More proof that citizens journalism is finding it’s feet here in the West Midlands comes with the campaign to protect Black Patch Park in Sandwell. Simon Baddeley has written about the park for the independent website The Stirrer, keeps this wiki page up to date and now adds this to youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t4OsOZqSLg technorati tags: nptechuk …
Youtube: messages with your messages.
I was working yesterday with the Northfield Young People’s Forum (no website yet) here in Birmingham, looking at ways they can use online social networking to widen the conversation and attract more interest for what they do. We explored youtube – citing the number of comments attracted by this Birmingham councillor for his film on …
Beth Kanter on online fundraising plus widgets and a simple pdf guide – a new podcast on the Grassroots Channel
Beth Kanter of the Sharing Foundation explains how they used the internet to raise $100,000 for children in Cambodia. I’ve known Beth through blogging for a few months now, but finally met her in Birmingham earlier this month. She is an expert on the internet and non-profit organisations and in this podcast she talks about …
Second Life for children
They have barely got their first life started and already children are being offered a second. The BBC has announced plans to create a Second Life style environment where children can play and create and communicate. The beeb says CBBC world will have an emphasis on safety and responsibility with no chatrooms or facilities for …