5 weeks & 5 events may be seen as the “Arab Spring” of the Channel Islands

What happens next after @ciChange @IslandInnovators @TEDxStPeterPort  @DandelionGsy @TEDxStHelier ? These events and their popularity suggests a real appetite for change and a willingness to collaborate, cooperate and communicate to make change possible. But is it best to have 5 separate projects, 50 projects or somehow join the dots, pool the resources and create critical mass.

#DandelionGsy is a Guernsey Project #BeleiveInGuernsey but the organisers now understanding the possibility of growing the concept so that it becomes a broader and more inclusive project. This will mean redesign of the brand, logo, website and community to accommodate every Island, every community and explore the boundaries beyond Guernsey’s high-water mark.

#TEDxStHelier and #TEDxStPeterPort   have been hugely successful, partly due to the strength of the TED and TEDx brand, and the concept of “Ideas worth spreading”. This is much that can be taken from this model. The concept of franchise as a mechanism to protect quality, integrity and values  is essential to keeping the ethos.

#ciChange has started to make the move from Think-Tank to Do-Teams. This seems to hold all the values of TED and TEDx brand as regards “Riveting Talks by Remarkable People” as well has having the drive and ambition of #DandelionGsy toward getting things done, setting up teams, making things happen.

Government support (sponsorship) for #IslandInnovators and #TEDxStHelier has been a critical catalyst for getting things moving. We must not bite the outstretched hand. However we must be the critical friend, to challenge, to collaborate, cooperate and communicate to make change possible.

#DandelionGsy is confident of delivering change without government, without co-ordination or control. It is a social revolution with everyone doing their own thing under the banner of Dandelion. The concept of Dandelion is like the flower whose seeds scatter with the wind, to take root elsewhere. We must make efforts to may sure these opportunities are not blown off-course and never take root.

#ciChange is supportive of  a social revolution, but #IslandInnovators and #TEDxStHelier suggest that some light-touch co-ordination or control is needed to join the dots, pool the resources and create critical mass.

TEDXSTHELIER FEEDBACK

Thank you, everyone for your support, passion and contribution to a great event. Please blog, tweet and facebook  @TEDxStHelier and #TEDxStHelier to maintain momentum and interest until we have the videos ready in a few weeks. Please feel free to add comments and photos to TEDxStHelier on  Linked-In and Facebook

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ciCHANGE FEEDBACK

Please share your thoughts: what do you want to happen next and what can I do to make that possible? Please feel free to add comments and photos to ciChange on  Linked-In and Facebook


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THE AUTHOR

Tim Rogers is an experienced Project and Change Leader. He is founder of www.ciChange.org and curator for www.TEDxStHelier.Com (next event 11 April 2014). He is Programme Manager for the commercialization of Jersey Harbours and Jersey Airport. He is also Commonwealth Triathlete and World Championships Rower with a passion for teaching and learning and is a Tutor/Mentor on the Chartered Management Institute courses.

Email: TimHJRogers@AdaptConsultingGroup.com
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