Patti+Anklam

Welcome Patti.
This page was created following an email exchange with [|NetWork] author and network analysis aficianado [|Patti Anklam], July 10, 2007 regarding the extraordinary "Nodes, Pods and Pools" conference Kate Erhlich and colleagues convened at MIT Media Lab lat 2003???

The conference site is no longer live although a Google search shows remnants, [|Bill Ives description explaining Nodes, Pods and Pools] the most complete.

It seems the conference impacted Patti too For me "Nodes, Pods and Pools" was a complete package: new thinking and framing of ideas; extraordinary speakers included Yochai Benkler, Moore of Moore's Law and British architect Frank Duffy; fabulous attendees (including Patti, Stowe Boyd, Paul Trevithick of the Higgins Project etc etc. And of course there was the venue, MIT Media Lab, the energy and talent that represents, and the talking ball. Totally a conference capturing the future.

Patti, your email indicated:

//"nodes, ponds and pools was seminal for my thinking as well".//

I'm intrigued to understand what you found thought provoking in "Nodes, Pods and Pools" and how that might relate to your work and our topic "learning through connected intelligence"?

THANK YOU for joining us here.

//~ Jenny Ambrozek

What I meant by seminal is that it was one of those events that was designed to be generative -- to generate connections among ideas as well as among the people attending. For people who are (were) already connected to one another, it was an opportunity to start some new conversations and to put ongoing conversations in a new light. Several Gennova members who attended have recently voiced a desire to have something similar again as a re-generative event. It was also an opportunity to meet new people and to see the ways that the ideas on using networks, the power of networks and connectivity are being used in practice -- in architecture, in the ZipCar model, and in product development.

I love this kind of event because it keeps everyone in the same room and conversation (no 'tracks") and it allows plenty of time for people to mill about and start up conversations (long breaks and lunchtime). i'm glad you mentioned this as part of the collective intelligence project, Jenny (even though I know I'm past your deadline for becoming engaged with this) because to me these events are a good example of how to stimulate the collective intelligence as well as to "gather" it.//