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Online Sharing In Order to Form Relationships
Lynne Kelly, et al, recently tackled the question whether online sharing is being more about openness or narcissism. Key takeaways for me: Persons with an unrealistically large number of friends may be using the platform for reasons of narcissism. (It … Continue reading
The IT Battle, a Change in Perspective
Don’t start by asking if it’s right or wrong, but will it make any difference. There is a battle in IT administration/management when introducing new technology. On the one side are staff creative types who want to explore new realms, … Continue reading
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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
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
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
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