What does social capital have to do with digital inclusion? : Connected ... The seminar at the RSA on the 20th May 2009 will take forward the discussion on digital inclusion for social capital, building on a paper written by Will Davies on The Social Value of Digital Networks in Deprived Communities (the paper will be published and made available after we have revised it to incorporate feedback from the seminar and online discussions) . Many people with a lot to contribute to this discussion will not be able to take part in the face to face seminar (for example, Steve Thompson from Digital Village will be organising an online pub quiz between two rural communities, including an online Karaoke performance).
So we’re bringing the discussion to you. Tim Davies will also be covering the seminar as a social reporter. Here are some of the main ideas and questions raised by the paper. Your comments and suggestions will contribute to developing the final version for publication. The recommended approaches from the paper include: Comments. Archives & Museum Informatics: Museums and the Web 2008: Paper ... As we moved forward with Web 2.0 and social media in 2007, we had two objectives in mind while overhauling earlier initiatives and creating new projects for visitors: Keep it real: We aimed to personalize content as much as possible, since Web 2.0 for the Brooklyn Museum is all about social connections and growing communities. Deliver content their way: Museum surveys have shown that visitors want to consume more information in shorter visits.
Hence, we wanted to allow our audiences to easily receive information from the Museum, and dynamically share it with others. We continued to focus on our community-oriented, visitor-centered mission, and these goals became paramount as we thought about (and adjusted) our early initiatives; they also served as philosophical barometers when we created new projects. "Social" is the operative word in social networking. In the early days of Facebook, one could establish a personal account, start a group ( Science Communication and Social Media. This conference was sponsored by Northwest Science Writer Association at PATH Auditorium.
Guest Speakers: Michael McCarthy, MD, ex-editor of The Lancet, and current owner of a local health guide on line Luke Timmerman, writer for Xconomy, a technology and business portal in Boston, Seattle and San Diego Mark Briggs, author of Knight Foundation guide to new media, and owner of a consulting business Moderator: Sally James, freelance medical and science writer, NSWA Vice President. It is interesting to find out how more and more start up businesses are using new media tools. The guests shared with the audience the way that they are using new media tools to start their own business. Mark just developed an application for the The Bellingham Herald website. He also talked about his book which was publish in English and available on line (Journalism 2.0) with 30,000 hits and 60,000 hits for the Spanish and Portuguese version. Dr. Like this: Like Loading... TPYF | Radiowaves.