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Social Web, Social Change and
the Return of Community
Ottawa Social Media Breakfast
Mark Kuznicki
Remarkk! Consulting
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This is a story about one person’s journey.
It just happens to be mine.
Perhaps, it’s your story too.
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Where were you when the world changed?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/janissary/332098417/
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Seeking answers to the big questions...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/szasukephotography/2945106185/
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Enboard
Life in the Land of Tech and Startup
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marsdd/3044528650/
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Toronto Transit Camp
“Not a complaints department,
a solutions playground”
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TransitCamp Unconferences
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Toronto: January 24, 2009
Ottawa: May 16, 2009
Vancouver: June 20, 2009
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Twitter did this...
http://flickr.com/photos/hyfen/3112848406/
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Web 2.0, aka “The Social Web”
Information Source Participation Platform
Static Dynamic
Reading Writing
Organizations Communities
Owning/Selling Sharing
Brochure-ware Two-way communication
Portals Social Networks
One-to-many Many-to-many
E-business Peer production
Central control Reciprocal control
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The “Obama Moment”
The First Transformational
Leader of the Social Web
Age?
“We Are the Change We Are Waiting For”
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Online communities meet physical place
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A World in Crisis...
http://flickr.com/photos/aaronescobar/2633772161/
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The social web: swarm intelligence?
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http://flickr.com/photos/will-lion/2788026544/
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What is a Superhero?
http://flickr.com/photos/karla_k/2776839587/
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Everyday heros
are everywhere
Millions of people are connecting
Exposing a collective intelligence
Citizenship and responsibility
http://flickr.com/photos/wengistein/472176875/
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The Web didn’t
invent community.
The question is how
do we restore
community.
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“The essential challenge is to transform the
isolation and self-interest within our communities
into connectedness and caring for the whole.”
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Freedom: “the choice to be a creator of our own
experience and accept the unbearable responsibility
that goes with that….perhaps the real task of
leadership is to confront people with their freedom.”
“Our willingness to care for the well-being of the
whole occurs when we are confronted with our
freedom, and when we choose to accept and act on
that freedom.”
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Principles - Peter Block
The essential work is to build social fabric, both for its own sake
and to enable chosen accountability among citizens.
Strong associational life is essential and central (“public sphere”)
Citizens who use their power to convene other citizens are what
create an alternative future
The small group is the unit of transformation
All transformation is linguistic, which means that we can think of
community as essentially a conversation
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City Repair Project, Portland
Text
How do we create space for play?
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Building social fabric
Free association
Citizens convening other citizens
Small group as the unit of transformation
Community is a conversation
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Mark Kuznicki
http://remarkk.com
Twitter: remarkk
mark@remarkk.com
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