NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoup.org - Disruption

Net2Con: Making the Most of Disruption

erikablock — Tue, 30 May 2006 15:17:52 -0400

....a live, uncut and subjective take on the session

participants: Howard Rheingold and Paul Saffo

immoderator: Lucy Bernholz

Net2Con: Different kinds of elites (and different kinds of elitism)

quixotic — Tue, 30 May 2006 13:06:59 -0400

In his NetSquared presentation with Howard Rheingold, Paul Saffo said that social movements, online and otherwise, "need elites" in order to effect change.

At first, this struck me as a popular myth — that social movements never accomplish things through activism alone — when in fact that's been pretty spectacularly disproven.

But then Paul continued, and said that what he meant was "thought leaders" like Dr. King — an instructive example, since his oratories and marches were supported by a network of churches and supporters and specific strategic planning that made his leadership possible. Read on...

We need to worry about Congress

Lauren-Glenn Davitian — Tue, 30 May 2006 12:30:06 -0400

The intersection of technology and capitalism is the primary reason that we will continue have to work uphill to protect open access and free speech no matter what technology we are talking about. Indeed, we must remain vigilant. It is not the companies who created a new set of policies (1996 Telecom Act) that threatens access and open source -- it is CONGRESS. And we have to fight first against the undue influence telecomm companies have over Congress through CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. What do we have in response? PEOPLE POWER. So sure, we need though leaders, but we need to MOBILIZE PEOPLE POWER in defense of our consitutional rights in the "information age".

Disruptions as Moments of Opportunity

Tue, 30 May 2006 11:18:40 -0400

Information Barter

Tora — Tue, 30 May 2006 10:16:12 -0400

Disruption and social change

quixotic — Mon, 29 May 2006 00:09:49 -0400

Ears Open. Mouth Closed

Bob Robertson-Boyd — Tue, 16 May 2006 21:03:28 -0400

What am I bringing to the conference? Open ears. Open mind. Closed mouth. Okay. I won't keep my mouth closed for the whole time, but I intend to do a lot more active listening than monologuing. I'll do the monologue here:

What else will I bring? Some book knowledge of the Millennial generation and a little experience in marketing to them in a higher education setting.

My experience? I have a little volunteer experience. Some experience in building and maintaining online communities. Some experience enabling citizen journalism (circa 1997). Some exeperience in the .Gov world; some in the .Edu world. I have ZERO experience in real programming, but I've been living and working online since 1993.