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A Community of Practice Is More Than a Website

Social Media Strategery

A community of practice (CoP) is, according to cognitive anthropologists Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger , a group of people who share an interest, a craft, and/or a profession. Sounds like we might already be members of dozens of communities of practice – at work, at church, at school, etc. A CoP is built around conversation.

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Ross Mayfield's Weblog: Elevating the Enterprise 2.0 Conversation

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Conversation. Its time to elevate the conversation beyond features (wiki, blog, RSS, social networking, etc.), community is uniquely prepared to solve. Conversation : Comments. Ross Mayfield is the Chairman, President & Co-founder of Socialtext , the first wiki company and leading provider of Enterprise 2.0

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Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late. : Community Group Therapy

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I’ve done a number of workshops the past few months with clients designed to do two primary things: Land a common understanding across the teams involved around what social media, communities and influencer programs really are and more importantly why it matters to a business. I wish that could be enough said. Go join that!

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Grow Your Wiki

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conversation. online communities. SharePoint. Ran Shribman says that companies can tap into the skills people are developing from their use of consumer Web 2.0 7 effective wiki uses and the companies that benefit from them. BlackBerry. boris mann. change management. citizen journalism. Clay Shirky. collaboration.

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The FASTForward Blog " Managing Personal Knowledge: Setting a Foundation for Transformation? : Enterprise 2.0 Blog: News, Coverage, and Commentary

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The blog, like the conference series, aims to drive and deepen conversation about how todayâ??s s companies can use technology to place users in control of information, and is home to ongoing discussion about the user revolution and Enterprise 2.0 New Open FAST-SharePoint Search Bits Post @ MSFT Codeplex. SharePoint.

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

Social Media Strategery

Unfortunately, IT departments at large companies and government agencies are too often doing the equivalent of developing Android apps at work and using the iPhone at home. Sharepoint developers implement Sharepoint, yet they don’t use it to manage the implementation. Shouldn’t they be the ones drinking the Kool-Aid?

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Social Media isn'ta Prerequisite for Open Government

Social Media Strategery

link] sradick Great great point Gwynne – the user is all to often left out of the conversation when it comes to redesigning.gov sites, both on the Intranet and the Internet. Offer extended hours, offer limited service offices in places like Wal-Mart, allow bill payments in various locations like the utility companies currently do (i.e.

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