OurNet ONversations

#communication, #community, #compassion, #nonviolentcommunication, #ournet It’s over ten years since I first came across Non-violent Communication (or NVC), thanks to my friend and guide Rev. Hilary Woollett. It’s the gift that keeps on giving from originator and master communicator Marshall Rosenberg, who formulated the first principles in 1960’s America. For OurNet, where my role sits largely within communication, I’m revisiting this profound methodology in the realms of ‘Communication for a World that Works’, i.e. a spotlight on a way of connecting with others, and ourselves, that can offer more of what I believe our hearts desire. OurNet is essentially an online community communication concept, and whilst creating a new context where communities can connect more richly, our aim is not to be prescriptive or dogmatic. I share this look at NVC with you, not necessarily as an endorsement or expectation, but as a possibility and point of reference, in a world where communication tec

Here, OurNet CEO & Founder - Michael Brodie - talks to OurNet 'Town Crier' & Community Builder - Carl Munson - about the organisation's working culture and ethos. This podcast recording is a recruitment ad as well as induction message, in light of OurNet's current mission to fulfil its tech-team needs, as they move to a new HQ in Aveiro, Portugal.

A quick catch-up with OurNet Founder and CEO, Michael Brodie, against the eccentric backdrop of Estoril, just down the road from Lisbon. Michael and I discuss what it's like to move to Portugal, to base a company here, and dip into what OurNet is all about, including the challenge to 'i-centricity', re-building powerful community and looking for the 'good grey'.

News Release: 02-10-17 - For Immediate Use World Changing Virtual Village Just a Change of Perception Away Without doubt, the Internet has been a giant leap for humankind, but its fullest potential has yet to be fulfilled for the greater and greatest good. So claim the people at OurNet who believe the Web can nourish the best aspects of humanity and its potential, despite disturbing trends like ‘fake news’ and trolling. OurNet is heralding a new way forward for humanity’s greatest technological achievement as concerns grow about the corporatisation, de-humanisation and centralisation of cyberspace. “OurNet is a ‘virtual village’ that works for all, not just for some – a new context and culture that re-humanises, refines and rewards the best of what we can be,” claims founder and visionary Michael Brodie who originally conceived the idea as a crowd sourced, crowd edited, online news magazine, over ten years ago. While some might see this as a course-correction for the Web, Brodie t

OurNet's Carl Munson & Michael Brodie talk to megaphone-wielding activist and 'spiritual entertainer' Danny Shine about his recent renunciation of faith in Facebook and adoption of Steemit. This is part of a longer interview, which will be available in this collection.

What comes after Web2.0? Mike and Carl look at the emerging fork in the superhighway...