DrupalCampNYC8
I know - it sounds crazy talking about technology. But really, it's all about the community of people supporting Drupal - 375 of them this past weekend (DrupalCampNYC -- July 24th - 25th, 2010) at NYU PolyTech in Brooklyn, NY.
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Managing open innovation - tapping external talent
From McKinsey, "Succeeding at open-source innovation: An interview with Mozilla's Mitchell Baker." This article offers three great tips for any size organization wanting to tap external ideas. Ms. Baker also talks about having a participatory culture.
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Danah Boyd, apophenia, has taken up the discussion on defining social networking technology. Be sure to check out the comments.
"let's define our terms: what is a "social networking technology"?" by danah boyd.
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With business social networking software - managers and employees now have a system for connecting informal interactions and discovering new information flows.
So, stop reading about social applications and collaboration tools. Unleash your imagination and start experimenting. The real power of social software can only be appreciated with hands-on experience. Consider a pilot project.
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This is the what and how of social information management
YouTube: Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us via Digital Ethnography @ Kansas University
We can all act on our imaginations farther, faster, deeper and cheaper than ever before.
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Here's a Mckinsey Global survey on business trends.
Why social networks fail or succed.
Tristan Louis has posted "5 reasons why social networks fail" and "5 reasons why social networks can succeed".
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"Manager 2.0", by Kathy Sierra from headrush. Interesting how Kathy's management ideas overlap with the contrarian management ideas of John Hagel, edgeperspectives.com.
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Here's a podcast for anybody wanting to understand the basics of developing an on-line community or social networking or web 2.0 application. Covers both technical, rss and tagging, and the social aspects, trust and participation.
From Knowledge at Wharton, Podcast: What Makes an Online Community Tick? Ask Craigslist, Yahoo and Pheedo. (registration required)
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