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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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Enterprise 2.0 Isn’t About Social Business, It’s Just About Business

Social Media Strategery

.” She went on to say that instead of talking about social media, social business, building communities and why your organization needs to use blogs, wikis, and microblogging, you should be talking about increasing sales, increasing productivity, and cutting costs. For you, building communities might be the goal.

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Ross Mayfield's Weblog: Elevating the Enterprise 2.0 Conversation

Buzz Marketing for Technology

community is uniquely prepared to solve. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Elevating the Enterprise 2.0 sharepoint. But of more interest, the use cases have evolved and practices are enabling new solutions that offer competitive advantage. put aside the hype and talk about what problems the Enteprise 2.0

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Debunking Five Social Media Myths

Socialized

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. When I was at the agency, we made what we referred to as a viral video. The CEO Needs to Blog.

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What is Work Literacy?

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community. (5). Sharepoint. (8). Agile references for project managers. argumentation. (1). Australia. (16). beautiful. (2). bureaucracy. (1). Christian. (4). Christmas. (1). climate change. (7). conspiracy theory. (3). craftsmanship. (9). economics. (10). education. (3). eLearning. (1). Enterprise 2.0. (5). entrepreneurship. (6).

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Social Network Analysis - KM4DevWiki

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Dear KM4Dev Community, After having benefited from several very interesting exchange of emails and information this past year I am pleased to finally have the opportunity to share something that will hopefully be of interest to some of you. Community Knowledge. Detailed Description. KM4Dev Discussions. Phone: +41 22/ 791.47.44.

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

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Reference Architecture For Social Network Sites. Updated: Community and Social network Vendor Blogs. I know its Friday, but can I have an online community by Monday? Next Document: Reference Architecture For Social Network Sites. « Reference Architecture For Social Network Sites | Main. | Tagging Community.