Social Entrepreneurs
Chris Pirillo’s “Pillars of Community”
by Sky on Jan.18, 2010, under Communicating, Facebook, Frothy Concepts, Identity & The End of Privacy, Making organizations work, Organizations and Sociology, Our networked world, Social Entrepreneurs, Technology and geeky stuff, Videos
At LeWeb in Paris (December 2009) Chris Pirillo articulated some underlying principles for creating true (virtual) community. Matt Buckland[1] recorded Chris’ points in text form. I’m going to make some comments on them now.
Chris started by saying “I don’t have an agenda; I don’t have an announcement…” referring, of course, to the number of companies that had been making announcements on the stage. Probably not unusual, since you want to make product announcements where they will be heard, but it was certainly being noticed this time around.
The full video of Chris’ talk appears at the bottom of this article. I’m going to pick and choose from the points that Matt jotted down.
So, what is the essence of community? Community… (continue reading…)
Digital Activism
by Sky on Apr.17, 2009, under Organizations and Sociology, Social Entrepreneurs, Twitter
There’s a whole new world of digital activism now, including a new report The DigiActive Guide to Twitter for Activism. There have been digital activists as long as the Internet has been around, but with the appearance of social media it has really ramped up. This document contains a number of interesting case studies of Twitter being used as a communication channel, as well as a cookbook of steps and tips.
IFTF Social Impact Technology Futures
by Sky on Mar.25, 2009, under Organizations and Sociology, Social Entrepreneurs, Social tools
The Institute for the Future is planning a conference on technologies and social change. My feeling is that since around 2000 people have become increasingly aware of how technologies can be used to foster social change. Obviously technologies change our societies, and everyone has their favorite negative impact story, but we’ve really begun to try to leverage the prevalent technologies (and newer ones) to create positive change. (continue reading…)
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I hope you'll enjoy this mix of topics stemming from my ongoing experiences in the world of online communication. Oh, and sometimes the inspiration comes from face-to-face communications too. Many are sparked by my work as Chief Technology Officer of The Dalai Lama Foundation.
