July 23, 2019

• MATHEMAGENIC | TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2019
  	Almost there Tomatoes on my balcony. My tomatoes are almost ripe and I am almost dancing from joy. MORE >>

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July 22, 2019

• MICHAEL SAMPSON - CURRENTS | MONDAY, JULY 22, 2019

  True Love Husband and wife for decades, love changed but not forgotten, Old patterns long-ended replayed as though they were still for today. To love another through their valley of diminishing. To catch her again, not for a life time to come this time, but as she stumbles and falls in the closing years. And bleeds. MORE >>

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July 21, 2019

• HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD | SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2019
  	Playing Apart image from the collection of Nick Smith, “possibly by John Wareham” All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts. — William Shakespeare , As You Like It. MORE >>

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July 18, 2019

• LAUREL PAPWORTH- SOCIAL NETWORK STRATEGY | THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2019
  	Advanced Social Media Training in Sydney August 2019 My 3 Day advanced social media intensive course is back! At the end of August, grab your laptop and head into Sydney CBD for a deep dive into the more advanced elements of social media marketing and strategy. Not for the complete beginner, suitable for Agencies and Government and Corporate]. MORE >>

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• SOCIAL REPORTER | THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2019

  Networked City in practice: maps, apps, games and a model for Commons The ideas that a group of us have developed around Connecting Londoners and Networked City are bearing fruit, with a two-year Big Lottery-funded programme, models for creating local Commons, plus more games and an app designed to help community connectors. Below is an update that I’ve posted to the Networked City wiki. MORE >>

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July 6, 2019

• HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD | SATURDAY, JULY 6, 2019
  	Conversations That Matter: What It Takes to Have Them photo by Maren Yumi on flickr CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. I ronically, despite the fact that I engage in fewer conversations than I used to (maybe because since I’m retired I don’t have to, and because I find few conversations valuable anyway), I’ve started writing more about conversation on this blog. MORE >>

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June 29, 2019

• JENNY CONNECTED | SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 2019
  	Everything Flows In early June I travelled to the Cotswolds for a 4-day course organised by Field and Field , and featuring the work of Iain McGilchrist. Iain was the keynote speaker on each of the 4 days giving 14 one hour talks/interviews over this time. Some of these talks related to his book The Master and His Emissary. MORE >>

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June 28, 2019

• HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD | FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2019
  	Being Adaptable: A Reminder List image from PXHERE , CC0. I t’s been about four years since I produced an updated version of my rather complicated Community-Based Resilience Framework. MORE >>

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June 26, 2019

• ONLINE COMMUNITY STRATEGY | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2019
  	Customer Communities Are Critical For Business Transformation The last few years have seen big brands make extraordinary investments in developing massive “digital transformation” and social media programs. On one hand, these programs have yielded moments of customer connection, advocacy and insight. MORE >>

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June 25, 2019

• JENNY CONNECTED | TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2019
  	The Value and Limits of Imagination On a 4-day Field & Field course I recently attended on The Divided Brain. Coming to Your Senses, Iain McGilchrist told us that there are four paths to knowledge: science, reason, intuition and imagination. He gave a one-hour talk on each of these topics. In these posts I am sharing the notes I made whilst listening to the talks. MORE >>

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June 24, 2019

• MICHAEL SAMPSON - CURRENTS | MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2019

  Re-Thinking Return on Investment for Office 365 How much do you pay every month for your employees’ Office 365 subscription? Research shows that the payments made by Microsoft customers for Office 365 are not being met with parallel value gains in return. Migrating to Office 365 is not enough to pay back your investment. MORE >>

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