Kendall Whitehouse: Supernova 2009 in Pictures

Kendall Whitehouse shot some amazing photos of Supernova 2009.

John Hagel on Employees with Passion

John Hagel of Deloitte spoke to me after his opening plenary on day 2 of Supernova about his research on the Shift Index which “highlighted a core performance challenge …: return on assets for U.S. companies has steadily fallen to almost one quarter of 1965 levels at the same time that we have seen…modest, improvements in labor productivity.”

John and his team interviewed employees about many factors during their research, and in our talk he discussed employee passion for work as a key indicator of company performance. He also mentioned in his talk a recommendation to reach out to the “smartest people in your industry” and figure out... Read More

Supernova 2009 Starts Today!

Supernova 2009 starts today!  You can check out the real-time conversation at and about the conference on Twitter here.

Supernova Interview – Frank Eliason of Comcast and @ComcastCares

In the Network Age, sometimes the biggest problem we have is when you get dropped off the network. Whether phone, cable or satellite, everybody has a problem eventually. How your service provider deals with the problem is usually the difference between whether you care for them, or hate them.

Frank Eliason’s job is to make sure you know that Comcast Cares. Business Week called him “Comcast’s Twitter Man.” He’s not just talking a lot, or doing great public relations, Frank and his team of 10 are out there, online, on forums, Facebook, Blogs and Twitter, making sure, as he says in a blog post, that you know “Read More

Supernova Live Stream

The webcast of Supernova is powered by Ustream. View or interact during the webcast at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/supernovahub, or on the Ustream iPhone or Android viewing applications.

Stream will begin broadcasting on Tuesday, December 1, 2009.

Nov 20: Real Time Network Age Briefing with Tantek Çelik

Network Age Briefing: Real Time Flow 2pm  EST / 11am PST (60min) Friday, November 20

Permalink to recording:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/supernova/2009/11/20/real-time-flow-network-age-briefing-with-tantek-elik

Embedded player:

Update: Real-time indeed.  In-process, the call was joined by Doc Searls (Cluetrain Manifesto and ProjectVRM) and Kevin Marks (BT).  Wow that was fun.  Check out the recording. -@ccarfi

As part of our special track at Supernova 2009: Real Time Flow, co-hosted by BT, we are engaged in exploration of the shift from a web of static pages to real time streams of interactions. (Last year, our innovative Open Flow track considered the technologies and practices that allow information to move freely between... Read More

Supernova 2009: Real Time Flow Track

We’re excited to announce a special track at Supernova 2009: Real Time Flow, co-hosted by BT. Join us for a cutting-edge exploration of the shift from a web of static pages to real time streams of interactions.

Last year, our innovative Open Flow track considered the technologies and practices that allow information to move freely between users, websites, and organizations. In the months since then, many of the ideas that were radical then have gone mainstream. At Supernova 2009, we’ll address the next step: making use of open data flows in real time.

The Real Time Flow track, chaired by leading web technologist Tantek Çelik, will feature high-level participants from... Read More

Unpresenting, with Heather Gold

By, the way, good-friend-of-Supernova Heather Gold will be holding a workshop on “Unpresenting” on November 30 December 4. Here are the details:

For the first time, comedian Heather Gold (npr, SXSWi veteran, Apple) is teaching her unique interactive performance approach to a limited number of participants in a day-long, hands-on workshop.

You’ll learn the emotional mechanics that let you create quick intimacy. Go from talking TO a large group of people to talking WITH them. You already know how to have a great conversation with one person. Learn how to transform your presentations into conversations.

Participants will structure and lead a conversation and receive critique and guidance from Heather.

Who... Read More

Join us at Supernova 2009!

A unique lineup of leaders are coming to Supernova this year, because it’s the one forum focused on consequences of the Network Age:

The Wharton School is consistently ranked as the world’s best business school. Find out why, from distinguished faculty such as CIBC Prof. of Entrepreneurship and E-commerce Karl Ulrich, IT strategy pioneer Eric Clemons, machine learning expert Shawndra Hill, and Wharton Interactive Media Initiative co-founder Eric Bradlow. Wonder what the Obama Administration has in store for the tech industry? Ask top Washington policy-makers like Larry Strickling (Assistant Secretary of Commerce and NTIA Administrator), Alec Ross (State Department Sr. Advisor for Innovation), Paul DeSa (FCC Head of Strategy), Scott

... Read More

Backstage with the Google Wave team

Just finished a sixty minute, all-questions-on-the-record Q&A with the Google Wave team.  Here’s the audio:

Permalink: Link to call recording

This call was part of our ongoing Network Age Briefing series.  Sign up here to be notified about future briefings, or to see the archive.

Also, here’s the full chat transcript that was going on concurrently with the call:

*** (03:55:36):Welcome to the Supernova Chat Room. gerrywastaken says to  (04:01:27): Hi all Supernova (Cohost) says to  (04:01:55): Hi Gerry Supernova (Cohost) says to  (04:02:04): << Howard Greenstein from Supernova Supernova (Cohost) says to  (04:02:34): Welcome guests and named chatters yumyumsesame says to  (04:02:58): Hello Supernova (Cohost)... Read More