Archive for the ‘Engagement Politics’ Category

You’ve come a long way, but you ain’t seen nothin’ yet

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Posted in Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Politics, Engagement Research, Engagement Sciences, Ethics, Generation C, Media, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Web/Tech | No Comments »

Says Vint Cerf in his Op-ed piece about the Internet I have no doubts that its social repercussions will take decades to be fully understood, but it has already done much to benefit the world. It has provided access to information ...

Evolution of SMLXL

Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Books, Broadcast, Citizen journalism, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Education, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Education, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Organisations, Engagement Politics, Engagement Research, Engagement Sciences, Generation C, Government & Politics, Marketing, Media, Mobile, Music, Networks, News, Newspapers, Participation, Philosophy, Politics, Retail, Science, Social Networks, Society, Sociology, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech, Weblogs, iPTV | No Comments »

In 2002, I founded a company called SMLXL - short for Small Medium Large XtraLarge. Its focus was and still is - how do businesses and organisations meaningfully engage in a commercial or social agenda with their audiences.  We were some ...

Who owns the wisdom of the crowd?

Saturday, January 28th, 2006 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Advertising, Broadcast, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Organisations, Engagement Politics, Ethics, Generation C, Government & Politics, Law, Marketing, Media, Music, Newspapers, Participation, Philosophy, Politics, Social Networks, Society, Strategy, Trends, Web/Tech, Weblogs | Comments Off

I stumbled upon this post Who owns the wisdom of the crowd? by Jeff Jarvis who quotes Yochai Benkler A whole set of other behaviors that have grown up in the household, in friendships, in communities, the ...

More reviews of Communities Dominate Brands

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006 Posted in 7th Mass Media, Administrative, Advertising, Books, Broadcast, Citizen journalism, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Distribution, Economics, Education, Engagement Civil Society, Engagement Education, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Mobile, Engagement Organisations, Engagement Politics, Engagement Research, Engagement Sciences, Ethics, Events, Film, Gaming, Generation C, Government & Politics, Humour, Law, Marketing, Media, Messaging, Mobile, Music, Networks, News, Newspapers, Participation, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Retail, Science, Social Networks, Society, Sociology, Statistics, Strategy, Travel, Trends, Virtual Worlds, Web/Tech, Weblogs, iPTV | Comments Off

In a connected world, communities hold great power, and not just via hyperlink analysis on the Web. The groundbreaking book "Communities Dominate Brands" provides a truly realistic glimpse into the way communities have affected the way we market. Communities ...

Liberté, Equalité, Fraternité … err now hold on a second

Friday, December 9th, 2005 Posted in Culture, Engagement Politics, Ethics, Government & Politics, Law, Media, Politics, Society, Trends | Comments Off

France may soon enact the worst copyright law in Europe, sneaking it through in a legislative session scheduled for December 22 and 23. says Ming the Mechanic Whilst I wonder why the French still don't get it. Command and control ...

Its politics, big business and big media. But not as we know it

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2005 Posted in Citizen journalism, Convergence, Culture, Darwin, Engagement Politics, Ethics, Media, Networks, Newspapers, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Weblogs | Comments Off

Iain Duncan Smith's article in the Guardian on Saturday made for some interesting reading For decades the national conversation in most western countries has been directed by a few talking heads. Newspapers play important roles but all ...

Blogging the Observer

Monday, April 5th, 2004 Posted in Citizen journalism, Culture, Darwin, Engagement Marketing, Engagement Politics, Engagement Research, Engagement Sciences, Marketing, Media, Participation, Social Networks, Society, Trends, Weblogs | 11 Comments »

It was an interesting read, in Sundays Observer on blogging. Yet it seemed that the point was missed about the true nature and capability of blogging. The focus seemed about the egotistical nature of blogging, which is not wrong however, ...