Comments on: EU Conference on Social Activism Online in Ireland – Take aways

By: The other Keith Martin

The other Keith Martin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:37:05 +0000

I can’t tell you how crushed I am. I was at work in the library last week when one of my regular customers mentions that Mulley.net was very complimentary to me in a post this week. So I was chuffed until my vanity made me look up the post only to find it is the other Keith Martin, the other blogging Keith Martin, the other political Keith Martin.

Frankly, it hurts.

By: TUG

TUG — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:27:43 +0000

Any windymedia reps there, at least those kids do it for real…

By: Bock the Robber

Bock the Robber — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:46:26 +0000

Training from journalists? Now there’s a thought.

Would we be talking about the few dedicated, well-informed journalists who tell it as it is, or would we be talking about the hundreds of bumbling, semi-literate clods without an original idea between them?

I think those trainers are going to be busy.

By: The opportunities « The Hawthorne Effect

The opportunities « The Hawthorne Effect — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:22:32 +0000

[...] This post is kind of in response to Damien’s yesterday. [...]

By: Kevin Peyton

Kevin Peyton — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:48:45 +0000

I think having Simon along for another event would be a great idea.

Given that Damien has mentioned that waiting another 2 years seems like an awful long time away, that we have local elections coming up in 9 months time would an event with a theme focused on those elections be a goer? the context in terms of energy and interest could be good?

have people like Simon, Damien, Damian, Suzy (and others) disect existing campaigns (like the obama one) – what’s good, what’s bad, what’s relevant, what’s not relevant.

I only saw a part of Zacks presentation on saturday – and in fairness to him, that was via the stream; What I felt was missing was applying the smarts to the local context ??

Kevin

By: Damien

Damien — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:18:57 +0000

Oops!

By: Simon Dickson

Simon Dickson — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:14:26 +0000

I’d be delighted to come along. I’ll even overlook the fact you lumped me in as ‘one of them’ rather than ‘one of us’ (he says, waving his Irish passport).

By: Alexia Golez

Alexia Golez — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:14:13 +0000

need for* obviously

By: Alexia Golez

Alexia Golez — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:13:36 +0000

Darragh++ on the need to for proper research. A death to the Walter Mittys and their half-truths.

By: Suzy

Suzy — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:13:32 +0000

Training from journalists? In what? How to think? How not to print a story straight from a press release?

I’m all for more chances for discussions about the interaction between journalists and blogging and the pro am model as mentioned on Saturday but I think training by journalists would not be high on my agenda for bloggers.