Monthly Archives: March 2009

Help Al survive for charity

My good friend Al Kitching writes a damn fine film review blog. He’s also doing something silly for charity: I’m being dropped into an “as yet undisclosed wilderness location” for five days of survival and adventure. The event will contain … Continue reading

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Event reporting toolkit

David has written about covering events again as part of his investigation of the role of the social reporter. He writes: So on the one hand it is more difficult to charge for the logistics, and on the other hand … Continue reading

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On non-professionalism

David’s blog post reminded me that I have been banging on to a lot of people about some vague idea which I’ve been calling ‘non-professionalism’. Basically, non-professionalism is the culture required to work effectively on the social web. If you … Continue reading

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Bookmarks for March 8th through March 14th

Stuff I have bookmarked for March 8th through March 14th: James Harkin on why gregarious online communities are a myth – Potentially interesting piece that turns out to be bereft of any kind of substance. Shame. How is this thing … Continue reading

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Councillors connected: social media online conference

I’m going to be facilitating an online conference with Steve, Ingrid and others, which will be all about encouraging councillors to make better use of social web technology. It will be happening on a Community of Practice, meaning that there … Continue reading

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