice specialist Steve Dale has a terrific slide deck here on setting up and running CoPs. Key point: “The difference between a vibrant and successful CoP and one that meanders aimlessly with little or no contributions is down to the facilitator (or coordinator, moderator, cultivator). Members of the CoP have been sufficiently motivated to join the CoP; it is up to the facilitator to inspire the members to connect, collaborate and co-create”.
Should politicans blog? Would Machiavelli?
Paul Evans at Local Democracy thinks it may not be such a good idea for all politicians to get into blogging. Some are made for it, some should do it under another name suggests Paul. “Machiavelli didn’t publish his work during his lifetime (he dedicated
it privately) – not because he didn’t want the message to be read, but
because he didn’t want challenging ideas associated with himself.”
Business travel “will be like wearing fur”.
This year’s World Question from Edge.org was What will change everything? The response from Yochai Benkler, author of the Wealth of Networks, includes communications among four themes, suggesting that within 40-50 years near-telepathy experiences will be possible with easily wearable systems. “Coupled with concerns over global warming, these capabilities will make business travel seem like wearing fur.” Unacceptable rather than luxurious … if business travel ever was. via Bruce MacVarish.
“Talk about local” plan looks promising
Will Perrin has posted further details here of his plan to train thousands of local activists to run community websites in 150 disadvantaged communities. He’s talking with Channel 4’s 4IP investment fund, and looking for other partners to deliver through UK online centres … so it could well happen. Earlier video of Will here.
Transparent, participatory, collaborative government. Yes please.
Veteran e-democracy campaigner Steve Clift welcomes memos circulated by US President Barack Obama to public agencies saying Government should be transparent, participatory, collaborative. An Open Govenment Directive follows within 120 days. Can we have one too please?
After Videoboo – Audioboo
Congratulations to my friends at Best Before Media, developers of the very excellent Videoboo software that I have been using for interviews, on a deal with Channel 4 innovation fund 4IP. The funding is for AudioBoo that enables tagged audio recordings from iPhones. More here from 4IP.
Tasty newsletter from David Gurteen
David Gurteen has a particulary interesting first knowledge newsletter of the year with suggested resolutions, a Leonard Cohen line about “there’s a crack, a crack in everything … that’s how the light gets in” and Why Business Cases are a Waste of Time (But Do Them Anyway), from Susan Cramm. That’s just a taste – I suggest subscribing.
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