iFOCOS is brand spankin’ new, but the more things change, the more they stay the same …

Andrew and Dale continue their globetrotting. Two weeks ago, they were in Melbourne, Australia, to facilitate an internal conference for the Australian Broadcasting Corp. Read about it here. Then Andrew stopped in San Francisco to give a keynote talk at the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, while Dale headed to Miami to prepare for the next We Media conference.

In other words, we’re moving. Forward. Relentlessly. Inexorably. How about you? Is your organization re-imagining its role in the connected society? Here’s how we can help: http://ifocos.org/services

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Dale and I were in Melbourne this week to facilitate an internal conference for the Australian Broadcasting Corp. Internal, yes - but blogged by the ABC and open to further comment here. Our role was to inform, incite and moderate conversations about the future of the ABC, which is Australia’s government-funded public broadcaster.

It was an inspiring couple of days - there was a genuine eagerness to adjust ABC practices and structures to reflect changing consumer behaviors, and to re-imagine the ABC and how it serves and strengthens Australian society.

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iFOCOS with the University of Southern California will Innovate Across a New World of Media

RESTON, VA, October 4, 2006 — Two leading media analysts announced today the formation of a new non-profit institute, iFOCOS, the Institute for the Connected Society. iFOCOS convenes thought leaders across disciplines to understand and use the new expanding media and to create better-informed global citizens. Their goal is to drive innovation around a new definition of “media” - one that includes traditional media and new emergent media, typified by the explosion of social media.

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