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cc licensed flickr photo shared by Chris Owens I’ve gotten a good collection of Amazing Stories of Openness so far for my August presentation at the Open Ed Conference. But you know what? I want more. I’ve got a bunch of messages, sweet tweets about what a great idea it is, or “I’ll work on it”, but folks, c’mon, this is not all that hard? I’ve outlined examples. I made a comic version. I’ve put a call to respond on YouTube. What is so hard? Is it worrying about being “not Amazing” enough? All I need is a small story of how a time when you shared something online, a blog post, some media, that someone used it, connected with you, got you a visit or a job just as an unexpected outcome of sharing on the Open Web. I’ve been video recording people in Skype or with my Flip, [...]

This is my (shameless) pitch for some material for an upcoming presentation for the August 2009 OpenEd conference… also at http://cogdog.wikispaces.com/AmazingStories modified from an original January 1935 issue found at the archive from Galactic Central Amazing Stories of Openness While the Open Education movement focuses on institutional issues, a large ocean exists of powerful individual accomplishments simply from tapping into content that is open for sharing and re-use. As colorful as old covers of “Amazing Stories” magazine, this presentation shares moving, personal stories that would not have been previously possible, enabled by open licensed materials and personal networks. Beyond my own tales, others have been culled from the net, and I ask you to share your own. While open courseware is important, there is much more that happens to us as individuals as we break old conventions and actually freely share our content online. I want to help promote the [...]