Here is a
wonderful short video exploring the changes in technology and society caused by the shift to Web 2.0. Unfortunately, the USDA system administrators block access to
YouTube, so you will have to watch it while you are off the Forest Service network.
3 comments:
That IS a good one. Rob Hendricks, WO International Forestry, sent me a link to it a few weeks ago. I showed it to a few friends, but the very next day when I wanted to show it to others on a FS computer I saw that THEY (who ever THEY are) had blocked UTube. Oddly, many other video feeds are still accessible via the FS computers.
I found another good video, but I'll wait and see if I can post that one.
Count me in: an ex-FSer, ex-early adopter with Dave and Grant Dekker of web-based discussions (using HyperNews), ex a lot things. But NOT a person who has lost a keen interest in sharing, collaborating, and breaking down barriers between people.
I did hear Grant say a week or two ago that every employee would have his/her own blog. I hope FS-OCIO goes beyond that and provides a bit of guidance and incentives and behavioral change to go along with it. I'm a firm believer that IT (blogs and wikis, etc.) constitute 10% of what is needed to change a behavior. The other 90% has to come from people -- leadership, policies, walking the talk, rewarding collaboration.
Work on that Dave, and Linda, and Steve. That's where the challenge lies.
P.S. And, yes, Grant did say that wikis are coming to the FS also.
Thanks for the feedback Rob. Seems that you and I were well-ahead of the curve with the HyperNews stuff years ago (including "Eco-Watch Policy Dialogues"). Now, hopefully, is catch-up time for the FS.
I'm with you 100% regarding: "IT constitutes 10% of what is needed to change organizational [or individual] behavior. The other 90% has to come from people -- leadership, policies, walking the talk, rewarding collaboration."
No time better than now to begin.
PS. One of these days I'm going to roll all the old Eco-Watch Dialogues stuff into a blog w/related "E-W Archives" (about 10 years worth). So many ideas, so little time!
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