To personify Web 2.0 to a New Zealand local government audience, Tara Hunt (The Whuffie Factor) and Chris Messina introduced us to citizen superheroes. We’re pleased to announce that Mark Kuznicki, one of Tara and Chris’ citizen superheroes, will be our guest speaker for Breakfast 9 on May 6th!
Citizen superheroes live their lives openly, work collaboratively and embrace their communities. These principles extend into everything they do and are exemplified by our speaker.
As described in his bio, Mark’s work and life are driven by a social mission:
to reinvigorate community resilience and adaptation in response to accelerating global change
He does this in his professional life as a consultant on:
- participation through social web technology
- engaging creative communities in co-creative solution building through face-to-face events
- community management practices and methods
- community engagement strategies
- design-thinking approaches to complex problem spaces
And Mark applies this as a citizen in his community of Toronto by organizing events like TransitCamp, an open-source ’solutions playground’ that looked to the future of the city’s transit system and its website.
Recently, Mark helped to organize the ChangeCamp, an event which asks its participants:
How do we re-imagine government and citizenship in the age of participation?
The inaugural Toronto event was a success! Its unconference model is being looked at as a tool for citizen participation by communities and governments everywhere including Ottawa! You too can get engaged at an Ottawa ChangeCamp on May 16th.
Want to meet and learn from Mark Kuznicki? Below are the event details. Hope to see you next week!
What: Social Media Breakfast Ottawa 9 with Mark Kuznicki
When: Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 – 7:30 to 9:00 AM
Where: Gowlings, 160 Elgin Street, 26th Floor, Ottawa, Canada
How: Purchase your ticket at http://smbottawa9.eventbrite.com
Event Tag: smbottawa
Can’t wait for the 6th for your Breakfast fix? Join us on Sixent, LinkedIn and Facebook.
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Mark is an excellent speaker, and all-round wonderful guy – looking forward to this SMB!
One (important) addition to the ChangeCamp Ottawa details for Sat May 16… the *party*
which will take place at pub 101 at 101 York Street in the market, starting at 7pm.
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