FROM THE BOTTOM-UP: INTELLIPEDIA AND THE 21ST CENTURY CIA

http://cci.mit.edu/dennehyburke.html

Sean Dennehy and Don Burke, Central Intelligence Agency
Thursday, April 10, 12:00-1:00 pm
3 Cambridge Center, MIT Building NE20, Room 336 Conference Room

Abstract

The speakers will discuss the technical and cultural changes underway at the CIA involving the adoption of wikis, blogs, and social bookmarking tools. These tools are being used to improve information sharing across the U.S. Intelligence Community by moving information out of traditional channels. Time permitting, the speakers will hold a question and answer session at the end of their talk.

Speaker bios

Sean Dennehy was the pilot customer for Intellipedia, a group of wikis used United States intelligence and national security agencies. He has since become a leading change agent for incorporating Enterprise 2.0 solutions into the intelligence community's practices. Mr. Dennehy has developed an innovative “sabbatical” program that introduces intelligence officers to the numerous web 2.0 applications that are being deployed across the intelligence community. The focus of his efforts is encouraging viral adoption, in which officers replace existing processes to take advantage of network effects encountered when individuals move projects out of “channels” and onto “platforms.”

Don Burke is a leading proponent of the Enterprise 2.0 ethos within the intelligence community and is currently the "Intellipedia Doyen", a role he has held since the spring of 2006. In this position he partners with other early adopters to demonstrate the value of social software tools, educates the Community on how to use these tools, and advocates for improvement in the community's ability to capture its own knowledge and expertise

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