Pages

Meet Stephen Collins

Hello! Welcome to acidlabs. If you’re new here, you may want to read about Stephen Collins or subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

Stephen Collins is the Founder and Chief Troublemaker at acidlabs. Recognised as one of Australia’s leading proponents of participatory culture, Web 2.0, Enterprise 2.0 and social networking, he is a driven by a need to help people and organisations effect change in their capacity to retain, distribute and share knowledge. He has extensive consulting experience for a diverse client base across government and private enterprise and has expertise in social media and networking, knowledge management, web strategy, information architecture and user experience.

Stephen Collins - OzIA 2007

He is a member of Social Media Today and Social Media Club, industry bodies focused on mentoring expertise, increasing business literacy, advocacy and best practices in social media and social networking in a business context.

He is a frequent speaker and interview subject for media, conferences and seminars in Australia and internationally including Office 2.0 in San Francisco and Interesting South in Sydney. Most recently, in May 2008, an interview with him was featured in a major article on Enterprise 2.0 in Australian CIO Magazine and on June 23 2008 the Australian Financial Review, Australia’s lead financial daily, featured his views in a piece on social computing and business. Most recently, Stephen was heard on the Australian Financial Review’s podcast, The Scoop, discussing social media and networking value in business.

Stephen is a member of the Information Architecture Institute and Usability Professionals Association and is also a life member of Electronic Frontiers Australia and an Electronic Frontier Foundation member. He is an active organiser and contributor to the BarCamp movement. In 2008, he is a contributing author to the second edition of The Age of Conversation.

In real life, you could describe him as “husband, Dad, web worker, gym junkie, rugby nut and Brumbies supporter.”

You can contact Stephen or see what he’s up to in the following additional ways on several social networks:

15 Comments