In 2008 I visited the Open University campus for the first time. They invited me to Milton Keynes to "Do cool stuff". This was the communication departments way of asking me to experiment with social media. Back then you could call it social media and it sounded fresh and new. As long as a few of the right boxes were ticked, I had free rein to experiment, play and have fun. From popping … [Read more...] about Working with The Open University
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The Do Lectures 2012 – (Audio Flashback)
If you didn't make the Do Lectures this year, this six part mini series of Audioboo's were compiled, edited and enhanced with music by Mark Cotton aka @MCFontaine. It should give you a great insight to what goes on at this intimate event in Wales. Episode six contains footage captured by @GreenApe, @KatieMoffat and @Filmatu. Big thanks to those guys who covered for me after I had to leave … [Read more...] about The Do Lectures 2012 – (Audio Flashback)
The Do Lectures (Revisited in Audio)
This five part mini series of Audioboo's were compiled, edited and enhanced with music by Mark Cotton aka @MCFontaine You can find out more about Mark here: http://about.me/mcfontaine I blogged about the Do Lectures in detail after I attended in September 2011. You can get more detail here: ourmaninside/do-lectures For a glimpse into some of the moments and conversations please take a few … [Read more...] about The Do Lectures (Revisited in Audio)
Reinventing The Conference
Thinking Digital does the conference model really well. It's a humane accessible version of TED. Small enough to be friendly, big enough to attract the innovators looking for and sharing new ideas. The Do Lectures do something amazing between a campfire chat and an intimate mini festival. It's still the most amazing ticketed event I've been to and I feel would be extremely difficult to … [Read more...] about Reinventing The Conference
The Do Lectures
For me the Do Lectures hasn't just broken the conference mould. It's turned it outside in. Diverse, inclusive, unbranded, organic, fluid, honest. Soon after my arrival I realised as a participant that this is not just a ride. It's not something people are paying to see. This is an investment in yourself and others. A rollercoaster with a steering wheel everyone can get their hands … [Read more...] about The Do Lectures