SocialStrategyTalk I May 22, 2008

SocialStrategyTalk will be a recurring event about organizations that are connecting to the people around and within them. The event will be the offline part of a discussion amongst people that are involved with the social strategies of their organizations. A strategic approach to the socialenterprise is needed, SST aims to be a place where people can be inspired, informed and connected to other people facing similar challenges.

The theme of the first meeting is “Crowdsourcing”.

Jeff Howe is a contributing editor at Wired Magazine, where he covers the media and entertainment industry, among other subjects. In June of 2006 he published “The Rise of Crowdsourcing” in Wired. He has continued to cover the phenomenon in his blog, crowdsourcing.com, and is currently writing a book on the subject for Crown Books to be published in July 2008. The Crowdsourcing trend seems to be getting an increasing amount of attention as it touches on many developments in a broad array of industries. We are proud to have Jeff coming over to Amsterdam!

Menno Bouwes works at the ministry of Justice of the Netherlands and is involved in a project in which Legislation is being crowdsourced. Menno will tell us the ins and outs of the project and share his insights and learnings. We are very enthusiastic about Menno’s appearance at SST because it will give us a hands-on example of crowdsourcing showing the broad potential for the application of the trend.

Official Website: http://www.socialstrategytalk.com/