irrigation management in South Asia? much more robust strategy is to let all the players do their own publishing of information to their own web properties, but publish using content standards and services which will enable other parties to aggregate the information. execute a pilot project or two to show how the content can be aggregated and filtered (for example, a search engine of poverty-related projects in Asia, or an aggregated calendar of development-related events/activities by city.) -evangelize This is the first of a series of blog posts we?re re

Erik Caldwell Johnson wrote a Capacity Development Brief on the Community Empowerment Network, a community of practice for local capacity in Central Asia. The World Bank and Europe and Central Asia Region (ECA) launched this network in 2002 as four national networks linked through regional activities that would build the capacity of communities and development partners to implement community-driven development (CDD) projects. And CDD describes projects that encourage local communities to control the direction of their own development from project conception through implementation and evaluation.

The tools they are using and how they are developing a social media strategy . The survey looked at 100 firms in the US, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America and examined how these firms are using social media. And to compare how behaviour differs by regions – particularly the differences between Asia-Pacific and the US and Europe. Image by Robert S. Donovan via Flickr

Hardly any surprises here – I’ve covered the popularity of Friendster in Asia in my Social Media podcasts , and the sophistication of the Malaysian social network industry in blog posts: MOL Global will take over 100 percent ownership of Friendster and hopes to bolster the social network’s position in the Asia-Pacific region where it’s a very strong player dominating the market . Friendster, the social network which set things off more than half a decade ago has finally been sold after several attempts in the past years. As expected ,

Social Media Asia Social Media Asia: Singapore and Transport Fares is a post from: Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy Technorati Tags: asia , bernard chan , national petition for Fairer Transport Fares , Online Communities , Singapore , social media , social networks ...Tags: Tags: Australia Online Communities Singapore asia blogs social media social Remember Captain Commuter – Rebecca Turner? Annoyed at poor public transport,  she set up shityrail.info in around 2004 and activated a grassroots movement .

Social Media Asia: Ultimate Explorers Thailand is a post from: Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy Tags: Event Online Communities Travel asia blogs social media social networks web 2.0 Tourism Authority of Thailand have a social media challenge underway: submit a video of yourself, be selected to be one of 5 teams competing in the Ultimate Explorers Thailand competition. Each of the five teams of finalists will have six days and five nights in one of five chosen locations – Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Samui, and Pattaya – in order to

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Following last month's release of the iPhone 3G , along with the launch of the App Store , and what Brian Fling called the " first true Mobile 2.0 ," everyone around here is talking about the emergence of the mobile device as a critical facet of web strategy. My colleague Anders Rosenquist, who is seriously deep on mobile, presented a first take on the company point of view on mobile strategy at a recent meeting; another colleague, Justin Marshall , is knee-deep in an iPhone app; and in general things are just all abuzz about mobile. And Brian has pretty much convinced me that mobile is, in fact, a huge deal.

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About Contact Web Strategy Vault Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang | Social Media, Web Marketing Jeremiah Owyang discusses how web tools and social media enable companies to connect with customers Forrester Wave Report: The Leaders in Community Platforms for Marketers (Part 4/4) January 09th, 2009 | Category: White Label Social Network , Analyst , Forrester Clients can access the full report The Forrester Wave™: Community Platforms, Q1 2009 on the Forrester site, however the high level findings are available below,