These days, people almost count on social effects of blogging, however it is not always obvious how exactly blogging helps to build reputation and relationships and what is required to make it work that way. Make sure you have the right tools : social effects of blogging are enabled by invisible infrastructure of tools and services. MORE >>

This is something I wanted to blog for a while, but – hey – it’s better late than never :). did my PhD in Utrecht University , which is old (founded in 1636) and quite traditional. The defense is in a room full of old portraits, professors wear togas and technology (photo, video, etc) is allowed without special permission. gervis. MORE >>

Now, Patti is sharing another series – this time it’s about social media. My interest in social media spans across Customer-Enterprise-Personal SM, but most of my work has been about the Personal one and its connections with Customer SM and, especially, Enterprise SM (so I’m eagerly waiting to the remaining two posts :). MORE >>

excuses to be there that are not necessarily involve working towards a shared goal or being intentionally social, opportunities to see what’s going on and to be seen in a non-intrusive way , easy switching between inward- and outward-oriented activities. when work moves into a technology-mediated realm, things start to break. Related posts. MORE >>

Start by helping potential bloggers to find uses of a weblog personally meaningful for them in the long term – these are essential to sustain blogging while social effects of it emerge. Still not happy, but here it is (in a slightly updated form). For example, weblogs are useful for: Tapping into the undocumented. Scale. Visibility. MORE >>