my presentation slides from the workshop on Social Media and Emerging Technologies at the Detention Watch Network conference (4.28.07)

1. “a new site for old discussions about
the relationship of consciousness to
place and other people”
(Ben Russell)

2. social media

3. shared experience
online and
in person

4. many-to-many
enables people to create and distribute
the stories they care about and
discuss what’s important to them

5. tell your story
blogs
video blogs & sharing
podcasting
photo sharing

6. publish
create content
be a curator
draw from your community

7. map
googlemaps
community walk
platial

8. tag
label your information
folksonomy
http://del.icio.us/blockwork/detentionwatchtech

9. syndicate
RSS =
really simple syndication

10. aggregate
use an RSS feed reader
create your own portal
pull other sources into your web site

11. connect
social networking
= conversation
amplify impact of
small communities
serendipitous
exposure

12. participate
citizen reporting
meet-ups
political action

13. collaborate
wikis
project management
online office applications

14. re-mix
mash-up = mix content
from 2 or more sources
re-use & contextualize
share & collaborate

15. future=mobile
text messaging
cell phone content
immediate action

16. start small
post photos from your last event
social bookmarks for shared reference
add or update your wikipedia entry
in-house evaluation blog

17. deeper
impact enhance
existing
programs

18. before: plan, educate
wiki, social bookmarks
during: record
live blogging, chat,
audio, photo, video
after: report, share, discuss
lay out the next steps

19. focus on
your goals
it’s not
about
technology

20. workshop references
blockwork.org

21. creative commons
attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivs 2.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/