Aide-Memoire

an aid to memory

Aide-Memoire header image 4

Entries Tagged as 'connection'

Sydney’s inaugural Social Innovation BarCamp #sibsyd

August 15th, 2010 · 3 Comments · community, future, ideas

Tweet Sydney’s inaugural Social Innovation BarCamp went well yesterday. The day kicked off with an opening talk by the Hon. Bob Carr, who kindly gave his time to support this event. Throughout the day we had some amazing networking and discussion sessions focused on creating sustainable futures and directing innovation towards social good. We also [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ······

Real world social values and social networking

March 19th, 2010 · 5 Comments · ideas

Tweet Social media and social networking do not reduce the need for good social skills. Rather, the disconnection from physical presence in online communication makes social skills (what some call EQ) even more critical. Some of the recent fracas rebounding across Twitter are a good example of this – covered well by various people including [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ·····

National Growth Summit 2010

February 15th, 2010 · Comments Off · ideas, speaking

Tweet I’m speaking at the National Growth Summit 2010 in Sydney this week about engagement marketing and running a workshop on Technology to drive Growth. The line-up includes a number of international luminaries along with local experts, gurus and knowledgeable people such as: Mick Liubinskas, Stephen Collins, Mike Walsh & Stephen Belfer. There’s also workshops [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ·····

Just one little change in the ecosystem

September 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · ideas

Tweet I recently experienced how easily one can disrupt a stable ecosystem. And I learned the hard way how difficult it can be to re-stabilise that same ecosystem! We have two dogs and one of them likes to socialise around the neighbourhood, and to this end she will dig amazing tunnels or climb over the [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ······

Social media, reputation and immediacy

August 21st, 2009 · Comments Off · ideas, social computing

Tweet Reputation is critical for any person or business – we only have to look at the professional reputations of the James Hardie directors & managers in the news today. Social media can be a great way for companies & individuals to build their reputations. But it also means that we need to manage reputation [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ···

Twitter and talking at once

August 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · ideas, twitter

Tweet The other night I caught up with some friends who (except for @dbendall) also happen to use Twitter (@fibendall, @iggypintado, @kerrypintado) at a local pub for some grub, a drink, lively conversation & exchange of ideas. Now this is a smart and entertaining bunch of people. But some of the characteristics of our real [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ···

On our way to a networked society.

April 29th, 2009 · Comments Off · ideas

Tweet In an earlier generation all computer networks were for business or the military. That is, they were point-to-point connections between large organisations and were vastly expensive to setup and run. But the invention of TCP/IP and the modern internet changed all that. Now networks are between ordinary people using simple and easy to operate [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ····

Connection – desire and distaste

April 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · ideas

Tweet A buddy, Iggy Pintado, has just published a book called Connection Generation which talks about how connection determines our place in society and business. It’s an interesting idea and ties in nicely to my idea that the new digital divide is not between age cohorts, nor is it between the geeks and others. Rather [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ···