Socialreporting 2gether08

I’ve written a lengthy post on my blog about the different tools that we used in reporting 2gether08, and the team effort to make it work. David Wilcox..

2gether @ handheld learning 2008

It was a great pleasure to be a participant at 2gether08 where I was joined by colleagues from South Thames College who were explaining and demonstrating one way in which the kinds of technology already available to young people are being used for powerful learning experiences as well as platforms for grass-roots activism. In this case they were discussing their LIFEWISE initiative where arts, dance, business studies and technology combined to raise awareness of the campaign against gun and knife crime. (read more...).

Spirited Away - what next for 2gether

I have organised dozens of events and meet ups of one kind or another over the past few years with a focus on emerging technologies, education and social innovation so 2gether08 felt like something like the culmination of many years of work. Often people ask me what my goals are, in terms of outcomes for events, and generally I respond perhaps ambivalently that I am sanguine about what happens, that I trust people to come together and do good things without me directing them towards any particular goals. This has always felt consistent with the style of our events and I have always felt somewhat vindicated when I hear months and even years later that people who met at my events have gone on to collaborate on business ventures and new projects etc. (read more...).

2gether - big things for love

It is commonplace to go on about the affordances of new technologies and how in the right hands they can allow us to overcome economic impediments that curtailed our ability to connect, collaborate, share and converse to do in Clay’s lovely phrase ‘big things for love’ . 2gether feels a bit like that. In (read more...);

Get ready for Live Tag Surfing

 The essence of 2gether08 is helping people connect, converse, collaborate … and we have some great technology to help us, including the Crowdvine networking site where people have already started to make friends before the event: do take a look over here.

However, on the  two days of the Festival we’ll also be using (read more...)?

Making an event like 2gether work

As the dust settles on SHINE - the unconference for social entrepreneurs we at germination co-produced 4 weeks ago, we straight into managing the production side of the 2gether festival. I’m really excited about the event, knowing as I do that this idea has been developing bit by bit in Steve Moore’s head (read more...)>

What’s special about 2gether08

Join us at 2gether08 and you will be able to:

• connect and collaborate with pioneers of change from media, technology, social enterprises, public policy and the creative industries
• contribute to the development and design of the festival
• find out more about leading edge developments in media technologies and how they can support social progress
• meet with Channel 4 executives, find out and contribute ideas into ‘the biggest ever single interventions in publicly useful social media in Britain’ 4IP >
• join us for two parties and awards ceremonies

More details here >, and how to register >>

Your ideas for 2gether08

2gether08 is a place where once you have registered you can put up a problem, idea, or proposal - for a session on the day or development online. Here’s event curator Steve Moore’s vision, with some questions and answers on how you can get involved..

Possible model for action from 2gether

One of the big challenges for events and online communities is how to move beyond presentations and conversation towards some action. Today I’m at http://geekyoto.com giving a presentation about 2gether.com, so I thought I would try out a model which aims to identify how different interests combine to great solutions.

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Introducing the 2gether team

The team developing the 2gether Festival got together on May 15, and it was great opportunity to ask each of them for their perspective on how the Festival is developing.

Steve Moore, who is leading development of 2gether, explained that it is an opportunity for those who want (read more...).