NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoup.org - disruption

Video of Ethan Zuckerman Segment from Citizen Journalism Session

jennifer schlegel — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:24:21 -0400

At ForaTv, more video now available online: Ethan Zuckerman’s segment from the NetSquared Conference Session: A Voice in the Wilderness to the Wisdom of Crowds: Citizen Journalism, Nonprofit Organizations and Social Change (coverage provided by Link TV). Last week we posted Dan Gillmor’s segment, also from this session. If you go to ForaTv and type in “netsquared” next to the Search function in the top menu bar, you’ll find this session and the others listed here in the archive:

Suggested: Another Net2: Content and Tools for the Developing World

Tora — Wed, 31 May 2006 16:39:36 -0400

I just posted a suggestion at Next Action, involving:

Create a Net2 sub-community focused on Content and Tools for the Developing World. The post is at suggested Next Action

Continue this Net2 process, replicating the format of this Net2 meeting, with its excellent range of online community-creating tools.
Narrow the focus to: developing countries
Deepen the focus to include community radio, book search, etc
Hold a meeting similar in structure to this first Net2 meeting.
Hold
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Net2Con: Making the Most of Disruption

erikablock — Tue, 30 May 2006 15:17:52 -0400

....a live, uncut and subjective take on the session

participants: Howard Rheingold and Paul Saffo

immoderator: Lucy Bernholz

Information Barter, and disruption

Tora — Tue, 30 May 2006 10:33:38 -0400

I just submitted this as a question to Howard Rheingold for the session on disruption.

Listed here for anyone to comment on Information Barter.

Given that empowerment of disempowered people is a positive disruptive force;
Given that everyone knows something (for example, the local rural bus timetable);
Given that it is empowering to share what you know, to have others value your knowledge;
Given that people value things more if the things (including information) are not provided free;

Then what about information barter? - the process where information is traded for other information.

The CyberInstitute is adding to the “cornucopia of the commons” with online information for small businesses in developing countries, and investigating the use of information barter.