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Posted By: Venkataraman
Posted On: Jan 19, 2009
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Very often we take ‘conversation’ for granted; with us and with others as well! If only we give some thought to the importance of conversation in our lives, we wouldn’t be doing so.
The ability to speak differentiates human beings from animals. Mastery over the art of conversation...... [view]
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Posted By: Podnosh
Posted On: Oct 13, 2008
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I thought is was time to take stock, not least to ensure sufficient tea and coffee for the social media surgery which us Birmingham bloggy folk are organising (with BVSC ) to support voluntary and community groups in the city on Blog Action Day .
If you want to know how social media...... [view]
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Posted By: Podnosh
Posted On: Sep 27, 2008
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If you want to people on side and working together, less is always more.
Tom Steinberg knows that. He runs MySociety , the very successful charity which punches above it weight using the internet to help people collaborate to improve civil society. Among tips on how to build...... [view]
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Posted By: Podnosh
Posted On: Sep 22, 2008
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I’ve long been interested in the positive power of gossip to strengthen networks and share social mores . The report “ Communications: some lessons from the New Deal for Communities programme ” concludes that:
The development of positive word of mouth networks...... [view]
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Posted By: Podnosh
Posted On: Sep 11, 2008
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This video appeared on the West Midlands Police Youtube site last week. It is part of the Tooled up for School campaign.
As I write this has been seen a couple of hundred times. It is a song produced for a dvd which is used in schools to discourage children from carrying...... [view]
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Posted By: Podnosh
Posted On: Sep 2, 2008
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I think it was Antonio who once gave me the helpful feed reader analogy of it being like sending your dog to the front door to see if the paper has arrived yet rather than constantly trudging there yourself. Commoncraft have a crack at their own explanation. Hattip Tony Molloy ....... [view]
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Posted By: Podnosh
Posted On: Aug 24, 2008
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There are different ways to tackle climate change. In the last month I’ve written about the focussed and globally ambitious cquestrate . Now recent Birmingham Blogger Jonathan Melhuish (and also here ) who’s relocated to London tells me you can also do it by drinking beer....... [view]
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Posted By: Podnosh
Posted On: Aug 23, 2008
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Neil has written this fine blog post on the parrallels betwen his father in law’s first digital camera and introducing the social web in the work place
“ Retreat. Slowly. And never completely. Digital cameras and digital media can make your life better and easier – but...... [view]
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Posted By: Podnosh
Posted On: Aug 18, 2008
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With this being the summer and most of the folk I know (including my kids) on holiday I’m battling procrastination more than ever. The real question in my mind is should I work or should I no[sic].
Whilst trying to decide whether I should watch the Channel four programme on Castleford...... [view]
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Posted By: Podnosh
Posted On: Aug 18, 2008
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Steve Dale is pleased to report that the Office of the Third sector is to create online Communities of Practice to help Local Government and the Third Sector work together.
To support local authorities and their partners, OTS and IDeA will be establishing an on-line Community of Practice...... [view]
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Posted By: Podnosh
Posted On: Jul 23, 2008
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Empowered people tend to be good at conversation, understand their place in networks, have experience of how networks help get things done.
So it is very good news that the new Government Empowerment White Paper acknowledges that social media (the conversational web) will play a part in...... [view]
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