How is social media changing our national identity and concepts of solidarity? What measures are we undertaking to protect our privacy in social networks? How are social media providing a platform for civic action? How is transatlantic influence changing? “It Becomes Public” is a round robin video discussion on these and other issues, generated from [...]
Tonight’s workshop at the British Council resulted in a lively discussion, in no small part thanks to the telepresent participation of Ben Hammersley, Philip L. McKenzie and Jón Þór Ólafsson. We hope you enjoy these Skype interviews as they whet your appetite for the results of our video sprint (coming soon). We’ll be tweeting some [...]
We are back in Berlin after some wonderful and inspiring weeks in Washington D.C., Portland and San Francisco. We are getting ready for our new video sprint with the British Council at Social Media Week Berlin about transatlantic influence. Yesterday on our way to dinner we discovered the posters for Social Media Week Berlin. We’re [...]
Theme: Transatlantic Influence We live in a world where influence – both its definition and who has it – is shifting. From movements in the global economy, to innovations in online metrics, to trends in social media, the manner in which countries, companies and individuals can affect change in the world is evolving at a [...]
We interviewed Ben Hammersley this weekend as part of an upcoming Transatlantic Network 2020 event at the British Council Berlin. Incidentally, Ben was the moderator at this past weekend’s Cognitive Cities conference. You can join the conversation we’ve started with Ben on Twitter (#TN2020) or Quora: What will make living in a city worthwhile in [...]