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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

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Conversation. Its time to elevate the conversation beyond features (wiki, blog, RSS, social networking, etc.), community is uniquely prepared to solve. Conversation : Comments. Conversation. sharepoint. Ross Mayfields Weblog. Markets, Technology & Musings. « Techmeme Persistent Search Feeds | Main.

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5 Luxurious Technology Events for this Autumn

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Enjoy cocktails, good conversation and plenty of networking opportunities with others in the field at Lean Kanban Conference that will be held in Paris this October. Topics that will be discussed include Security, Cisco + Networking, Server $ Client, SharePoint and a lot more. Lean Kanban France.

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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. to give Entrepreneurs and Top Management, Human Resource management, and Commercial and Marketing Directors a look at how to increase efficiency, transparency, employee engagement, and conversational interaction with customers, business partners, and the community at large.

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

Social Media Strategery

The people I meet, the presentations I hear, and the conversations that I have while at these conferences help me get a more realistic view of what’s going on with the Gov 2.0 It showed me people asking the tough questions , demanding more out of the community, and tackling some very polarizing legal issues. relationship.

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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 New Open FAST-SharePoint Search Bits Post @ MSFT Codeplex. SharePoint. Future of Communities. This site is a companion blog to the FASTforward conference and summit series and is sponsored by FAST. opportunities and challenges.