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Why online communities?
Others are (or soon will be) participating in online communities. Go where they are going!
Why should you care?
• Internet use / behavior is changing.
• The mindset is more of a “come to me” world.
So what’s changing?
http://www.briansolis.com/2006/12/time-magazine-web-20-and-you.html
Gaming Entertainment Learning
Journalism Politics Commerce
Business Marketing Mapping
What problems are OC solving?
• Work occurs outside of our offices
• Email overload - wrong method
• Unable to keep up
• Need to work together
• Need to include clients
• You (We) don’t know it all
• Communication failures
Online communities are about…
SharingWork Information
Knowledge Experiences
Interests Opinions
Also, they’re about…
• Enhancing learning opportunities
• Providing better quality services
• Communicating
• Building relationships
• Building professional reputations
Also, they are about the …
• Power of • reading feeds• bloggers’ & individuals’ influence• learning from others
(regardless of geography/status)• relating • any format, anywhere
Individuals decide how they want information.
Individuals depend on their communities for
information.
BloggingShare your
Expertise Knowledge
Information Thoughts
Ideas Cool stuff
Observations Opinions
Extension professionals
Good bloggers’ characteristics
Before blogging1. Seek
• Find feeds that interest you (look for the RSS feed logo )
• Extension professionals may find these feeds interesting
• “Ten Steps to Web 2.0″. Watch the archive from April 24
Before blogging2. Lurk
• Stop surfing – read blogs using feed reader (i.e., Google Reader)• How to Use a News Reader • Trying to Create a Listing of News Feeds • Web conference archives
• Make Google Reader your home page
Before blogging3. Converse
Comment on blogs—this is your introduction to
blogging.
Before blogging4. Share
• Share your findings on social bookmarking sites del.icio.us or diigo.
• See web conference archives on social bookmarking
Following & contributing to existing blogs
(conversations), you will:
• learn new knowledge & ideas
• advance the knowledge of others
• share what you learned with others
Beginners’ blogging tips
Getting started in conversations
Tips from a new blogger
Make mine chunky (how to write a blog)
Writing for the web
Legal guide for bloggers
Extension professionals and their passion
Blogging: Stepping into the learning process
Blogging: Build your professional reputation
Next stepsTry at least 1 of the
applications on the pages “Next Steps”.
Then try another & another.
Next steps• Stop editing large attachments –
Google Docs
• Stop email madness – • Wikis• Instant messaging: AIM, Yahoo, MSN,
or enterprise messaging• SMS (text messaging)
Next steps• Share by using wikis &
Google Docs & shared resources: • Slideshare • Flickr • YouTube • etc.
Next steps• Share your opinion vote on content
• Digg • StumbleUpon• Amazon• etc.
Next steps• Join a social network site
• Facebook• MySpace• Ning• LinkedIn
• Join a virtual world• Second Life
Other references
Extension in Web 2.0
Trust in the online community
Social networks in plain English
More thoughts on Twitter