: Emerging Technological Trends Let’s Predict the Future! A half-day workshop at the SAOIM 2014 conference held on Tuesday 3 June 2014 facilitated by Brian Kelly, Cetis Slides available under a Creative Commons licence (CC-BY) 1 G1: Let’s Predict the Future: Amplified Events
Slides on "Let's Predict the Future: Amplified Events" for a workshop session on "Predicting the Future" held on 3 June 2014 at the SAOIM 2014 conference in Pretoria, South Africa and facilitated by Brian Kelly, Cetis.
See https://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/events/saoim-2014-lets-predict-the-future-workshop/
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G: Emerging Technological Trends
Let’s Predict the Future!
A half-day workshop at the SAOIM 2014 conference held on Tuesday 3 June 2014 facilitated by Brian Kelly, Cetis
Slides available under a Creative Commons licence (CC-BY)
G1: Let’s Predict the Future:
Amplified Events
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What Is An Amplified Event?
An amplified event:• The talks and discussions are 'amplified' through
use of networked technologies in order to extend the reach of the event deliberations.
Can include:• Amplification of the speaker's talk: e.g. Video-
streaming; video/audio recording; …• Amplification of the audiences' voice: e.g. use
of Twitter to ask questions and discuss ideas
Can be carried out:• Top-down• Bottom-up
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplified_conference
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Evidence of its Significance
We are now seeing:• Variety of tools used for curating an event’s
digital content (e.g. Storify)• A new profession starting to emerge: the
event amplifier• Events managing event amplification e.g.