2009 was a banner year for me in terms of media development. It was not by any means my starting point in media, but it could go down as year in which my work achieved lift off. But all was done in the name of helping people spread information, express themselves, and/or strengthen their networks [...]
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A look at Fukuyama, social capital, and media development
December 30, 2009I was reading Smart Mobs by Howard Rheingold when I came across something he wrote about Francis Fukuyama: ”Fukuyama argues in his book Trust that there is a strong correlation between the prosperity of national economies and social capital, which he defines as the ease with which people in a particular culture can form new [...]
New Media: Not As Old As You Might Think
September 17, 2009Not too long ago, I came across some social media marketing blogger (I can’t remember which) who said in his blog that he doesn’t like to call new media “new media” anymore, because new media are no longer “new”.
At first, I thought maybe he was right, and that maybe it was time I stop saying [...]
Time to Put LiveJournal Out of Its Misery (A Note to International Media Trainers)
September 5, 2009Normally, I focus more on promoting things done well rather than rail against things done poorly. But, I gotta say, there’s room for exception in some cases. Enter: LiveJournal. I’m sorry, but I kinda think the world would be a better place without LiveJournal, given the available alternatives.
Sure, it would leave a huge number of [...]
MediaNext: Facebook Pages for Journalists and NGOs in Ukraine
August 31, 2009During my training on Facebook in Ukraine, figuring out how to use the Translations application on Facebook to translate Facebook to Ukrainian and Russian opened up the possibility of training Facebook Pages. Of course, about a week later, I discovered that Facebook had simplified the process by putting a link in the lower left corner [...]
MediaNext: Facebook and Social Networking – Training Links I Used in Ukraine
August 6, 2009Here are the links I used during my MediaNext training seminars on Facebook, Vkontakte, and Social Networking for Ukrainian journalists and NGOs in June and July. You will find examples of how these tools are being used by journalists and NGOs (case studies, if you will), links to articles with statistics and trends in these [...]
MediaNext: Twitter – Training Links I Used in Ukraine
August 5, 2009Here are the links I used during my MediaNext training seminars on Twitter for Ukrainian journalists and NGOs in June and July. You will find examples of how these tools are being used by journalists and NGOs (case studies, if you will), links to articles with statistics and trends in these tools, and other misc. [...]
MediaNext: YouTube and Video – Training Links I Used in Ukraine
August 3, 2009Here are the links I used during my MediaNext training seminars on YouTube and Video for Ukrainian journalists and NGOs in June and July. You will find examples of how these tools are being used by journalists and NGOs (case studies, if you will), links to articles with statistics and trends in these tools, and [...]
MediaNext: Web 2.0 and Blogging – Training Links I Used in Ukraine
August 1, 2009Here are the links I used during my MediaNext training seminars on Web 2.0 and Blogging for Ukrainian journalists and NGOs in June and July. You will find examples of how these tools are being used by journalists and NGOs (case studies, if you will), links to articles with statistics and trends [...]
MediaNext: Training Materials for Facebook Pages and Groups, in Russian and Ukrainian
July 17, 2009In this post, you will find links to documents I created that explain how to use Facebook Pages and Groups in Ukrainian and Russian. If you click on the links, you should be able to download Word docs. I have also provide the links to the original English versions of each of the Facebook pages.
Unfortunately, [...]
