some other ideas from the panel that seemed of some importance: -If you don’t have a revenue model yet, there is no need to worry about it now as long as you manage to create a community around a theme or an issue
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Carlos Garcia and Omar Ramos presented and did a live demo of Scrapblog: “Scrapblog is a free web service that allows everyone to create multimedia scrapblogs.”
The “pitch this!” session is unlike any other. The tension is palatable, as people are sitting around the table, as if in a boardroom, ready to pitch their project in 3 minutes or less to professional investors and strategists. Images and Voices of Hope goes first. The initial pitch is a little fuzzy (by contrast […]
After a Random Act of Media, the WeMedia Forum Miami dove into its Investment forum, which asked “Who will pay for new ways to understand news and act on it?” The panel included a mixture of venture capitalists and entrepreneurs; Scott Rafer, MyBlogLog; Chris Ahearn, Reuters; Jeff Taylor, Monster and Eons; Chris Versace, Agile Equity; […]
How communities real and virtual are changing through media. What are the new ways for people to use information, news, and journalism to imagine their collective possibilities as communities and to set and reach common community goals. Can community be virtual? Let’s find out what some of the web thinkers and tinkers think.
Some highlighed blog posts from the We Media Launch and this morning’s session. If I’ve missed any, please add in the comments Media Literacy as a Family Value and We Media Community Forum(Andy Carvin) We Media LiveBlogging Intro+Community Forum (Publictivity.comBlog) We Media Kicks Off (Down the Avenue) We Media Conference, Miami (Media Guardian/Organ Grinder) We Media 2007 Community Forum (Hyku) […]
The first session degenerated (is that the right word?) into a discussion about who should control the conversation in our society: “little m” media (bloggers and community contributors) or “Big M” media (i.e. media companies and professional journalists). We have had that conversation – several times (at We Media alone) – and very little new ground was broken. Why is […]
Last night at a Miami/We Media bloggers dinner (hosted by Alex deCarvalho of Scrapblog) Andy Carvin and I got into a discussion about how we got blogging…which got us thinking: how do bloggers get to be bloggers? Why do we take up self-publishing? Where did the passion for media–that’s evident in so many of us–come from?
Those of you who’ve visited the Global Voices web site are probably familiar with our core mission, and the ways in which we’ve been trying to fulfill it thus far. The central feature of Global Voices has been our international blog aggregator, which is driven today by a team comprising nine regional editors, six language […]
Communities exist in many forms, from chatter on a forum or bulletin board through to multi-player 3D virtual worlds. But what engagement models work and how can media companies nurture communities without alienating them as devices of corporate interests? In our open discussion on Thursday at 12.30pm at the WeMedia conference in Miami we hope […]
Companies and individuals are invited to join and participate in the We Media community. iFOCOS today announced a series of action and educational programs to spur global innovation in media. The media action tank also announced key leadership and advisory appointments as well as support from partners and foundations across a a variety of sectors.
Can a community actively involved in the development of search make it better? Jimmy Wales seems to think so….
Communicating with each other online might turn out to be more than just a fun way to spend time — it may keep us sane, or even save our lives.
Community is diverse, pluralistic, and alive. It develops around shared interests and passions, and carefully balances mass collaboration and personal expression. Rhizome’s value lies in its community, one that has driven new media art and discourse for the past ten years through the exchange of ideas, arguments and practices around an emerging form.
For the past twenty years, P.O.V. has presented groundbreaking documentary films on PBS, working with filmmakers both emerging and established to present their perspectives to a national audience. The series has always challenged the notion of television as a one-way medium by pioneering innovative projects such as our Talking Back and Community Engagement campaigns, which […]