MacKinnons Cloud – August 2009

Featured Posts

• Robin Good, an extraordinary social media evangelist posted about the Future of Conferences: Critical viewpoints from Nancy White, George Siemens and Gerd Leonhard. I chose to feature Nancy White because of her expertise in writing about and supporting online communities.

• The Aids Committee of York Region has gone live on Facebook. In my congratulatory post there are a few tips to get started with your organization’s Facebook page.  Click Here to view post.

• Online Storytelling – How to Plan and Produce a Compelling Video. Many groups are interested in using social media as part of their online communication strategy. Have a gander at my takeaways from a workshop sponsored by NetSquared, a Toronto Net Tuesday event.

• The Character Community Foundation of York Region is building community one conversation at a time. You can view a short video of poet laureate for Toronto, Pier Giorgio di Cicco as he speaks about character and community building.

• The York Community Data Sharing Symposium # 2 brought people together from across York Region (face to face & virtually). One of the goals was to learn how might we apply the “tools” of Open Space + Open Data + Social Media to improve the quality of life for all in York Region. Mark Kusnicki was the keynote presenter. His slidecast (audio included), titled Social Web, Social Change and the Return of Community is outstanding.

• The York Region Youth Services Collaboration Mapis a dynamic online resource for workers serving youth at risk.  The collaboration map is in its beginning stage and you can help. Drop by and add your organizations contact information.

• Having service users at the planning or committee table is good, but why is it so hard to get these volunteersto come to our meetings. Etienne Wenger, a leading figure in the world of communities of practice has a few insights to offer.