Comments on: The World Bank is monitoring your buzz http://www.humanitarian.info/2007/06/20/the-world-bank-is-monitoring-your-buzz/ because information can save lives Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:58:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Pierre Guillaume Wielezynski http://www.humanitarian.info/2007/06/20/the-world-bank-is-monitoring-your-buzz/comment-page-1/#comment-49048 Pierre Guillaume Wielezynski Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:04:48 +0000 http://www.humanitarian.info/2007/06/20/the-world-bank-is-monitoring-your-buzz/#comment-49048 Paul, Yes, agreed. For advocacy and for building buy-in internally for more "social media" and less top down communications. Changing behavior is more long term but hopefully, this can serve as a starting point. Cheers, PG Paul,

Yes, agreed. For advocacy and for building buy-in internally for more “social media” and less top down communications. Changing behavior is more long term but hopefully, this can serve as a starting point.

Cheers,
PG

]]> By: Paul Currion http://www.humanitarian.info/2007/06/20/the-world-bank-is-monitoring-your-buzz/comment-page-1/#comment-47880 Paul Currion Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:35:32 +0000 http://www.humanitarian.info/2007/06/20/the-world-bank-is-monitoring-your-buzz/#comment-47880 I think the potential is quite huge, but need to test it for myself... the question is really whether organisations that were using this kind of service would be able to respond effectively to what their tracking showed. My experience has been that a lot of NGOs really aren't very media-savvy, and I think that (to begin with) this tool is more useful for advocacy than any other purpose - tracking the impact that a report or campaign has in the online world, for example. It would be interesting to use as a research tool, as well - the "forgotten emergencies" type of reporting that Oxfam or MSF do fairly regularly. I think the potential is quite huge, but need to test it for myself… the question is really whether organisations that were using this kind of service would be able to respond effectively to what their tracking showed. My experience has been that a lot of NGOs really aren’t very media-savvy, and I think that (to begin with) this tool is more useful for advocacy than any other purpose – tracking the impact that a report or campaign has in the online world, for example. It would be interesting to use as a research tool, as well – the “forgotten emergencies” type of reporting that Oxfam or MSF do fairly regularly.

]]> By: Pierre Guillaume Wielezynski http://www.humanitarian.info/2007/06/20/the-world-bank-is-monitoring-your-buzz/comment-page-1/#comment-47293 Pierre Guillaume Wielezynski Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:37:55 +0000 http://www.humanitarian.info/2007/06/20/the-world-bank-is-monitoring-your-buzz/#comment-47293 Paul, Thanks for the note, I am indeed happy to be part of the discussion and do guided tours, especially for non profits, ngos etc... I think this could be a great tool for organizations tracking who's talking about disasters and humanitarian issues. Think about how you could instantly get the picture (across blogs, media sharing sites, news) of who is saying what about the situation in Darfur, how authoritative they are , what concepts they talk about etc..and then have a community of interest collaborate around this content by voting on it, by tagging it, by commenting etc... If you ever get around to installing it, let me know what you think. Yes, BuzzMonitor needs a server (its own in an ideal world) but we find it to work ok provided that you do not aggregate millions of mentions per hour. Cheers, Pierre Guillaume Paul,

Thanks for the note, I am indeed happy to be part of the discussion and do guided tours, especially for non profits, ngos etc…

I think this could be a great tool for organizations tracking who’s talking about disasters and humanitarian issues. Think about how you could instantly get the picture (across blogs, media sharing sites, news) of who is saying what about the situation in Darfur, how authoritative they are , what concepts they talk about etc..and then have a community of interest collaborate around this content by voting on it, by tagging it, by commenting etc…

If you ever get around to installing it, let me know what you think. Yes, BuzzMonitor needs a server (its own in an ideal world) but we find it to work ok provided that you do not aggregate millions of mentions per hour.

Cheers,

Pierre Guillaume

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