Posts filed under 'culture'
The 2007 Horizon Report has been released by the New Media Consortium .
The annual Horizon Report describes the continuing work of the NMC’s Horizon Project, a research-oriented effort that seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, or creative expression within higher education….
The core of the report describes six areas of emerging technology that will impact higher education within three adoption horizons over the next one to five years. To identify these areas, the project draws on an ongoing conversation among knowledgeable persons in the fields of business, industry, and education; on published resources, current research and practice; and on the expertise of the NMC and ELI communities….
Learn more about the Horizon Project and contribute to future editions at http://horizon.nmc.org/wiki/Main_Page. NMC is a community of hundreds of leading universities, colleges, museums, and research centers exploring the use of media and emerging technologies in higher education.
December 15th, 2007
Since our recent move to the Kansas City area we have been attending Heartland Community Church. Heartland is similar in mind and mission to Woodcrest. We have yet to find any church that makes sense on the level that Woodcrest does, but Heartland is close to that and is definitely a great place to be.
How can you argue with a Senior Pastor that fell so in love with Glen Phillips‘ new record, Mr. Lemons, on his retreat that he created a series of messages using Glen’s (and Toad’s) music as a backdrop for the themes of Ecclesiastes? Nice work, Dan! The messages, but probably not the tunes, are available by podcast.
October 19th, 2006
The June 19 issue of Businessweek introduces a great new section called in, Inside Innovation that features leading innovators, trends, stats, and case studies. In this issue, they profile 5 “Champions of Innovation”. One of the innovators profiled is Marissa Mayer, Google’s Vice-President for Search Products and User Experience. From Marissa’s 9 Notions of Innovation:
- Ideas come from everywhere
- Share everything you can
- You’re brilliant, we’re hiring
- A license to pursue dreams
- Innovation, not instant perfection
June 16th, 2006
Nancy Davenport, President of the Council on Library and Information Resources and keynote speaker at IUG 2006, gave a stirring and forward-looking talk. Librarians as IT workers and IT as the evolving DNA of libraries were her central themes. She also pointed to some nice examples of how some libraries are innovating their physical spaces to better accomodate customer behavior.
Coincidentally or inevitably, she cited research into Starbuck’s brand awareness and cultural impact and urged us to replace “Starbuck’s” with “library” as we read the article excerpt. Unfortunately, I missed the author’s name but I’ll be on the lookout. Until then, I’ll just have to point you here.
May 22nd, 2006
I’m in downtown Denver for the Spring 2006 Innovative Users Group Conference. The weather is perfect, Greek omelets are good, and the 16th Street Mall has free wifi. I’m sitting outside a Starbuck’s and so far have heard 3 kids, ages 8-12, asking they’re parents why they can’t go to Starbuck’s. There’s a Starbuck’s on nearly every corner here and in many of the hotel lobbies. I watched an interview last night with Howard Schultz, Starbuck’s CEO and founder, last night that focused on the value of persistence and, I would add, vision. This morning’s USA Today has a front-page article on the pervasive influence Starbuck’s is having on how and where we spend our time and money. What a culture they’re creating! We would do well not just to imitate, but to understand.
May 19th, 2006