Around the world. Constantly. Something is happening. The snap of the moment. A flash. A picture. A video. A short text message. A reflection. In the flash of the moment this might seem insignificant. Non-important. Random. Often these reflections, perspectives, observations are the first evidence of an event. It is the whisper of the wind that something is on the horizon. Something is bubbling up. It is the glow before the fire starts... Something is about to happen or is happening as we speak. The importance may vary, but it's the breaking moment of the event... Snap, snap...

It is the need for the open forum. The personal angles of any event. The human side of the event. The community.

It is the breaking events that appear all the time around us. All around the world. The impact varies, but the characteristics are the same. They matter to all of us. They influence us all.

These events are built up by people. The individuals. The participants. The observers. The influencers. The enforcers. The average Joes or Janes. The politicians. The police men. The demonstrants. They all play their part of the event. They weave the plot. They are the plot.

This is the need for the open forum. The people. The community around the event. The cool thing now is that the community around the event is not constrained by geography anymore. Anyone can participate in it. At any time.

All these elements should be put together into the unique event experience. The user should be given all perspectives. The user should be given all the news stories. The user should be given all the blogs and opinions. The user should be given all the images. The user should be given all the videos. The user should be given all the relevant content of the event...

The users should be given the possibility – by the means that are available to them – to bring forward their message, shared globally for the benefit of mankind.

But... For any event...

The forum will need you - yes you - to tell your side of the event, whether it is a political event, business event, sports event. Yes, any event. The forum will need you to give your perspective. It will need you to share your feelings and emotions. It can be as short as a sentence. It can be the cellphone picture. The cellphone video. An article. A perspective. Yes, anything. It all weaves the mosaic of angles of the event. The human side of the event. It gives the "right" perspective.

This is the essential idea behind Allvoices, the company I co-founded after the fellowship.

Currently the world have been struck by the events in Tibet, where the recent provocations by the Chinese government has stunned the world once again. As an example for how this interaction can become and how rich the discussion can become here is an example: Tibet is Chinese for Palestine. By reading the comments you see that the whole world is participating in the event and a global dialogue emerges. That is the very cool piece of it.

This is also why this forum is needed where you can express yourself - unedited, unmediated and in context of an event.