change and the social web
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Discover how are social technologies and the web transforming how society organizes itself around the things people believe in. From Facebook to Twitter, from flashmobs to participatory democracy, the world is changing. At the same time, we're struggling to make sense of the tsunami of possibility. How do you handle life in an age of hyper-connectivity? How can communities both online and face-to-face organize themselves to effect change in the world? With current examples, we'll explore the tech tools and the methods for making change and the big question of how to make meaning for yourself while making a difference in the world.TRANSCRIPT
Change and the Social WebSocial Technologies & Citizenship
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Mark KuznickiRemarkk! Consulting
Friday, January 23, 2009
This is an invitation...
Find something you’re passionate about, find like-minded others, use new tools to help change the world
Exercise:
On 1 Post-It note, write down a brief 3-5 word answer to this question:
What about the world do you want to change?
Be specific, make it personal.
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What is a Superhero?
http://flickr.com/photos/karla_k/2776839587/
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Millions of people are connecting in ways never before possible
This opens up new ways to tap our collective intelligence, creativity and passions to make the world a better place
To do this, we each need to figure out what we’re passionate about and find one another
http://flickr.com/photos/wengistein/472176875/
Everyday heros are everywhere
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http://flickr.com/photos/will-lion/2788026544/
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A World in Crisis...http://flickr.com/photos/aaronescobar/2633772161/
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A Challenging Time for Leaders
Accelerating pace of change vs. industrial age planning time-scales
De-industrialization and economic transformation
Continued high energy prices
Climate change
Unforeseen economic crises and external shocks
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Demand for INGENUITY, CREATIVITY, INNOVATION, FORESIGHT, INSIGHT
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Complexity...
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How to make sense of it…
How to make meaning…
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What is New Media?Three Media Paradigms:
Interpersonal Media: conversation, letter, telephone, email, IMone-to-one communication
Mass Media: theatre, oratory, books, radio, television, filmone-to-many communication
New Media: discussion forums, blogs, YouTube, wikis, gamesmany-to-many communication
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New Media are interactive, peered and networked
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Web 2.0, aka “The Social Web”
Static
Reading
Organizations
Owning/Selling
Brochure-ware
Portals
One-to-many
E-business
Central control
Web 1.0: Information Source
Dynamic
Writing
Communities
Sharing
Two-way communication
Social Networks
Many-to-many
Peer production
Reciprocal control
Web 2.0: Participation Platform
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The Machine is Us/ing Us
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http://flickr.com/photos/hyfen/3112848406/
Twitter did this...Friday, January 23, 2009
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How do we create space
for play?
Text
City Repair Project, Portland
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Virtual communitymeets physical place.
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Toronto Transit Camp“Not a complaints department,
a solutions playground”Passion and fun meet practice
Diverse communities of interest and practice
Cultural change
Facilitating community formation
Modelling for replication
Harvard Business Review: “Breakthrough Ideas 2008”
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TransitCamp Unconferences
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Open Creative CommunitiesCommunity
any group of individuals who interact and share some common characteristics
Open
no artificial barriers to entry; membership comes from creative citizenship, both professional and amateur
Creative
production of ideas and inventions that are personal, original and meaningful
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The “Obama Moment”
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First Transformational Leader of the Web Age
Embraces social movements self-organizing on the web, youth, crowd-sourcing, small donations
Enables participation of people who have felt outside the political process - more than inspiring speeches
E.g. “virtual call centers”, personal blogs, self organizing street parties
User-generated content driven by participatory values consistent with his message:
“We Are the Change We Are Waiting For”
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Saturday, January 24thMaRS Centre, Torontohttp://changecamp.ca/
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