I’ve been thinking about what useful stuff one could do with twitter for a while now but I’m really impressed with how twestival has spread to become a global event in a very short space of time (techcrunch post). This got me thinking: Twitter could potentially be a really effective enabler for change. The ease at which information can flow, new networks can be formed and people can be inspired means that Twitter is the perfect platform for slicing through the typical problems that stifle change.
Recently we’ve seen a groundbreaking US presidential election where Barack Obama sought to bring about a sea change in the way his campaign was run (part of this was using Twitter). The UK is now entering a very probably heavy recession with what some would argue is a disengaged electorate and a country that is fast running out of ideas. I attended a talk recently by NESTA where it was suggested that innovation could be used to kickstart the recovery of the UK economy. Perhaps Twitter has a role to play in this.
now in my rss reader)))