innovation

Waving a Collaborative Flag

Much has been written recently about the ability of crowds to solve problems collaboratively. The rise of Google Wave and other collaborative online applications are making crowdsourcing a powerful and cost effective way to engage and energize stakehholders -- while getting more done.

I Shudder To Flutter

An April Fools prank brings to the surface a big question of concern to many organizations: How do you deal with individual communication needs and preferences in a growing online community?

They'll Talk, I Suppose

I recently learned from young film maker about a project to help young teens together explore issues of growing-up in the information age -- for example how to deal with cyber-bullies, managing time for school and friends and so on.

Nice cause, I thought, "so, how will you engage the kids?" He replied, "Well, we start with a video dramatization [i.e. a movie]. After viewing they can join our stand-alone [Facebook-like] social network." I said, "Cool... and then what?"