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Community Bootstrapping: Tools & Strategies To Build A Community.

Jason Yormark

Companies like Starbucks , Dell , even my previous employer Microsoft Advertising , all do community incredibly well and it has paid off for all of them many times over. However not all businesses have the resources that a Dell or Microsoft might have. But that doesn’t mean you can’t build yourself a thriving community.

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4 WordPress Alternatives: the What, Where, and Why

ProBlogger

Just like in the 90’s when Microsoft seemed like the only choice, but then we found alternatives like Mac or Linux, there are alternatives to WordPress too. Disqus integration for commenting. open source and completely free to use. Concrete5 is available from the concrete5 website and is open source, so it’s free.

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Gov 2.0 – We Need to Get Past the Honeymoon Stage of Our Relationship

Social Media Strategery

You’re also right on about open source software – it’s not always the answer. You’re also right on about open source software – it’s not always the answer. So let’s help them get there. Let’s help identify what’s wrong with them and tell them. The Whole. :

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Six Villains of Gov 2.0 | Social Media Strategery

Social Media Strategery

Credible to the agency management because he or she is IT but the IT Old Guard doesn't get the new world of web apps and open source. link] Microsoft Talks Smack at WPC; Windows 8 Virtualizes Everything; Villains of Gov 2.0 – SharePoint Daily – Bamboo Nation [.] They can kill any Gov 2.0 Six Villains of Gov 2.0

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Twenty Theses for Government 2.0, Cluetrain Style | Social Media.

Social Media Strategery

Government is need of embracing the open source tools that already exist and are being developed. Government is need of embracing the open source tools that already exist and are being developed. I almost must acknowledge Steve Radick’s fantastic Twenty Theses for Government 2.0 [.] link] Alan W. link] neocivis [.]

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