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What Kind of Online Community Do You Have Behind Your Firewall?

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As CIOs and Chief Knowledge Officers bring tools that have been used on the Internet – blogs, wikis, microblogs, profiles – behind the firewall, they tend to expect the same results. "We'll "We'll have our own Wikipedia!" " Or Facebook…or Twitter – you name it.

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Dear IT Guy, Can You Actually Use the Tool You're Creating.

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Do the folks at WordPress use Blogger to host their personal blogs? The guys installing your organization’s blogging software don’t realize that the “Add a Picture&# button doesn’t work because they don’t have blogs. Do the IT guys developing Windows 7 use Macs?

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Learn to Walk Before You Run | Social Media Strategery

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Before rolling out ANY type of social media application, whether it’s blogs, or a wiki, or microblogging, make sure that you do an assessment of your user culture first. If you look at the stats on contributing to Wikipedia you find that there are a very high percentage of older editors. Why or why not? Why or why not?

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Grading Social Media

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If you’ve kept up with this blog , you know that I’m really interested in the intersection of social media and education, and my old Public Relations 101 professor now teaches in the USI communications department, so I’m particularly excited for this opportunity. Grading the use of social media was a non-issue.

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Implementing Social Media at Large Organizations

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Five years ago, when I joined my company, the only mentions of the terms “wikis&# and “blogs&# were usually preceded by the words “What the hell is a…&# Now, as with most organizations, there is an enormous demand for social media, both internally among my colleagues, and externally with my clients. briefings.

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Implementing Social Media at Large Organizations

Social Media Strategery

Five years ago, when I joined my company, the only mentions of the terms “wikis&# and “blogs&# were usually preceded by the words “What the hell is a…&# Now, as with most organizations, there is an enormous demand for social media, both internally among my colleagues, and externally with my clients. briefings.

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Your Organizationopedia - Make it Stop!!

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So, it was with a little curiosity and cynicism that after reading about Bureaupedia, I went over to eMarv’s unofficial Intellipedia blog to see what he had to say about the matter. Guide Social Media and the Next Generation I Started a Blog But No One Cared The Public Doesnt Need to Know What Gov 2.0 Why recreate the wheel?

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