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Open Community Case Study – American Library Association

SocialFish

This post is part of our regular series of Open Community case studies, in which intrepid association blogger and freelance writer Deirdre Reid will be digging into associations (and other kinds of organizations when relevant) who are living and breathing their open communities in the ways we describe in the book. Return on Attitude.

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Open Community Case Study – Empowering the Periphery

SocialFish

This post is part of our regular series of Open Community case studies, in which intrepid association blogger and freelance writer Deirdre Reid will be digging into associations (and other kinds of organizations when relevant) who are living and breathing their open communities in the ways we describe in the book. Return on Attitude.

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It’s Not About the Platform

Justin Levy

Now that Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Flickr are out ahead as the major social networks, it becomes harder to debate social platforms, though it definitely still occurs, especially with location-based platforms. Others want to debate which has the most active community. Some want to debate the ease of use. Debate is good.

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Monday Roundup: Attitude

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: aussiegall via Flickr, CC 2.0. Why: The recent DDOS attacks on Evernote and Feedly revealed a great deal about each company’s attitude toward crisis communication. area, she loves helping for- and non-profit clients, both small and large, turn corporate codswallop into community cool™.

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How the Regina Police Service Uses Social Media

Waxing UnLyrical

She was there because RPS is a great community partner. In order to build a community you need more. By being open they minimize community ill-will and damage to their reputation. That kind of effort helps both RPS and the community. Image: zlady via Flickr, CC 2.0. But they likely don’t know it’s a $230 fine.

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Pledge Your Weight Loss, Feed Others | Bare Feet Blog

Bare Feet Studios

Polly created a community fundraising event that all of us can support with very little effort while generating a high return – in fact less than two (2!) She has taken social media by the horns! Go to www.pfpchallenge.com and pledge your weight loss goals. I am posting Polly?s ve already pledged – will you?

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Thank you Google, for the Antithesis of a More Social Network

Waxing UnLyrical

Keeping the early adopter community in context, t here isn’t a desire to connect more, or even connect better. Image: OZinOH via Flickr, CC 2.0. This is an interesting viewpoint from India, so I hope you will read it.]. We agree mutually to allow someone to consume our feed of information, while consenting to consume theirs.