Today I was fortunate enough to participate in “Focus on the Future: Global Engagement, Department of State-Department of Defense Worldwide Strategic Communications Seminar” (no link available). Some of our nation’s top public affairs officers, diplomats and communication leaders convened in Washington, DC to discuss the future of strategic communications domestically and abroad. Discussions were both thoughtful and thought-provoking. Below […]
Official announcement: it’s just “2.0”
I am officially switching from using the terms “Web 2.0,” “social media,” “new media,” and “digital media” to simply using “2.0.” It’s not that I’m going minimalist on you, it’s just that what’s going on out there is a societal and cultural shift enabled by tools and technologies. As I’ve said before and will say again, […]
Marketing agency turned Sherpa
In his blog today, Chris Brogan asks what the current and future roles and capabilities of marketing agencies need to be in our world of new media. He’s received a tremendous number of insightful responses. I wanted to share my response to his question and give you a chance to check out some of the […]
Who is educating whom?
I spent this morning at Collaborative Expedition Workshop #76, “Strategic Leadership For Networking and Information Technology Education,” at the National Science Foundation. The topic of the workshop was envisioning greater possibilities for strategic leadership in networking and information technology education. The premise was basically that U.S. competitiveness in information technology is declining. Mark Regets a […]
Twittering BETWEEN the Cradles
I just read NYTimes‘ article, “Twittering from the Cradle,” (thanks to my friend Francesca!) which talks about how parents are now sharing the significant and mundane activities and developments of their babies with others–from friends to strangers–via social networking and blogging on sites. Per my post, “Social Currency: the Most Valuable Gift We Can Give to Our Children,” the real value from […]
Pain points: the catalysts of change
Harvard Business School Professor Andrew McAfee’s presentation yesterday morning at 2008 WIRe and ICES Enterprise 2.0 Conference did a wonderful job utilizing Professor Chris Argyris’ research and analysis to explain the differences between a Model 1 (command & control) organization and a Model 2(open & collaborative) organization and why it’s so difficult for Model 1 organizations to transform […]
2 Catch 22s of 2.0
You can’t understand the value of 2.0 until you’re doing 2.0, but you’ll never do 2.0 unless you understand the value of 2.0. You feel that you need training to use 2.0 tools, but can’t understand that you don’t need training to use 2.0 tools until you’re using 2.0 tools.
“Prejudice is one of life’s little shortcuts”
I heard an interesting comment this morning, “prejudice is one of life’s little shortcuts.” At first this sounded somewhere between corny and offensive to me. I thought, “prejudice is serious, not something to make light of!” Prejudice has negative connotations. We think of it as “uninformed, criticism.” Criticism is “judging negatively.” But being critical has […]
Microcasting yourself across social networks
So, I’ve been grappling with how to best manage my personal feed across social networks. It seems silly to update my status separately on several social networks when services like Ping.fm exist to enable broadcast updates across networks. A few weeks ago I did a test and linked my Facebook and Plaxo Pulse feeds to auto-update […]
The professional Catch-22 of personal transparency
At this point it’s fair to concede that the idea of a lifetime job is a relic from a previous era. It is widely believed that we are slated to have an average of seven careers in our lifetime–many of which will involve more than one job. Even when we’re in long-term committed employment relationships, we are still […]
