So, Enterprise 2.0 is turning out to be one of those sorts of conferences where many of the presentations are just product pitches, poorly disguised as “keynotes”. I always thing of keynotes as those presentations that are given by really amazing thinkers, people who can open your eyes to something new, some new way of thinking about the world. What… Read more →
Although often feels like he’s floating in to the stratosphere thinking high-minded thoughts, but very pragmatic and likes building things that make money. But in order to be practical you have to understand what’s going on inside people. Social software is software intended to shape culture. Stowe said this in ’99, and although was seen as a nutcase then, that’s… Read more →
I can’t believe it’s all over! (plasticbag.org) Suw: I am so sad that I missed Hackday – sounds like Tom and the guys put on a really amazing event. Especially impressive to see they arranged a light(ning) show too. (tags: hackday tomcoates london hacking geeks creativity)
Talking about networks in many ways. Focusing on the people side of this. Not going to talk so much about tech or wikis or blogs, going to focus on networks as a concept that’s useful personally and in business. People have always formed networks. Wrote a book about networks in 1979, published in ’82, wondering what happened to the issues… Read more →
New generation who are used to social software in their personal lives have an expectation that business will have tools that they are familiar, such as IM, blogging, etc. Websites used to be top-down and managed, now users create the content, and defines what is available on sites like Wikipedia and others. Next generation of Web 2.0 tech enables users… Read more →
Will play the role of an anti-social, fat, dumb, happy exec who doesn’t want to move into the next phase. Where is the resistance? Twelve years ago when web started to get really popular. People didn’t understand why they needed the web, thought that they didn’t need it, didn’t need to share information. Then e-business started. Ent 2.0 is the… Read more →
Where are we now? How has Enterprise 2.0 progressed? How are we doing with awareness? Lots of awareness about this idea, the mainstream press has covered this, but the high-school and college age children of decision-makers in companies are doing the most to spread the meme, because they are on Facebook, or Wikipedia, and are showing it to their parents… Read more →
Here in Boston at the the Enterprise 2.0 conference, ready to start blogging at 8.35 in the morning, despite the fact that the jetlag kicked my ass last night, and I got just four hours’ sleep. The schedule for today looks completely bonkers, though, starting at the crack of dawn and going on til 6.30pm, with hardly any breaks. I… Read more →
Suw is one of the UK’s social media pioneers. With over a decade of social media experience, Suw has helped clients worldwide use social tools for collaboration and communication internally and to build customer relationships externally. She has a comprehensive understanding of strategy, implementation and social functionality design (building social interaction into the heart of a website or application).
She writes regularly for Forbes.com on publishing, self-publishing, crowdfunding and alternative business models for authors.
Suw is herself a self-published author. Her first novella, Argleton, was described as "an absorbing and satisfying story" and comes "highly recommended, especially if you like maps or are a computer geek". She is currently finishing up her second novella which will be out early summer 2013.
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Kevin Anderson is the editor of the Media Development Investment Fund's Knowledge Bridge site and newsletter. The Media Development Loan Fund invests in independent news organisations in emerging democracies, and the Knowledge Bridge project is designed to help these news organisations make the digital transition.
Kevin brings almost 20 years of journalism experience to his work. Since 1996, he has been focused on digital journalism, working for a wide range of news organisations. He brings a depth of experience in reporting, editing and digital development to his work. In 1998, he joined the BBC and became their first online journalist based outside of the UK, covering the US for its award winning news website. After coming to the UK in 2005, he developed a blogging strategy for BBC news, helped launch a programme on the BBC's 5Live covering weblogs and podcasts and was on the team that launched the interactive radio programme World Have Your Say on the BBC World Service.
From 2006 to 2010, he worked at The Guardian as its first blogs editor and then as its digital research editor. As digital research editor, he was responsible for monitoring key developments in digital media and evaluating their value to Guardian journalists and our audiences. From 2010 until he joined MDLF in 2012, he worked as a freelance journalist and with Suw as a digital media consultant and digital journalism training working with news organisations including Al Jazeera, Reed Business Information, Czech TV and CNN.
