Social media is any networked information technology, tool or platform that derives its content and principal value from user engagement and permits those users to interact with that content. But last time I checked (in), the content stream being produced through my media stream was becoming a lot less social (Web 2.0) and more of […]
Communication with Vulnerable Populations
by kim26stephens • June 14th, 2012
Post by: Kim Stephens The Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Transit Cooperative Research Program recently (February, 2012) released a toolkit for communicating with vulnerable populations. Below is their description and a link to the document. Communication with Vulnerable Populations: A Transportation … Continue reading →
Creating Campires For Innovation and Knowledge Translation
by Cameron D. Norman • June 21st, 2011
Metaphors and analogies are commonly used in systems thinking and complexity science to illustrate concepts that are, on their own, relatively complex and awkward to describe literally. A campfire provides both a metaphor for bringing people together, but also a literal tool that could be used more effectively in work with groups struggling to innovate, collaborate and contemplate together. From a design perspective, campfires and the social system that they create around them provide an opportunity to enhance intimacy quickly, allowing for the potential to explore issues in ways that are more difficult to do in other settings.