Connective Media Technologies - Building Successful Online Communities

This is a competitive analysis that was created to look into the public broadcasting space as a whole. To research this project, I examined over more than 200 public broadcasters in both the U.S. and Canada.

Presentation objectives: 1) Describe common social media tools 2) Highlight benefits of both public & private social networks 3) Go over how to begin creating a social media plan for your organization Goals: 1) Increase knowledge of how common social media tools can benefit your organization 2) Motivate organizations to explore the benefits these tools can offer

This week, we distill insights around the Participant Media model of using powerful stories and social advocacy platform TakePart to inspire and energize people to take social action. 100+ thinkers and planners within MSLGROUP share and discuss inspiring projects on social data, crowdsourcing, storytelling and citizenship on the MSLGROUP Insights Network. Every week, we pick up one project and do a deep dive into conversations around it -- on the MSLGROUP Insights Network itself but also on the broader social web -- to distill insights and foresights. We share these insights and foresights with you on our People’s Insights blog and compile the best insights from the network and the blog in the iPad-friendly People’s Lab Quarterly Magazine, as a showcase of our capabilities. For more, see: http://peopleslab.mslgroup.com

Presentation detailing the requirements for a collaborative organisation, how to become one, what technologies will help, and how to deliver these using Lotus software. Presented to UK Corporate IT forum at IBM Bedfont, 10 Feb 2009

Takeaways from the PDMA’s Conference on Social Product Development and Co-Creation - Written by the confrence facilitator Mark Deck

The 2.0 Adoption Council Enterprise 2.0 Black Belt Workshop: Community Roles & Adoption Planning by Stan Garfield & Luis Suarez @ Enterprise 2.0 Conference Boston, June 2010

This document discusses how business models are evolving due to changes in technology and society. It defines the business model as an organization's approach to creating and capturing value. Traditional closed models that keep knowledge internal are giving way to more open models that leverage both internal and external resources. The most collaborative model is the co-created model where organizations encourage knowledge sharing between internal and external stakeholders for mutual benefit. The document also discusses how information technology enables user-driven innovation and private-collective knowledge communities that blur organizational boundaries.

What does member engagement look like? Why are the programs used by associations beginning to fail? What are members REALLY LOOKING FOR? Answers to these questions and practical recommendations are presented in this presentation.

These slides were used in a webinar presentation for the National Center for Media Engagement by Amy Sample Ward in June 2011. For more information, visit: http://amysampleward.org

A look at how participatory could transform learning. Comments from Clay Shirky, Cathy Davidson, and John Seely Brown, among others.

When we are happy at work, we are more motivated to engage and contribute. Happy Melly believes that a business is a community of people working together for a shared purpose and creating value – and it’s best to grow it like that. We want you to join us, and help grow healthy, adaptive organizations that are more like communities, so that we can increase happiness at work and do great things together. For more information, visit http://www.happymelly.com/ To watch the intro video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RUTcvcWssnQ

This document outlines six strategies for non-profits to increase member/donor engagement and retention using private social networks. The strategies are: 1) Appoint a dedicated community manager. 2) Identify champions both within and outside the community. 3) Generously share resources. 4) Make participation easy and fun. 5) Inspire dialogue. 6) Allow organic growth of the community. Implementing these strategies through a private social network can help non-profits engage and retain members and donors.

The Socialbrite team's description of our consulting services for nonprofits, foundations, NGOs and social enterprises.

GoLightly helps organizations implement private social networks to engage members through collaboration. It provides tools like communities, profiles, maps and tags to help people network globally. GoLightly also offers resources for thought leadership and guides customers through configuration and engagement strategies to meet their goals. It provides ongoing support like trainings and prioritized help to ensure successful implementation and use of private social networks.

This talk covers how to create value with social media through cost reduction, revenue enhancement, and innovation. It also says why social media is here to stay due to the phenomenon of the the "three clouds" -- connectivity, resources & social.

The document profiles four winners of the inaugural ThinkSocial Awards: 1. Kiva uses social media like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube to raise awareness and crowdsource projects for their microfinancing platform that provides loans to entrepreneurs around the world. It has loaned over $101 million benefiting over 250,000 entrepreneurs. 2. SocialVibe connects people to charitable causes through branded activities on social networks. Members support brand sponsors to generate over $1 million in donations without spending their own money. 3. The March 18th Movement advocates for bloggers' rights in remembrance of an Iranian blogger who died in prison. They use video, social media, and campaigns to spread awareness and free imprisoned bloggers

A look at how participatory learning can change education. Comments from Clay Shirky, Cathy Davidson, John Seely Brown, among others.

Using Social Media and Online Technologies in the Public Workforce System The document discusses how social media and online technologies can be leveraged in the public workforce system. It defines social media as internet-based applications that allow users to create and share user-generated content. Social media fosters interactive dialogue and strengthens relationships. The document outlines various social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs and their uses. It discusses how professionals in different industries are using social media to share best practices and make connections. The document provides examples of how workforce professionals can collaborate with economic developers using social media. It emphasizes controlling one's online image and presence on social media.