Why online communities? Others are (or soon will be) participating in online communities. Go where they are going!

Why should you care? Internet use / behavior is changing. The mindset is more of a “come to me” world.

Internet use / behavior is changing.

The mindset is more of a “come to me” world.

So what’s changing? http://www.briansolis.com/2006/12/time-magazine-web-20-and-you.html Gaming Entertainment Learning Journalism Politics Commerce Business Marketing Mapping

http://www.briansolis.com/2006/12/time-magazine-web-20-and-you.html

What problems are OC solving? Work occurs outside of our offices Email overload - wrong method Unable to keep up Need to work together Need to include clients You (We) don’t know it all Communication failures

Work occurs outside of our offices

Email overload - wrong method

Unable to keep up

Need to work together

Need to include clients

You (We) don’t know it all

Communication failures

Online communities are about… Sharing Work Information Knowledge Experiences Interests Opinions

Sharing

Also, they’re about… Enhancing learning opportunities Providing better quality services Communicating Building relationships Building professional reputations

Enhancing learning opportunities

Providing better quality services

Communicating

Building relationships

Building professional reputations

Also, they are about the … Power of reading feeds bloggers’ & individuals’ influence learning from others (regardless of geography/status) relating any format, anywhere

Power of

reading feeds

bloggers’ & individuals’ influence

learning from others

(regardless of geography/status)

relating

any format, anywhere

Individuals decide how they want information. Individuals depend on their communities for information.

Blogging Share your Expertise Knowledge Information Thoughts Ideas Cool stuff Observations Opinions

Share your

Extension professionals Good bloggers’ characteristics

Before blogging 1. Seek Find feeds that interest you (look for the RSS feed logo ) Extension professionals may find these feeds interesting “Ten Steps to Web 2.0″ . Watch the archive from April 24

1. Seek

Find feeds that interest you (look for the RSS feed logo )

Extension professionals may find these feeds interesting

“Ten Steps to Web 2.0″ . Watch the archive from April 24

Before blogging 2. Lurk Stop surfing – read blogs using feed reader (i.e., Google Reader ) How to Use a News Reader Trying to Create a Listing of News Feeds Web conference archives Make Google Reader your home page

2. Lurk

Stop surfing – read blogs using feed reader (i.e., Google Reader )

How to Use a News Reader

Trying to Create a Listing of News Feeds

Web conference archives

Make Google Reader your home page

Before blogging 3. Converse Comment on blogs—this is your introduction to blogging.

3. Converse

Comment on blogs—this is your introduction to blogging.

Before blogging 4. Share Share your findings on social bookmarking sites del.icio.us or diigo . See web conference archives on social bookmarking

4. Share

Share your findings on social bookmarking sites del.icio.us or diigo .

See web conference archives on social bookmarking

Following & contributing to existing blogs (conversations), you will: learn new knowledge & ideas advance the knowledge of others share what you learned with others

learn new knowledge & ideas

advance the knowledge of others

share what you learned with others

Beginners’ blogging tips Getting started in conversations Tips from a new blogger Make mine chunky (how to write a blog) Writing for the web Legal guide for bloggers Extension professionals and their passion Blogging : Stepping into the learning process Blogging : Build your professional reputation

Getting started in conversations

Tips from a new blogger

Make mine chunky (how to write a blog)

Writing for the web

Legal guide for bloggers

Extension professionals and their passion

Blogging : Stepping into the learning process

Blogging : Build your professional reputation

Next steps Try at least 1 of the applications on the pages “Next Steps”. Then try another & another.

Next steps Stop editing large attachments – Google Docs Stop email madness – Wikis Instant messaging: AIM, Yahoo, MSN, or enterprise messaging SMS (text messaging)

Stop editing large attachments – Google Docs

Stop email madness –

Wikis

Instant messaging: AIM, Yahoo, MSN, or enterprise messaging

SMS (text messaging)

Next steps Share by using wikis & Google Docs & shared resources: Slideshare Flickr YouTube etc.

Share by using wikis & Google Docs & shared resources:

Slideshare

Flickr

YouTube

etc.

Next steps Share your opinion vote on content Digg StumbleUpon Amazon etc.

Share your opinion vote on content

Digg

StumbleUpon

Amazon

etc.

Next steps Join a social network site Facebook MySpace Ning LinkedIn Join a virtual world Second Life

Join a social network site

Facebook

MySpace

Ning

LinkedIn

Join a virtual world

Second Life

Other references Extension in Web 2.0 Trust in the online community Social networks in plain English More thoughts on Twitter

Extension in Web 2.0

Trust in the online community

Social networks in plain English

More thoughts on Twitter