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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'connection'
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 [...]
Tags: collaboration·communication·connection·people·social computing·social networking
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 [...]
Tags: business·connection·future·marketing·social media·technology
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 [...]
Tags: business·connection·ecosystem·environment·marketing·social media·social networking
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Tags: connection·future·hyperconnectivity·networked society·social networking
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 [...]
Tags: #connectgen·connection·digital divide·hyperconnectivity
