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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. Sounds pretty simple, right?

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

Buzz Marketing for Technology

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.

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Grow Your Wiki

Buzz Marketing for Technology

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. collective action.

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Debunking Five Social Media Myths

Socialized

E-mail is far from dead, particularly in large companies. Running a business is a complex affair requiring complex communications. Some companies use Sharepoint and other technologies to manage documents, but many still use e-mail to circulate Powerpoint, Excel, Word and other docs.

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Social Media isn'ta Prerequisite for Open Government

Social Media Strategery

The best thing that websites can do for engagement is to quickly let people do their business. Meeting people’s needs respects their time and builds confidence and trust–critical to meaningful engagement. The best thing that websites can do for engagement is to quickly let people do their business.

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Building Your Business With Internal Collaboration

Convince & Convert

Ever since the big uptake of social media, we’ve been seeing a lot of companies start to bring these tools, platforms, behavior changes, and technologies into the enterprise. But if you talk to an executive or a decision maker at a company nowadays, you say “Hey, where are you going to find. Jacob: Yeah, exactly.

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Communication (and Coordination?) in a Modern, Complex Organization

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Communication (and Coordination?) Updated: Community and Social network Vendor Blogs. I know its Friday, but can I have an online community by Monday? Day: Peripheral Vision: Detecting the Weak Signals That Will Make or Break Your Company. Communication (and Coordination?) Tagging Community. Nicholas Carr.