October 12, 2010

education & learning innovation systems thinking

Social Media / Social Activism

October 12, 2010October 12, 2010 Cameron D. Norman 862 Viewsactivism, collective action, Facebook, Malcolm Gladwell, public engagement, social innovation, social media, Twitter

If we continue to view social media as working/not working, good/bad, real/fake we start to miss the point that these tools and technologies are doing something and are supporting real people, some of whom are doing a lot; to dismiss that is to risk squashing the spirit and potential that we all have to advocate and participate in change.

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." —Mahatma Gandhi 30 minutes ago
And then no one does much of anything, and we find ourselves going for another spin on the merry-go-round. twitter.com/phealthgnome/s… 2 hours ago
I can tell where my - only partly conscious - mood is and needs are by just how much energy I put into reading my a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 hours ago
"What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly." —Lao Tzu 23 hours ago
A simple, non-complicated look at the concepts of systems and complexity and what they mean for evaluation and stra… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 day ago

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