Last night, while meeting with my WOL circle (only two of us), through talking with Simon (not Terry as I called him last night, doh!) he contributed a great idea which helped me crystalise what I want to do. I came up with an idea for setting up a rotation curation account to be used by the Queensland Community Alliance to enable its members to tweet for one week about what they do, the issues they're facing and how they might address them.
When I joined the WOL circle I initially wanted to set up a rotation curation account but didn't know how or where or who or when I might do that. During the weeks that followed I found I was moving away from that goal (or it seemed like I was).
If you've never heard of the Queensland Community Alliance (and you probably haven't) it's a group of unions, non-profit organisations, charities and faiths brought together to implement their common values. I've been involved since its inception. I'm impressed and amazed that often such disparate groups from each other are able to find common values. The Queensland Community Alliance is not politically aligned which is a breath of fresh air.
The breath of fresh air is meeting people I would not normally meet in my day to day life. People who are passionate about what they do. People who are genuinely interested in working toward a common good. The way this is done is through building relationships by listening to other's stories, trying to understand the issues without judgement or prejudice. I love that.
My contribution to this Alliance is that where I work I'm the person who raises our member's awareness of the Alliance, encourages active participation. I do this by actively developing relationships, identifying members who are interested and encouraging them to participate. I love that.
So back to rotation curation. As I understand it, the first rotation curation account started in Sweden, where one member of the Swedish society got to tweet about their activities, interests, etc for one week. Since then many accounts have been created for countries, cities, academic disciplines. I follow a few of them, for example @wearebrisbane, @weaustralia, @realscientists, @indigenousX. I've learned so much from following these accounts. I've been tempted to sign up for @wearebrisbane or @weaustralia but haven't yet. I can't shake the feeling that my tweets wouldn't be that interesting!
I think this concept holds great potential for increasing the reach of an organisation like the Alliance.
What do you think?
