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American Embassy Wellington Digital Studio | An Opening / Opportunity

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Today I attended the opening of a new in-house digital studio at the American Embassy, Wellington, NZ.

We had a special live stream via Washington, (which showed off some of the tech) from Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Tara Sonenshine:

And the ambassador, David Huebner spoke about the history of the room (a once traditional library) and how it now houses the capacity to:

“…to facilitate a range of digital engagement activities to further enhance the eDiplomatic outreach of the US Embassy in Wellington.”

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It’s probably both the size and location of the Embassy here in NZ which affords it the opportunity to be innovative (it was the first embassy to have a Pinterest plus Instagram account), and this new investment is also a first of its kind; thus illustrating the changing commitment and understanding of traditional institutions towards the shifting landscape of [digital] engagement.

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Brian Eno And Having One Idea | Tasty Soul Food

A little bank of wisdom.

“Distortion is character. A deviation from perfection. Perfection is characterless.”

Just one part of the 26 strong (and growing) Voice video campaign from Dunhill (the luxury clothing and ex-cigarette brand).

Wonderfully delicious vignettes of a whole host of artists and adventurers sharing their process, their insights, their being.

Simply shot video likes this conveys a level of intimacy which transcends the usual interview format and offers more to us as beings who strive.

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Imagine If… | Reframe

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Reframing the social media conversation.

Imagine if… Charles Darwin flickr’d his notes.

Imagine if… Nikola Tesla streamed his experiments.

Imagine if… Anne Frank blogged whilst she hid.

Imagine if… Albert Einstein google doc’d openly his work in progress.

Imagine if… Mahatma Ghandi tweeted.

Imagine if… Jimi Hendrix had Soundcloud.

Imagine if… Abraham Lincoln podcasted his presidency.

Imagine if… Amelia Earhart live-mapped her journey with GPS.

Imagine if… we stopped talking about social media as a marketing tool!

Your turn (in the comments below)…

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To This Day | Anti-Bullying

One of the most powerful anti-bullying films ever made.

“We grew up learning to cheer on the underdog cos we see ourselves in them.”

So powerful.

So true.

So well done!

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The Original Social Media Anti-Expert | Me

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Been introduced as a social media expert / guru / master / ninja (shudders) etc too many times.

“Change is not merely necessary to life, it is life.”
Alvin Toffler

Been saying stuff like this for over four years…

It’s time to live it out.

Leave by a different exit.

Go a different way.

Change down gears.

Be more humble.

Become an anti-expert (for a while)!

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The Learning Hill | The Learning Pit Remixed

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A re-envisioned model of learning.

Came across James Nottingham’s / Dr John Edwards ‘learning pit’ a few years back when delivering some social media training in an English school and was reminded of it again recently at a couple of conferences here in NZ.

A totally agreeable and digestible model.

Above is my take—’the learning hill’—in my experience, it works better as an ascent:

  • climb—it takes guts to start, a keen eye to spot a route, explore the track or path to forge, courage to continue (as you stumble, fall, fail and loose your footing or encounter the need to backtrack many times);
  • reflect—as you get closer to the summit, satisfaction of acquiring a new skill or insight needs reflection, an opportunity to survey new horizons, to ponder it’s full use and application;
  • apply—the ride down is as complex as the scale up, it’s all about using the wisdom gained, extending possibilities with others (through storytelling), creating positive and lasting change (and maybe starting the whole journey again).

Just a thought.

If it helps, take it.

Remix it again.

Hat tip back etc.

Related post : Education vs Life | A Thought and in the comments at Humanising Wisdom | An Exploratory Presentation
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