Comments on: GDay World 361 – Livewire Launch

By: Nirep

Nirep — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:45:15 +0000

What a brilliant concept. This should be globalized. Well done Omar and Cinabun

By: TPNx - Australia’s Social Media Production Company » Blog Archive » Breaking A Story - And Keeping It Alive

Fri, 08 May 2009 01:52:03 +0000

[...] Back in February I did a podcast about Livewire, a new social network for sick kids, developed by The Starlight Children’s Foundation and partially funded by the Federal Govt in Australia. I was approached by the company’s PR firm, Howorth, and asked if I’d like to interview Omar Kalifa, Managing Director, and Cinnamon Pollard, Partnership and Marketing Manager. Although I don’t normally agree to do many stories for PR companies, as this one involved a good idea – a social network for sick kids – I agreed to chat with them. [...]

By: pixeltwidler (pixeltwidler)

pixeltwidler (pixeltwidler) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:56:30 +0000

Just finished listening to http://is.gd/k2u5 the who ha about livewire.org.au & the $14.7m budget. Incredible!

By: Moral und Ethik in der Wahl der Mittel | Werbeblogger - Weblog über Marketing, Werbung und PR » Blog Archiv » Moral und Ethik in der Wahl der Mittel

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:49:28 +0000

[...] als eigentliche Nutzer des Systems geht es hier? Das läßt sich einem 45-minütigen Podcast-Interview entnehmen, das Gday World mit den Starlight-Menschen Omar Kalifa, Managing Director, und Cinnamon [...]

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:07:49 +0000

You should have asked Cinnamon if thevine.com.au cost $14.7m to setup …

By: The $14.7m charity website - livewire.org.au « talking digital - Ben Shepherd

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:07:15 +0000

[...] Reilly interviewed the people behind the site – the answers weren’t particularly conclusive. http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com/2009/02/19/gday-world-362-livewire-launch/ To me it felt like a conference call when a creative agency is clumsily justifying their fee to a [...]

By: Wanted: Sick/Dying Kids to Trial New Social Network, Will Pay $735 Each. Apply Within. » Zakazukha Zoo Social Media Marketing Blog

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:01:33 +0000

[...] However (and I think you knew that was coming), if we put to the back of our minds that this is a children’s charity, there are a few questions that have to be answered in regards to the cost of the project and the allocation of tax payers money. Cameron Reilly addresses this in his podcast with the Livewire creators here. [...]

By: Jared

Jared — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:18:07 +0000

I agree that the argument was not made that this effort required the development of proprietary CMS and social networking tools. It still sounds as though that money would have been better spent going towards more outreach, research, and custom content, while using existing open source solutions (which can usually be customized quite nicely).

By: Jarvis

Jarvis — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:50:14 +0000

I am not convinced at the points that has been put across about this project, if that much funding is allocated you would think there are strong solid ideas and the developers will know these ideas back to front and be able to debate every point solidly. But I am not too convince about the explanations.