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New publication out: The State of Social Media

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

Eight years of Digital Pioneers in the Dutch public domain
Since 2002, the Digital Pioneers programme, operated by the Knowledgeland think tank and made possible by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sciences, has made a considerable contribution to the development of the digital public domain in the Netherlands. The programme supported 211 pioneer projects with [...]

Watch our video registrations

Monday, December 13th, 2010

At last our video registrations are online! If you want to tap in to what’s happened at the State of Social Media Summit, here are some video’s you can take a look at:

Keynote Juliana Rotich (Ushahidi)
Keynote Adam Hyde (Floss Manuals)
Keynote Alan Crabbe (Fundbreak) and panel discussion on the Future of funding social media
Keynote Anna Maybank [...]

Summit report day 2: Creating future plans

Monday, November 15th, 2010

On 28-29 October 2010 Digital Pioneers organized the international conference on social innovation on the Internet in Trouw Amsterdam. From an international perspective we looked at the impact of small-scale civil society media initiatives on society and the media landscape. Together with national and international pioneers, the [...]

Summit report day 1: Learning from the pioneers

Monday, November 15th, 2010

On 28-29 October 2010 Digital Pioneers organized the international conference on social innovation on the Internet in Trouw Amsterdam. From an international perspective we looked at the impact of small-scale civil society media initiatives on society and the media landscape. Together with national and international pioneers, the Digital Pioneers network and [...]

State of Social Media Manifesto, Actifesto for the future

Monday, November 15th, 2010

During the State of Social Media Summit all pioneers created a manifesto for the future, reflecting the action points needed for catalyzing social innovation on the web for the coming years. We presented these 7 action points to Marietje Schaake (D66), member of the European Parliament:
1. Raise awareness of the value of our personal data [...]

The Monday after…

Monday, November 1st, 2010

Wow, we have had two beautiful and intense days at the Summit. Thanks to everybody for contributing and participating! We were very impressed and really needed this weekend to recover. Although it’s sad that we had to celebrate the end of the Digital Pioneers programme, we are very gratefull that we had the oppurtunity to [...]

Interview with Stef Kolman (OpenCarData)

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

During the Summit, Digital Pioneers will present their projects and ideas every hour in the Hall of Trouw Amsterdam. On Thursday 28 October 15.15 hrs Stef and Selene Kolman will tell us all about networked cars and their project OpenCarData, which has recently received the Living Lab Prize in de European [...]

Interview with Johannes la Poutre (MIMAQ)

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

During the Summit, Digital Pioneers will present their projects and ideas every hour in the Hall of Trouw Amsterdam. On Thursday 28 October 16.15 hrs Johannes la Poutré will tell us all about measuring air quality and his experiences as a Digital Pioneer. We interviewed Johannes shortly about himself and the project MIMAQ, [...]

Interview with Alan Crabbe, co-founder of Fundbreak

Monday, October 25th, 2010

On the first day of the State of Social Media Summit we are going to discuss how the movement of civel society media initiatives can find a sustainable model for the future. How can these social innovative ideas and projects be supported financially? A lot of courage and pioneership is needed here as governmental support [...]

Interview with Sara Mattens & Jeffrey Croese (Virtuele Straat)

Monday, October 25th, 2010

During the Summit, Digital Pioneers will present their projects and ideas every hour in the Hall of Trouw Amsterdam. On Thursday 28 October 14.15 hrs Sara Mattens & Jeffrey Croese will tell us all about de Bijlmer and how to make virtual artworks with the tools they designed within the Virtuele Straat van Sculpturen project. [...]