Entries by Ross Dawson

New confirmed speakers: Phil Bronstein – Hearst, Mark Antonitis – KRON-TV, Robert Scoble – Fast Company TV, Tom Abate – MiniMediaGuy, Angelos Frangopoulos – SkyNews, Chris Tolles – Topix, Chris Warren – MEAA, Mark Goldman – Current TV… (mo

July 8, 2008 in /by

Trying very hard to keep up on this blog with developments on Future of the Media Summit, which is falling into place as an amazing event. Check out the Future of Media Summit 2008 website for full details on the latest speakers – it’s been described to me as a “stellar line-up” and that’s about […]

Launch of the Future of Media Lifecycle framework

July 6, 2008 /6 Comments/in /by

[UPDATE:] The complete Future of Media Report 2008 is now available. Another Future of Media Summit, another framework! We are today proudly launching the Future of the Media Lifecycle framework. This is the central framework of our Future of Media Report 2008. (See also the Future of Media Strategic Framework from 2006 and Key Elements […]

Newspapers promote QR codes, linking print and outdoor media to online, and building tighter social-mainstream media symbiosis

July 4, 2008 /9 Comments/in /by

QR code for this blog The Sydney Morning Herald has recently had big features in its Saturday edition on QR codes, the 2-dimensional bar codes that act as visual URLs for mobile phones, taking them automatically to the linked online content. QR codes are massive in Japan, appearing in magazines, billboards, business cards, shop windows, […]

The future of privacy and targeted advertising

July 2, 2008 /1 Comment/in /by

One of the key themes at our Future of Media Summit 2008 (Silicon Valley July 14 simultaneous with Sydney July 15) will be the future of privacy and targeted advertising. The panel run across the locations will include top executives from Traffic Marketplace, Dataportability.org, Acxiom, and Electronic Frontier Foundation (see event site for details). This […]

What do you think will happen in media? Participate (and win!) in the Future of Media Prediction Markets!

June 24, 2008 /1 Comment/in /by

We have just launched the Future of Media Predictions Markets, run in conjunction with the Future of Media Summit 2008. These will tap the collective wisdom of participants at the Summit in the US and Australia, as well as other media leaders globally. Anyone can participate in the prediction markets. The predictions will be used […]

Web 2.0 and human resources – who should drive Web 2.0 initiatives in the organization?

June 24, 2008 /4 Comments/in , /by

The UK Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has recently launched a discussion paper titled Web 2.0 and human resources, designed to help HR professionals to understand what Web 2.0 is and to contribute to organization’s activities in the space. The paper is built around the key elements of my Web 2.0 Framework, which they […]