I was inspired recently by this post by Adrian Chan on his Gravity 7 blog. He describes a curious social dynamic that shows up vividly in social media – flow.
In the early days of the WELL, when we were first involved in – and simultaneously observing – the participation of members in multiple conversations on [...]
In this presentation, Dan Pink at the TED conference in July 2009, makes the case that traditional carrot-and-stick incentives only work in a narrow range of business applications, and that what truly motivates workers to do better and to be more loyal are:
autonomy
mastery
purpose
Indeed, using social media as a business tool, in providing the means to [...]
I’ve been commenting on the social impacts and responses to the evidence for climate change for 5 years. Before that, I toyed with the idea of building a global dashboard on the Web where all the parameters relevant to the warming situation could be checked daily. But things were changing so slowly – I thought then [...]
Following up on the post about the priority of culture over strategy in organizational planning, I’m drawing from another of the acknowledged gurus, this time from the non-profit universe: Beth Kanter. I’m also a subscriber to Beth’s Blog, which is a constant treasure trove of good stories and ideas, often by guest bloggers.
In yesterday’s post, [...]
I’ve been subscribed to Luis Suarez’s blog for almost a month now. I usually give a blogger a month’s trial to convince myself that they’re worth following. His job is to help educate, encourage and guide IBM employees in using social tools productively, but much of what he does is expose other peoples’ work and [...]
Extreme Community 3.0
Sep 28
What is XC ?
The convergence of local needs with global media
The next necessary stage of local collaboration
Proactive and urgent local engagement to build resilience in a fast-changing world
Awareness that all local communities can and should share new knowledge
Extreme Community is going beyond simply living in proximity; it is a consciousness of local interdependence and shared [...]
October 17 will mark the 20-year anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake here in the Bay Area. Though most of the damage happened south and east of Marin County, we got a lot of movement nonetheless. I had just gassed up the car on the way home from the WELL office in Sausalito and was [...]
Twitter and influence
Sep 16
Here’s an attempt to get quite a bit deeper into Twitter than the previous 60-second video cram course.
How individuals influence others in online environments has always been a fascinating aspect of the social Web. Twitter’s structure provides some new perspectives of how influence works, but it may not be as obvious as the follower-followee dynamic [...]
Video: Twitter in 60 seconds
Sep 16
I wouldn’t give this an Emmy, but I’m a fan of brevity and I tend to pay attention to people who at least attempt to keep such explanations short. The creator says it was done in response to a challenge.
There’s been a lot of action since Obama took office in the development of the idea of Government 2.0 – an increasingly transparent and open sharing of information collected by the federal government with its citizens.
Extreme communities must be closely involved with the actions of government at all levels. Government – to the extent that [...]
