Zachary Mccune shares his tips about communities and social media. As the current Community Manager of a Fortune 500 company, and the former Community Manager of an TechStars-backed iPhone app, I’ve seen the importance of social media management at all levels. More at What I've Learned: Community Management » Flaneurial
Chris Corrigan on Group Size in Innovation and Open Design
Chris Corrigan shares some insights on group size, number of members in a group, even or odd number of people, and having other people witness harvest ideas and share. Video. The fabulous payoff is in the last 2 minutes or so! More at Chris Corrigan on Group Size in Innovation and Open Design | Full […]
Do Not Track Is An Opportunity For Forums
Dave Cayem points out that forums and special interest groups already have the people right there, and no advertiser tracking data is needed to access them. There are forums for practically every kind of hobby or interest. The perfect audience. No tracking data needed. More at Do Not Track Is An Opportunity For Forums | […]
The New Measure of Networked Non-Profits
Simon Mainwaring gives a positive review to this new book on non-profits and social media. Beth Kanter and Katie Delahaye Paine have written a book that is the essential 21st-century guide for non-profits using social media… More at The New Measure of Networked Non-Profits: A book by Beth Kanter …
Social Media Manager vs. Online Community Manager: Same or Different?
Vanessa DiMauro first answers this question succinctly, and in more detail, and offers a table of the different roles and accountability. Social media managers bring the guests (clients, prospects) to the table and community managers welcome them in! More at Social Media Manager vs. Online Community Manager: Same or …
The Connected Company Review
Harold Jarche review's Dave Gray's book – “The Connected Company”. You can get the book from O'Reilly. Connected companies are all about learning, writes Dave, and this is music to my ears. I have been saying that Work is Learning & Learning is the Work for so long now that it’s really nice to hear […]
The Responsive Design Myth
Giselle Abramovich offers some insights into the simplicity of Responsive Design, or at least the appearance of simplicity, and calls it a myth. Responsive design certainly has its challenges. For example, it will hide content on small screens, but the content still needs to be downloaded, and this causes performance issues on mobile phones. Load […]
The ART of Collaboration (2)
Steve Dale blogs about the ART of Collaboration, and shares his ideas on how to be an effective collaborator. Collaboration is at the heart of social networking and the bedrock for effective knowledge sharing. More and more organisations have recognised that encouraging collaboration between staff, stakeholders and customers will enable co-design, co-production and opportunities for […]
Canadians Prefer PCs to Smartphones to Go Online
Violeta-Loredana Pascal pulls some interesting numbers from The August 2012 “Innovation Report 2012 Trend Watch”. Canadians are more likely to use PCs for web browsing, accessing social media accounts or for buying something online, as a new study performed in July 2012 by telecommunications firm Rogers shows. More at Canadians Prefer PCs to Smartphones to […]
Is Facebook Too Big to Survive?
Jeff Stibel makes the argument that networks, just like human brains, are not capable of using networks that are too large. And that it is normal for networks to shrink as time goes by. We don't know yet what critical mass is for a social network. We have seen many implode before — remember Classmates.com, Friendster, […]