07 July 2010
The next Online Community Research Network project is open for participation. As part of our ongoing research around online community and social media strategy, metrics and ROI, we’ve launched our latest study on Social Media Strategy and Monitoring. The intention of the study is to explore how organizations are managing their social media strategies what [...]
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17 June 2010
Organizations from Starbucks to the White House have used “ideas sites” to capture, tag, rank and broadcast ideas from constituents. To learn more about this sector, we caught up with Rob Hoehn, President of Customer Development at IdeaScale, an ideas management platform. Here are his comments: 1) What is IdeaScale? How do you describe the sector [...]
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08 June 2010
The next Online Community Research Network project is open for participation. In January, OCRN members discussed and prioritized a long list of topics, with a high priority being a repeat of last year’s useful platform satisfaction study. If you are involved in strategy or management of your organization’s online community strategy or management, I would encourage [...]
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20 May 2010
Cross-posted from the Good Ideas Blog: We are in an era of “Government 2.0″ enthusiasm. The Obama Administration, as well as state and local governments, are working hard to move information and services online. But as agencies and departments implement new web and social media programs, they run into a number of structural and legislative obstacles. To [...]
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18 May 2010
We’re approaching the June 9 Online Community Unconference in Mountain View, CA. Here’s a quick update on what will be a terrific event for online community professionals: Attendees: We have a lot of knowledgeable folks from industry (Google, eBay, Walmart, HP, LinkedIn, Nokia, O’Reilly, Intel, Microsoft, Flickr) as well as from many smaller firms. We also [...]
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07 May 2010
Guest post by Amy Sample Ward I love my community. Whether I’m talking about my role at NetSquared, my blog, or my network of friends, I am inspired every day and find value in, and rewards for, my participation. Regardless of whether I feel like, or am trying to be, a community builder, the community always [...]
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27 April 2010
The Online Community Unconference is scheduled for June 9th in Mountain View, CA. The Online Community Unconference is one of the largest online community events in the area and we expect 250-300 online community and social media professionals to attend with 50-60 collaborative sessions on timely social media and online community topics. Current [...]
17 April 2010
Cross-posted from the Good Ideas Blog Ron Casalotti lives and breathes social media. For the past dozen years Ron has held senior social media positions at AOL, Business Week, and currently at Bloomberg. We asked Ron to share some of his accumulated wisdom in the form of five good ideas for using social media for the [...]
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16 April 2010
ACTion Alexandria, a technology-enabled initiative for citizen engagement, is looking for a dynamic individual to facilitate online organizing and citizen-inspired problem solving in the City of Alexandria.
09 April 2010
Here goes – our annual pitch to sponsors for the Online Community Unconference. It’s a huge event and great exposure, so we’re happy telling you why you should sponsor the event! Forum One’s annual Online Community Unconference takes place on June 9th, 2010 in Mountain View, CA. The Unconference is an open space gathering of online [...]
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