Socius.be 2.0 – Communautair Portaal met OpenSource is Een Jaar Oud

Posted on 16/05/2012 by Philippe Back

In de Socius Voortgang Rapport 2011 staat er een paar interessante informaties over http://www.socius.be :

Socius.be
Op 6 april 2011 ging de nieuwe Socius-site online. Naast een volledig vernieuwde huisstijl, biedt het vertrouwde adres nu ook enkele
belangrijke extra’s. Zo biedt de site alvast heel wat meer mogelijkheden voor interactie. Niet alleen kunnen bezoekers, mits voorafgaande
registratie, reageren op de meeste bijdragen, ook de toevoeging van een aantal specifieke blogs stelt vormingswerkers meer dan ooit in staat om hun stem te laten horen en ervaringen uit te wisselen. Daarnaast kunnen ze ook zelf inhoud toevoegen aan de site.

Vacatures, praktijken (zie hieronder), publicaties en op termijn ook nieuwsberichten.

De kennisbank is misschien wel de belangrijkste pijler binnen de nieuwe site. De bank bevat een schat aan kennis netjes verdeeld over acht
sleutelthema‘s: digitale samenleving, innovatie, levenslang en levensbreed leren, omgaan met verschil, onderzoek en cijfers, sociaalcultureel handelen, vrijwilligers en werken in organisaties. Klik je op een van deze thema’s dan heb je als sociaal-cultureel werker alle
relevante informatie die je nodig hebt binnen handbereik: nieuwsberichten, praktijkvoorbeelden, weblinks, publicaties, eventuele blogs en een WIKI.

Met deze WIKI biedt Socius voor elk thema de belangrijkste informatie (PowerPoint-presentaties, filmpjes, PDF-documenten, …) aan.

Nieuw aan de site is ook dat alle artikels, nieuwsberichten, praktijken etc. een ‘tag’ hebben, zeg maar voorzien zijn van een trefwoord. Zo kunnen bezoekers aan de site nog gerichter zoeken naar de informatie waaraan ze behoefte hebben.
Natuurlijk zijn ook heel wat vertrouwde rubrieken gebleven. Zo heeft de site nog steeds een uitgebreide vacaturebank, krijg je de belangrijkste sociaal-culturele nieuwsberichten op een schoteltje aangereikt en kom je online alles te weten over de werking van de sector en het steunpunt.

De site was in 2011 goed voor 257.208 bezoeken en 108.482 unieke bezoekers, ten opzichte van 332.023 bezoeken(-23 %) en 133.886 bezoekers (-19 %) in 2010. Deze daling is te wijten aan de stopzetting van de vacature RSS-feed. In het verleden waren enkele honderden gebruikers via RSS ‘geabonneerd’ op de vacaturebank. Via mail werden ze rechtstreeks op de hoogte gehouden van nieuwe vacatures. Met de lancering van de nieuwe site werd deze dienstverlening ten node stopgezet. Eind 2011 voorzag Socius opnieuw de mogelijkheid tot RSS-abonnering.

De technologie is Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware.

Apple brings an effective value upload pipe to the world

Posted on 20/01/2012 by Philippe Back

Apple released iBooks2 and a new textbook creation app for the Mac (You’ll need Lion for that, and even if these things are free, they’ll end up pocketing money from that new tide of upgrades – I know they will from me).

Keynote already made a huge difference to helping me communicate to an audience (people seeing the presentations tell me regularly: hey, this is definitely *not* a PowerPoint, it looks waay better, and is more effective!).

So, I was using it on my iPad to convey ideas in meetings, where it brings a sense of closeness and bonding that helps in securing business.

But with the textbooks that do come to life, we enter a new dimension. Think about all Seth Godin PDFs in the form of animated Textbooks, think about curated content with comments on a given subject put together and released to the world!

Mmh, in a sense, it is weird that this is announced aroud the time SOPA gets protested and MegaVideo got busted by the FBI. But I may digress.

Anyway, this is a super gift for all of us who have value to share. And sharing this way is really making it all exciting. That’s what Apple products have succeeded in doing: getting people involved in getting excited again. It is not happening with Linux, it is not happening with Windows. It is happening with Apple products, and a bit less with Android phones.

I’ve bet a lot of the farm on Apple. Not because I am any kind of fanboi, but because it is the logical thing to do when a cash-laden company uses it to roll out such innovative and stimulating stuff ot the world.

That’s what Apple is strong with: cash-loaded, innovative, master of their supply chain, and controlling the delivery channel. Walled garden? Sure! But generating money and recognition for the players: very very true indeed! Love, money, recognition: they made it so that you get the three assembled with Apple.

That’s what leadership is about: instilling the motivation to follow and make your best.

So, Apple may lead to people challenging jumping off buildings at Foxconn (and doing something about it, as was reported) but they also deliver us these.

I started with an Apple II eons ago, moved off when they were out of fancy, and am back to them 20+ years later. Yet another proof that you can turn things over given the right decisions. Quite different from Kodak. But quite alike to Fujitsu.

Some more info: http://mashable.com/2012/01/19/this-is-how-apple-changes-education-forever/

Leadership and dogs

Posted on 24/10/2011 by Philippe Back

The old way: get the dog to comply through usage of fear. Also know as: the owner as oppressor and dictator. Negative reinforcement.

The new way: get the dog to commit through the usage of leadership. Also known as: the owner as leader and guide. Positive reinforcement.

I find it very interesting that dogs and humans have so much in common here. And I never really understood why people in charge too often choose the dictatorship avenue.

So, if you really are interested in positive outcomes from a committed team, you know what to do!

The DIP

Posted on 13/04/2011 by Philippe Back

The Digital Innovation Platform

We need to change the mindset towards innovation: make it cool, make it accessible.

Enable open social networks about that.

But talk is cheap. Let’s get real. With real products.

Think-Do-change

Think=share resources

Do=talk about it-pitch ideas

So that peers can give feedback and make the idea grow.

Change=build

Through closed workspaces. On the web.

Get in touch with mentors. And with … Money!

Good but today, this is not live yet. (and from what I saw just a Ning.com community)

The community is wired with twitter, fb, and linked in.

The next European innovation 2.0 tool.

There is a need for a lot of feedback.

The innovation dream in Europe #eyif

Posted on 13/04/2011 by Philippe Back

The innovation dream in Europe: being able to achieve things that have not been done anywhere else in the world.

Potential for quantum computing is going to change computing. I would say spintronics but who am I hey!

Over qualified people not finding a job up to their talent.

Root of the issue?

Europe is currently losing ground against competition. There is an emergency here.

Innovation affects all of us.

To address this:

First innovation is not research. Entrepreneurship is not innovation.

Innovation is connected to both but is on it’s own.

Shared risk. Since putting more money down the tubes isn’t going to help.

Society that supports individuals wanting to take risks.

But how?

By improving access to innovation.

Today: to fuzzy.

By providing facilities

By enhancing our participation.

By removing barriers.

We aren’t there yet!!,!

Think – Do – Change loop.

The eyif process looks like a funnel.

From idea to help to reality.

So, the digital innovation platform is there to help.

The Philippe Back Report

I help you hit the top 3 outcomes you really want to achieve

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Socius.be 2.0 – Communautair Portaal met OpenSource is Een Jaar Oud

Apple brings an effective value upload pipe to the world

Leadership and dogs