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Wanted: real questions for digital communications innovation lab

November 28th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Events, Technology

Do you or your organization have a question about how to use digital communication technologies that you would like a room full of experts to workshop for free?
Are there people you feel you could engage with in new ways with these new technologies? A campaign you want to support? A service you wish to provide? [...]

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Which Widget for What? Media Sandbox 2008 Report.

November 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Events, Facilitation, Strategy, Technology

Attached is the final report about the facilitation work done with iShed for the Media Sandbox 2008 development scheme.
It covers all of our strategic planning, the tools we used, activities we pursued (and chose not to pursue), the lessons we learnt and the metrics we measured by. And there are some handy diagrams.
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Customer Engagement Survey the third

September 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Strategy

E-consultancy and cScape are running their third Customer Engagement Survey until 21st October. I recommend you take a few minutes to fill it in. As well as getting a free report later, simply by reading the survey you are asking yourself some interesting questions.
Here’s the blurb:
The questionnaire takes five minutes to complete, including questions on:
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Can you ‘develop’ communities?

September 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Facilitation, Strategy

This sign is on the street down the road from where I live. It was put there by the amazingly admirable People’s Republic of Stoke’s Croft‘.
The street is called Stoke’s Croft and is in the middle of a tug of war between a range of ‘redevelopment’ forces – council, property developers, bottom up community folk, [...]

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All together now event

April 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Strategy

I’m looking forward to doing a speaking slot at the forthcoming ‘All Together now‘ event at Channel Four on May 1.
My bit is on how physical communities can be augmented by virtual communities, focusing on minority sports; pretty much as close to my core interests as you can get.
I’m going to consider a bit of [...]

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Ideas for a troubled economy

March 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Strategy

Richard Sedley and his Customer Engagement Unit team are publishing a timely new book called: “Winners and Losers in a troubled economy”. Here is some blurb:
With all the talk and early signs of an economic downturn the pressure on businesses to prove ROI on their marketing activities is greater than at any other point in [...]

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Strategic planning for group spaces

February 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Facilitation, Strategy

Here are some high level thoughts outlining things you might do when planning for a new community or ‘common purpose networking tool’ (thanks Ben), or group space, or network enabler, and how you might go about doing it in such a way as to get the most benefit for all actors in the system.
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Risks when setting up new communities

February 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Facilitation, Strategy

The online community managers’ mailing list emint is on fire at the moment. Either we’ve all been visited by the participation fairy, or there is a lot going on in community land. I’m a believer in the second theory, as fairies don’t exist, and it is a delight to see good brains moving back into [...]

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