From the monthly archives: December 2007
I’ve continued to be MIA, but will be back soon (I promise). Chalk it up to the end of a busy semester, a time consuming job hunt and the holiday season. No doubt I’m not alone in my precious allocation of time. Be sure to find time to enjoy the season. Cheers!
I’ve been a bit MIA and will continue to be so for a couple more days. I’m at the end of my semester and have found myself with the monstrous task of studying for my accounting final. But I couldn’t let things go fully neglected. Here is an interesting post regarding digital privacy, entitled, Respecting digital privacy (via Shift6). And with a little luck I’ll survive my exam and will be back in full force by the end of the week.
Getting inside people’s decision-making, to inject caution before commitment is likely to be extremely difficult (even with well-understood hazards, such as smoking and alcohol, health educators have difficulty getting their message across). But given that there is a likelihood that many people will continue to act humanly and, therefore, incautiously, there is an opportunity for companies to commit openly to respectful data handling.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts:
Eric Gordon/Project Principal
617-842-8828
Eric_Gordon@emerson.edu
Hub2 To Present Mayor’s Office with
the Keys to Virtual Boston At December 13 Event
BOSTON, MA, NOVEMBER 29, 2007 – Hub2, a project involving the City of Boston, the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), Emerson College, and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, will showcase virtual models created by Boston residents to improve the city’s public spaces and present Mayor Menino’s office with the keys to the virtual city.
The event will take place on Thursday, December 13 from 12:30 to 2:00 P.M. at Emerson College in the Charles Beard Room on the second floor of 80 Boylston Street. Guests should contact Eric Gordon at Eric_Gordon@emerson.edu to attend.
The hour and a half event will include presentations from Hub2 participants at Emerson College and the Berkman Center. The Major’s Chief of Staff, Judith Kurland; the Chief Information Officer, Bill Oats; and BRA officials will also be in attendance.
In September 2007 Hub2 began hosting workshops at Emerson to foster civic engagement using the virtual world, Second Life. For three months students and residents have been creating three-dimensional immersive models of sites in the Greater Boston Area. Their work will be used by the City of Boston to assist in future development plans for the city.
A total of six projects will be on display ranging from designs of Government Center to the Rose Kennedy Greenway in downtown Boston.
About Hub 2
Hub2 was founded in 2007 by Emerson College professor, Eric Gordon, Berkman Center Fellow, Gene Koo, and Special Assistant to Boston Mayor Menino, Nigel Jacob. The organization enlists Boston residents to articulate visions of public spaces using virtual three-dimensional worlds. With partnerships and support from members of Emerson College, Harvard University, the City of Boston and the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), Hub2 began its work in September 2007. The project aims to help Boston residents take ownership of their public space and facilitate civic engagement with their community.
Web of Ideas with David Weinberger
“Is the Web Changing the Nature of Leadership?”
Wednesday, December 5, 6:30 pm
Berkman Center Conference Room
23 Everett St., 2nd Floor, Cambridge MA
It’s easy to find business and political leaders. But who are the Web’s leaders? Although the big online collaborative projects have nominal leaders, they play a very different role than do traditional CEO’s. The Web seems to be providing an alternative to the notion that business leaders are people imbued with special traits. In fact, Some of the traits and roles of traditional leadership are now becoming properties of the network itself.
Also, check out Q & A with David Weinberger on Web Leadership in preparation for Wednesday’s discussion.
The Ethos Roundtable
Next Tuesday, December 18th 2007
4:30 to 6:00 PM
@ the Charles Hotel (1 Bennett Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA)
Featured guest: Michelle Murrain from the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative
The Nonprofit Open Source Initiative (NOSI) recently launched an updated version of its excellent guide, “Choosing and Using Free and Open Source Software: A Primer for Nonprofits.”
Note: You can download the primer for free here.
The Ethos Roundtable is “an informal group of people who are interested in 1) measuring and extending ethos, and 2) using technology for positive social change. We meet on the third Tuesday of the month from 4:30 to 6:00 pm, at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.”
The Future of Social Media Social Media Club Boston Thursday, December 6th – FREE 6:00pm – 9:30pm @ Boston Ballroom, Colonnade Hotel Social Activism 101 – Web 2.0 Style via Leigh’s Blitherings It’s ironic that a lot of the people who tout the principles of Web 2.0 have a tendency to forget one of the [...]
The Future of Social Media
Social Media Club Boston
Thursday, December 6th – FREE
6:00pm – 9:30pm
@ Boston Ballroom, Colonnade Hotel
Social Activism 101 – Web 2.0 Style
via Leigh’s Blitherings
It’s ironic that a lot of the people who tout the principles of Web 2.0 have a tendency to forget one of the basic tenants…The power shift from companies to community.
Leigh’s also posted an interesting article today entitled, Zuckerberg Shrugged: Man Vs. Ecosystem, that critiques Zuckerberg’s “classic command and control approach” to his ecosystem management.
Green Marketing on Social Networks
via Marketing & Strategy Innovation Blog
For green marketers, social networks provide a compelling channel to communicate with consumers that have an affinity for green or are at least open-minded enough to listen. Today, those users can be found across a wide variety of social networks, including both general interest and vertically focused networks that connect those interested in social responsibility or, more specifically, in the environment.
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