new media advocacy

Defusing "traditional arguments against letting go of content"

This presentation by Michael Edson, Director of Web and New Media Strategy for the Smithsonian Institution, speaks for itself (thanks to Hazman for the alert). Click on the word "Next" in the Flash...

PDF slides: "How I understand & adopt Creative Commons"

My presentation for the Creative Crew Singapore March 2009 meeting:Creative Commons - What, How, WhyView more presentations from Ivan Chew. (tags: creative commons creative crew singapore)"How I...

ONE WORLD (2008) music video

I would like to share this with the world.Music Video: One World (2008) by Ivan Chew is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at...

Post-talk reflections: "Beyond Digital Literacy" - Catholic High School, 10 April 2008

There is an on-going need to educate students on the finer points of discerning information from Internet sources, as I observed from my talk to the entire cohort of Secondary Two level boys at...

Walter Lim, on "Surviving the blogosphere's social-list"

Walter was interviewed by Marketing-Interactive.com (28 Jan, 2008) on his views about social media, PR and marketing.I like what Walter shared at the last two paragraphs:The best way to understand...

Speaking at USF (Part 3): Planning for my talk for the Davis Forum

[From Part 2]What follows is a proposal I've been discussing with my IFLA colleagues (from the Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section) since last year.I intend to include parts of this under...

PS21 Challenge magazine article: Journey into the Blogosphere

Some time back, my corporate communications colleagues were invited by the editor of PS21 Challenge Magazine (the magazine for Civil Service employees) to share about NLB blogs and blogging efforts....

Post-talk reflections: MOE ExCEL FEST 2007, 13 July 2007

"Describe how Chicken tastes like," I asked a teacher in the audience. Guess what she said? Read the rest of the post.If you're a teacher from my talk at the ExCEL FEST this afternoon, welcome!...

Thinking Aloud: "MICA forms Advisory Council to examine impact of new media"

I've so many blog posts still outstanding (recent ones include the Nexus 2007 conference last Saturday; a Yesterday.SG Sunday brunch meetup and an upcoming book launch by one of the friends of...