The New Television and Social Change - The Best Recipes for Learning Will Come Out of Grassroots Communities Themselves

This morning I am resonating with joy about the new television and social change, as The Conversation with my friends, colleagues and allies about education, technology and community-based economic development both widens...and critically deepens.  The fact is that the best recipes for learning are now coming out of grassroots communities themselves the world over, and these home-grown recipes both acknowledge,  leverage and celebrate the indigenous genius of people in the community... including children and progressive community-based educators themselves. Technology ... the new web television and remote web conferencing specifically can help get the word out. 

Suguta Mitra working with his Hole in the Wall experiments is a shining example. See his remarkable presentation on TED showing how slum kids teach themselves even with less than ideal technology access. This is some important work. British educator Charles Leadbetter also is acknowledging where the best recipes for learning are coming from... from grass-roots educational initiatives..the world over. Also see his TED presentation about "Education Innovation in the Slums".

As important is the home-grown grassroots work that has been going on right here in Seattle's Puget Sound region... Why "Wait for Superman" and all the fancy legislative lobbying with push from the not-so-slick commercial charter schools industry... when we already have excellent home-grown recipes for learning ...that we can produce home-grown television about ...that we can write home about, further promote and further support?

That's the thought, the feeling, and most importantly... The Conversation... that I via my blog and other initiatives have been snowballing...and deepening. Wow! Look at how powerful the new web television is... and in our own conscious hands, it can be even more so.  Community-authored television and grassroots web conferencing ...done well... and combined with other forms of social media...can be the way to get the word out... garnering more momentum and support for important work already being done... and changing the world.  Call me if you are interested in seizing this opportunity as well. 1-425-780-6872

Google TV A Huge Opportunity...for the Television-Savvy Entrepreneur

This morning I am buzzing again and at a very high positive frequency...feeling how great it will be when even smaller businesses can benefit from the new television that they'll be able to produce and program themselves...for phenomenal advantage. This is not wishful thinking here...but a manifestation of intention that has now been fueled by what Google is launching this Fall in year 2010 ...the new Google TV. See "What is GoogleTV"? on my own New World Television page. 

So what's the big deal and why is television important in our now 21st century world? Just looking at the numbers tells you why. Currently there are over $4 billion television viewers worldwide that watch more than five hours of television a day. With exposure to that many eyeballs, this results in more than $70 billion in ad revenue each year. Compare that with 3 billion mobile users and 1 million Internet users. See Google's launch of  Google TV at their I/O Developers Conference introducing Google's new LeanBack user interface.

Not only are the numbers important but so is a changing audience with now changed demographics and a television marketplace that has now become radically more democratic due to revolutionary no-cost video hosting and viral sharing/social media technology like YouTube and low cost camcorders, and new smart phones and iPods. Even HD video production is radically easier to do and radically lower cost, even right on you mobile device. Currently there are now over 14.6 billion videos on YouTube, and revolutionary YouTube playlist technology allows for the creation of entire television "channels" that will now find their way onto large HD television sets.... this means that your own content could show up there!

And it gets even better. On your TV screen you'll also be able to use Chrome Internet browser to search for anything... and the entire operating system is Android so it will run Android apps and talk to Android-based mobile devices....yet another phenomenally powerful reason to "Go Google" like New World Communications has. See my New World Television Channel on my website and see my overview about leveraging the power of the new television, then jump forward to the new content I've added of Google launching new Google TV. It is fun to do! Nice!

So what's this in for today's entrepreneur?... a whole lot.. that is if they can "get clear"..and wake up in time to get television-savvy... in time to start producing their own content and  programming of other content providers' content as a service to their customers ...on their own television "channel" ... on their own websites. That's what we are doing... "walking the walk" ourselves... and we can help them with all of it...from concept to completion.

Wow, do I feel good about being involved in television..of all sorts..systems and programming as long as I have, and about the way that I can now help other entrepreneurial types seize this new opportunity...and run with it...rather than be passed up by it  and be left even further behind. Call me today and let's connect if you too are interested in moving forward with the powerful new television in our now brave new 21st century world - 425-780-6872

Smart Grid Training - We're Ready Whenever Cities Are Ready

What's on my mind this morning is the new smart grid that's about to be installed and the kind of training for multiple stakeholders that can make a qualitative difference... as well as a bottom line difference...for multiple stakeholders ... in this newly emergent "green" economy of ours...and for my own front-running small business, New World Communications....not only hopefully... but also intentionally.

The challenge and the opportunity lies in thinking "outside the box" by not only designing and delivering traditional instructor-led training, but also adding a virtual world training toolset... and most importantly by cultivating a more innovative "hybrid world" mindset that can also fully leverage new 21st century tools and strategies.

Wow! What a great opportunity smart grid implementation is to serve multiple communities and stakeholders well, creating new jobs, and new dreams while helping our economy recover, and making ours a better world...Nice!

For the last few years, we've been working on that, and our new "green" communications and e-learning approach and platform that we designed to deliver the mission-critical learning a new world needs is ready to do that by uniquely providing the following resources:

• 21st century instructional design and delivery services tailor-fit to address multiple clients' needs ...including diverse stakeholders in diverse communities even.
  
• Eco-friendly "big-reach", "learning-rich" web conferencing with a special patented "green meter" that automatically calculates: 1) physical world miles not travelled, 2) $ of fuel not spent, and even 3) pounds of CO2 not emitted... every time that folks e-meet and learn online.
  
• Powerful web television-based learning assets using radically new ultra compact low-cost, almost no cost video technology

As training contractors ourselves and as a minority-based small business enterprise, with years of experience, I look forward to working closely with cities in providing the mission-critical learning that can make smart grid implementation a quality experience that all businesses and multiple stakeholders can benefit from.... Both I and my rapidly scalable company, New World Communications are ready ...whenever cities are ready to move forward. For more information, call me at 425-780-6872.