Comments on: Seven Great Communities for Sharing Ideas on Collaboration in the Workplace http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/08/five-great-communities-for-sharing/ Better business through collaboration and technology Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:23:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Connie Bensen http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/08/five-great-communities-for-sharing/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Connie Bensen Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:05:07 +0000 http://sharingatwork.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/seven-great-communities-for-sharing-ideas-on-collaboration-in-the-workplace/#comment-22 Thanks for the very kind words Dave! And Dan you're creating some great resources here. Thanks for the very kind words Dave! And Dan you're creating some great resources here.

]]> By: Daniel J. Pritchett http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/08/five-great-communities-for-sharing/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Daniel J. Pritchett Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:48:58 +0000 http://sharingatwork.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/seven-great-communities-for-sharing-ideas-on-collaboration-in-the-workplace/#comment-16 Memphis can be a fun place to visit and I'm sure the SMB Memphis crowd will help you find the best parts. Twitter tells me it's Elvis Week down here right now. Memphis can be a fun place to visit and I'm sure the SMB Memphis crowd will help you find the best parts. Twitter tells me it's Elvis Week down here right now.

]]> By: Daniel J. Pritchett http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/08/five-great-communities-for-sharing/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Daniel J. Pritchett Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:56:22 +0000 http://sharingatwork.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/seven-great-communities-for-sharing-ideas-on-collaboration-in-the-workplace/#comment-18 Thanks for pointing out these good sites! I'm going to go ahead and add Social Median to the list above and put all three in my news reader. Looks like I'll need to make a big post soon about my favorite bloggers in this space.<br><br>I recognize Ms. Bensen and Mr. Owyang from some of your past updates on twitter and your blog, I'll be following each of them intently now. Thanks for pointing out these good sites! I'm going to go ahead and add Social Median to the list above and put all three in my news reader. Looks like I'll need to make a big post soon about my favorite bloggers in this space.

I recognize Ms. Bensen and Mr. Owyang from some of your past updates on twitter and your blog, I'll be following each of them intently now.

]]> By: Daniel J. Pritchett http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/08/five-great-communities-for-sharing/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Daniel J. Pritchett Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:37:33 +0000 http://sharingatwork.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/seven-great-communities-for-sharing-ideas-on-collaboration-in-the-workplace/#comment-21 Tweetdeck suggestion voted up, and I'm adding Dosh Dosh to the list above. Thanks again Justin! Tweetdeck suggestion voted up, and I'm adding Dosh Dosh to the list above. Thanks again Justin!

]]> By: Bryan Person, LiveWorld http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/08/five-great-communities-for-sharing/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Bryan Person, LiveWorld Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:31:05 +0000 http://sharingatwork.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/seven-great-communities-for-sharing-ideas-on-collaboration-in-the-workplace/#comment-15 Daniel, nice to see you're getting value from the Memphis SMBs. Dave Barger has done a great job in quickly turning them into a must-attend event. I hope to make one myself in the next six months or so.<br><br>--Bryan Person<br>Social Media Breakfast founder Daniel, nice to see you're getting value from the Memphis SMBs. Dave Barger has done a great job in quickly turning them into a must-attend event. I hope to make one myself in the next six months or so.

–Bryan Person
Social Media Breakfast founder

]]> By: Dave Barger http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/08/five-great-communities-for-sharing/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Dave Barger Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:33:00 +0000 http://sharingatwork.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/seven-great-communities-for-sharing-ideas-on-collaboration-in-the-workplace/#comment-17 While this post grows, let's pile on a couple more bookmarkables:<br><br><a href="http://www.socialmedian.com">http://www.socialmedian.com</a><br>It's like a mashup of several different great components along with some ingenious creations of their own.<br><br>Most A-listers you run into are completely full of themselves, are off in celebrity mode, and lost track of the trenches long ago. I don't like the way many of them treat people like flocks of sheep that'll mindlessly hoof-it wherever directed. Here are two exceptions that don't readily appear to bias their information with their opinions (unless expressly stated):<br><br><a href="http://www.web-strategist.com">http://www.web-strategist.com</a><br>Jeremiah Owyang - Is a top notch aggregator. Many people follow him and he's able to get nice sample of opinions and sentiment quickly and shares his findings. He is a community builder, and very knowledgeable. <br><br><a href="http://conniebensen.com">http://conniebensen.com</a><br>Connie Bensen - A community management ace, Connie's blog is a plethora of information and her writing is precision. She's most personable, very busy in high demand, and I've referred to her as my 'Social Media Angel' at least a couple of times. While this post grows, let's pile on a couple more bookmarkables:

http://www.socialmedian.com
It's like a mashup of several different great components along with some ingenious creations of their own.

Most A-listers you run into are completely full of themselves, are off in celebrity mode, and lost track of the trenches long ago. I don't like the way many of them treat people like flocks of sheep that'll mindlessly hoof-it wherever directed. Here are two exceptions that don't readily appear to bias their information with their opinions (unless expressly stated):

http://www.web-strategist.com
Jeremiah Owyang – Is a top notch aggregator. Many people follow him and he's able to get nice sample of opinions and sentiment quickly and shares his findings. He is a community builder, and very knowledgeable.

http://conniebensen.com
Connie Bensen – A community management ace, Connie's blog is a plethora of information and her writing is precision. She's most personable, very busy in high demand, and I've referred to her as my 'Social Media Angel' at least a couple of times.

]]> By: Daniel J. Pritchett http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/08/five-great-communities-for-sharing/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Daniel J. Pritchett Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:17:33 +0000 http://sharingatwork.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/seven-great-communities-for-sharing-ideas-on-collaboration-in-the-workplace/#comment-20 Nice to hear from you Justin! I am finding Mashable's articles to be hit or miss so far but I can't argue with the steady stream of social media stories.<br><br>I've not seen DoshDosh, so I'll check that out tonight.<br><br>I do like tweetdeck's filtering options by my daytime interaction with is mostly limited to RSS feeds and the occasional tweet via IM... I try not to keep twitter open 24/7.<br><br>I do have tweetdeck at home and I'll have to remember to load it up at night. Nice to hear from you Justin! I am finding Mashable's articles to be hit or miss so far but I can't argue with the steady stream of social media stories.

I've not seen DoshDosh, so I'll check that out tonight.

I do like tweetdeck's filtering options by my daytime interaction with is mostly limited to RSS feeds and the occasional tweet via IM… I try not to keep twitter open 24/7.

I do have tweetdeck at home and I'll have to remember to load it up at night.

]]> By: skippytpe http://www.sharingatwork.com/2008/08/five-great-communities-for-sharing/comment-page-1/#comment-19 skippytpe Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:57:59 +0000 http://sharingatwork.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/seven-great-communities-for-sharing-ideas-on-collaboration-in-the-workplace/#comment-19 Thanks for the reminder about Mashable... it's been a while since I've been there and it really seems to have turned into a good resource.<br><br>While it's not so much KM as marketing, I've been finding DoshDosh really useful lately. So much of getting the most out of any organizational resource comes from the ability to get user buy in (which sometimes requires a little internal marketing). I'm not sure I'm necessarily saying that I'm going to start a Viral Marketing campaign to sell the idea of my companies internal document libraries, but if I could figure out a way to make it work, then so much the better.<br><br>Also, on the Twitter front, have you tried Tweetdeck? It allows you to keep searches open and returning results live to the desktop client. It doesn't support all of the search syntax that <a href="http://search.twitter.com">search.twitter.com</a> does (yet) but it's still a pretty good utility to have around. <br><br>I've put in a feature request for them to fix the search syntax in their feedback forums, so if you like it and would like more search features, vote me up :)<br><br><a href="http://tweetdeck.uservoice.com/pages/general/suggestions/15553">http://tweetdeck.uservoice.com/pages/general/su...</a> Thanks for the reminder about Mashable… it's been a while since I've been there and it really seems to have turned into a good resource.

While it's not so much KM as marketing, I've been finding DoshDosh really useful lately. So much of getting the most out of any organizational resource comes from the ability to get user buy in (which sometimes requires a little internal marketing). I'm not sure I'm necessarily saying that I'm going to start a Viral Marketing campaign to sell the idea of my companies internal document libraries, but if I could figure out a way to make it work, then so much the better.

Also, on the Twitter front, have you tried Tweetdeck? It allows you to keep searches open and returning results live to the desktop client. It doesn't support all of the search syntax that search.twitter.com does (yet) but it's still a pretty good utility to have around.

I've put in a feature request for them to fix the search syntax in their feedback forums, so if you like it and would like more search features, vote me up :)

http://tweetdeck.uservoice.com/pages/general/su...

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