On 12th Nov ECOSOC organised a one day seminar on "[Communicating Europe: what role does civil society wish to play?|http://eesc.europa.eu/activities/press/events/2007-11-12_en.asp|en]" and which gathered around 150 communicators from across Europe.%%% Daniel Feher ([Dialog 09|http://www.dialog09.org/|en]) and I moderated a workshop on "How to better reach the European Public? The Role of the Internet in communicating and consulting civil society organisations. I always enjoy these types of events because 1. you get to know new people 2. you share your ideas.

1. Civil Society and the Internet What is Web 2.0? Introduction to the EESC Workshop “How to better reach the European Public? Role of the Internet in communicating and consulting civil society organisations. New media and innovative tools” Vanessa Witkowski, cafebabel.com & Dániel Fehér, Dialog 09, Brussels, 12/11/2007

5. What’s the difference? Syndication Stickiness Tagging (“Folksonomy") Directories (Taxonomy) Wikis Content Management Systems Participation Publishing Search Engine Optimization Domain name speculation Blogging Personal websites Wikipedia Britannica Online BitTorrent Akamai Flickr Ofoto Google AdSense DoubleClick Web 2.0 Web 1.0

11. “Don’t fight the Internet!”