I hate the word “community.” It’s a catch-all word that means so many things it feels like it means nothing. When I use it I feel a little silly.
Yet there’s not really a good replacement for the word. Or at least I haven’t found one I like.
Check out a thesaurus — is there anything that can both refer to a geographically-bound collection of individuals while also referring to a group of individuals that are naturally cohesive around a shared affinity?
Society has too many connotations of snootiness or political implications (”The Great Society”). Association is usually attached to the name of a lobbying group. Neighborhood is nice and informal, but it’s too geographically-bound and too small-scale. Nothing else quite matches “community” in terms of flexibility and meaning, right?
If anyone has a better term, please share it in the comments. I really would like to find another word I can use int...
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Can you imagine doing this in your public broadcasting company?From: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-05-30 15:23:36
Michael Rosenblum — a perennial favorite writer of mine — has a series of posts this week about how the Travel Channel (a division of Discovery, the company vacuuming up viewers out of the PBS audience) is training all of their employees how to plan, shoot, edit and finish good video using the small cameras and laptop editing systems that are the hallmark of the Travel Channel Academy .
The best post is A Commitment to Literacy .
Imagine a world in which...
more Required Reading: Eby & MundtFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-05-30 05:00:32
You’re probably already following Tim Eby ( blog / Twitter ) and Todd Mundt ( blog / Twitter ) online, but if not, or if you missed these recent pieces, be sure to take time to catch up.
It’s About The Conversation (29 May 2008)
Tim Eby had the good fortune to attend a conference in WOSU’s backyard last week and shares some of the insights from the conference that directly apply to public media leaders and organizations nationwide. On...
more New Video: Social Media in Plain EnglishFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-05-29 11:16:22
I love the Common Craft series. This one seems like the longest of all of them, which is understandable, given the complexity of a huge topic like “social media.” It’s a good intro, as usual.
Get more Common Craft videos at their web site . You can even buy them for use at the office.
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more On advertising market shiftsFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-05-17 13:44:25
Recently, Robert Paterson pointed out a Diane Mermigas piece talking about shifts in the advertising market, especially in relationship to network TV sales. According to the Mermigas analysis, network TV stands to lose up to $1.5 billion during this season of “up fronts” alone. That’s a lot of dough for any industry to lose nearly overnight, even if it is spread across several mega-media corporations.
I commented on Paterson’s site, but realized I liked my response...
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