Currently at 2gether 08, a Channel 4-backed technology-meets-social purpose type event here in East London (about 10 minutes walk, handily, from the SSE office). I’m helping out Cliff Prior from UnLtd (as I mentioned to someone earlier, the Debbie McGee to his Paul Daniels) in his mapping social entrepreneurship session(s).

The event has a nice vibe: wristbands a la festival, different spaces, plenty of coffee. I’ve only been in the session I was being scribe in, but feedback would seem to be mixed on the session content. The techies and geeks and philosophers seem to have plenty to ponder / debate / discuss; the (social) entrepreneurs seem to have less in terms of action-focused stuff or content that can help move their organisation forward….beyond the networking, which is where most value from these things come, as ever. Nice to remake connections with the social reporting team from Shine: Paul Henderson, Darragh Doyle, Ben Matthews et al

Where the event is great is the amount of interaction / material online, powered and co-ordinated by social reporter-extraordinaire David Wilcox, so would encourage you to take a look at all of that….including video etc. I’m retiring to a quiet corner to do some work before the next session…………….