Posted by desolationrower on April 14, 2009, at 2:24:11
In reply to behind the times.?, posted by garnet71 on April 6, 2009, at 18:08:17
> Okay-one more thing Dr. Bob - if you believe in utilizing the internet to solve problems - you would know current societal trends that are escalating and increasingly eminant, brought upon by technological communications, and you could either harness the trends or fall behind:
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> Heirarchy of organizations:
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> - moving from top down to bottom up
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> Online collaboration - the future in problem solving:
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> - moving from CONsumers to PROsumers (that would be us members)
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> If you recognize that - i'd say you're pretty up on your research in using technology in the realm of problem solving/support groups. You don't want to be outdated, do you? If you don't recognize those changes that are being facilitated via communication technologies at this very moment, then I might just have to compare you with a recent Dean of a local university who I met not too long ago who did not even know what the term "social entrepreneurship" meant and had to be taught about it by some sophomore undegrad student (me). Nothing personal!
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> Hope that's a convincing argument Z:)
>in grade school i too read alvin toffler, on newt gingriches recommendation.
-d/r
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