Comments on: Why is social media important to civil society?

By: David Barrie

David Barrie — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:38:38 +0000

This is a such a brilliant post. There is no doubt whatsoever that social technology has a key role in the future of civil society. It is perfectly placed and formed. One key question though *has* to be how services and participation can be supported in such a way as to encourage collaboration between different civil society associations? This way people can make the most of the rich resource of distributed human activism and creativity and bring about transformational change. In the field of urban renewal, processes that bridge social and technological potentialities at the local scale, connect them with larger networks and do it all meaningfully can make a MASSIVE difference. Can’t wait to see the finished work. Very cool. Thank you.

By: Micael Bogar

Micael Bogar — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:34:01 +0000

Dear Suw,
Thanks for using our white paper to make this important point! It reminded me of one of the diagrams in our white paper on page 24 where we’ve got all the partners involved in the public media 2.0 movement. Civil society is a leader here definitely. We look forward to the rest of this work!
Thanks,
Micael Bogar
Projects Manager
Center for Social Media

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By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:59:30 +0000

Tech. is WIDE open and waiting to be properly used as not only a markitng tool for bussiness its a great tool of the future and that is makinting yourself as a person, thru the internet we connect with all diffrent but really all the same people so tech. is the future and it can be fun and healthy if we use it properly.