How do we make Melbourne a Knowledge City?

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Marigo Raftopoulos

Regular free public seminars

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Nikash Anand great idea
25 September 2013 09:13 am

Eyal Halamish Yes! and once your passport gets filled, you get to sit on the city council's council of wisdom.
16 November 2012 04:56 pm

JC "oddgoo" Moreno And you can get a passport that you can stamp after going to every place.
16 November 2012 04:45 pm

Colin Simpson So there is still a regular "we" to shoo people away?
16 November 2012 04:31 pm

Eyal Halamish hmmm, good point. Ok, you can only go to each place once. if you come again, we shoo you away. I'm actually kinda serious on this one.
16 November 2012 03:59 pm

Colin Simpson Would regular meetings in the same place lead to the same people turning up and becoming a bit of an echo chamber?
16 November 2012 02:11 pm

Eyal Halamish Regular is the key. Need a set free lecture location in a tall building which overlooks the city.
16 November 2012 11:43 am

Colin Simpson We run what we call The Gaggle - 10-15 minute presentations (often to a theme like m-learning or assessment) but I like the idea of shorter time limits to encourage conciseness
16 November 2012 08:37 am

Stanley Yip In the education sector we have TeachMeets, they are regular causal and fun meet ups where teachers talk on any edu subject for either 2min or 7min. The common pattern of the presentations are that they are all pragmatic and very much 'how I did', 'what I have tried' talks.
16 November 2012 12:58 am

Dan Donahoo I agree with Ton. Seminars on the "how to", not just the "what if"
15 November 2012 10:21 am

Ton Ha Seminars need to provide pocket pieces of practical advice. Not lofty visions.
15 November 2012 10:00 am

Colin Simpson I agree that noise might need to be handled - pop-up event? - but am wary of building fences around knowledge in the name of purity
15 November 2012 07:27 am

JC "oddgoo" Moreno Shopping Centres are too noisy no? Ad being surrounded by commerce would spill a bad image over them I feel.
14 November 2012 10:31 pm

Marigo Raftopoulos Exactly right JC, its about going out to the people rather than trying to entice them into 'institutions of learning'
14 November 2012 06:54 pm

Colin Simpson If we want to attract more passers-by, why not in shopping centres as well?
14 November 2012 02:41 pm

Stephen Ellis At times that make the seminars accessible to the greatest number of people with video and discussion forums providing added value.
14 November 2012 11:19 am

JC "oddgoo" Moreno Outdoors seminars is a fantastic idea, imagine if they are presented very attractively so even passerbys would be drawin in.
14 November 2012 01:19 am

Marigo Raftopoulos Most of these should be outdoors so we can experience knowledge in all its dimensions and not be so cerebral!
12 November 2012 02:53 pm

Jeremy de Constantin

The concept of Yammer springs to mind wherein Melbourne could establish and resource Knowledge Hubs. Set up correctly - clearly defined charter etc.for these hubs - Melbourne could be the start of a revolution for other Australian cities and larger towns each with their unique challenges.

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Eyal Halamish Will Microsoft let us replicate?
16 November 2012 03:58 pm

Colin Simpson Can Yammer run inside a firewall?
16 November 2012 02:12 pm

Stanley Yip We use Yammer in the education sector and it gets good usage, the secret is being able to separate the signal to noise. And everyone will have different areas of signals that they listen to.
16 November 2012 01:00 am

William Thompson

have seminars in the parks

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Eyal Halamish haha. Yes!
16 November 2012 03:58 pm

Colin Simpson Occupy Weather! :)
16 November 2012 03:29 pm

Eyal Halamish How about a tent city focussed on seminars to manage the weather issue. We seminar together, we sleep together, we weather the storm together? What do you say Adelle?
16 November 2012 02:47 pm

William Thompson

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Eyal Halamish i must say, you are both very good sports. we should have played streetfighter ;)
16 November 2012 04:57 pm

Eyal Halamish and keita's lulling voice in the background.
16 November 2012 04:56 pm

Colin Simpson Well we appear to be fixing that
16 November 2012 04:55 pm

Nikash Anand

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Eyal Halamish Yes! or black space with white paint!!! looks really cool at night.
16 November 2012 04:57 pm

Colin Simpson White space - whiteboard paint and markers in public spaces
16 November 2012 04:33 pm

Nikash Anand

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Eyal Halamish don't know what that means....parli house christi?
16 November 2012 04:58 pm

Colin Simpson Put white plastic over parly house Christi style
16 November 2012 04:55 pm

Adrian Camm

Underpinning knowledge is learning, therefore to ensure fundamental restructuring we need greater and more equitable access to quality education for all

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Eyal Halamish Link in bridging the digital divide and we have something which can be exported to most major cities and developing countries in the world.
16 November 2012 03:58 pm

Colin Simpson Digital literacy is a core skill for the 21st century
16 November 2012 09:30 am

Stanley Yip The first thing my year 7 daughter does when she needs to learn something is 1. go to YouTube 2. Go to Google 3. ask me. I worry not about the list of where she gets her info from but more so that she has the skills to critically analys the info to question/accept/discard.
16 November 2012 01:10 am

Sam de Silva

Understand what a Knowledge City is first.

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Eyal Halamish Can't we?
16 November 2012 04:58 pm

Eyal Halamish oh, i took notes on that for my talk..need to get another one. we can use googles example?
16 November 2012 04:58 pm

Colin Simpson The one with the program and WiFi guide
16 November 2012 04:54 pm

Sam de Silva

Free wi-fi across Melbourne and the 'burbs, especially on public transport.

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Eyal Halamish Maybe we can arrange it so people associate free wifi with a melbourne take-off somehow. every flight take-off is sponsored by a different government department or a corporate.
16 November 2012 02:51 pm

JC "oddgoo" Moreno Heh they are already charging for on-flight wi-wifi
16 November 2012 02:47 pm

Adelle Lin That would justify the exhorbitant travelling costs!
16 November 2012 02:37 pm

Sam de Silva

Provide incentives to cafes and pubs to run knowledge events and innovation labs during down time.

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Eyal Halamish http://themoth.org/
16 November 2012 05:00 pm

Eyal Halamish Actually, a story-telling competition with true stories like the moth as part of this would be awesome!!!
16 November 2012 05:00 pm

Eyal Halamish Sweet Colin, If you build the cabin, we can sit around the fire and tell creative stories.
16 November 2012 04:59 pm

Dan Donahoo

We need to get beyond just ideas. Knowledge is of real value when it is applied - so we need to create spaces where we express our knowledge and make it into things that improve our lives. We need to embrace the Maker Movement and give greater credit to those playing in that space like Andy Gelme and the folks at Melbourne Hacker Space. We need to celebrate our entrepreneurs from the co-working folks at Hub Melbourne, Inspire 9 and beyond through to investing further in our entrepreneurs who are creating things like the LIFX smart light and 99designs. And...(point 2 coming)

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Eyal Halamish I'm a hub Melbourne hubber and we definitely need to strengthen the ties across our co-working communities.
16 November 2012 11:49 am

Stanley Yip I like this. The application of knowledge. Problem solving. Just like innovation is an implementation of creativity.
16 November 2012 01:12 am

Dan Donahoo Spot on Adelle - we need to find ways to make these movements and generate activity in these areas...You need to look up "Melbourne Hacker Space"...they can help you out.
15 November 2012 10:22 am

Dan Donahoo

We need to be inclusive. We need to focus on making knowledge open and accessable and purposeful for all. This means digital and analogue. It means finding new ways to make knowledge hubs like the State Library and our Museums and all public education institutions less hierarchical and less intimidating to those they are best placed to serve. We need a collected effort from all levels of government to create policies that drive inclusion in the learning process, on allowing people with different learning styles to be a part of (not excluded from) the sharing and exchange and creation of knowledge in Melbourne.

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Eyal Halamish Smaller spaces make it inclusive and competitive?
16 November 2012 05:00 pm

Colin Simpson At a smaller scale
16 November 2012 04:53 pm

Eyal Halamish What makes knowledge such an inclusive space? Is competition inclusive?
16 November 2012 03:57 pm

Steffen P Walz

how about a project / website, where citizens add their knowledge what makes melbourne a special place, for them, and also ask such special city questions? e.g. "where is the best place to read a book, undisturbed?" – "where is the best spot to watch the sunset?" - and so forth. i think this would add greatly to why melb is really a liveable city, for everyone. tentative title: alternative livability

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Eyal Halamish http://www.quora.com/
16 November 2012 05:02 pm

Eyal Halamish throw some google at it eh? how about melbourne-based quora?
16 November 2012 05:01 pm

Colin Simpson Use the Google maps api
16 November 2012 04:52 pm

Eyal Halamish add a tweet cloud which shows you geo-tagging and where tweets are coming from.
16 November 2012 04:23 pm

Colin Simpson Seems more like a live tool that tracks traffic on a range of SM tools and you can physically see where everyone is tweeting from
16 November 2012 03:56 pm

Eyal Halamish Is this kinda like a fixmystreet/oursay mashup? I'm in!
16 November 2012 02:53 pm

Adelle Lin Great one!! This could also really broaden into communities developing in an ad-hoc manner based on things they are seeking in common
16 November 2012 02:41 pm

JC "oddgoo" Moreno Dan,I really like how you are driving the conversation forward by challenging the ideas and going into the real core of the problem. Lets not bs like the keynote stated. "Do we need more websites"? I say yes and no, competition is always good and it's easy to think that the best will always rise up, but that's a bit idealistic, no? Marketing is such a big part of digital media and people are growing tired of yet another social network, yet another points and badge system. Thankfully the tiredness doesn't happen too much in games, and there is always chance for something outstanding to be done.
16 November 2012 02:36 pm

Colin Simpson Shut up and take my money :)
16 November 2012 01:50 pm

Stanley Yip I can see this as some sort of mobile app that is a live heat map of activity type as a Google maps overlay made with a mash-up of the current social media data mentioned below.
16 November 2012 01:16 am

Colin Simpson I agree that this already happens in a lot of different social media services but it's a drag joining and checking them all. Some kind of location based aggregator perhaps?
14 November 2012 03:44 pm

Dan Donahoo Sounds a bit like this website - and a bit like what currently exists in social space to me Stefan - Foursquare, Urbanspoon, GoodReads, Instagram, Twitter - all these things have the capacity to do this. So, is it about more tools, more websites, more marketing of those sites...or is a knowledge city about enabling a population to make the most of existing resources...?
14 November 2012 08:09 am

JC "oddgoo" Moreno

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Eyal Halamish hey mate, how's it going?
16 November 2012 05:02 pm

Colin Simpson Hi
16 November 2012 04:51 pm

Eyal Halamish its just you colin.
16 November 2012 04:23 pm

Ivo Gormley

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Eyal Halamish Oh, i think you can....i'm running out of ideas!! City of melbourne better use these babies.
16 November 2012 05:03 pm

Eyal Halamish Can you still get points for this?
16 November 2012 05:02 pm

Eyal Halamish Is it over?
16 November 2012 05:02 pm

Stephen Ellis

Commend those who are daring to think different and creating micro-movements along the way.

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Eyal Halamish Adelle, coming in for the kill I see ;P How about American Idol style commending!
16 November 2012 02:55 pm

Adelle Lin Who is to do the commending?
16 November 2012 02:42 pm

Eyal Halamish Link up different thinkers with professional experience with emerging different thinkers through mentorship. Innovators mentor innovators.
16 November 2012 11:52 am

Stephen Ellis

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Eyal Halamish I'm glad we saved these till the very end.
16 November 2012 05:03 pm

Eyal Halamish Yessiree
16 November 2012 05:03 pm

Colin Simpson Good talk thanks
16 November 2012 04:51 pm

Hamish Curry

Encourage diverse collaborative experiences between private and public organisations, as well as with community groups

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Eyal Halamish Get corporates to work out of co-working spaces once a week.
16 November 2012 02:56 pm

Stanley Yip Have shared spaces like a community gardens in the City.
16 November 2012 01:48 am

Colin Simpson Maybe some kind of online matchmaking service?
14 November 2012 03:47 pm

Sam de Silva

Give everyone an iPad mini (or equivalent tab)

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Eyal Halamish Actually, some childhood toy, like a teddy bear, could inspire unique and creative thoughts.
16 November 2012 05:04 pm

Colin Simpson And a pony
16 November 2012 04:44 pm

Eyal Halamish and some bouncy balls.
16 November 2012 04:24 pm

Adam Katana

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Eyal Halamish I agree
16 November 2012 05:04 pm

Colin Simpson I disagree
16 November 2012 04:50 pm

Colin Simpson So many likes
16 November 2012 04:45 pm

Lucy Fang

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Eyal Halamish Yes!
16 November 2012 05:04 pm

Colin Simpson Indeed
16 November 2012 04:50 pm

Colin Simpson

the creativity and innovation of Melbourne by using an XPrize type model to crowdsource solutions to practical city needs and problems . No parameters about how to solve the problem or who will do it, just a decent incentive for doing so.

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Eyal Halamish Although I'm a big fan of social enterprise, so if the prize can somehow self-generate capital through its reputation. That would be awesome.
16 November 2012 04:27 pm

Eyal Halamish Xprize was backed by big donors, but I think a joint government and philanthropic fund would work.
16 November 2012 04:26 pm

Colin Simpson I kind of imagined it happening at a govt level - otherwise it would need to be charity based to draw out philanthropic donors.
16 November 2012 04:00 pm

Colin Simpson

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Eyal Halamish exactly, even after you cross the finish line.
16 November 2012 05:05 pm

Colin Simpson I think the pressure factor brings new insights and free thought
16 November 2012 04:44 pm

Eyal Halamish Yet still pretty good insight and fodder. I've shared insights I probably would have not tapped into unless someone was lining my pockets ;p
16 November 2012 04:28 pm

Adelle Lin

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Eyal Halamish And she was just trialling the tech
16 November 2012 05:06 pm

Eyal Halamish Trust me, i've spoken to her in a non-digital way
16 November 2012 05:06 pm

Eyal Halamish dunno. adelle isn't though
16 November 2012 05:05 pm

Andrew Hiskens

Jane Jacobs hugely influential 1961 book 'The Death and Life of Great American Cities' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_and_Life_of_Great_American_Cities) posits "four generators of diversity": "The necessity for these four conditions is the most important point this book has to make. In combination, these conditions create effective economic pools of use." (p. 151) The conditions are: Mixed uses, activating streets at different times of the day Short blocks, allowing high pedestrian permeability. Buildings of various ages and states of repair. Density. Much of this is designed to engender what Steven Johnson calls 'the random collision of ideas'. It would be a fascinating to take her model/s and map it to genuine actions we could take. Anyone up for it??

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Eyal Halamish Maybe every building needs to have a minimum of three purposes. For example: laundromat, bar and dog trick training facility.
16 November 2012 03:42 pm

Adelle Lin Melbourne actually does this pretty well. Jane Jacobs 2 thumbs up
16 November 2012 02:45 pm

Colin Simpson Is it just for the city or the suburbs as well?
16 November 2012 01:44 pm

Stanley Yip

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Eyal Halamish true, and gymnastics pits which you can backflip into
16 November 2012 05:06 pm

Colin Simpson Street parties in normally car-heavy areas changes notions of space
16 November 2012 04:42 pm

Colin Simpson

Melbourne version of Sydney's festival of dangerous ideas Controversy to stimulate conversations

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Eyal Halamish Hmmm, or the Deakin Lecture Series
16 November 2012 04:28 pm

Colin Simpson The Moomba parade used to be a celebration of community groups - this could be a logical extension
16 November 2012 04:03 pm

JC "oddgoo" Moreno I've been thinking about engagement regarding this kind of activities to make them regular and consistent, and I remembered how fun O'day at Uni was; all the clubs and their stands. What if there were city-wide or neighbourhood-wide O'day type of events? Where clubs would talk about them and their regular activities to the general populace.
16 November 2012 03:34 pm

Eyal Halamish

Gaming parties at RMIT's new design hub!!

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Eyal Halamish A game at its core to drive other game behaviour around it.
16 November 2012 04:29 pm

JC "oddgoo" Moreno If anyone is connected , I'd love to participate as an indie game developer!
16 November 2012 04:20 pm

Colin Simpson Could be a decent moneymaker with a danceparty
16 November 2012 04:04 pm

Eyal Halamish

Impromptu street games...kinda like street theatre but with games.

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Colin Simpson On nom mom.
16 November 2012 04:41 pm

Eyal Halamish or how about a giant marshmallow snowball fight? Been in one before, they rock!
16 November 2012 03:56 pm

Eyal Halamish should we add potato guns or too violent?
16 November 2012 03:55 pm

Eyal Halamish

Impromptu street games...kinda like street theatre but with games.

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Colin Simpson McGonigal had a game where you had to compliment random strangers - on a rock/scissors model
16 November 2012 04:40 pm

Eyal Halamish How about feather tag. where you should each other with feathers..or tar and feather each other like the good ole days?
16 November 2012 04:30 pm

Colin Simpson Love the concept, cops might get antsy
16 November 2012 04:06 pm

Eyal Halamish

Get more people asking questions. Questions force us to reflect on the issues we care about and how we think. This strengthens our public knowledge capacity. The more melburnians are asking focussed and targetted questions to people who make decisions in that space, the more knowledgeable our society will be.

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Colin Simpson The Socratic approach
16 November 2012 04:07 pm

Eyal Halamish Oh and JC, i think the media transition to web is big, but not ultimate. There will be a role for journalists and traditional forms of journalism. TV journalism is still very big and paper press is still booming in some countries like India and Brazil. this trend may sink, but we are still using a portfolio of media.
16 November 2012 03:54 pm

Eyal Halamish maybe there's a lil too much self-promotion in there ;\
16 November 2012 03:53 pm

Eyal Halamish

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JC "oddgoo" Moreno Indeed I should :), but now I feel like I must take it all the way to the end.
16 November 2012 05:08 pm

Colin Simpson You should quit then JC :)
16 November 2012 04:48 pm

Colin Simpson Remove something that people are used to be seeing
16 November 2012 04:38 pm

JC "oddgoo" Moreno

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JC "oddgoo" Moreno Damn not working comments!
16 November 2012 04:41 pm

Colin Simpson This has become a game in itself. Meta
16 November 2012 04:36 pm

JC "oddgoo" Moreno Good and you? By the way, one guy found out how to edit empty comments, lets see if he answers.
16 November 2012 04:33 pm

JC "oddgoo" Moreno

Taking your point about "it has to be more than just putting content on the web, I'd like to share a little something that the university of Guadalajara is doing back in my state in Mexico. In rural and disconnected areas, they set up small places called "University Houses". In these they would mainly set up Internet connection and staff to teach the locals how to use the systems. This was coupled with an already built online bachelors system so the towns people actually had acces to higher education for the first time in their lives, there was success all around!

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Colin Simpson Geographic necessity - we had the school of the air - cb radio - since the 50s
16 November 2012 04:48 pm

JC "oddgoo" Moreno Nice! Australia is definitely one of the leaders in distance education. Like that Ted Talk, seeing so many people coming online and sharing/building their ideas is a truly hopeful light in the future.
16 November 2012 04:31 pm

Eyal Halamish or guru.com. Where you pay for content.
16 November 2012 04:31 pm

Colin Simpson

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JC "oddgoo" Moreno Drawing a white space with a Like button below it.
16 November 2012 04:52 pm

Colin Simpson Ask people to define "drawing a blank"
16 November 2012 04:46 pm

JC "oddgoo" Moreno Oh Colin! How's that battery coming along?
16 November 2012 04:38 pm

JC "oddgoo" Moreno

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