SXSW Interactive 2012 Opening Presentation
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Don Tapscott opens SXSW Interactive 2012 with his presentation, Rethinking Civilization for the Social Age.
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Can we retain privacy in the era of Big Data?
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Our society is collectively creating, storing and communicating information at nearly exponential rates of growth. Most of this data is personally identifiable, and third parties control much of it. This personal data will be archived online forever and be instantly searchable, and few appreciate how many ways this data might be used to harm us.
Should We Ditch the Idea of Privacy?
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A growing number of people argue that the notion of having a private life in which we carefully restrict what information we share with others may not be a good idea. Instead, sharing our intimate, personal information with others would benefit us individually and as a society.
Don Tapscott Opening Speaker at TEDGlobal 2012
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Don Tapscott kicks of TEDGlobal 2012 with his talk during Session 1: Critical Crossroads on June 26, 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland
What Happened to ‘Yes we can’?
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Whatever happened to the “we”? We haven’t heard about it since the 2008 victory. “They built the largest online community in the history of the presidency,” says Andrew Rasiej, founder of Personal Democracy Media, which tracks the intersection of technology and politics. “But then they stopped talking to them and engaging them”.
Radical Openness in Business Fosters Growth
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Recently, the smartest organizations have been rethinking what it means to be open. In this article I will show that there are three particular dimensions of openness that really matter in the business arena.
Stop Motion Animation on Education 2.0 with Sir Ken Robinson and Don Tapscott
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Macrowikinomics makes it to the Tribeca Film Festival’s Disruptive Innovation Recommended Reading List
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Unleashing Human Capital at The Economist’s Ideas Economy: Innovation 2012
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Don Tapscott discusses best practices for effective corporate culture at The Economist’s Ideas Economy: Innovation 2012 event in Berkeley, California.
CTV News: On Budgets and Fixing Canada
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Don Tapscott discusses upcoming Ontario and Federal government budgets, aging and youth demographics, and how to fix Canada.
Kony 2012: Rethinking Global Problem Solving
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The ‘Kony 2012′ director who was found naked in the street will remain in the hospital for several weeks. Danica Russell, Jason Russell’s wife, attributed her husband’s “reactive phsychosis” to the “sudden transition from relative anonymity to worldwide attention — both raves and ridicules, in a matter of days.”
Will the Internet Obsolete Alumni Associations?
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I recently spent a day lecturing at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At a small lunch hosted by President Jared Cohon, I met Andy Shaindlin — the very thoughtful head of Alumni Relations & Annual Giving.
Don Tapscott Joins SHOP.CA as Advisory Board Chairman
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Drew Green, ceo and founder of SHOP.CA, announced today that Mr. Don Tapscott has accepted the position as Chairman of the Advisory Board.
Where the Multi-Stakeholder Networks Are: An Interview with Don Tapscott
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SXSWi 2012: Don Tapscott: Radically New Solutions for Institutions in Flux
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IBM’s Todd Watson and Allen Kane talk with Don Tapscott — speaker, consultant, and author of a multitude of books including Macrowikinomics — about networked intelligence, the digital generation, and cause for optimism.
SXSWi 2012: Don Tapscott: Radically New Solutions for Institutions in Flux
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Financial Times: Technology as a Tool for Change
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At SXSW Confab, Democracy Rules
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Don Tapscott SXSW Interactive Presentation Livestream March 9th 2pm CST
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Don Tapscott to Join Martin Prosperity Institute as MPI Fellow
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Located at the Rotman School of Management, the Martin Prosperity Institute is the world’s leading think-tank on the role of sub-national factors – location, place and city-regions – in global economic prosperity. Don Tapscott will collaborate with the MPI in research initiatives on the impact of digital media on business and society, smart, connected cities, and the future of capitalism and the corporation.
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