TECHNOLOGISTS AS REVOLUTIONARIESBar Camp Canberra – 19 April 2008Kate Carruthers

Revolutionaries?

People did not know they wanted or needed any of these until a technologist helped them to understand

People did not know they wanted or needed any of these until a technologist helped them to understand

Electric light Telegraph Phone Computers Internet Web apps

Why does this matter to us?

Why care? Technology drives

everyday life now There is lots of

competition We risk public

overload & disconnection

Changing the World

Visionary leadership

Changing the World

Creating followers

Changing the World

Unbounded ambition

Changing the World

Powerful capability for change

Techniques used by Revolutionaries & Insurgents

Communication & Community

Community is where memes spread

Go to where the people are Get involved with their lives &

problems Identify key influencers Passion & enthusiasm matter

Tools Passion Persuasion Information Communication

Evangelist: ‘bringer of good

news’

εὐαγγελιστής

POST Method

We need to …Spend time with others like us

Build up our own communities: Real life Online

A good start …

What next?