Forum One

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

I'm in Kuwait for the 10th Annual Conference of the " Global Development Network ", a "global network of research and policy institutes that work on facilitating and applying research to policy development and practice." Suzanne Rainey wrote about this in another blog post on Getting More Out of Online & Offline Events ).

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

Casey Foundation's " Making Connections " initiative Part of the Making Connections core approach uses (offline) social networks. The "live tweeting" use the had tag #netfunders and I was not the only person in the room contributing tweeting from the convening. Tags: network effectiveness scholar.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

Jonny will provide live graphic facilitation of the highly interactive and fun panel. Free agents use social-media channels like Facebook and Twitter and can create social movements in the palms of their hands. In addition to the graphic facilitation, there will be other interactive learning elements. Trust me.

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APRIL 17, 2009

I asked for some recommendations on Twitter for the best practical sources for change management. I also wondered about the historical context of change management and technology tool adoption, asking on Twitter if there case studies about the adoption of the typewriter in the workplace. Tags: change management.

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APRIL 4, 2010

Almost a year ago, I got a phone call from James Leventhal who follows me on Twitter. The social media lab for arts organizations is a combination of face-to-face workshops, phone calls, and online support via a wiki and Twitter over several months. Most importantly, I need a good facilitator for each table.

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MAY 1, 2010

The first panel discussion was called "Managing the Stream: Living Consciously and Effectively in a Connected World" that featured Bradley Horowitz (VP, Google), Chris Sacca (Advisor Twitter), Greg Pass (CTO, Twitter), and Roshi Joan Halifax (Upaya Zen Center). She reaching for her blackberry facilitated "hyperthinking" with others.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

I asked if I could live tweet to bring others into the conversation which I did using the tag #packfound. . He is currently facilitating strategic planning for the wikimedia movement. I've known him through his " Twitter ant trails " (I'll explain that in a bit). His work was recently profiled in this New York Times piece.

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JULY 31, 2009

Tom and Cecile shared a rich story about culture change, loosing control, building relationships, story telling, multi-channel strategies, engagement techniques, online/offline metrics, and more. Says Tom, "We don't talk about Facebook or Twitter. And, yes the whole balancing act of how you facilitate that without controlling it.

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JULY 22, 2009

Some user curate user generated content, by tagging it on social bookmarking websites, voting for it on social voting websites, commenting on it, or linking to it. The second C, Collaboration, refers to the idea that social media facilitates the aggregation of small individual actions into meaningful collective results.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Last week, I wrote about Twestival , the most recent example of fundraising on Twitter and a networked fundraiser of a scale we haven't seen before. I titled the post " Look Out Here Comes Everybody To Raise Money for charity:water on Twitter " with a wink to Clay Shirky's work. Says Ben, "We knew each other on Twitter."

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Unbiased information + neutral facilitation are provided. Virtual front porch: providing people ways to find and engage online with other people in their town/neighborhood, and then to take it offline to actually have meetings. I like the tag line for the TSA blog - "Terrorists Evolve. See Twitter on #opengovpb.

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MAY 2, 2008

Twitter reminds me so much of that BBS. I was networking weaving between the offline/online. Later, as more and more people created web pages, I would hand facilitate comments and did primitive crowd sourcing. Note the blink tag! You could log on and get ???just just in time??? A totally manual blog! t have hand code 2.)

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APRIL 22, 2009

And, as Tech Hermit blog notes, there was quite a discussion about this on Twitter. I agree with her points: Causes facilitates the spread of your organization's message. Tags: facebook. Steve MacLaughlin points out "If the reason why you want to use social networks is just to raise money, then stop now. What do you think?

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DECEMBER 9, 2007

I also didn't facilitate the whole room discussion around the slides which I usually do because I worried about going over time. Before I went on Twittered. My colleagues in the audience like Marshall Kirkpatrick and Holly Ross were twittering. Some strategies for offline/online engagement were discussed. Observations.

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MAY 19, 2008

Conference Tag: CU08 ConnectingUp Conference Warning: I am live blogging these notes as the conference unfolds. Doug mentioned attending the NTC/NTEN conference in New Orleans and had RSS and Tagging ringing in his ears. He mentioned that I would be talking about Twitter and quipped."If There are offline ways to do it.

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JUNE 26, 2009

This same criticism can be leveled on any new channel or platform that claims (or has claims placed on it - ahem, Twitter) that it can solve the many organizational problems that surround nonprofits and charities or address the intractable social problems plaguing our society on their own merits. Tags: facebook guest blogging.

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