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  Rhys Daunic

  "As the success of collaborative technologies becomes more and more apparent, there will be many who will try to adopt these technologies because they want the end result, but don't understand the importance of the process of getting there. The huge bonu

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  • the act of engagement
  • dependent on early adopters
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  • • some compelling need(s)
    • Focus in important
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  António Teixeira

  Reflexões muito pertinentes de Hargadon sobre as condições de sucesso de uma rede social.

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  • You can't only provide for collaborative content, you have to provide for collaborative building.
  • We manage the process instead of trying to manage the outcome 
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  • • And you can't do this without being authentic.
    • They have to have a reason to come that is compelling, that solves a problem for them, or offers them the ability to do something they have really wanted to do that was much harder before
    • You have to learn from the users, let them know you are learning from them, and make things better. Be transparent and authentic. Facilitate, help, encourage, console, understand, and support.  Help to create a culture or feeling or tenor for the network.
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  Ann Oro

  Lessons learned about setting up a social networking site - from Educon 2.1 by Steve Hargadon.

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• 01 Feb 09
  

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  • You don't really know what social networking sites you create will take off or succeed.
  • topic or content is maybe not as important as the act of engagement.
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  • • It turns out that you are especially dependent on early adopters for the success of the network-
    • A network must fulfill some compelling need(s).  
    • Focus in important to having a good conversation.
    • There is very real value in "moderating" or "guiding" your network. 
• 30 Jan 09
  

  Jay Fogleman

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  • Classroom 2.0:  Things I Think We've Learned About Social Networking in Education
  • You don't really know what social networking sites you create will take off or succeed
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  • • Humility of purpose turns out to be important.
    • opic or content is maybe not as important as the act of engagement
    •  engagement trumps topic--when we find a topic that creates engagement, that engagement changes how we view our lives and sense of learning in all areas we are interested in.
    •  Our job is not as much to define what is talked about, but to help conversation to take place
    • t turns out that you are especially dependent on early adopters for the success of the network
    • Web 2.0 depends on user-generated content, so if you build a Web 2.0 service or network that is not also dependent on the excitement or active participation of key early adopters to help build where the service goes, it may be a sign you're trying to overlay Web 2.0 on top of your authoritative desires
    • In a world now with so many options for where people can spend their time, you have to provide an opportunity for those early and important adopters to be a part of determining where the network goes and how it gets used.
    • If you don't provide an environment where others can function and be seen as leaders, they will go somewhere they can
    • Many of us who adopted collaborative technologies early did so, I believe, because we were already inherently collaborative.
    • A network must fulfill some compelling need(s). 
    • They have to have a reason to come that is compelling, that solves a problem for them, or offers them the ability to do something they have really wanted to do that was much harder before.
    • An unfocused network doesn't offer a good reason to come back
    • There is very real value in "moderating" or "guiding" your network.
    •  It's important to help manage expectations and also to see problems when they first arise and deal with them quickly.
    • For me, content is what leads to engagement in digital communities. Without good content, I do the Shirky-Bail and go find somewhere else to play
    • Once the engagement is in place, then you have lots of latitude to bring folks to new discussions. Does that make sense
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  • Unlike traditional models of providing authoritative services, when building the frameworks for others' participation you have to respond from the very beginning to users needs and feedback and direction, and if you jump in front of what you think is a parade and it turns out not to be have been, you have to be willing to move on or morph
  •  topic or content is maybe not as important as the act of engagement.
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  • • Our job is not as much to define what is talked about, but to help conversation to take place.
    • It turns out that you are especially dependent on early adopters for the success of the network--in some cases, they are more important than you as the network creator are.
    • You can't only provide for collaborative content, you have to provide for collaborative building.  In a world now with so many options for where people can spend their time, you have to provide an opportunity for those early and important adopters to be a part of determining where the network goes and how it gets used.  Early adopters are also often attracted to places where they can play roles of significance that bring them visibility and opportunity, and so you have to help them get that. If you don't provide an environment where others can function and be seen as leaders, they will go somewhere they can.  
    • As the success of collaborative technologies becomes more and more apparent, there will be many who will try to adopt these technologies because they want the end result, but don't understand the importance of the process of getting there.
    • Web 2.0 is about participation, and one of the brilliant lessons of creating a Web 2.0 network or service is seeing your primary role as being that of encouraging and providing an environment for others to participate and lead.  We manage the process instead of trying to manage the outcome (another theme I love).  And you can't do this without being authentic.
    • A network must fulfill some compelling need(s).  You can't expect people to come to your network just because you have a great idea for talking about something and when they understand the power of that idea they will want to participate. They have to have a reason to come that is compelling, that solves a problem for them, or offers them the ability to do something they have really wanted to do that was much harder before.
    • There is very real value in "moderating" or "guiding" your network. 
    • Being polite matters.  Setting boundaries matters.  Improving the network matters.  You have to learn from the users, let them know you are learning from them, and make things better. Be transparent and authentic. Facilitate, help, encourage, console, understand, and support.  Help to create a culture or feeling or tenor for the network.
• 29 Jan 09
  

  Mark Wagner

  An in-depth post frrom Steve Hargadon, and as the creator of Classroom 2.0, SupportBlogging.com, and other communities, he's in a good position to speak from experience. :)

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