October 2009
1 post
Thank you to Peter Foulston for his Wordle of my Twitter RSS Feed.
I was a little nervous to see what I’d actually been twittering about all this time!
But it turns out to be relevant, phew!
September 2009
4 posts
Staying cool...
Today I’m re-blogging Eddy & Mind Your Head - Student Led Mental Health work from Leeds.
mindyourheadleeds:
Freshers’ Week is over and as usual campus was absolutely buzzing. Free pizza, medieval swordsmen, a game called ’spot the gay’, someone to throw wet sponges at (sorry mate..), cheerleaders, token sweets and pens, a not so token hypnotising dog, it was all happening! The girls...
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De-Mystifying the NHS
Ah,this would be a neat trick! Like uncorking the genie and having the answers to any conundrum that crosses another’s lips.
But I did attend Yorkshire and Northern’s ASSIST event of the same name.
My intention was to develop my understanding of the NHS infrastructure and connection channels as much to understand the fundamental role that Information plays in developing that...
Speaking at Boots Subject Focused Conference on Dementia - Person Centred Care I’ve spent a little time considering whether Dementia is actually mental health or disability.
When I say that I mean where it sits on funding streams as well as approach.
The issue IMH have been raising at the conference during our address is the The Culture Shift in Information and Dementia in the context of...
Living Well, Living Longer....
There’s no way to help but notice the change in climate, economically, politically and strategically.
Lately all those active in mental health will have become aware of the commissioning processes now evident in implementation in Leeds. We’re all involved in consolidation, cost cutting, quality driving and are now surveying the scene. Noticing the impact on ourselves and others. Not...
June 2009
1 post
You are INVITED to IMHs’
SEMINAR on the emerging
convergence of mental health and
web2.0 technologies.
You’ll have heard of Twitter, Facebook, Second Life - but
how are these relevant to the mental health sector and
how can you utilise them effectively and safely whether
you are a service user, a direct worker, a Chief Exec or
a Strategist?
Where & When is it?
Old...
April 2009
5 posts
Digital Engagement Space →
I’ve been on a short hiatus from this space. Not entirely intentional.
But.
things move so fast in the Digital World that I needed a brief ‘stop the clock’.
I was at The Digital Inclusion Conference 2009 this week. More to come on this - in particular my response to the Health Workstream I attended. Which stood out from the e-engagement, community & 21st century...
Generation Us!
Meet Mark Hawker and some of what he’s doing… (he’s also behind Healthcamp Leeds)
markhawker:
Today I delivered a 4 minute, 13 slide, lightning talk to a group of 50 healthcare high fliers at a “Future eHealth Systems Master Class” at the University of Leeds on being a digital consumer. Attendees included a Director and Assistant Director at The Health Informatics Service, our...
HealthCamp Leeds →
Hello!
Great news today - HealthCampLeeds will be looking to take place around June time - although that may be subject to change and possibly will take into account being part of the Leeds Web Festival but I’ll keep you updated about that as and when I know.
More information about Health Camp is available here
I’ll be there along with @mikechitty . To sign up - follow the link...
How social media can save lives... →
I’ve mentioned a few times about how in practice based discussions with service leaders in Leeds I’ve heard the comment that social media and networking is too high a risk to engage in.
The reason given being that there will likely be individuals encouraged to take their own lives or copy cat suicides. I point out each time that an individual must have suicidal intent to do this -...
March 2009
6 posts
March Guest Spot - Jon Beech
I’m introducing a new feature to the dysconnected blog. An end of the month guest spot on perspectives specific to social media and mental health. If you’d like to get in on the guest spot action email me at kate.brown@imhleedmind.org.uk
It’s good to talk.
Kate
On becoming your own imaginary friend[i]
Many of us have played round with other identities. I for one have welcomed...
Thanks to all who came to the IMH Seminar this morning at Old Broadcasting House. We did a whistle stop tour of some of the current web technologies in use and the issues relating to them individually.
We also discussed, very usefully to my mind, the overalll issues. The sum of which I increasingly find are the foundations for this very blog. I’ve been applying the (many different kinds) of...
RateADrug: Get the Real Scoop on Prescription... →
mashable:
So your doctor has just prescribed you a new medication to address whatever it is that’s ailing you. How do you know what the side effects might be? Sure, your doctor will probably explain them…
Even just two years ago the idea of online rating by users of services and medications were feared and heavily opposed. Fear and opposition however, do not stop online development. Here...
What I've been doing... →
Last year whilst attending some training with Mental Health Media in Leeds I was approached by one of the facilitators and asked if I’d be interested in delivering training with her in the future.
I’ve been around for about 12 years in Mental Health and related work and activity. Some of which has included delivering training and facilitating various kinds of groups. I enjoy this...
Just a quick note to say that I´m on leave at the moment.
I´ve been delivering training in London for MIND and Open Up.
I´m now in Madrid for my first International Art Exhibition.
Development work leads to some interesting places.
Leeds PFT website →
Leeds PFT have re-developed their website.
Its interesting. And a move closer to Health 2.0 - which was initiated by medical services in the US so not unexpected.
Its an impossible feat to produce a corporate site that has appeal as a service-user led space. By token they are in complete opposition to each other. How can a corporate led site be service-user led?
It’s a good...
February 2009
15 posts
Watchok - this is a much better quality vid thanks to @imran
and you can see it all the way through.
You can see the other presentations on the night all the way through - here
If you missed the IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) conference on the 13th of February then thanks to Gill Crawshaw at Volition here are the resource links.
NHS IAPT
Living Life To the Full - A course in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
The Five Areas Resources - complimentary resource guide for Living Life to The Full
Glasgow Steps - Glasgow resource on CBT
Anxiety UK specific...
The International Society for Mental Health Online →
Which is pretty much what it says on the tin.
As always I’ll add the addendum that this seems mainly aimed at Practitioners so the premise is on the use of technology in a practitioning sense.
Another link that I said I’d post for the Counselling Services in Leeds is The Online Therapy Institute - who also offer counselling online or via text or other mediums.
You can find more info...
Getting social media approved by your boss →
I’ve been seeing this going around on twitter and various places at the moment.
It is American - as is everything encompassing about health, non profit and social media currently.
I’m in conversation at the moment with Jody Ranck and spending some time thinking about a Global Mobile Health Collaboratory
I suppose whilst I’m aware that ‘things’ are happening all...
'As Neal Stephenson points out in his brilliant... →
Great post about collapse-anxiety due to economic times.
I couldn’t help but note the comment left by slizzered
wonderful nod to what we have known for a while now in mental health. Seems like with our knowledge we could really make a difference to how people are feeling right now.
found via an article from a RT from @imran
and for extra points attribution gives followers insight into...
recovery2-0:
You are INVITED to the first of IMHs’
SEMINAR’S on the emerging
convergence of mental health and
web2.0 technologies.
You’ll have heard of Twitter, Facebook, Second Life - but
how are these relevant to the mental health sector and
how can you utilise them effectively and safely whether
you are a service user, a direct worker, a Chief Exec or
a Strategist?
Where & When is...
Delivering Digital Britain →
I’m a bit fed up about this.
The Digital Inclusion Action Plan and it’s profiling of vulnerable groups is gathering momentum.
So why is this being delivered in London?
Let’s hope that they’re going to be livestreaming it.
Calling all Leeds Mental Health movers and shakers →
Tweeding for Charidee →
I spotted this a little while ago and foolishly didn’t share it with you sooner.It’s a fantastic example on the use of twitter to connect globally, raise profile, raise money for a good cause and bring people together locally - Internationalised Community Building.
to find out what else I know about - follow me @dysconnection
I’m alpha testing the re-developed Information for Mental Health website. In my (over dramatic) mind - it’s a bit like Pan’s Labyrinth.
Re-designing a well used and well loved resource is an interesting process. I came in, fresh as a daisy and eagerly critiqued - IMH online - The First Generation. I talked vimeo and blogger - I tagged tags. I was all interactivity, intution and...
I said I was tired last week. I was tired. This week has brought new connections that have prompted me to feel re-energised. I was fortunate enough to be invited to speak at Ignite in the North by Imran Ali last month. I posted some of the footage from that talk here a short while ago. What I’d hoped was that might be the beginning of a dialogue between the tech world in Leeds and the mental...
Dear Information for Mental Health - I want... →
This is something that gets said to me regularly in a variety of different ways and inevitably people would like me to say ‘here - I have the magic answer to your mental health information issues’
I don’t though.
But. I do have a pretty neat trick. It looks like magic but, I’m going to show you how it’s done. It starts with the link above.
Then an invite to join...
January 2009
11 posts
“Don’t undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly...”
– Edwin Land - Inventor of Instant Photography
Sounds profoundly like Hope despite all odds….
Social Learning →
E-Learning has been around for a while.
But there has been a recent explosion and Academic Earth is an example of this.
I’m fascinated by the short and long term impact that free learning will have on society.
The Government’s recognition of the need for a Digital Inclusion Strategy is the knowledge that the workplace over the next few years will increasingly require it’s...
Watchn.b. apologies on this. I can only seem to get the first 2.44 minutes working. However. I thought half was better than none so I’ll leave it up. If you’d like to know more drop me a line - happy to have a face to face or telephone continuation.
Ruth’s vid of my Recovery 2.0 presentation at Ignite in the North.
There’s a couple of shaky moments (Ruth’s - not...
Comments..
do you know about www.meetup.com ? An online group organising site?
I joined the Ignite in the North meet up two weeks ago and was approached by them to present on the subject matter of this blog.
I’d like you to have a look at this - Health2.0. You’ll find more in relation to this by googling the term. I’m thinking at this point that I have argument (should that...
49 Amazing Social Media, Web 2.0 And Internet... →
Whenever I start to talk about the research and development I’m interested in online to someone who is within or related to the mental health field I often find myself posed with this comment ‘have you seen our/they’re blog/website/online something?’
And the reality is, that majoratively I will have seen it.
We produce the Quick Guide and Online Guide to mental...
“The future is already here. It’s just unevenly distributed”
– William Gibson (The Economist 23, June 2000) (via littleskyred)
I’m wading through the 82 page Delivering Digital Inclusion - An Action Plan for Consultation this week. Comment to be in by the beginning of next week.
The quote above is the opening lines of the Overview.
From Point 6 -...
User Generated Content Conference →
‘User-generated content is a rapidly developing revolution in media. “Average Joe” internet users now wield power over online content, and new business models are emerging in response to this shift.’
So there you go - online business accepts that it is the user that set’s the agenda for their own web -use and build their strategy accordingly.
Isn’t that like...
Change is Coming/Scary/Exciting
Here’s an easy way for me to illustrate the changes happening through all industry and people on an individual level.
I know that change is difficult. We talk about ‘managing change’ and we accept that things take time for people to find their feet. The growth of this change has accelerated as is stated in the post below at an unprecedented rate due to the economic climate.
...
Watchand a little extra for you today.
I’ve been fiddling around with the idea of broadcasting for a short while and so researching on some neat little video’s. This one just made me smile and I figured that was good for my mental health as the back to work blues start to take the edge off my sunshine vibe this month.
So. It’s recovery focused still. Isn’t it? :)
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The Edge Foundation →
I’ve just found this so I’m sharing it with you.
In particular I’m interested in the article about the ‘Digerati’ further down the link page. The people it describes there are the people who have been able to see the links between the emerging internet, it and technology infrastructures and their continuing adaptations to the everyday and sometimes not so everyday...
December 2008
6 posts
5 tags
WatchI’ve been following AngryBeth on Tumblr for a shortwhile. She’s a Leeds based artist working in Second Life. Her blog on blogspot is an interesting meander through creating in that space and the possiblilities.
I’ve been keeping an eye on Second Life for a while now - not in any great indepth way. My first foray was a couple of years ago and I realised that the time and...
Some of Johnathan Harris' work →
Instructions for today - follow the link above and type ‘Mental Health’ into the search box. Pick any number of stories from the Mental Health Universe (that will after some patience, load)
I discovered Johnathan Harris a while ago through one of his sites done in collaboration with Sep Kamvar who interestingly is working on how to measure fiscally the impact of social capital. If...
Did you know there was a Minister for Digital... →
I’ve attached the link to Tom Watson MP’s blog. He’s been a Political Blogger for approaching his 6th year now. He’s actively using mechanisms to connect with constituents and community.
Below is part of his speech on the Power of Information given after the commissioning of Ed Mayo and Tom Steinberg of the independant Power and Information Review .
“I believe...
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Unknown unknowns: assessing media futures →
“If we are to facilitate innovation in the media, we need a clear understanding of the forces and dynamics that shape it and the relationship of media, technology and society in general. Today we also need to interrogate the widely held view that technology drives business and society, and that progress is linear and inevitable. We might even question the revolutionary hype around the media...
November 2008
11 posts
Time for Change →
Previously Moving People. I’ve been following the lead up to this campaign for about a year now. Here’s the seeds to what is coming - including the telling of powerful stories.