(This is version 3 of the description of my atproto.science conference workshop (March 2026, Vancouver), published using the permanent versions pattern. This is entirely different to version 2. Version control & links in the footer.)
The Atmosphere provides new opportunities for all organisations to better integrate institutional communications, knowledge management and sensemaking with the personal communications, knowledge management and sensemaking of their staff. For educational institutions, moreover, their students (past and present) may offer another layer of opportunity.
Getting this right could allow your institution to better tap the knowledge and networks of your staff and students, reinforcing research communities and knowledge transfers.
Exploiting this opportunity fully, however, means interlinking infrastructure (HR systems, website content management, IT infrastructure) and encouraging/training staff in the use of a variety of Atmosphere apps, from Bluesky to Semble, Margin to standard.site.
It probably sounds harder than it is: farming out your website's interactivity to the Atmosphere, for example, brings you greater reach and engagement, with far simpler technology (Simple sites, powerful communities).
In this session we'll try to pick up ideas from all the sessions preceding it, and try to weave together some ideas for how research organisations could get the most out of the Atmosphere.
Suggest ideas via the Leaflet version (at least until I get this experimental wiki into standard.site)
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