Social Web, Social Change and the Return of CommunityOttawa Social Media Breakfast

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Mark KuznickiRemarkk! Consulting

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This is a story about one person’s journey.

It just happens to be mine.

Perhaps, it’s your story too.

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Where were you when the world changed?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/janissary/332098417/

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Seeking answers to the big questions...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/szasukephotography/2945106185/

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Life in the Land of Tech and Startup

Enboard

http://www.flickr.com/photos/marsdd/3044528650/Friday, May 8, 2009

Toronto Transit Camp“Not a complaints department,

a solutions playground”

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TransitCamp Unconferences

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Toronto: January 24, 2009

Ottawa: May 16, 2009

Vancouver: June 20, 2009

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http://flickr.com/photos/hyfen/3112848406/

Twitter did this...Friday, May 8, 2009

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Web 2.0, aka “The Social Web”

Static

Reading

Organizations

Owning/Selling

Brochure-ware

Portals

One-to-many

E-business

Central control

Information Source

Dynamic

Writing

Communities

Sharing

Two-way communication

Social Networks

Many-to-many

Peer production

Reciprocal control

Participation Platform

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The “Obama Moment”

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“We Are the Change We Are Waiting For”

The First Transformational Leader of the Social Web

Age?

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Online communities meet physical place

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A World in Crisis...http://flickr.com/photos/aaronescobar/2633772161/

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The social web: swarm intelligence?

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http://flickr.com/photos/will-lion/2788026544/

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What is a Superhero?

http://flickr.com/photos/karla_k/2776839587/

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Millions of people are connecting

Exposing a collective intelligence

Citizenship and responsibility

http://flickr.com/photos/wengistein/472176875/

Everyday heros are everywhere

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The Web didn’t invent community.

The question is how do we restore community.

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“The essential challenge is to transform the isolation and self-interest within our communities

into connectedness and caring for the whole.”

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Freedom: “the choice to be a creator of our own experience and accept the unbearable responsibility

that goes with that….perhaps the real task of leadership is to confront people with their freedom.”

“Our willingness to care for the well-being of the whole occurs when we are confronted with our

freedom, and when we choose to accept and act on that freedom.”

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The essential work is to build social fabric, both for its own sake and to enable chosen accountability among citizens.

Strong associational life is essential and central (“public sphere”)

Citizens who use their power to convene other citizens are what create an alternative future

The small group is the unit of transformation

All transformation is linguistic, which means that we can think of community as essentially a conversation

Principles - Peter Block

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How do we create space for play?

Text

City Repair Project, Portland

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Building social fabricFree association

Citizens convening other citizensSmall group as the unit of transformation

Community is a conversation

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Mark Kuznickihttp://remarkk.comTwitter: remarkkmark@remarkk.com

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