Thanks for sharing those!

I look at the Propositions as the ingredients in the spice cabinet that as a whole create the kitchen, but alone are pretty random and often unuseful (how often do you have a recipe that ONLY calls for fenugreek?). Yet, just listing the ingredients off, doesn’t “make” the kitchen, either. As you say, we need to capture the new worldview created when all of these Propositions are in place, when we have a kitchen that is drawing on all the possible tastes. Maybe it’s a bad metaphor…

One next step that we are working on for repurposing the content we developed for the handbook is to create a space either on or offline or both where people can contribute their own lessons learned and case studies that use the 45 Propositions, and we hope that this process will really start creating that higher level picture of the new ethic that social media has surfaced and enabled.

Of course, I’ll keep you posted – and will look for more challenges and questions to keep it moving forward!

Words that featured in 2.0: sharing, social learning, transparency, freedom, freely, uncontrolled, own voice, open, complex

compared with 1.0: imposed, closed, controlled, stripped, professional voice, authority. cause and effect

The interesting question is what do all these observations point to? What is the new worldview or ethic that social media is surfacing? Sussing that wouldn’t just bring coherence to the lists but would unlock the social implications at level beyond ways-to-do-socialmedia.

The periodic table is a great example; although for years it was simply a useful way of ordering of properties, it’s real impact was it’s part in the (re)emergence of the atomic model.

yours atomically
dan

So long as we don’t have to pair propositions with elements and try to agree which one is Oxygen 🙂

Thank you so much for your contribution. You are very wrong in saying that all the intelligent contributions have already been made – the conversation, I hope, will continue and great ideas like yours keep it moving!

You raise a terrific point here. There are certainly situations where those that really need to be influenced or touched are not online or even part of the conversation. This is a chance for using technology to collect and harness the power of all those concerned about the issue or subject you work on, and empowering their voices to carry beyond the website or application so that those in power really hear it. For example, maybe you have a petition that you encourage supporters to sign and comment on. The political figure who it targets maybe not be online or have even heard of your website. But when you get enough supporters to sign the petition, and you move it from the internet and onto his desk or email inbox – the statement is much more powerful.

The greatest power of social media is the ability to organize and collaborate, outside of traditional barriers like geography, age or race. Using technology to organizer and mobilize people who support your work is the best thing you can do – and target those organizing and mobilizing goals towards moving the message from the supporters to those “in charge.”

Thanks again for adding to the conversation here. As we continue to develop resources for these Propositions and the book, I will keep you posted here on the blog and will look forward to more great feedback!