A technology steward is someone who understands a community's technology needs and has experience with technology to address those needs. They select and configure technology and support its use within the community. Technology stewards help address tensions within communities between individual and group interactions by facilitating the use of tools like discussion boards, wikis, blogs, and other asynchronous and synchronous technologies. Their role is to help cultivate the community through strategic use of technology.

1. What the %&*# is a technology steward? http://www.flickr.com/photos/dani3l3/364684710/ Nancy White Full Circle Associates

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5. Community Technology Stewardship

7. Community profiles as patterns of togetherness Community activities oriented to … … meetings … context … community cultivation … access to expertise … projects … open-ended conversation … content publishing … individual participation … relationships In collaboration with Nancy White and John Smith © 2006 Wenger, White, and Smith

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9. “ Technology stewards are people with enough experience of the workings of a community to understand its technology needs, and enough experience with technology to take leadership in addressing those needs…

10. Stewardship typically includes selecting and configuring technology, as well as supporting its use in the practice of the community.” Wenger, White and Smith, 2007

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14. addressing inherent community tensions Group Individual Interacting Publishing asynchronous synchronous discussion boards teleconference chat instant messaging member directory wiki blog telephony/ VoIP individual profile page e-mail e-mail lists scratch pad RSS “ new” indicators subscription podcast content repository presence indicator buddy list security Q&A systems RSS aggregator newsletter calendar videoconference application sharing whiteboard site index participation statistics search subgroups personalization community public page version control document management UseNet content rating scheduling polling commenting networking tools tagging bookmarking shared filtering geomapping interest filter © 2006 Etienne Wenger In collaboration with Nancy White and John Smith

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20. http://www.technologyforcommunity.com http://www.fullcirc.com/weblog/onfacblog.htm Tag: technologystewardship http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgommel/138167164/