This afternoon I’m spending a half hour on a Skype video conversation to share a bit of how I use social media. Global Networks & Knowledge Sharing As I dove deeper into knowledge management and knowledge sharing in international development, social software was growing, changing and evolving. I figured it would be good to exercise my memory a bit and unearth some of the key stories that led me to to my social media use today, and perhaps surface some of my patterns.

It was published in the Knowledgeboard on the 24th of September 2004 , and it started a very nice conversation (there, and in the old KB forums). It recent development in an online community has shone the spotlight again on a matter that I’ve repeatedly found to be very important for CoPs in particular and for knowledge building and sharing in general. In other words, how beneficial is the impact of human personal relationships, That was the title. The subtitle was “The challenge of sustainable socialisation”.

In working with knowledge sharing and learning initiatives within international non governmental organizations (NGOs), the author has observed a pattern where talented internal practitioners have struggled to spread innovations, engender learning required for successful work, and in general, been stopped from excelling. The connection with an external practitioner then allows a sharing of ideas, and the beginning of a peer coaching or support relationship. OK, I need your help. I

host of books from James Surowiecki's Wisdom of the Crowds (2004) to Yochai Benkler's Wealth of Networks (2006), Dan Tapscott's A small and really smart group of people convened by John Maloney Maloney (at the Gleacher Executive Center in Chicago), on November 6 to explore explore the latest developments in collective intelligence and use of prediction

Engineers without Fears Sunday, October 14, 2007 Collaboration vs sharing James Robertson talks about collaboration tools as anti-knowledge sharing . big part of the role of KM (or whatever you want to call it) is the development of shared contexts between groups within an organisation because without that shared context you cant transfer anything. If I understand JR correctly, his point is that collaboration tools are great for specific teams. However each team works in its own context and this leads to the creation of silos which prevents

Portals and KM This blog shares ideas and hopes to generate discussion on enterprise 2.0, Mashup Summit East » October 25, 2007 illumio – a Smart Content Filter that also offers Enhanced Collaboration and Content Sharing Here is a cross post from the Fast Forward blog. There is an illumio Team Blog to get updates on the application. October 25, 2007 in enterprise 2.0 | Permalink TrackBack business blogs, web 2.0 and knowledge management to provide value to organizations through practical

Essentially, as we increase group sizes beyond 80, to 150, 200, or even 350-500, we typically do so by breaking larger groups down into smaller ones, and continually reducing community sizes down to the point where they can be understood and managed by people -- and so efficiency reasserts itself. Since this post was originally posted, I have added a number of other posts about the Dunbar Number and group size issues: 2005-02: Dunbar Triage: Too Many Connections 2005-03: Dunbar, Altruistic Punishment, and Meta-Moderation 2005-07: Cheers: Belongingness and Para-Social Relationships

I thought it would be useful to throw out a couple of definitions so that we all had a shared vocabulary when talking about the different types of Web applications that incorporate some form of social networking. This flexibilty is enabled by the fact that the Social OS is a platform that enables one to build various social graph applications on top of it. By the way, on revisiting my schedule I do believe I should be able to attend the Data Sharing Summit on Friday next week. Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life Truth, Justice and the Pursuit of Excellent Software Navigation for Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life - The Difference between a Social Network Site, a Social Graph Application and a Social OS Content Sidebar Footer August 30, 2007 @ 09:18 AM Comments [6] The Difference between a Social Network Site, a Social Graph Application and a Social OS Recently someone at work asked me if I thought

Support home Products Use Cases Buy Customers Company News Blog Contact Us MIT Sloan Management Review | Failure to Collaborate and Share Knowledge --> Team Failure Blog547 : January 21, 2008 ; Posted by Jordan Frank Collaboration and knowledge sharing dont sound mission critical untilyou consider this: Teams that fail to do both, fail to perform. Bridging Faultlines in Diverse teams (A Dummer 2007 study published in the MIT Sloan Management Review) detailsthe

Most sites support the maintenance of pre-existing social networks, but others help strangers connect based on shared interests, political views, or activities. Some sites cater to diverse audiences, while others attract people based on common language or shared racial, sexual, religious, or nationality-based identities. Sites also vary in the extent to which they incorporate new information and communication tools, JCMC Home Submit Issues Author Index Editors About JCMC boyd, d. m., &