I figured it was time for something a little more interesting than just me posting away on here so it’s my great pleasure to add some sterling work by Penny Jackson. She’s started to interview some of the people who pop up regularly at the various networks here in London (and beyond) and while you may have heard these already at the Creative Coffee Club website Penny agreed to allow me to re-post them here. With her permission I’ve now archived her work on the Internet Archive and OurMedia as the first step in building a large collection of these Social Media Stories. In time I’ll also provide full transcripts and I’ve already been talking to Penny about how we can develop this line of work… so watch this space
When I was listening to these interviews a few nights ago I forgot my iTunes was still on random until the theme tune to Sesame Street kicked in as Penny signs off:
Come and play, everything’s A-OK / Friendly neighbors there, that’s where we meet…
How wonderfully apt. So here’s the first (of three I’m posting today) in which Penny talks to Euan Semple and Toby Moores:
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Podcast notes: The conversation takes in the tribal system through to the industrial revolution and now we’ve arrived at social media how there are fresh opportunities to find other like minded people. The way we are all traditionally educated (wrong = bad) and why it’s now easier to throw ideas around and let others test them. In short, we trust our network.
It’s pointed out that businesses are conversations already, but now we have to allow different voices in. The time for interruption is over – it’s time to listen. This leads to Penny asking a question that I hope we can come back to on the NON blog: Are we in the midst of a Social revolution?
There’s a great analogy of regular business practices (right up to Microsoft) being run along a trench warfare system and some great observations on why ‘experts’ are sometimes wary of jumping into the fray of a free flowing conversation. It also echos some of Bob Geldof’s Innovation Edge talk and why someone in a third world village with access to a mobile phone and a social network can be more powerful than someone behind a wall in the City.
I’d be amiss not to add a link to Sue Thomas as she’s mentioned in the conversation and has some wonderful things to say about all of this and much more on her own blog.
Thanks again to Penny (and Euan!) for putting up with my emails as I stumbled through this whole podcasting malarkey.
Here is where you'll find the things that we are working on at the moment.
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Social Media Stories 01
I figured it was time for something a little more interesting than just me posting away on here so it’s my great pleasure to add some sterling work by Penny Jackson. She’s started to interview some of the people who pop up regularly at the various networks here in London (and beyond) and while you may have heard these already at the Creative Coffee Club website Penny agreed to allow me to re-post them here. With her permission I’ve now archived her work on the Internet Archive and OurMedia as the first step in building a large collection of these Social Media Stories. In time I’ll also provide full transcripts and I’ve already been talking to Penny about how we can develop this line of work… so watch this space
When I was listening to these interviews a few nights ago I forgot my iTunes was still on random until the theme tune to Sesame Street kicked in as Penny signs off:
How wonderfully apt. So here’s the first (of three I’m posting today) in which Penny talks to Euan Semple and Toby Moores:
[display_podcast]
Podcast notes: The conversation takes in the tribal system through to the industrial revolution and now we’ve arrived at social media how there are fresh opportunities to find other like minded people. The way we are all traditionally educated (wrong = bad) and why it’s now easier to throw ideas around and let others test them. In short, we trust our network.
It’s pointed out that businesses are conversations already, but now we have to allow different voices in. The time for interruption is over – it’s time to listen. This leads to Penny asking a question that I hope we can come back to on the NON blog: Are we in the midst of a Social revolution?
There’s a great analogy of regular business practices (right up to Microsoft) being run along a trench warfare system and some great observations on why ‘experts’ are sometimes wary of jumping into the fray of a free flowing conversation. It also echos some of Bob Geldof’s Innovation Edge talk and why someone in a third world village with access to a mobile phone and a social network can be more powerful than someone behind a wall in the City.
I’d be amiss not to add a link to Sue Thomas as she’s mentioned in the conversation and has some wonderful things to say about all of this and much more on her own blog.
Thanks again to Penny (and Euan!) for putting up with my emails as I stumbled through this whole podcasting malarkey.