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Community Engagement Master Class

John — Mon, 14 May 2012 03:54:59 +0000

Last week was pretty exciting… Richard Millington offered a master class in community engagement. I really like his data driven, social science focused approach so it was super to spend the time immersed in it. Lots of practical advice, and … Continue reading →

10 Thoughts on Moving a Community to a New Platform

John — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:25:48 +0000

This subject came up recently, so I started to do a bit of research. Here are some interesting things I learned plus some of my own guesswork. (In no particular order) 1. High costs of moving, such as exporting content … Continue reading →

IT offerings in a familiar format … The Restaurant Menu

John — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:17:18 +0000

When internal IT offers up new technologies to its business partners it needs to do so in a way that is quickly grasped and immediately useful. Business is often too busy doing, well, business, to take extra time. Having a … Continue reading →

Intranet Marketing – Banners and Badges

John — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:12:51 +0000

Promoting departments’ services on the intranet helps break silos, prevents wheel re-invention, and increases efficiency. However, a little goes along way. By sponsoring popular business content, you can both highlight important information, mitigate the annoyance of repetition, and show the … Continue reading →

Gamification and Satisfaction

John — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:47:52 +0000

I happened upon Sebastian Deterding’s Slideshare “Meaningful Play Getting Gamification Right” (Thx Giuliano) and was struck how it resonated with Dan Pink’s talk “Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us“. Dan puts forth modern behavioral studies which show that … Continue reading →

Internal Communities & SharePoint 2010 Discussion Groups

John — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:24:14 +0000

Microsoft has baked a lot of social media goodies into the latest iteration of SharePoint (2010). While the spot light has been on My Sites, I took a quick look at the venerable Discussion Board. While at first glance it … Continue reading →

Hipster- General Stack

John — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:37:02 +0000

I like to organize things. I also need a place to record and refer to things throughout the day. Back in the corporate world I used carry cut up pieces of blank paper clipped together in my back pocket. I … Continue reading →

Healthcare Community Management Related Research

John — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:53:55 +0000

I’m passionate about the use of online communities, with people helping each other in the area of healthcare. Below is a list of some of the research I have done, and put up on the web, concerning healthcare community management: … Continue reading →

New life for Virtual World Support Groups?

John — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:52:55 +0000

Login2Life is a theatrical documentary about the real and in-world lives of several people. The teaser trailer includes scenes with Alice Krueger, a tireless proponent for virtual world’s being able to help people with real life health issues. (Spoiler: 1st … Continue reading →

Virtual World Design and Healthcare – Beyond walking a web page

John — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:12:04 +0000

There are hundreds of healthcare support groups in the virtual world of Second Life, but how does one educate a visitor about them? HealthInfo Island started out with a simple list of support groups, then created a path with posters. … Continue reading →