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What Are Your Communication Values?

I’m here in Atlanta, GA co-facilitating a training with the Progressive Technology Project (love them!). PTP does technology capacity building with community-led organizations nationwide.

For this group of people, who are mostly organizers, the question of online engagement is only relevant in how it relates to their real-world organizing work.

I was very struck by one woman’s use of the term “communicaton values.” Describing how she was raised, she says, “I learned that you have to touch it, feel it, hear it…e-mail is so impersonal.”

So what are the “communication values” we’re using in our work?

And how does email fit into this values system?

If you’re like me, you might find it a little disturbing to fully engage this question. Because, without a doubt, I value other forms of communication more than I value email. But what takes up most of my time…

Hrmph.

Web 2.0 Products and Services

So no one likes the term, but it’s holding nonetheless.

And this is a pretty comprehensive list of 2.0 inspired tools from Listable, in itself a pretty interesting resource I just learned about.

Thanks to EchoDitto for the tip.

I Heart Wikipedia

Today I got curious about the history of Valentines day.

So I went to trusty old Wikipedia and starting perusing, which led me to quite legitimate (and educational!) entries for: Romantic Love,
Platonic Love, or even just Being. Who knew an encyclopedia could ever be this cool.

If, by any chance, that consumer machine has done it’s job on you, and you’re having a miserable day, you might also be curious to know about Singles Awareness Day (SAD). Pretty funny.

Whatever the case, whether you’re in romantic love, or platonic love, or just being, may your heart be full.

Happy Valentines…