“How to listen to 21 Million Voices”
Earlier this month, the recently elected Australian government announced the 2020 Summit — a chance for the “best and brightest brains” to map out a strategy for Australia’s long-term future in areas ranging from the economy and the environment to the arts and health.Which is of course a marvellous idea. Unfortunately their implementation is decidedly 1920 in its approach. It’s top down — with these “best and brightest” anointed, it’s committee driven, and it’s opt in by the government.However, Web Directions favourite big thinker, Mark Pesce, has, of course, some thoughts of his own.Now, there’s some 2020 vision.john
Already done! When I first heard about the Summit, I created a wiki for the 20,699,000 of us that are not invited. It’s at http://ozideas.wetpaint.com. It’s free and you don’t have to register if you don’t want to. At the site, you can post your own ideas under a dozen different categories, discuss other people’s ideas, and vote on the best ones. There’s even a place to sign an online petition to the Prime Minster to get these ideas heard at the Summit. It’s taking advantage of teh best the web and online community has to offer, spurring a two-way conversation that can accomodate 21 million people.
It act as an viral advertisement, I also created a YouTube video of the Prime Minister breakdancing. Check that out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQZa17-Dt_4.
Let me know what you think. Always open to good ideas.
Well done Jim,
We’ll do our best to hep get the word out
john