« Home | First-hand comments about Citizens' Assemblies » | ASCILITE 2006 success » | My first deliberative event » | Reading about Habermas » | Yarra River Values Forum coming up » | Deliberation is complex » | Publish or perish » | The plight of the Systems Dynamics modeler » | The complexity of learning » | YackPack for group discourse » The present and future of Personal Learning Environments (PLE). The primary purpose of the systems is to organise course content for transmission to enrolled students. MORE >>

Internal Collaboration Generator. The internal collaboration generator starts with good internal communication to figure out what kinds of tools are needed or taps into the platforms already available. The internal collaboration generator is focused on breaking down the silos and getting everyone to work together (a concept Geoff Livingston and I discuss at great length in Marketing in the Round ). The PR technology tester works with content management systems and learns new technologies that allow everyone to be more efficient. PR Policymaker. MORE >>

Despite the explosion of innovation, expect a Social Business Suite to appear that consolidate many of these features for enterprise buyers] Categorization is crucial in managing this rapidly evolving space It’s very difficult to completely segment this space as many of the vendors cross into multiple categories so I’ve separated it into major function groups. Yet don’t discount other systems, as when you look closely, Google, Yahoo, MSN, AOL are also social networks, and will continue to innovate as well as aggregate. Social Media Management Systems. MORE >>

Since most social media programs are not tied to existing systems in support, marketing, and product innovation, it’s very difficult to collect the disparate data and make sense of it Framework: Social Media Measurement Compass A Framework for Social Analytics View more documents from Susan Etlinger In particular, I’m fond of how the report lays out a measurement strategy based on organizational model and maturity, there are different strategies to deploy depending on the internal structure. Why are social analytics so important? The compass idea illustrates this clearly. MORE >>

Collectual these folks own social media budgets: LIST [link] in reply to spicedawg56 1 week ago « Community Platform Pricing for New Clients Scorecard: Should Startups Have Community Managers? Couple your email newsletter content with additional website content on a blog for improved commenting. Try out a short series of audio podcasts or video podcasts as content marketing and see how they draw. Practice delivering quality content on your blogs, such that customers feel educated / equipped / informed. Consider the value of hiring a community manager. MORE >>