Greetings from Boston! Mark Your Calendars for Seattle
Here is a collection of links to blog posts and other updates from the Fall 2011 Conference in Boston, Sept. 21-23. To download a compilation of the conference tweets (#comnetwork11), click here.
**SEATTLE ANNOUNCED AS SITE OF FALL 2012 CONFERENCE**
Our next Communications Network annual conference will be held in Seattle, Oct. 10-12. More details soon. To reserve a spot or get on the mailing list for announcements and updates, email info@comnetwork.org
Taming the Social Media Monster
by Nancy Schwartz, President/Publisher Nancy Schwartz & Co./GettingAttention.org
In a post on her blog, Nancy Schwartz summarizes tips shared at a session focused on “taming” the social media monster. (Read full post.)
From Octopus to Patriot: My Conference Transformation
by Sabrina D’Agosta, Senior Communications Officer, The Colorado Trust
Transformed in just hours from octopus to patriot, the Communications Network conference sent me home armed with new ideas and inspiration to better communicate how The Colorado Trust and our grantee partners are working to improve our communities by ensuring access to health for all Coloradans. (Read full post on Colorado Trust website.)
The Algorithm-Industrial-Complex and Me
by Michael Remaley, HAMILL REMALEY breakthrough communications and Public Policy Communicators NYC
If the links you see and the results of your searches are basically the product of your previous explorations, do we have anyone but ourselves to blame for the quality of the information that these companies present us?… (full post)
Post Conference Check Up on the Health of the Network
by Dan Brady, Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers
Towards the end of the “Connected Citizens” report from the Knight Foundation, author Diana Scearce provides a list of criteria for evaluating the health of a network. Based on our collective experiences last week, let’s take a quick look at how the Communications Network measures up against the checklist…(full post)
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2 Comments
Lori Warren
September 25, 2011Storytelling. Up close and personal.
If I had to sum up the theme of the conference – yes, it was about storytelling –but not the how to, nuts and bolts kind. It was storytelling by example. Up close. Personal. Unfolding in real time. The stories shared with us were powerfully authentic and deeply moving. Full of fiery passion fueled by systemic injustice and repression. Unwavering passion rooted in personal tragedy and privilege. Quiet passion connected to a strand of DNA.
So many times throughout the plenary talks, I felt myself on the verge of tears, I was so moved by what I was hearing. The stories gave me hope. A kind of informed optimism. It’s a perspective I need so desperately right now because it seems like the differences that separate people, whether in our own communities or around the world – are an unbridgeable chasm.
But this conference reminded me that there are people like Swanee Hunt, America Ferrera, Jelly Helms and Van Jones – who believe that we do share a common humanity, a moral center, and that stories help us rediscover it. And when we do reconnect with this common bond, we find the strength we need to work together improve the world we share. As communicators, that is not just our role, but our responsibility. I thank the Communications Network for bringing these remarkable people together to share their stories, and inspire all of us in our work. Keep on, keeping on. See you in Seattle.
Bruce Trachtenberg
September 28, 2011Excellent conference reflections by Sabrina D’Agosta, Senior Communications Officer, The Colorado Trust: http://goo.gl/fg5Ka