This document discusses how technology is empowering individuals and communities over institutions, enabling a shift from static websites to more collaborative models. It notes how this evolution is disrupting traditional businesses and fostering new companies and behaviors. It also mentions a study finding that trust in business exceeds trust in government in most countries surveyed.

1. It’s About Change and Opportunity
Neville Hobson, ABC
Communicator | Blogger | Podcaster | Social Media Strategist
Stockholm, April 16, 2008

2. Source: http://tangyslice.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/a-web-20-tag-cloud/

3. The social structure in which technology puts
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power in the hands of individuals and
communities instead of institutions

4. Evolution from read-only to read/write
and sharing/giving, aka Web 2.0
Disrupting traditional businesses and
models
New companies, new ideas, new
behaviours appearing to leverage the shifts