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The Story of Lift12
February 25, 2012 - 17:55 — Matthias LüfkensHere is the summary of Lift12 as seen through the tweets, posts and pictures of the participants (click on the image please)
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Following #Lift12 on Twitter
February 25, 2012 - 17:42 — Matthias LüfkensAn alternative and entertaining way to participate in the discussions at the Lift Conference was to follow the hash tag #Lift12 on Twitter. Over 430 of the participants were active on the micro-blogging service, sharing notes and anecdotes, pictures and quotes from the speakers on stage.
In total they sent 5450 tweets over the three-day conference with a spike in activity just before the opening session on day 1.
The most prolific tweep, not surprisingly, was Eva, tweeting for the organizers under @LIFTconference. She clocked up 640 tweets, announcing upcoming speakers on the livestream and re-tweeting the best tweets from other participants.
The most active tweeting participants were Olivier Mouroux @OMcoree (210), Honor Harger @HonorHarger (201), Kaitlyn Braybrooke @Kat_Braybrooke (159) and Estelle Metayer @Competia (139) reporting live the best quotes from each speaker.
Among all journalists and bloggers, 35 had twitter accounts, they produced only 460 tweets including Justin Pickard @justinpickard (131), live blogger Stephanie Booth @stephtara (68) and FT journalist Izabella Kaminska @IzaKaminska (22).
Participants were able to follow the Twitter activity live on a Twitter dashboard projected onto a large screen at the congress centre.
The Twitter activity was also captured daily with three infographics:
Special offer for IAMF forum 7-8 March 2012 - limited free tickets
February 25, 2012 - 09:38 — Magali FakhryThe 5th edition of IAMF, International Advanced Mobility Forum, a scientific forum dedicated to individual mobility in the future will take place on 7th and 8th March 2012 in the framework of the Geneva Motor Show.
This year the themes are smart interactive and other new technologies, mobility concepts or man-machine interfaces. More information and programme on the website of the conference.
We are offering free seats to a limited number of LIFT 12 attendees
Pre-registration necessary, please contact magali.fakhry@palexpo.ch with code “LIFT – IAMF”. IAMF also gives access to the Geneva Motor Show on 7th March (press day closed to the public) and 8th March (1st day open to the public).
Selected people will be requested to show their LIFT12 badge.
swiss made start-ups
February 25, 2012 - 09:38 — Christian WalterSwitzerland is known for many things – unfortunately software is not one of them. The label „swiss made software“ aims to change this: we are dedicated to promoting the Swiss software sector both in Switzerland and abroad.
In order for this to work a vibrant start-up scene is essential. Here we wish to offer a bit of support: Swiss made software will give a free membership for a period of two years to any start-up that can fulfill the following conditions:
-the “swiss made software” conditions must be met
-the start-up must be founded but not older than four years
-the start-up must have an innovative product or solution
-said product or solution must be available for commercial use now
If you are interested, you can contact us via mail "contact@swissmadesoftware.com" or Twitter (@swissmade_sw)
Christian Walter, one of our partners, will be at lift on Thursday and probably Friday. We have a table close to the bookshop, which will be manned intermittently. Last year we published a book about the Swiss software industry. We will give away a few for free at LIFT. If you find the table empty, just send a tweet.
How to use video in your organization (Pre-Lift12 workshop)
February 14, 2012 - 12:32 — Enrique Cuellar23 Video and So Money are organizing an open workshop in Geneva on February 22nd from 10am to 12am, at Fédération des Entreprises Romandes Geneva (98, rue de Saint-Jean, Room A2).
Online video isn’t going to disrupt corporate communication some time in the future. IT ALREADY HAS!
Online video combined with smart strategy reaches people's emotions, builds your brand and increases your credibility!
Learn how to effectively use video to grow your business by attending this exceptional open workshop hosted by 23 Video and So Money, who will share their extensive international experience of how online video is transforming organisational communication and what you can do to stand out from the crowd.
Learn how to create engaging content that your customers love and the importance of reciprocity in your online strategy.
You will also have the opportunity to listen to Genève Servette Hockey Club's real life experience of using online video in the Swiss market.
Full program and signup on 23video.com/geneva
Transplant Norway is offering a residency for a webmaster!
November 8, 2011 - 16:29 — Alexandre BauThis is a guest blog post by Alexandre Bau, Creative Director of Ralston & Bau, Head of Nordic Materials and partnerships in Transplant. He presented Transplant at Lift11 with his partner Birgitta Ralston.
Help facilitating innovation workshops at ITU World Telecom
October 4, 2011 - 14:09 — Robert ShawLooking for help....
I’m organizing a couple of innovation related workshops at ITU World Telecom on 27 October in Geneva, Switzerland at the Palexpo venue next to the airport – you can find out more about World Telecom at world2011.itu.int and the agenda is here.
These workshops are not presentation-based – they’re about interactive participation by delegates. We want to together tackle specific challenges in hands-on action-based workshops.
Each session lasts 90 minutes. A maximum of 30 delegates to Telecom World 2011 will come together to share experiences, lessons learned, emerging best practices and to network with peers from around the globe. Together you’ll co-create potential solutions to the outlined challenge and formulate co-created recommendations that will feed into the Telecom World 2011 Manifesto for Change.
Open Innovation Workshop 1: The Challenge: Innovation for Development – and how ICTs can help?
09:00-10:30
We can sum up the goal of innovation for development as discovering new ways of creating opportunity for those in developing countries to meet their aspirations for a better life. How can ICTs be best used to foster innovation for development? Innovation rarely comes in big leaps – it takes the form of what Steven Berlin Johnson calls ‘slow hunches’ – small tweaks and refinements to what already exists. That’s why virtually every new idea or advancement often has several originators – the time and conditions for emergence were just ripe. What are some of the big ideas in the innovation field currently being discussed that are perhaps “ripe for emergence” and how can we use ICTs to apply them to development challenges?
SAWI course on social media and online communities (Lausanne): still some places
September 7, 2011 - 12:02 — Stephanie BoothYou may or may not know that I co-direct a year-long course on social media and online communities. There are still a few places left, but be quick -- registration closes on Friday and the course starts on September 21st. I think this might be of interest to some of you in the Lift community.
The course is in Lausanne and in French. It's 20 days between September and May (5 4-day modules) and includes doing a personal project on a real-life case for the exam.
Participants leave the course with a solid grounding in all things social media, equipped to take informed strategic decisions, plan social-media related projects, and also be active "in the field". We cover social media marketing, community management, online communication strategy, and also practical use of social media tools like blogs, google docs, facebook, twitter... and probably Google+ this year ;-)
The course is aimed at a diverse audience: communication managers in big or small companies, marketing agencies, web people who want to move to social media, consultants, journalists, non-profits, schools... One of the great assets of the course is the network the students leave with, which ensures that they are connected enough within the field (and with a whole class of peers) to stay on top of things once the course is over.
Here's some online information about the course
Solar powered Arctic Circle Residency
August 31, 2011 - 21:55 — Pothier Benjamin
I have recently been selected amongst 20 other international Artists to be part of a Science/Art residency in the Arctic Circle, on a Biological research station. I am already thinking about John Carpenter's THE THING and 30 days of night... brrrr-.
But in the meantime i'm looking for technical gears and clothes sponsors, because it is going to be quite cold there. I have already received support from various companies and brands, but if you like Art, Science, Exploration and Sustainable Design, you are welcome to contact me at hello(at)benipi.com. People in the solar energy business, i would enjoy to try your products in the arctic Circle!
Have a look at the Tumblr blog dedicated to this project on benipi.tumblr.com.
I will of course publish some photos and stories about this great and weird experience sooooon!
Social impacts of science, technology and innovation indicators: Audio Interview
May 24, 2011 - 14:39 — Howard HudsonIndicators are a kind of technology, a product, which governs behaviour and develops in response to user needs. But what are the social impacts of their development?
Could innovation indicators be used to help poorer countries catch up? Is the EU on the right track in terms of monitoring and encouraging innovation? For the answers to these questions and more, click on the link below for the latest podcast from United Nations University-MERIT.
UNU-MERIT website: http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=584
Profile of Professor Fred Gault: http://www.merit.unu.edu/about/profile.php?id=679
