Category Archives: Treasures
Are We a Field?
Irvine Foundation/Bridgespan Group Identify Five Elements of “Field” of Practice The h3 Field Framework Report identifies five characteristics of a field of practice: shared identity standards of practice knowledge base leadership and grassroots support; and funding and supporting policy Hard Questions These questions are more difficult to answer than they appear in fields that are [...]
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Eleven Resilience Concepts for Rural (!?) Communities
Building Resilience in Rural Communities Toolkit: Eleven Resilience Concepts The result of a three-year project in the Community of Stanthorpe (Queensland), the Rural Resilience Toolkit identifies 11 concepts central to community resilience. They are: Social Networks and Support Positive Outlook Learning Early Experience Environment and Lifestyle Infrastructure and Support Services Sense of Purpose Diverse and [...]
Leading Tribes in the Post-TV World
Seth Godin and Tribes on TED “The Beatles did not invent teenagers.” You don’t need everyone. You need the ones who care – the true believers. And the web connects you to them. Leading Change If you are in the change business, ask three questions: Who are you upsetting? Who are you connecting? Who are [...]
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Michael Wesch: “The Crisis of Significance”
People love learning things that matter. People want to learn what’s significant. Michael Wesch creates significance for the University of Manitoba, and for anyone who wants to understand the relationship between the new media ecosystem and the kind of learning we need now. It’s a bit long, but engaging enough to entertain, and instructive enough [...]
Also posted in Social Change, Work and Learning 2.0 Tagged anthropology, education, learning, learning2.0, michael, web2.0, wesch Leave a comment
Agile Development as Model for Government Policy Making
Agile Policy Making? We were so excited to see Joi Ito’s post about agile development as a (potential) model for policy-making, we hardly know where to start. Maybe a thank you for Reid Hoffman’s perspective on early releasing – well timed as we are still wincing at the bugs in a recent launch of our [...]
Also posted in Collaboration, Gov20 Tagged agile, agility, gov2.0, government, joi ito, models, networks, policy models Leave a comment
Infographic: Why Buy Local?