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.
He is a member of the Social Media Collective, a
diverse group of bloggers, consultants, investors, journalists and
analysts who represent the Web’s best thinking on social media,
marketing and Web 2.0.
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.
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:
- On Skype as trib22 (call or chat)
- On twitter
- On LinkedIn
- On Facebook
- Bookmarks at ma.gnolia
- Photos at Flickr
- Public speaking at SlideShare
- Events Stephen is attending or interested in at Upcoming
“We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.”
Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese political leader (1945- )


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