Category: community

Me, We, Network Presentation at EdMedia

4nitsirk's photo from Edmedia on flickrOstensibly, a conference – Ed-Media– brought me to Hawaii, but my blogging quietude is more about some vacation time. (Pictures slowly arriving on Flickr).

Here in Honolulu, It has been fun to meet some online buddies (from blogs, Twitter, etc.) like George Siemens, CogDog, Kristina Hoeppner and Tony Hirst.

The talk was yesterday, so I thought I’d share the slides. Supposedly there will be a recording, but I suspect that no one turned on the recording. 😉

I found the crowd attentive but very quiet. Not very emotive or getting engaged with questions. Not a chuckle when I made a BING joke! It could be that this was day one and people aren’t quite warmed up.  Afterward I had some great conversations with people which reassured me that at least a few people really were awake. After all, it was a presentation. It would be great to be able to do something more interactive and perhaps I can push myself harder to do that in the future. Anyway, here are the artifacts – a wiki with some links and the slides.

Onlinefacilitation wiki – me_we_network resources

Me, We and Everyone: navigating the spaces between individuals, groups and networks

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Simon Hearn on Online Community Facilitation

simonI was going to say “online community management” in the title, because I know that is a hot search term, but I just could not do it. What Simon Hearn of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) does for his community of Outcome Mapping practitioners is facilitation, management, technology stewardship and plain old leadership. A couple of months ago Simon and I got on Skype to learn more about Simon’s community facilitation and stewardship work. Take  a listen (about 27 minutes  – it was too good to stop him) and hear the story of the Outcome Mapping Community, how Simon  fosters participation and stewardship for and by the community.

27 Minutes With Simon Hearn (MP3)

As background, here is Simon’s bio from the ODI site:

Simon joined RAPID in July 2007 as the Research Officer for knowledge and learning. His main responsibility is the coordination, facilitation, and development of the Outcome Mapping Learning Community – a global group of advocates, trainers, specialists and users of Outcome Mapping. He is also involved in research, capacity building and advisory work around policy influencing strategies, monitoring and learning, communities of practice, networks and the use of social media and online communications. Prior to joining ODI, he worked as a research assistant at Gamos Ltd, a consultancy specialising in information and communication for development. He has a BSc in Astrophysics and an MSc is Biomedical Engineering.

Monday Video: FireKites “Autumn Story”

Thanks to a link from my friends at Common Craft comes this creative, beautiful and haunting musical video, Firekites – AUTUMN STORY – chalk animation from Lucinda Schreiber.

Firekites – AUTUMN STORY – chalk animation from Lucinda Schreiber on Vimeo.

There are so many things that this video evoked for me. The traces of chalk brought to mind the traces that communities leave behind them and reification. It reminded me of conversations about digital identity – both its permenance and empheral nature. And of course, about the power of images. WOW!

P.S. Congrats to Lee and Sachi at Commoncraft for their story in Seattle Magazine.

Howard Rheingold on the Social Media Classroom

Flickr CC image by vagawi As part of CPSquare’s “Connected Futures” workshop exploring the use of web technologies in the service of communities of practice, we (John Smith and I!) asked Howard Rheingold to share a little bit about the Social Media Classroom (SMC) he developed as part of a MacArthur Foundation Award (A HASTAC award specifically).

We were interested to hear about the development both because we are using a hosted version of the SMC as our “home base” this iteration of the workshop, and because Howard’s project is a nice example of community technology stewardship. Every platform has its lineage, the experiences of the designers that inform design choices during development. What needs is it trying to meet? How can it do this in the simplest and elegant manner?

SMC is created on a Drupal base but customized to reflect what Howard thought would be useful for educators. But it is not just a technology platform. There is also a rich library of new media literacy resources and a community of practitioners.  From the SMC website:

The Social Media Classroom (we’ll call it SMC) includes a free and open-source (Drupal-based) web service that provides teachers and learners with an integrated set of social media that each course can use for its own purposes—integrated forum, blog, comment, wiki, chat, social bookmarking, RSS, microblogging, widgets , and video commenting are the first set of tools.  The Classroom also includes curricular material: syllabi, lesson plans, resource repositories, screencasts and videos.

For communities picking or even building platforms for themselves, there are some nice pearls from Howard.

Click here to listen in: 30 Minutes with Howard Rheingold on the Social Media Classroom… and other stuff!

Some of the things Howard talked about included:

  • the importance of an on-ramp to new media – with integration of tools being an important early experience that helps us be more confident when we start using tools in a more “free range” manner.
  • the need for a new media literacy – just because we are all online doesn’t mean we understand and know how to use it. What are the essentials that make a difference?
  • the origins and inspirations of some of the tools in the SMC
  • Howard’s exploration of teaching at this phase in his career and the importance of a constructivist, participatory approach.

If you are interested in SMC for your learning context, you can download the software to your server, or if you don’t have access to a server or IT help, the project is offering a limited amount of hosted space. If you want to learn more and engage in the SMC c ommunity, join the community of practice.

Photo credit:vagawi

Communities and Networks Connection Hotlists

spring buds by choconancy on FlickrNow that we are a couple of months into the “signal sharing” of the Communities and Networks Connection, I wanted to share the top posts people have clicked into on the site (courtesy of the magic of Tony Karrer).  I find that sometimes I am paying attention to the site, and other times it is off my radar. But when I look at the top hit list below, I recognize many of the posts as ones I have read, so for me, personally, there is resonance with what other people are finding interesting. And I find THAT interesting.

The following are the top posts in March from featured sources based on social signals, with a few annotations from posts that I found useful.  Notice how many are about Twitter!

  1. Twitter Compared to IM, Email and Forums– Collaborative Thinking, March 2, 2009
  2. Social Media ROI: Measuring the unmeasurable?– FreshNetworks, March 22, 2009
  3. How to use Twitter for PR– FreshNetworks, March 15, 2009
  4. Tom Vander Wall Nails My Sharepoint Experience– Full Circle, March 23, 2009
  5. Circling Around To Enterprise 2.0 Again– Collaborative Thinking, March 12, 2009
  6. Understanding Communities of Practice– Collaborative Thinking, March 6, 2009
  7. Crowdsource as a way to create a community– Library Clips, March 15, 2009
  8. Team-based CoPs compared to cross-functional CoPs– Library Clips, March 11, 2009  (John and I have been having fun in the comments and writing on many related things lately. I like this kind of “juice!”)
  9. CoP Series #6: Community Leadership in Learning– Full Circle, March 10, 2009
  10. Twitter as Search Engine or Community Seed– Full Circle, March 6, 2009
  11. Twitter 3 years on, and why it’s the killer app!– Library Clips, March 4, 2009
  12. Twitter: Measuring clickthrus Social Media Metrics– Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy, March 16, 2009
  13. CoP Series #5: Is my community a community of practice?– Full Circle, March 5, 2009
  14. CoP Series #4: Practice Makes Perfect– Full Circle, March 3, 2009
  15. Examples of online communities in the financial services industry– FreshNetworks, March 17, 2009 (I deeply appreciate examples and cases)
  16. Why do people write reviews?– FreshNetworks, March 12, 2009
  17. Enterprise 2.0 for an Enterprise of One – Part Two – Content Monitoring– Portals and KM, March 10, 2009
  18. The ten commandments of managing online communities– FreshNetworks, March 7, 2009
  19. Future of Social Networks by Charlene Li– Elsua, March 20, 2009
  20. CoP Series #9: Community Heartbeats– Full Circle, March 19, 2009
  21. CoP Series #8: Content and Community– Full Circle, March 17, 2009
  22. Social media ROI – a calculator for not for profit campaigns– FreshNetworks, March 25, 2009
  23. Response to “SharePoint 2007: Gateway Drug to Enterprise Social Tools”– Michael Sampson – Currents, March 15, 2009
  24. Red-Tails in Love: Birdwatchers as a community of practice– Digital Habitats, March 28, 2009 (interesting that my post on our book blog did better than the same post on my blog!)
  25. Best Buy & Enterprise Social Networking– Collaborative Thinking, March 19, 2009 (This post also showed up as a shared link a lot in my Twitter stream.)
  26. McKinsey on Making Enterprise 2.0 Work is Reminder of Process Centric KM in Early 90s. – Portals and KM, March 18, 2009
  27. Enterprise 2.0 for an Enterprise of One – Part Four – Content Collecting, Assembling, and Creation – Potential New Approaches – Portals and KM, March 12, 2009
  28. Enterprise 2.0 for an Enterprise of One – Introduction– Portals and KM, March 9, 2009
  29. Team-based communities are about change, commitment and tasks– Library Clips, March 8, 2009
  30. Tinkering and Playing with Knowledge– Full Circle, March 8, 2009
  31. Turning Instant Messaging and Presence Upside-Down & Inside-Out– Collaborative Thinking, March 7, 2009 (I had not seen this one, but the title is so intriguing, I’m going to look at it next!)
  32. Twitter: Skittles does a twitter bomb– Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy, March 2, 2009
  33. The lies behind online ratings and reviews– FreshNetworks, March 27, 2009
  34. Examples of online communities in the not-for-profit sector– FreshNetworks, March 5, 2009
  35. Twitter for Business and Government and number of Australians– Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy, March 30, 2009
  36. How to tell a story about yourself without sounding like an ego-maniac– Anecdote, March 26, 2009
  37. Red-Tails in Love: Birdwatchers as a community of practice– Full Circle, March 26, 2009
  38. CoP Series #10: Stewarding Technology for Community– Full Circle, March 24, 2009
  39. Workflow 2.0– Library Clips, March 23, 2009
  40. Burton Group Field Research Study: Social Networking Within the Enterprise– Collaborative Thinking, March 18, 2009
  41. Enterprise 2.0 for an Enterprise of One – Part Five – Content Publishing and Archiving– Portals and KM, March 13, 2009 (OK, you guys, look at how many times “Enterprise 2.0” shows up.  And also see how multipart blog series – mine and others – are showing up on this list. Coincidence?)
  42. CoP Series #7: Roles and Scalability– Full Circle, March 12, 2009
  43. Does your story have impact?– Anecdote, March 11, 2009
  44. Enterprise 2.0 for an Enterprise of One – Part Three – Content Collecting, Assembling, and Creation – Current Approach– Portals and KM, March 11, 2009
  45. Impact of Social Software Within the Enterprise by Jon Iwata– Elsua, March 9, 2009
  46. Twitter in the Workplace– Collaborative Thinking, March 6, 2009
  47. Business Blogs Trump Social Networking Sites as New Business Drivers – Portals and KM, March 4, 2009

Here are the top  from April so far:

  1. A simple explanation of the Cynefin Framework– Anecdote, April 2, 2009
  2. Social search, Help engines, and Sense-making– Library Clips, April 1, 2009
  3. Examples of online communities in healthcare– FreshNetworks, April 8, 2009
  4. 45 provocative propositions about using social technology– Social Reporter, April 6, 2009
  5. Is cassette culture to thank for web2.0?– FreshNetworks, April 4, 2009
  6. Helping councils learn to share with social media– Social Reporter, April 5, 2009
  7. Extending the customer experience – the Zappos story– FreshNetworks, April 10, 2009
  8. Using Twitter for the wrong reasons– FreshNetworks, April 9, 2009
  9. Big brands in social media: Ford and Southwest Airlines– FreshNetworks, April 2, 2009
  10. Sources for social technology propositions – please mix your own– Social Reporter, April 10, 2009
  11. The Semantic Web is Now AKA Web 3.0 But is It Really?– Portals and KM, April 8, 2009
  12. netWorked Learning:connecting formal learning to the world– Full Circle, April 3, 2009
  13. Social networks: acquisition or retention tools for marketers?– FreshNetworks, April 5, 2009
  14. Are online communities all a game?– FreshNetworks, April 3, 2009
  15. Blog networking study: choosing channels– Mathemagenic, April 9, 2009
  16. Can you shift your organisational culture by introducing social media?– Joitske Hulsebosch, April 5, 2009
  17. IBM Lotusphere 2009 Highlights – Social Softwre in the Enterprise by Chris Reckling & Sandra Kogan– Elsua, April 3, 2009
  18. Using experts to get real engagement in online communities– FreshNetworks, April 3, 2009
  19. Hybrid ecosystem of narratives– Taming the spaces, April 12, 2009
  20. The Company as Wiki by Best Buy– Elsua, April 11, 2009
  21. The cultures of collaboration – Inside Knowledge– Full Circle, April 11, 2009
  22. Technology Stewardship and Unexpected Uses– Digital Habitats, April 9, 2009
  23. Spidergram to visualise community orientation, adoption, and requests– Library Clips, April 8, 2009
  24. Behavior Guidelines: Unblocking Social Media at the Firewall– Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy, April 6, 2009 (I enjoyed this one a lot)
  25. The Social Media Experiment Is Over by Adam Christensen– Elsua, April 3, 2009
  26. Grass roots inspiration from graduating social entrepreneurs– Social Reporter, April 3, 2009
  27. Winemakers’ Communities of Practice– Full Circle, April 1, 2009
  28. Blog networking study: establishing and maintaining relations via blogging– Mathemagenic, April 9, 2009
  29. User Adoption Strategies for Lotus Connections– Michael Sampson – Currents, April 8, 2009
  30. Why is word-of-mouth for brands so important?– FreshNetworks, April 4, 2009
  31. The Net Promoter Score and the value of Promoters– FreshNetworks, April 1, 2009
  32. Challenge: SharePoint and NGOs/NonProfits -go or no go?– Full Circle, April 10, 2009
  33. Technology Stewardship and Unexpected Uses– Full Circle, April 9, 2009
  34. Communities, e-participation, crowdsourcing, innovation, selling content: variegated links– eme ka eme, April 7, 2009
  35. The Many Meanings of Our Words– Full Circle, April 7, 2009
  36. Monday Video: Share– Full Circle, April 6, 2009
  37. Comments on Jeff McKenna’s Agile Development Blog– Portals and KM, April 6, 2009
  38. UC And Web 2.0 / Enterprise 2.0– Collaborative Thinking, April 3, 2009
  39. Digital Habitats Community Orientation Spidergram Activity– Digital Habitats, April 2, 2009
  40. Travel Budget Slashes, Meeting Crunch and Going Virtual– Full Circle, April 2, 2009
  41. Successful Social Networking for Business Collaboration by Ed Brill– Elsua, April 1, 2009
  42. Nancy Dixon’s Conversations Matters Blog– Portals and KM, April 1, 2009
  43. The Ultimate Question: The Interview– Community Guy, April 8, 2009
  44. Our top five posts in March– FreshNetworks, April 7, 2009
  45. Slides from SharePoint Master Class in Europe– Michael Sampson – Currents, April 6, 2009
  46. Have a disagreement? Resolve it virtually– Endless Knots, April 2, 2009

I can also sort out the top keywords, but I have to mess a bit with how they display, so I’ll save that for a separate time.