Before the event

As we said at the beginning:

This blog is where we’ll be taking an informal look at what’s happening at “Powering a New Future” and in the lead up to the event. There will be stories to tell, photos to share, and moments to capture on video as preparations take place and while the event is going on.

… and we started with an interview with Ana Vale, manager of EQUAL managing authority in Portugal, explaining that the aim of the event was to show what projects in EQUAL and ESF (European Social Fund) have being doing over the last eight years. The event would also be a chance for people to meet others who might one day be project partners.

Tom Woolf - why coalition, Lisbon and Obama

Tom Wolff who “creates collaborative solutions” talked to Bev Trayner on Skype about his connection to Lisbon, coalition and how that all connects to US President Elect Barack Obama.

Etienne Wenger - a social learning theorist in Lisbon

Bev also interviewed Etienne Wenger, who explained what the event meant for him as a social learning theorist - and explored further the relevance of the Obama campaign.

Bringing in other content

We also set up a feed for the short text messages on Twitter, which you can see here, andf for photos tyhat have been uploaded to Flickr. In each case content was identified by the tag panf08.

See all Before the event posts here >