UN Global Pulse hosted a number of events during New York Social Media Week. I was glad to contribute on the Open UN: The Evolution of the Crowd panel.

Panelists included:

• Ivan Sigal, Executive Director, Global Voices
• Nadim Mahmoud, Research Director, Co-founder, Medic Mobile
• Shaun Abrahamson, Founder, Colaboratorie Mutopo
• Soraya Darabi, Co-founder, Foodspotting and Digital Strategist, ABC News
• John Crowley, Research Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
• Richard Tyson, Co-founder and Principal, Helsinki Group

Here is are the last thoughts from panelists is a great roundup and I’m proud to share thoughts with Clay Shirky and Nigel Snoad as well. You can watch that video here.