We Media Miami Overview
Conference Archive
Here’s where you can find details on what happened, background on the program and archived audio and video (soon).
Audio and Video Archive
- Introduction – Dale Peskin and Andrew Nachison
- Community session
Part 1 | Part 2 - Investment session
Part 1 | Part 2 - ‘Soft Power ‘ session
Part 1 | Part 2 - (ADDED 2/17/07) Gen Next: The Content Creatives
- (ADDED 2/17/07) Town Hall: Behold the Power of Us: The future of media, democracy and community
Part 1 | Part 2
Mashup
Di-Ann Eisner of Platial hosted a mash-up breakout. In less than an hour, the group brought together video, photos, blogs, their own information. The site explains how they did it and what they used.
More Background and Pre-Conference Details
When: February 7-9, 2007
Where: Storer Auditorium, University of Miami
Presented with major support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
In cooperation with the University of Miami School of Communication and the University of Miami School of Business.
View The Program (PDF)
What?
We Media Miami explores and fosters the use of digital media to build and improve real communities in a connected society.
This is the third year for the We Media conference. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore spoke at We Media 05 hosted by The Associated Press in New York; BBC Managing Director Mark Thompson, Reuters CEO Tom Glocer, actor Richard Dreyfuss and Nitin Desai of the United Nations participated in the We Media Global Forum in 2006 hosted by Reuters and the BBC in London.
In Miami, the conference will focus on two connected themes:
- Community: How can media and communications in a multitude of forms, produced or influenced by an ever-expanding multitude of sources, serve and strengthen the communities where people live?
- Investment: In a shifting communications marketplace, how will investors, public and private funders or new formulations of social entrepreneurship pay for and sustain the civic enterprises of news and information?
The program includes a series of roundtable discussions and a variety of participatory activities involving communities, individuals and organizations to help participants understand and address the challenges of a changing multi-media world, and to stimulate innovation and investment in projects and services that strengthen communities.
Who Attends?
We Media gathers about 300 international participants: senior executives, decision makers, storytellers, artists, investors, innovators, strategic thinkers, developers of information technologies, entrepreneurs, community leaders and researchers from media, advertising, public relations, marketing, news, entertainment, finance, telecommunications, technology, philanthropy, government, NGOs, social activism and academia.
Why Attend?
A diverse group of leaders from a variety of industries and professions come together to learn from each other and to think about, explore, be inspired by and build upon the shared knowledge and the collective intelligence of the connected society. Their collective efforts spawn new ideas, information, services and businesses.
Roundtables bring together diverse groups of thought-leaders to expose and cross-pollinate thinking about strategic communication. The audience participates in discussion on site and online. Through discourse participants come to a new awareness of the challenges they lead and the values they find important.
Meetups, Mashups, Collaborations and Pitches
We Media Miami functions as a marketplace of ideas AND actions – and a meeting ground for an eclectic and ambitious group of funders, entrepreneurs, community activists, media executives and strategic thinkers on social action. Together they seek new collaborations, new relationships and new ways of thinking about opportunities to build a better-informed society.
Conference organizers facilitate presentations and discussions with venture capitalists and other funders, as well as facilitate independent meetings and discussions among speakers, participants and exhibitors.
Get Personal
Speakers will conduct small-group discussions or question-and-answer sessions. Funders and venture capitalists are available for pitches and collaborations to achieve new partnerships and projects.
Counseling and Mentoring
Speakers and other participants are available for a series of informal meetings, interviews and mentoring sessions on key, emergent issues and developments shaping the changing media ecosystem and the communities that are forming around them.
Plan. Meet. Collaborate.
Registered participants will have advanced access to collaborative networking software to create profiles and identify participants and speakers at the conference with whom they can arrange one-on-one meetings, mentoring sessions or interviews. Plan some meetings in Miami with other participants. The conference will facilitate these and other collaborations.
Workshops and Demos
In an exhibit area, organizations conduct workshops on technologies, tools, applications and systems that stimulate civic engagement and which organize and benefit communities.
Random Acts of Media
A showcase of innovative stories, ideas and applications that are being expressed through collaborative media, interspersed through the conference.
Video Festival
Submit videos from personal media devices for the conference’s “We Space” – a video festival open to community groups and the public. Videos will be shown at the Cosford Cinema on the University of Miami campus. Public workshops open the discussion and demonstrations to the community. Individuals and organizations contribute ideas and projects.
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[...] Mwaka huu mkutano huu utafanyika kule Miami. Hivyo ukiwa na bahati, kama una tabia ya kuoga na magadi, unaweza kupata skolashipu ya kuhudhuria. Unachotakiwa kufanya ni kufuata maelekezo ninayobandika hapo chini. Bonyeza hapa kwa tovuti ya mkutano huu. Na hapa kuna hayo maelezo ya kuomba skolashipu, au soma hapo chini. Siku ya mwisho ni ijumaa tarehe 3, 2006! [...]
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Hi,
I came across your site through a deliberate effort to locate media partners with broad objectives of improving service delivery by media practitioners and stakeholders.
I am particularly interested by your focus-use of media to build and improve real communities in a connected society.My organisation- the Voice of Nigeria is very much interested in sending its staff to attend the programme scheduled for February 2007, however we shall appreciate your kind consideration in providing direct sponsorship or recommending Voice of Nigeria to other organisation capable of providing such sponsorship.
You can visit Voice of Nigeria at http://www.voiceofnigeria.org.
We anxiously await you response.
Andrew, thanks. Our deadline for fellowship applications has already passed. If you can find another means to attend we’d love to see you – or if not, plan to participate in our online conversations beginning next month.
Hi,
What was the deadline for fellowship applications? This conference sounds interesting, and it is a shame that expensive fees exclude people from participating. If you are serious about building community, then inclusivity is important. If we know the deadline for future years, maybe we can apply then.
Rita, thanks and sorry you missed the fellowshp deadline. Still, point taken. We are serious about building an open community, but at the same time the costs of producing a conference like this are substantial. We know there are lots of conferences that charge less – they are also conducted differently, with different expectations of the experience. There are also many media and business conferences that charge a great deal more than what we’re charging for We Media – our sponsors help us keep the costs down.
Meanwhile, we’re just getting started with fund-raising and outreach to other sources. And we’re aiming to roll out a membership model next year with lower-cost membership fees for non-profits and educators (and for startup companies). If we can draw modest support from members then our annual conference pricing could look very different in 2008. I would LOVE to charge less. More to your point – we don’t want cost to be an obstacle to participation. We’ve partially addressed that problem through our felowship program.
The fellowhip deadline was in early November (described back in October here.
[...] WeMedia 2007 – Hosted by our very own University of Miami [...]
[...] We Media Miami The program includes a series of roundtable discussions and a variety of participatory activities involving communities, individuals and organizations to help participants understand and address the challenges of a changing multi-media world, and to stimulate innovation and investment in projects and services that strengthen communities. [...]
[...] We Media Miami explores and fosters the use of digital media to build and improve real communities in a connected society. February 7-9 in Miami. This is the third year for the We Media conference. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore spoke at We Media 05 hosted by The Associated Press in New York; BBC Managing Director Mark Thompson, Reuters CEO Tom Glocer, actor Richard Dreyfuss and Nitin Desai of the United Nations participated in the We Media Global Forum in 2006 hosted by Reuters and the BBC in London. [...]
[...] We Media Miami explores and fosters the use of digital media to build and improve real communities in a connected society. February 7-9 in Miami. This is the third year for the We Media conference. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore spoke at We Media 05 hosted by The Associated Press in New York; BBC Managing Director Mark Thompson, Reuters CEO Tom Glocer, actor Richard Dreyfuss and Nitin Desai of the United Nations participated in the We Media Global Forum in 2006 hosted by Reuters and the BBC in London. [...]
A thousand dollars?
WHAAAAAT????
How do you expect this event to benefit everyone, when only those wealthy enough to set aside a THOUSAND BUCKS for travel and registration can attend? I’m a professional journalist – a news anchor – and I can’t afford that. And I live in Miami!
I’d love to take part in this, but the price is just insane. Isn’t there another way?
[...] Un pequeño recordatorio para los que les interese el mercado de medios de comunicacion, We Media este año es en Miami del 7 al 9 de febrero (una semana antes que 3GSM barcelona 2007) y este año, si cumplen lo prometido el año pasado, el idioma español va a tener una presencia dominante. [...]
Dear Sirs
Happy New Year.
I am Nepalese journalist. Who representative Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ) out of valley. My work place is in chitwan. I am very interested to attended this programme. But our condition is very critical. You know just we are going peace process. I have no any card for registration. Time is Very short. Have you any fellowship? Whose covered my travel and accommodation? Can you help me? Can you send me invitation letter in my mailing address? Thanks for help.
Regards,
Bishnu P. Chhimeki
Executive Member
Federation Of Nepalese Journalists(FNJ)
Central committee
Chief Editor
Paradarshi Daily
Narayangarh, Chitwan, Nepal
Tel: 00977-56-520080
Cell: 00977-9845048500
E-mail: chhimeki123@yahoo.com
[...] Barcamp Miami now has a venue, thanks to Kim at the UM School of Communication. The event will be held at the school’s open atrium, weather permitting, sometime during the week of February 12th, 2007, which coincides with Communication Week and follows WeMedia Miami. [...]
[...] Congreso WeMedia Miami 2007 Algunos de los asistentes Libro en español: Nosotros, el medio. (Descarga directa) [...]
That pity which I cannot go, in Argentina the subject of the Blogs is here taking poquito body of a, my name is Dario Villegas and I am the director of the Blog de Casa de Gobierno, Pink House did not have his blog and simply we created it, although are the governmental news we treated that it is a forum in where all person can explayar its restlessness and being considered by the surroundings of the president, 8 months ago we created it and we know that the same president of Argentina is to as much of blog, I believe that blog at the moment has an underestimated force that in just a short time will revolutionize definitively the human communications, I invite by this means to all the professionals of means and self-taughts person to contact itself with blog of pink House, would enchant to us to expand our relations in the outside, kindly, Dario http://www.casadegobierno.blogspot.com Buenos Aires Argentina
I started http://www.talktime.com.ar six years ago in Argentina.
As you will see in our homepage we had plenty of media coverage and our talktimes are a real success.
Is it possible to participate in We Media Miami?
[...] We’re looking forward to the We Media conference this year, which will be held at the University of Miami on February 7-9, 2007. [...]
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[...] I went digging through my Gmail account today searching for the first correspondence I had with Brian Breslin, Refresh Miami’s curator and next May it will be about a year from when I first contacted him to get the ball rolling on the Refresh group. It’s been great to see what’s happened in the local community just from Refresh in under a year. designers and community guys have been hired, locals have been spotlighted and companies and schools are pitching in and helping us continue to make connections.This sort of stuff is exactly why the concept of Refresh was even invented. I can’t attribute everything that is going on currently down here to Refresh Miami, but with events like Barcamp and WeMedia it’s clear that something is finally beginning to happen down here and it should be an interesting to see what happens this year. [...]
As part of our panel discussion next week, I’ve put together a survey that was posted on my blog:
http://geoffreyphilp.blogspot.com/2007/01/ive-been-invited-to-be-panelist-next.html
The survey will run until 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 7, 2007.
Here are some of the questions:
Does blogging create community?
What is your definition of a community?
If you’d like to participate, here is the link to the poll:
http://CTLSilhouette.wsu.edu/surveys/ZS59983
Hi,
I am a journalist from Rwanda, East Africa, and have been following and reading your site.
Your ideas are provocative and I’d love to attend your conferences but the rates are prohibitive and the fare equally high.
I agree with colleagues on the aspect of funding or fellowships to enable us to attend.
Nevertheless, I will try to follow the proceedings on your blogs and website.
Kind regards,
Geoffrey
[...] We Media es un evento dirigido a los profesionales e interesados en los medios de comunicación. Reúne a las empresas y personajes más destacados de los medios de comunicación masiva. [...]
[...] I’m sitting a swanky lounge in Miami, not too far from the University of Miami where tomorrow the WeMedia conference will be held. There’s a (some interesting folks coming) blogger dinner being held tonight, coordinated by Scrapblog who is one of the sponsors of the conference. There’s going to be over 40 folks here, it’s always interesting meeting those in person that you communicate with online. [...]
[...] I am sitting here at the opening plenary session for iFOCOS’s We Media conference in Miami (Florida, not Ohio). Driven by a belief that the internet puts the power of the media and all its related civic engagement opportunities into the hands of ordinary people, this conference explores how new digital opportunities for the media and how these opportunities can foster a renewed sense of community among peoples everywhere. [...]
[...] The WeMedia conference in Miami is organised by iFocus, a non-profit which looks at how digital technology is changing the media. [...]
[...] The first in what we hope will be a new tradition of South Florida blogger dinners was a success. The dinner, sponsored by Scrapblog, brought together local bloggers and attendees of WeMedia 2007 which took place at the University of Miami. The dinner was at Town & Kitchen in South Miami. It was nice to see such a great turnout. There were over 45 people dining and networking…check out the full list and a few pictures. The food tasted excellent, although I took home my own little doggy bag in the form of a mild case of food poisoning, which inevitably caused me to miss much of WeMedia the following day. But eColi aside, it was a great time and I look forward to the next one. [...]
[...] Well if you read my last post you’ll know why I don’t have much to write about WeMedia. But I did manage to make it out to support Carlos and Omar for their presentation of Scrapblog at the end of the day. I snapped a few pictures of the presentation as well as the Mojito party, also sponsored by Scrapblog. It was great to finally chit-chat with Shel Isreal and David Parmet out of the office, both of whom have joined the Scrapblog team. We’ve been deep in the zone preparing for launch which hasn’t left us with much time for such luxuries as personal hygiene, much less interaction with anyone outside our 30×30 office. But that’s par for the course if you want to do great things, and I assure you we’re making it worth it. [...]
[...] It was fascinating for me to observe as an outsider looking in to the world of journalism and traditional media at the WeMedia conference in Miami this week. My notes from day one are the same as my summary, now that I’m back at home. Social Media is impacting them in ways that some are having a hard time grasping while some have already figured out advanced adoption models. [...]
[...] I really wish I could be there, as it sounds really interesting, but I thought I would give a shout out to my good friend Val Prieto, who is a panelist at the We Media Conference going on in Miami. [...]
[...] Meanwhile, at the WE Media Conference in sunny Florida, Pluck’s VP and General Manager of Portal Solutions Eric Newman sat on a panel with Reuters’ President Chris Ahearn to continue the discussion around social media, blogs and open content models and the benefits to media sites and even brand businesses. [...]
[...] La maggiornaza dei cittadini statunitensi (55%) ritiene che i blogger sono importanti nel futuro del giornalismo nazionale e il 74% pensa che il citizen journalism vi giocherà un ruolo vitale. Questi i dati di un fresco sondaggio online, curato da WE Media/Zogby Interactive. Inoltre, secondo il 53% degli interpellati l’emergere dei “free media” su Internet-è una delle maggiori opportunità per il futuro del giornalismo professionale e il 76%sostiene che Internet ha avuto un impatto positivo sulla qualità complessiva del giornalismo. E il 72% ha espresso insoddisfazione sull’attuale qualità del giornalismo statunitense. Diffusi alla recente WeMedia Conference tenuta alla University of Miami, i dati del sondaggio collimano con l’analogo poll riservato ai partecipanti all’evento: secondo il 61% il giornalimo tradizionale non ha idea di quel che i cittadini vogliono dall’informazione, mentre l’86% è convinto che i blogger avranno molto da dire nel futuro del giornalismo. Il poll online di Zogby Interactive ha interpellato 5.384 adulti sparsi sull’intero territorio nazionale, nel periodo 30 gennaio-1 febbraio, ed ha un margine di errore di +/- 1,4 punti percentuali. [...]
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[...] See the Aha! Moments from last week’s WeMedia conference held in Miami. Here’s a sample from Craig Newmark, of craigslist: [...]
[...] Austin American-Statesman editor Rich Oppel was one of three newspaper editors to attend the We Media conference this month, and Oppel wrote about his experience there in his Sunday editorial. “The media are an unsettled lot today,” Oppel writes, “with new media drawing audiences but rarely making money. Some rather ceremoniously swear off the almighty dollar. [...]
[...] We Media es un evento dirigido a los profesionales e interesados en los medios de comunicación. Reúne a las empresas y personajes más destacados de los medios de comunicación masiva. [...]
[...] que el congreso no aporto nada a mi visión del panorama venezolano? Me disculpo: me puso a [...]
[...] backwards in time – I didn’t have time to tell you about the WeMedia conference I spoke at in Feb. Here I am in Miami getting ready to present some of my vids under the palm [...]
[...] What Happened? Review what happened and download audio and video in the archive. [...]
[...] i lille Danmark igen efter smutturen til WeMedia 2008 i Miami er det tid at gøre status efter konferencen. Et overordnet spørgsmål trænger sig [...]
[...] well as create new opportunities in the marketplace.” Prior to IFocus, Nachison and Peskin ran WeMedia. A recent NPR feature goes straight to the heart of what this organization and these men [...]
[...] el primer caso, me inspiró Shel Israel, el autor de Naked Conversersations, a quien conocí en We Media Miami “uno debe ser claro y directo en definir cuales son los límites que uno establece para [...]
[...] http://ifocos.org/2006/09/01/we-media-miami-overview/ About iFOCOS [...]
[...] Release. – The announcement coincides with the site’s re-launch — and with the We Media conference now going on in Miami. GA_googleFillSlotWithSize("ca-pub-3457929887116739", [...]