Archive for the ‘Engagement Politics’ Category

Communication power, who has it?

Thursday, November 5th, 2009[caption id="attachment_4642" align="aligncenter" width="379" caption="Paris riots"][/caption]Well we did say Communities Dominate Brands! In an interview with Henry Jenkins he of Participatory Culture and Convergence Culture and even Transmedia storytelling fame, Maxime Cervulle for Poli, a French magazine of media ...

Is Britain ready for the networked society?

Monday, November 2nd, 2009The economist wrote an article called The Great Giveaway in which it takes a critical look at the decentralising of government into the shires. Local decision making gets passed down from central government to local government.A great deal of this ...

Dont stand at the end of the queue of information stand in its flow

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Was the advice Howard Rheingold gave recently and I think Lee Bryant gives a very erudite explanation of the issues we face transferring ourselves from a linear world to a networked world. He spoke at the Social Strategy Talk, hosted ...

Detroit and its legacy

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009[caption id="attachment_4560" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="http://www.flickr.com/photos/36000556@N02/3902376964"][/caption]Detroit Motorcity Capital of the world. I went looking for Detroit because of a story about a company called Local MotorsJohn “Jay” Burton is the co-founder of Local Motors, and I am particularly interested in his ...

The no straight lines of authentic value in the networked society

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009I sit on the board of inspiration at the Dutch Think Tank Freedom Lab - the boys have been running a series of interviews within their network. And then turning these into short animated films. I have not looked at ...

I suppose going back to the way things were is a bit out of the question?

Friday, October 2nd, 2009Euan Semple writes about his antipathy to the phrase Enterprise 2.0,Stowe Boyd wrote today about his discomfort with the phrase Enterprise 2.0 and his preference for "social business" as a way of describing the changes we are seeing currently. While ...

SMLXL: business and communications innovation

Friday, October 2nd, 2009I am often asked what we do @ SMLXL here's a film that provides a brief overview of the SMLXL philosophy, and some examples of the type of work and projects we have undertaken over the last few years.From Interruption ...

Figaro Social communications conference

Thursday, October 1st, 2009Social social everywhere, but why?The Figaro Social Media conference looks like its going to be a good event, as it blends some interesting topics and issues together. Both commercial and non-commercial. The challenges of understanding how to conduct successful communications ...

Falling out of love with mainstream media?

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009As we often argue, without trust you are nothing in this world. Now that has always been the case its just in the networked society the stakes are just that little more higher.Nearly two-thirds — 63 percent — of Americans ...

Becoming the change you want to see in the world

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009Was what I suggested was "my little Do" after I presented at the Do lectures @ Fforest in Cilgarren on Saturday. "My big Do" was asking people to take the language I had presented and use that to challenge what ...

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