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25 Apr 08

From the Annointed Few to the Collective Many

Business people and management should read this article about the transformation of business by using workplace communities.

"Workplace communities are designed to solve workplace-related challenges" -- they focus on tasks. I would find it interesting to see a business REALLY use technology to change things.

Having the business in a business network (OK a NING) and let people tag their posts with the business related PROBLEMS they are having and blog, video, or photograph it-- the tag cloud would tell the business IMMEDIATELY what the problems are in the company.

The problem with this model is that there are few corporate executives who REALLY want to know the problems within their organizations. They don't want to be problem solvers, just opportunity creators.

However, when managers open their eyes (and I'm a former General Manager myself) and see that two things give business opportunity: problem solving and innovation. And they are directly related. True innovation solves problems.

Read this article and think about how you may solve problems using the networks you may now create. If you don't want everyone to know, keep it private and only allow people in your company in.

www.learningcircuits.org/0408_wilkins.html - Preview

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What has not changed significantly, however, is the nature of human interactions in business – email, conference calls, and presentations by experts to non-experts are still the dominant means of interaction
the Internet has morphed from a presentation medium to an interactive platform in just a few years
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- a leading web analysis site
- more than 50 percent of Americans aged 20-30 years old use Facebook
- among Americans under the age of 35, social networking and user-generated content sites have overtaken TV as a primary media.
- “Visitors to MySpace.com and Friendster.com generally skew older, with people age 25 and older comprising 68 and 71 percent of their user bases, respectively.”
- We’re in the midst of a paradigm shift where individuals are indeed connecting “in ways and at levels that [they] haven’t done before”
- Workplace communities
- orkplace communities are designed to solve workplace-related challenges
- talent management is about finding, developing, and retaining key talent within the organization
- Ernst & Young, for instance, has a significant presence on Facebook in support of its recruiting efforts
- Google, Home Depot, Enterprise Rent a Car, and Deloitte also are recruiting using Web 2.0 tools through YouTube videos and even alumni social networks
- “If companies keep social networks out, they will be doing a significant disservice to their bottom lines
- Between 2000 and 2020, 75 million Boomers will reach retirement age.
- The only content service with mass adoption (greater than 50 percent) was Social Networking, and this was only among respondents under the age of 35.”
- In addition, Millennials are the first generation to spend more hours online per week than watching TV (16.7 vs 13.6).
- some of the characteristics of Millenials, which included a desire to work in “[open] and flat organizations” as “part of a tribe.”
- “heavy use of technology (messaging, collaboration, online learning) as a daily part of their work lives.”
- robust and active communities will have an easier time recruiting talented Millennials
- they have opportunities to meaningfully connect to their peers and supervisors.
- A retiring Boomer who is an expert in a particular field could be an excellent community manager, blogger, or wiki contributor.

16 Apr 08

DLIST - An Examination of Authority in Social Classification Systems

You may want to take a look at this research study for the horizon project research. This study looked at authority in social classification systems by studying delicious.

dlist.sir.arizona.edu/1783 - Preview

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einberg, Melanie (2006) An Examination of Authority in Social Classification Systems. In Furner, Jonathan and Tennis, Joseph T., Eds. Proceedings 17th Workshop of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Special Interest Group in Classification Research 17, Austin, Texas.
Merging of personal collections into a group-indexed aggregate collection.

The bookmarks manager del.icio.us is the primary example of a social classification system used throughout this paper.

27 Mar 08

XO users - connect! - Tictech 2.0

Users of XO -- this is a srver that allows people to share anything on their XO laptop with others -- there is a link with discussions and information on this server -- so if you have an XO laptop-- take a look. This is sharing knowledge.

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26 Mar 08

Free Scheduling Software | Integrate Outlook, Google Calendar & Exchange Availability - TimeBridge

This website is GREAT. It integrates with Outlook and Google Calendar and allows you to schedule meetings very very easily. It will also allow those who always want to meet with you, a way to see your available times if you wish to allow it.

www.timebridge.com/home.php - Preview

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