Online communities in the AEC industry by Paul Wilkinson (pwcom.co.uk)

From learned societies to business breakfasts Intranets and internal wikis (eg: Arup CoPs) Drivers (technology, economy, mobility) Now moving into Web 2.0 eg: RIBA NING SITES WEB 2.0 FACEBOOK TWITTER INTRO LINKEDIN

From learned societies to business breakfasts

Intranets and internal wikis (eg: Arup CoPs)

Drivers (technology, economy, mobility)

Now moving into Web 2.0

Face-to-face Written word Hand drawings Telephone Telegram Telex Fax CAD Email Groupware (eg: Lotus Notes) File transfer protocol (FTP) Websites Intranets, enterprise portals Video- and tele-conferencing Extranets Web-conferencing applications File-sharing (P2P) Instant messaging Discussion forums Home pages (iGoogle) Wikis Blogs, micro-blogs RSS Social networking Social search, tagging, sharing Mashups: Mapping, time-lines, etc Virtual worlds Cloud computing mobile eg: RIBA NING SITES WEB 2.0 FACEBOOK TWITTER INTRO LINKEDIN Web 2.0 BIM SaaS

Face-to-face

Written word

Hand drawings

Telephone

Telegram

Telex

Fax

CAD

Email

Groupware (eg: Lotus Notes)

File transfer protocol (FTP)

Websites

Intranets, enterprise portals

Video- and tele-conferencing

Extranets

Web-conferencing applications

File-sharing (P2P)

Instant messaging

Discussion forums

Home pages (iGoogle)

Wikis

Blogs, micro-blogs

RSS

Social networking

Social search, tagging, sharing

Mashups: Mapping, time-lines, etc

Virtual worlds

(Sources: Joe Drumgoole’s Copacetic ; Darrenbarefoot.com 2006 ) eg: RIBA NING SITES WEB 2.0 FACEBOOK TWITTER INTRO LINKEDIN Web 1.0 was about … Web 2.0 is about … reading writing companies communities one-way two-way lecture conversation advertising word-of-mouth owning sharing

RIBA Knowledge Communities beta project initially relaunched within RIBA earlier this year hosted on Elgg 918 site members (at 8 October 2009) eg: RIBA NING SITES WEB 2.0 FACEBOOK TWITTER INTRO LINKEDIN

RIBA Knowledge Communities

beta project initially

relaunched within RIBA earlier this year

hosted on Elgg

918 site members (at 8 October 2009)

RIBApedia Research and education site create profiles, share links, blogs, etc built on MediaWiki eg: RIBA NING SITES WEB 2.0 FACEBOOK TWITTER INTRO LINKEDIN

RIBApedia

Research and education site

create profiles, share links, blogs, etc

built on MediaWiki

Twitter loads of people, companies, etc @UKConstruction TwitterLeagues Twibes eg: RIBA NING SITES WEB 2.0 FACEBOOK TWITTER INTRO LINKEDIN

Twitter

loads of people, companies, etc

@UKConstruction

TwitterLeagues

Twibes

Facebook lots of people, pages, groups groups Difficult to find effective use of Facebook “ Under Construction” Page status Rock band name eg: RIBA NING SITES WEB 2.0 FACEBOOK TWITTER INTRO LINKEDIN

Facebook

lots of people, pages, groups groups

Difficult to find effective use of Facebook

“ Under Construction”

Page status

Rock band name

Architect HOK HOK careers Part of integrated HOK web 2.0 effort Blog LinkedIn Twitter Delicious YouTube, etc eg: RIBA NING SITES WEB 2.0 TWITTER INTRO LINKEDIN FACEBOOK

Architect HOK

HOK careers

Part of integrated HOK web 2.0 effort

Blog

LinkedIn

Twitter

Delicious

YouTube, etc

LinkedIn lots of AEC groups 85 “AEC” 1,350 “architecture” 2,135 “construction” easy to join groups some still very recruitment-focused eg: RIBA NING SITES WEB 2.0 FACEBOOK TWITTER INTRO LINKEDIN

LinkedIn

lots of AEC groups

85 “AEC”

1,350 “architecture”

2,135 “construction”

easy to join groups

some still very recruitment-focused

Be2camp launched 31 July 2008 Built on Ning 310 members (as at 6 October 2009) Targeting a niche interest Events key to growth eg: RIBA NING SITES WEB 2.0 FACEBOOK TWITTER INTRO LINKEDIN

Be2camp launched 31 July 2008

Built on Ning

310 members (as at 6 October 2009)

Targeting a niche interest

Events key to growth

Be2camp 10 Oct Be2camp North 15 May Be2camp Brum 12 Aug Be2camp WB 7-8 Oct eg: RIBA WEB 2.0 FACEBOOK TWITTER INTRO LINKEDIN NING SITES

CE Collaborative Working Champions Founded Jan 2009 Initially private Public from August Cause-focused 67 members Forum used to create guidance eg: RIBA FACEBOOK TWITTER INTRO LINKEDIN NING SITES WEB 2.0

CE Collaborative Working Champions

Founded Jan 2009

Initially private

Public from August

Cause-focused

67 members

Forum used to create guidance

CE G4C Founded July 2009 Initially private Public from Sept Cause-focused 48 members Autumn membership drive to start shortly eg: RIBA FACEBOOK TWITTER INTRO LINKEDIN NING SITES WEB 2.0

CE G4C

Founded July 2009

Initially private

Public from Sept

Cause-focused

48 members

Autumn membership drive to start shortly

AEC Network 342 members (as at 8 October 2009) Also built on Ning using networking events to grow eg: RIBA FACEBOOK TWITTER INTRO LINKEDIN NING SITES WEB 2.0

AEC Network

342 members (as at 8 October 2009)

Also built on Ning

using networking events to grow

Property Week launched network ‘ Soft launch’ 25 September Grew from 57 members to 82 in 11 days – strong brand helps Good Ning customisation endorsement of Ning? or inexpensive PWk experiment? eg: RIBA FACEBOOK TWITTER INTRO LINKEDIN NING SITES WEB 2.0

Property Week launched network

‘ Soft launch’ 25 September

Grew from 57 members to 82 in 11 days – strong brand helps

Good Ning customisation

endorsement of Ning? or inexpensive PWk experiment?

Thank you Contact: Paul Wilkinson Blog: www.extranetevolution.com Email: [email_address] Tel: +44 (0)20 8858 1104 mob: 07788 445920 Twitter: @EEPaul