Posted By:  CWBloggers Posted On:  Aug 20, 2008	Is Collaboration the New Competitiveness?
As I sit watching the Olympics, I find myself thinking about the role that competition plays in society.  The competitive spirit has been seen as the underlying force behind individual, business and national success for at least the past century.  Working your way to the top.  Corporate...... [view]

Posted By:  rexlee Posted On:  Jul 31, 2008	ID-ah! and The Groundswell
One of my proudest social computing accomplishments is the creation of ID-ah! (tm), a Bell Canada internal social innovation platform we started in 2005. ID-ah! was featured in the Groundswell book by Charlene Li & Josh Bernoff . Ever since Groundswell, I've had people ask me for more...... [view]

Posted By:  rexlee Posted On:  Jul 12, 2008	The Global Collaboration Cue Card Project
What does collaboration look like to you? That's a question my colleague Dan Rose has started asking participants of his collaborative sessions and his presentations. At the beginning of each session, he provides participants a blank cue card and asks them to illustrate what...... [view]

Posted By:  rexlee Posted On:  May 31, 2008	Social Media and The Speed of Trust
Last month, on separate occasions, I met two friends that I had previously only communicated with via blogs and social networking sites (and maybe the occasional e-mail). Although I knew each of them of them for some time, it was our first "in-person" meeting. When we finally met, there...... [view]

Posted By:  rexlee Posted On:  Apr 9, 2008	Sun Tzu and the Art of Social Computing
Sun Tzu , the influential author of, " The Art of War ", might be the last thing you'd consider relevant to social computing and enterprise 2.0. And although not all of his beliefs can be directly ported, if you think of the "enemy" as, "poor collaboration", "inefficiency", "bureaucracy" or...... [view]

Posted By:  Rahaf Posted On:  Mar 27, 2008	ICE08: The Network Effect - Models of Social Collaboration
INTRO This Panel is set to discuss how relationships between business and research can bring Canadian content to forefront of the global industry by leveraging cultural and economic capital and creating frameworks for future growth. In particular, this discussion will look at models for...... [view]

Posted By:  emilyjk Posted On:  Mar 25, 2008	Jason Fried of 37signals talks productivity at SXSW
Jason Fried is the founder of 37signals.com – an innovative technology company that has made some simple and awesome web-based productivity apps, like basecamp and campfire . He gave an amazing talk about productivity and collaboration ("Stuff we've learned") – this is a list of advice...... [view]

Posted By:  rexlee Posted On:  Mar 16, 2008	Lessons on Innovation, Collaboration & Leadership from Steve Jobs
Fortune put out excerpts from an interview with Steve Jobs earlier this month. Jobs makes some very candid, and direct points. The whole interview is quite insightful and helps to disprove some of the common misconceptions around what collaboration is all about. Misconception 1:...... [view]

Posted By:  rexlee Posted On:  Feb 3, 2008	Video Games + Social Computing?
I admit, one reason I've written fewer posts recently is because I am the new owner of a Wii. Each time I turn it on, I feel a "pang" of guilt, knowing full well, that there is always house stuff to do, great articles to read, blog posts to complete.... But thanks to an...... [view]

Posted By:  rexlee Posted On:  Feb 2, 2008	Getting over the "Blog" stereotype
It's been awhile since my last post. I do have several "partially" written pieces (well atleast in my head anyways). I've simply been just too busy to get them out. However, a January 15th episode on the Rick Mercer Report put a smile on my face and reminded me of a recent article in CIO...... [view]

Posted By:  kevinpaulmorris Posted On:  Jan 8, 2008	Earth Hour
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Tower of Babel
Submitted By:   Ceren Website:  http://towerofbabel.com E-mail:  malcolm@towerofbabel.com	Vision:   Xenophobia has caused countless wars and hate crimes. Ultimately, it's not about the myths and legends one's tribe worships or the color of one's skin, it's about one's heritage: unfamiliar customs and invisible deities......   [view]

Submitted By:   gmilian Event Date:  Jun 9, 2008 & Time: 0:00 AM-0:00 AM Event Location:  Westin Boston Waterfront [view]

Enterprise 2.0 Conference

Making the Connection: Best Practices in Global Education & Collaborative Technology

Submitted By:   lastchance Author Name:  TIGed Published:  2007-06-25

Website:  http://www.takingitglobal.org/tiged/bp/   Description:   Educators looking for new ways to incorporate technology into their classrooms need look no further than this dynamic collection of case studies that highlight some of the best practices and lessons learned for teachers, schools, districts and other organizations attempting to create new projects at the intersection of global education and educational technology, through TIGed, one of the world's premier set of tools and resources designed to facilitate the introduction of global education to the local classroom.   [view]