Notes from the course Network Society: Social Changes, Organizations and Citizens, Barcelona, 15-17 October, 2008.
Geek Is GoodCarlos Domingo, Telefónica I+D
Malcom Gladwell:
Connectors
Mavens: know everything’s that happening
Salesmen
The difference between the geek and the connected geek: for the first time in my life, more people greeted me for my birthday on social networking sites than “offline”. Being connected is becoming a must and a differential thing too.
Big companies, understanding this, are hiring connected geeks so that they bring in new knowledge and, most important, new knowledge sharing practices.
From greed is good to geek is good
The (libertarian) philosophy of the Internet, cutting down transaction costs in open networks, is increasingly been...
A couple of months ago we already announced the course Network Society: Social changes, organizations and citizens.
Finally, we have been able to set up the definitive programme for the course and all the details concerning its organization. The making of both the programme and the sponsorships has been quite an issue, but we believe that we, at last, succeeded in creating a valuable proposal for all those interested in the analysis of the changes that our society faces and the role of technology and culture in the whole set.
There are circa 200 people attending the course and we hope it will become an opportunity to create (and shift towards the Net) an open and critical conversation about the so-called “network society”. Registration closes on Monday October 6th.
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knowledge management,
e-Readiness,
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genis roca,
ismael peña-lópez,
Andrew Rasiej,
Carol Darr,
Enrique Dans,
Ethan Zuckerman,
Gumersindo Lafuente,
Josu Jon Imaz,
Juan Freire,
Marc López Plana,
Miquel Iceta,
Tom Steinberg,
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Irene Mia,
Santiago Ortiz,
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Participation, Engagement, Use, Activism,
Carlos Domingo,
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I’m pleased to announce an event of which I’m part of the organizing committee, the course Network Society: Social changes, organizations and citizens, to take place in Barcelona, Spain, from 15 to 17 October de 2008.
Some info about the course:
Website of the course, with more information about the speakers, fees, registration, etc.
Facebook Event
There will be translation to and from Spanish and English
PROGRAMME: NETWORK SOCIETY: SOCIAL CHANGES, ORGANIZATIONS AND CITIZENS
Day 1 - Wednesday 15 October
Introduction
09h00 - 09h30 : Opening
09h30 - 10h30 : Juan Freire - Presentation of the course
10h30 - 11h00 : Café
Citizenship in the Network Society
Chairs: Marc López
11h00 - 12h30 : Carol Darr
12h30 - 14h00 : Tom Steinberg
14h00 - 16h00 : Lunch
Organizations in the...
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ICT4D,
development,
Cyberlaw, governance, rights,
e-Government, e-Administration,
David Weinberger,
Miguel Cereceda,
antoni gutierrez-rubi,
genis roca,
ismael peña-lópez,
Andrew Rasiej,
Carol Darr,
Enrique Dans,
Ethan Zuckerman,
Gumersindo Lafuente,
Josu Jon Imaz,
Juan Freire,
Marc López Plana,
Miquel Iceta,
Tom Steinberg,
meetings,
Participation, Engagement, Use, Activism,
Carlos Domingo,
sociedadred,
sociedadred2008