I know, I know. This is long overdue. Rather than a litany of excuses and all that, I’ll just own the failure. My bad. Mea culpa. Ectoplasm. Many thanks to Amy for taking notes; the fact that it took this long to get them online is entirely my fault, not hers.
Without further ado or silliness, here’s a quick rundown of the first Ottawa jam.
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Case Study: OttawaTonite
Jammers: Sue and Cheryl
Twitsized Summary of Project: Create a space for arts and entertainment information in Ottawa. Listings but less formal. Artists’ experiences in their own words
Key Points:
- Launched in Fall 2009; site still evolving
- Volunteer-driven project
- Web development has been major hurdle
- Site has taken unexpected directions; really creating social opportunities for the community
- Advertisers coming on board because they see something of value
In Their Words:
People from different communities are coming together; it’s a beautiful thing!
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Case Study: Canada@150
Jammers: Brent and Steffen
Twitsized Summary of Project: Year-long project inviting young public servants to discuss issues that will be facing Canada in 2017.
Key Points:
- Work done on Clearspace, collaborative software “that’s a mix between Wikipedia and Facebook”
- Approximately 10% of people were readers; 75% were intermittent users; 15% were heavy readers (better participation rates than typical 90-9-1 model)
- Social networking bridged the gap between kick off conference and wrap-up event where findings were shared
In Their Words
I was at my wit’s end when I got the call; then I realized we can make a difference here (Brent)
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Case Study: Apartment 613
Jammers: Ryan and Katie
Twitsized Summary of Project: Community platform focused on what’s going on in Ottawa
Key Points:
- Consists of blog, Twitter feed, Facebook page and Flickr account
- Flickr account in particular has been major point of interest; lots of involvement from local photogs
- Reached out to community through public meetings and “asking people to come for drinks with us”
- Using the blog as a catalyst to drive audiences out to do stuff
- Acting as liveblog for local events such as Change Camp
- Launch party came several months after actual launch; used as a marketing event with outreach to traditional media
- Future plans include video blogging and a partnership with Spacing Ottawa
In Their Words:
We want to do things; be involved in things; learn things
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