SP editorial board: Great KMers but where are the digitals

[boris jaeger]

(Ulrike, pls forward this to dnadigital. You maybe translate the
DNAdigital manifesto for publication in Smart People magazine
www.smartpeoplemagazine.com)

Thanks to Alice's statement from a previous post

"Demographics: some might think we are all <30 (unless they saw Boris'
workload)"

I want to rise this issue.

The focus of content of Smart People is personal Knowledge Management
with the support of social software (the "new" technologies)

The focus groups of Smart People are KMers who starve to get valued as
knowledge workers but also young digital natives who are tech-savvy
(or would like to learn how to be tech-savvy)

The latter group is not represented in the Smart People magazine
editorial board. Yes, we have great KMers, but (forgive me) they're
pretty old ones, however open minded to new challenges the new
technologies are demanding.

Therefore I would opt to get some real digital natives to the Smart
People editorial board or at least some popular, not that old,
representatives of the new movements.

I have some contacts to a German group of digital natives (http://
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=46476050629), and could ask if anybody
is interested to become a Smart People editorial board member.
Further, one of the leaders of the group, Soeren Stammer, CoreMedia
(http://www.facebook.com/sstamer?ref=mf), mentioned in Don Tapscott's
Smart People magazine article "Grown up digital: Fun, collaboration,
innovation“ (http://www.smartpeoplemagazine.com/2009/04/grown-up-
digital-fun-collaboration-innovation/), would be a perfect supplement.

What would be the duties of the editorial board members, apart from
being on the editorial board, Jerry?

Boris

[Boris Jaeger]

What about to ask some of the guys from this book to join the Smart People magazine editorial board?

 

Web 2.0 Heroes: Interviews with 20 Web 2.0 Influencers

http://books.google.com/books?id=RWaY1sSyxHcC&hl

Boris

[Jerry Ash]

Good idea Boris.

I've done a little research on Richard McManus and I see he is located
in New Zealand. Perhaps John Vietch knows Richard or can help in our
approach to ask him to serve on our editorial board. His ReadWriteWeb
might also be a great partner for editorial content.

Jerry

On Jun 25, 2009, at 4:06 AM, Boris Jaeger wrote:

> What about to ask some of the guys from this book to join the Smart
> People magazine editorial board?
>

> Web 2.0 Heroes: Interviews with 20 Web 2.0 Influencershttp://books.google.com/books?id=RWaY1sSyxHcC&hl

[Boris Jaeger]

Actually all guys in this book are popular in the web 2.0 scene ...

 

Richard McManus and his ReadWriteWeb wold be a great enrichment for the Smart People editorial board.

 

Should I ask Sören (Linkedin profile: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/s%C3%B6ren-stamer/0/11a/613) if he's interested to join the Smart People editorial board? He's not a digital native but a good vintage (1972, like me:)) and , as I already mentioned, one of the initiators of DNAdigital.

 

Again, what would be the duties of an editorial board member?

 

Maybe anybody else here has some suggestions for prospective editorial board members who are young an tech-savvy?

[Boris Jaeger]

Through Sören we would have access to the digital natives focus group (marketing) ...

[Jerry Ash]

Hi Boris.

I've just connected with Sören Stammer on Facebook and told him I'm
interested in him writing an article. I find that a good way to get
acquainted with people I don't know before approaching them -- in this
case -- to serve as an EB member.

In my research, I found that Sören has resigned his CEO for "personal
reasons". Wonder what he's up to? Anyway, it would be great if you
contact him and see if he would be interested in helping Smart People
in some way. Maybe he might like to fund us!!!!!!

Jerry

[Boris Jaeger]

Hi Jerry,

 

> I've just connected with Sören Stammer on Facebook and told him I'm 
> interested in him writing an article. I find that a good way to get 
> acquainted with people I don't know before approaching them -- in this 
> case -- to serve as an EB member.

 

Sonds to be the right way.

> In my research, I found that Sören has resigned his CEO for "personal 
> reasons". Wonder what he's up to? Anyway, it would be great if you 
> contact him and see if he would be interested in helping Smart People 
> in some way. Maybe he might like to fund us!!!!!!

 

Yes, the personal rasons are his wedding. He'll move to the US, enyoy life with his wife and start a new venture in 2010 (a long honeymoon).But there must be anything else because lately an other popular guy from CoreMedia became a freelancer ... I'll find out.

 

I'm already in contact with Soeren. Yes he might like to fund us but we shouldn't ask this question right away ...

 

Boris