meeting of minds of researchers and practitioners from all over the world, generalizability and reusability of research ideas and the practical impact Framing community informatics research informatics research and practice cannot be seen separately. From Oct 27-30, 2008, the 5th Community Informatics & Development Informatics conference was was held in Prato, Italy. 

Research Reinvented have polled the Twitterverse (I hate that word!) to find the most influential people in the market and consumer research areas to follow. At FreshNetworks we make the most of strong research credentials, both in our specific online research communities , but also helping all of our clients make the most of the insight they can get from online communities . Rather ingratiatingly I’m one of them and now get to wait to see if I make the top 10. You can read more of our recent research posts from making online research better to one on

While exploring this theme as part of the content of my research was somewhat expected, I did not realise how much reflecting on practices of others and my blogging experiences in that respect would challenge my research methodology-wise. Blogging research not only turned into participatory research and involving others as co-researchers . In my dissertation I describe uses of weblogs as a sense-making instrument that provides a way to deal with unexpected or complex ideas by supporting articulation and organising ideas at a personal level combined with distributed collaborative thinking in “ sense-making networks “.

We initiated the Online Community Culture study in October of 2008, as part of the ongoing research agenda of the Online Community Research Network. We had over 75 participants in the research, representing many sectors, including software, tech, traditional media, social media and online community, and non-profits. The full report "Online Community Culture: Establishing, Maintaining and Changing" (Published 11/08, The intention of the study was to get a broad look at the factors that influence online community culture, and the steps community managers and strategists take in cultivating, and in some cases influencing, a community’s culture.

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The Online Communities: Metrics and Reporting research study was initiated in late July of 2009, and ran until the second week of August 2009. The research project was conducted by the Online Community Research Network , and the intention of the study was to get a broad look at what online community metrics organizations are tracking, how organizations determine and report on the ongoing value of their online community initiatives, and the reporting and metrics tools that help companies assess this. We We received approximately 175 responses.

We’ve written before about the real power that online research communities can bring to a brand, and also of the way in which you can get insight from any online community . At FreshNetworks we have built online communities from scratch, and also worked  with organisations who have an incumbent online research community that isn’t living up to its promise. Research panels and online The promise of rich insight is great - real people talking to each other about your brand, market and competitors. They provide a real hub for innovation and co-creation and give

have conflicting views about the ethics of online peer project research. And now: What do Wikipedia’s unique features, both in terms of its democratic promise and its socio-technical characteristics, mean for the ethics of Internet research? Wikipedia research necessarily involves dealing with conflict. First, some background: In the chapter of my book Cyberchiefs on governance in the English-language Wikipedia, there is a section, as in all my case studies, which deals with conflict. Within this section there is a sub-section which focuses on the management of disruptive

The Online Community Platform and Services Satisfaction research project was initiated in January of 2009 and published in March. The research project was conducted by the Online Community Research Network , and was created to provide insight about customer attitudes towards online community platform and service vendors, particularly around satisfaction. Two items worth noting about the research protocol: Further, we wanted to explore the unmet needs in the online community platform and services market. We We

The Online Community Research Network is currently conducting our next research project regarding social media ecosystems. The research targets online community executives, strategists, and managers, working both in the commercial and non-profit space. If you would like to participate in the study, you can find the research survey here: [link] Specifically, we want to understand (and help others understand) how organizations are managing their hosted and external (think facebook, twitter, etc) online community touchpoints. The If