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.