One of the things that people have been struggling to do for a while now is how to use social media and the web for the greater good. Yesterday, the folks at Lunch.com, SF New Tech and Social Media Club converged at Orsen’s in San Francisco to talk about some of the ways we can innovate and evolve the conversation online and get more interaction with those using the tools. Moderated by Chris Heuer, J.R. Johnson & Myles Weissleder, Lunch For Good held its inaugural meeting in front of a packed room at this invite-only event.
According to their website, the goals for Lunch For Good is to:
Connect our industry’s thought leaders for an ongoing, dynamic dialogue about how to improve online engagement so that it can have a positive social impact. Our themes will cover “Responsible Participation,” “Critical Thought,” and “Common Ground” respectively each month.
With responsible participation as the theme for this meeting, people sat down in small roundtables and looked at two main questions about how to conduct yourself online:
1) What are the positive benefits of seeing a shift for online contributors being accountable for their participation and standing behind a credible identity?
2) How might a responsible participation be tactically approached? What specific types of practices, protocols or standards could be put into place to achieve this goal?
After a thorough discussion, participants were invited to present their thoughts and insights to the group – many of which were different answers, but unfortunately not really a definitive solution to the issue at hand. Definitely something to talk about more.
Here are some photos of the event:
Lunch.com’s CEO J.R. Johnson talks to the crowd.
Tamara Mendelsohn & Brian Zisk
Dom Sagolla
Ryan Hupter presents his group’s thoughts.
Marla Schulmann & Andrea Seja
Paul Carr
More photos of this event can be found by clicking here.