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Columbus + WOSU + COSI = Social Media Cafe

This looks like an interesting project.

Via seriouslymedia, a Nov 28, 2007 Bivings Report blog posting titled The Columbus Social Media Cafe :

Public broadcaster WOSU and COSI, an area science museum, in Columbus are now hosting the Columbus Social Media Cafe group in their WOSU@COSI center.

According to the Columbus Social Media Cafe blog, the mission of this group centers around the following question that WOSU and COSI asked themselves :

What if we — your local public broadcaster and science museum — and those of you who are the local blogging experts got together and learned how to use Social Media to bring back that great American tradition of the community taking charge of its own problems?

What I find interesting about this group is how much they're using social media. They have a blog, a mini social network (ning based), and use Twitter. However, they rely [on] these tools to complement interaction in the real world. We'll see if this collaboration between a traditional news organization, museum, and area residents will indeed usher in a better community through the help of social media.


They used the Open Space Unconference meeting format like BarCamp type gatherings, which uses a self-structuring agenda.

Nov 16, 2007 Columbus Social Media Cafe blog posting

WOSU and COSI hosted its first blogger meet-up this evening at WOSU@COSI. It truly was a fascinating evening.

Using the Open Space meeting format, this community of very passionate people discussed a wide range of topics addressing the Question: What can we do together that we cannot do alone to change this community using social media tools?

For a headline summary of the topics, you can visit our Twitter page. See some additional photos in our Flickr group.

We also took video that we’ll have posted on You Tube and Facebook as well as this blog.


A few of the many YouTube videos related to the Columbus Social Media Cafe :

Tuesday describes Open Space

Bloggers share thoughts on the Columbus Social Media Cafe

Using Social Tech


Twitter / SocialMediaCafe
SocialMediaCafe: Please add December 2nd to your calendar for a Columbus Social Media Cafe potluck dinner http://is.gd/7qhd - Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:09:25 +0000
SocialMediaCafe: @kristinwolff requesting CSMC help: Can anyone in Columbus help me with a wordpress blog ASAP? (reasonable rate) - Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:52:08 +0000
SocialMediaCafe: Help Requested: @socialmediacafe Can anyone in Columbus help me with a wordpress blog ASAP? (reasonable rate) kristinwolff @ mac.com - Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:50:32 +0000
SocialMediaCafe: Flickr Group #ColumbusVote08, Lines at Vets, Cynthia Nixon, Obama Statehouse event http://tinyurl.com/5mvnsm add your pics - Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:54:13 +0000
SocialMediaCafe: #votereport project featured on Rocketboom today. CSMC shows up in the tweet stream! http://www.rocketboom.com/rb_08_oct_29/ - Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:09:40 +0000
SocialMediaCafe: @acarvin @nprpolitics ask pls tweet after u vote, a trending double check; include tag #votereport zipcode; http://tinyurl.com/5enuvm - Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:17:03 +0000
SocialMediaCafe: Next meeting Tuesday, December 2 6:30pm; Calling all foodies for the first annual CSCM potluck WOSU Public Media in the Fawcett Center! - Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:16:14 +0000
SocialMediaCafe: Scott announced our new site http://columbussocialmediacafe.org/ Thanks @chivespa1 for all your work - Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:13:53 +0000
SocialMediaCafe: @kevglobal showing how twitpic posts the latitude/longitude on the photos - Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:58:29 +0000
SocialMediaCafe: 25+ in live attendance and at least 3 on skype - great meeting all! - Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:56:13 +0000
SocialMediaCafe: Thanks @acarvin: @ashoupster @robpatrob for sharing your projects with @SocialMediaCafe - Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:54:54 +0000
SocialMediaCafe: RT @acarvin: @ashoupster is talking about some of the cool stuff @newshour did at the DNC and RNC using Twitter and Flickr. - Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:53:16 +0000
SocialMediaCafe: @robpatrob is telling us about http://stlmortgagecrisis.wordpress.com/ which is revolutionizing the foreclosure process in St Louis Mo - Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:48:40 +0000
SocialMediaCafe: @acarvin @chivespa1 do you know the mortgage crisis URL @robpatrob is speaking about? - Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:43:30 +0000
SocialMediaCafe: Robert in St Louis telling us how they are using Social Media for connecting people involved in the Foreclosure situation - Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:39:54 +0000
SocialMediaCafe: @kevglobal uses gps enabled http://www.twibble.de/ to geo-locate his photos. - Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:38:46 +0000
SocialMediaCafe: RT acarvin: @kevglobal is talking about his cross-country US tour using social media to cover the election for @guardianUS08 - Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:35:25 +0000
SocialMediaCafe: @ashoupster is from Ohio and working for NPR - cool! Thanks for your virtual visit to our CSMC meeting - Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:25:41 +0000
SocialMediaCafe: @acarvin explaining how http://www.hurricanes08.org/ helped to share information to support response to Gustav, then Ike - Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:23:30 +0000
SocialMediaCafe: correction, Laura previously from brYant park project. - Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:21:10 +0000

created by jr on Nov 28, 2007 at 08:25:45 pm
updated by jr on Nov 28, 2007 at 09:05:28 pm     Comments: 0

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