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Mindful Navigation of Complexity and Social Media

July 4, 2012 Cameron D. Norman 428 Views Buddhify, Clay Shirky, complexity, contemplative inquiry, health behaviour change, information, Marshall McLuhan, media, media ecology, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, Mitch Joel, news, psychology, social media, wellbeing

If we are to mindfully design our social media ecology and do it in a manner that promotes empathy and connection, rather than overwhelms us; engenders learning and insight over simple content absorption; and promotes creativity and innovation rather than just talks about it, we need to answer the question more intently and act accordingly.

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Knowledge Translation or Just Better Marketing?

March 27, 2010March 27, 2010 Cameron D. Norman 536 Views communication, health, health communication, information, information overload, innovation, knowledge translation, marketing, research, Seth Godin, social marketing, systems thinking, tobacco industry

Can the dream of knowledge translation be achieved by better marketing, or is focusing on message delivery processes missing the larger point?

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The Future of Social Media: Chaos / Coherence?

January 16, 2010 Cameron D. Norman 461 Views blog, complexity, information, literacy, sense-making, social media, Twitter, YouTube

Some say we have too much information, while I say: we haven’t seen anything yet. What happens when the remaining 70% of those not using social media get engaged and what does that mean for sense-making?