For the We Live NY Summit being held March 24 and 25, 2011

1. We Live NY Summit March 25,2011 Paul Treadwell Global Networks | Local Impacts Harnessing the power of connectedness

2. In the U.S. 79% of adults use the internet (as of May, 2010) Worldwide mobile phones = 5 billion + Facebook has over 500 million active users More access, more information, more… Living in a connected world.

3. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have opened access to new content and audiences across the globe. Geographic boundaries have become porous on the internet Research, collaboration and cooperation are facilitated across boundaries. Your networks can be embodied, local, virtual and global Global connections

4. Regardless of the virtual/embodied distinction, your social identity is built on the 3R’s: Living in multiple worlds

5. Seeding and cultivating your social identity helps establish: Trust Boundaries Authority Reciprocity With the goal of: Using our reputation To build relationships To access resources Managing the ecosystem

6. A small circle of friends is always good, but Expanding vision Building new relationships and Discovering innovation Push at the comfortable edges of relationship. Asymmetries in your network represent learning nodes You should know people you don’t know Seeking asymmetry

7. Social content opens the cycle of production and consumption Youtube, Wikipedia, etc have altered traditional patterns In social networks, contribution is the coin of the realm There is a, potentially, democratizing of production and consumption Is this a façade? Producers and consumers

8. Change and innovation rise from learning. Social networks can provide: Access and connections for informal learning Testing grounds for new ideas Peer learning and informal mentoring Social networks as learning networks

9. Vital communities, whether online or off, evolve Not every relationship is active, all the time As you interact you change This is a Good Thing. Everything changes

10. Beyond the personal, the technologies of social networking can be used to reconnect with the world. (the real world) The power of connectedness is realized in our lives, where we live, work and play. This should not lead to schizophrenia (an online vs offline identity) Tourism or …..? (It makes sense, really…) Social media – tangible action

11. The tools, and processes, of social networking online can be brought to play in physical communities. Participatory budgeting is one example Community networks, community telecenters– precursors to the current web2.0 technologies Harnessing social technologies for local impact

12. Can we envision (do they already exist) face to face communities that embrace the best of web 2.0? Peer production Rapid innovation Entrepreneurial How do we maintain the character of local communities while engaging the global marketplace of ideas and innovation? Web 2.0 communities?

13. From the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Provides templates, scorecards and instruction on assessing an creating a plan of action to facilitate the development of “stronger communities through information exchange.” Community information toolkit

14. “Learning regions” From “The role of ITCs in Facilitating Regional Development: Some preliminary findings.” Toland and Yoong, 2007

15. Pew Internet and American Life: http://www.pewinternet.org/ Community Information Toolkit http://www.knightcomm.org/the-community-information-toolkit-version-1-0/ Toland, J. & Yoong,P. The Role of ICTs in facilitating Regional Development: http://www.ccnr.net/prato2007/archive/TolandYoongPratoRevised%20142%20.pdf References and Links

16. Paul Treadwell pt36@cornell.edu @ptreadwell http://www.facebook.com/ptreadwell http://www.linkedin.com/in/paultreadwell http://pt36.posterous.com/ http://pt36.tumblr.com/ Contact