Barcampcanberra - Technologists as Revolutionaries

Slide 1: TECHNOLOGISTS AS REVOLUTIONARIES Kate Carruthers Bar Camp Canberra – 19 April 2008

Slide 2: Revolutionaries?  Electric light People did not know they  Telegraph wanted or needed any of these until a technologist  Phone helped them to understand  Computers  Internet  Web apps

Slide 3: Why does this matter to us?

Slide 4: Why care?  Technology drives everyday life now  There is lots of competition  We risk public overload & disconnection

Slide 5: Changing the World  Visionary leadership

Slide 6: Changing the World  Creating followers

Slide 7: Changing the World  Unbounded ambition

Slide 8: Changing the World  Powerful capability for change

Slide 9: Techniques used by Revolutionaries & Insurgents

Slide 10: Communication & Community Community is  Go to where the people are where memes spread  Get involved with their lives & problems  Identify key influencers  Passion & enthusiasm matter

Slide 11: Tools Evangelist: ‘bringer of good  Passion news’  Persuasion εὐαγγελι  Information στής  Communication

Slide 12: POST Method

Slide 13: We need to … Spend time with others like us Build up our own communities:  Real life  Online

Slide 14: A good start … What next?