What is Social ROI?

At yesterday's Tennessee State University's 4th Service Day, an engagement-based inquiry was begun to track data elicited by the question, "What is Social ROI?" Data derived from this project will in part support TSU's application for Carnegie Engaged Campus status.

The project is collaborative in nature and will identify resources and empower individuals to track their own personal data with regard to that question. We see a portfolio project that produces and publishes validated media from students and faculty who self-select into this study. Participants can then elect to participate in financial literacy to fluency seminars.

An IRB has been obtained for the DMSC Governor's Challenge project, which creates the virtual sandbox for this TSU Engaged Technology Institute (ETI) project. ETI was founded at TSU in Spring 09 and seeks affiliates (individual and institutional) to advance this inquiry.

Stay tuned for more as this story develops (hint: it dovetails with our last blog post).

Sincerely,

the coach.

Well now....a Techno-Social Think Tank....

Poised on the last week of august, we cast a glance back at the jewel of the southeast, East Tennessee State University, in Johnson City, TN. Convening thought leaders at ETSU in the inaugural TechnoSocial Think Tank model, DMSC and digiTenn christened the event, and this name will undoubtedly morph into a tweeted-out appellation. Same way the Governor's Challenge morphed into "govchal" through twitter research during this summer's Sandbox rolling summit. So we'll see how that turns out.

Think of it: Data management for e-bank equity. Calibrated using the online tool digiTenn brought to us for IKE measurement. 16 thought leaders signed on to quantify the quality of the engagement practice as professional development. Tennessee State University partnered with ETSU to stage the event. The TEDxNashville group also worked with the effort to embed innovation and sustainability in the p-16 initiative in TN.

Also announced was the DMSC National Governors Challenge Fall 09, Version 4.0. Results from Phase I available January 7 2010 and Phase II June 25 2010.

see www.sandboxnetwork.org for more....migrating slowly but surely into national calibration, ratcheting up the incentives for creative, responsible, measured collaboration.