archive for June, 2010

Connect the dots

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

With the State of Social Media we investigate the early emergence of social media initiatives and where to go from here. During our last meeting with the editorial team of the Summit, we made the following observation. Whereas the movement of digital pioneers is alive and kicking, it is…not very well connected. To change these [...]

The rise of Open Governance pioneers: part one

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

One of the interesting clusters of projects supported by the Digital Pioneers Fund consists of projects that contribute to the participation of citizens in political and policy issues. For example, the Petities.nl project by Reinder Rustema gives citizens the opportunity to start a petition online. It uses the power of the masses online to organize, [...]

First findings round table social media & migration

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

We had a great round table last Friday on social media & migration! We had representatives of Turkish, Maroccan, Islam platforms, Chinese Radio, a documentary project for women with HIV and a wonderful participation by Sriram Guddireddigari who came all the way from India. Thank you all!

You can find more pictures on the round table [...]

Round table session on social media & migration

Friday, June 18th, 2010

Tonight we are hosting a round table session on social media and migration in cooperation with the European Bridge-IT network and Maroc NL. Together with different stakeholders working as researcher, activist, programmer, digital pioneer or civel servant in the field of migration and/or social media projects, we will address the following questions:

In what ways does [...]

Get it Together: Input for the Summit

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

The invitation for the summit is open for everybody who is interested in meeting others, discuss about their vision and play with new innovations…You! While organizing this summit we would like to hear your input about the issues and topics you come across in the social media landscape. Tell us your experiences and ideas as an innovative media entrepreneur, financial ‘supporter’ of the sector or employee at a cultural institution. In this way we select the content and form of the State of Social Media together [...]