The 21st Century Citizen. How do we Get Involved Today?

For the past ten years my partner at qmedia solutions and I have been doing a lot of pro bono work for a number of not-for-profits and charities. We've really enjoyed it but we wanted to do more. First we wanted to tell stories about some of the amazing people who had inspired us. And so we started with TV storytelling and on October 26th Get Involved had it's World Premiere on TVO-- Ontario's premiere public broadcaster. So far we have produced 25 profiles of amazing innovators, social entrepreneurs and activists. Take a look at our stories. Tell us what you think. Tell us about people or organizations that inspire you. During our research we sensed a growing movement growing all around us-- people realizing their skills and their expertise can be used not only to bring them financial rewards but deeper connection and meaning in their lives. And so our next step was to concieve of a website that would transform the inspiration of the television profiles and help propell people into action and Getinvolved.ca was born. Join the conversation...

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Friday, October 30, 2009

TVO Launches podcasts and shorts for new series Digital U


Do you want to know more about RSS feeds but are afraid to ask? Are you on Facebook, but balk at the idea of twittering? Getinvolved.ca is launching a new series – Digital U – and it’s aimed at helping people navigate and understand the latest trends and concepts in social media.

Beginning in December, TVO will be rolling out eight different three-minute shorts, the first one is Micromessaging and Twitter, click here for a sneak preview. The pieces involve interviews with over 20 social media experts including: Mitch Joel, Twist Image, Jason Mogus, Communicopia, Meghan Warby, Hill & Knowlton Canada, Beka Economopoulos, Fission Strategy, Craig Heintzman, World Wide Web Foundation, Christopher Berry, Critical Mass, and Sacha Chua, IBM.

Topics covered range from explaining the phenomenon known as crowdsourcing and how to create an effective online persona, to online activism and how consumers are being empowered through social technology. You’ll also hear about people’s favourite tools and how not to be overwhelmed by information, but instead how to manage its flow.

Digital U has made learning easy, and if you want to find out even more about social media, full audio and video podcasts of each interview subject will be available online at Digital U, airing once a week, starting in December.

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