Backchannel Resources

A DM Tweet today caused me to go and look and see what resources I’ve posted on the blog about back channel work.  For me,  back channel refers to a number of things that fall into two broad categories: back channel as a text based channel used at live events for a way for participants … Continue reading Backchannel Resources

Social Media in International Development – 10 min interviews

I need your help and recommendations! I’m about to facilitate another workshop on social media in international development for the ICT-KM program of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). This is the third time for this all-online workshop. In this iteration, we are trying to pay more attention to context of use, rather … Continue reading Social Media in International Development – 10 min interviews

Australia workshops and appearances in November

Are you one of my Australian pals? Interested in spending time learning and talking about some shared interests? Well I’ll be down under for nearly three weeks in November. Matt Moore of Innotecture and Carol Daunt Skyring have set me up with a roller coaster ride of events, some of which are open to the … Continue reading Australia workshops and appearances in November

Me, We, Network Presentation at EdMedia

Ostensibly, a conference – Ed-Media– brought me to Hawaii, but my blogging quietude is more about some vacation time. (Pictures slowly arriving on Flickr). Here in Honolulu, It has been fun to meet some online buddies (from blogs, Twitter, etc.) like George Siemens, CogDog, Kristina Hoeppner and Tony Hirst. The talk was yesterday, so I … Continue reading Me, We, Network Presentation at EdMedia

Social Media Planning and Evaluation for NGOs

I’ve been co-designing and c0-facilitating a number of workshops for the CGIAR and FAO over the past few years about knowledge sharing, and more recently, this phenomenon people call “social media.” Part of this work has been to  comb through resources and create some launch pads that are relevant to NGOs and non profits. I … Continue reading Social Media Planning and Evaluation for NGOs