Facilitate Knowledge Sharing Through Micro-Blogs and Peer-to-Peer Training by Ray Chance ECMINSTITUTE

by Ray Chance

ECMINSTITUTE

Introduction Micro-Blog Presentation Peer-to-Peer Presentation Brainstorming chat after each topic Test new web conferencing features Conclude with Questions/Answers

Micro-Blog Presentation

Peer-to-Peer Presentation

Brainstorming chat after each topic

Test new web conferencing features

Conclude with Questions/Answers

Dark Days? ' Car Czar' Power to Force GM Bankruptcy? Third of Hedge Funds Face 'Wipe Out'... Prime rate nears 0% $700 Billion bailout will fail Obama left with little time to curb global warming

' Car Czar' Power to Force GM Bankruptcy?

Third of Hedge Funds Face 'Wipe Out'...

Prime rate nears 0%

$700 Billion bailout will fail

Obama left with little time to curb global warming

Great Days! “ These are not dark days: these are great days -- the greatest days our country has ever lived. “ Churchill, Winston

“ These are not dark days: these are great days -- the greatest days our country has ever lived. “ Churchill, Winston

What is Micro-Blogging? Micro-blogging is a form of blogging that enables users to post brief text updates (say, 140 characters or fewer) or micromedia such as photos or audio clips. These messages can be submitted by a variety of means, including text messaging, instant messaging, email, MP3 or the web.

Micro-blogging is a form of blogging that enables users to post brief text updates (say, 140 characters or fewer) or micromedia such as photos or audio clips.

These messages can be submitted by a variety of means, including text messaging, instant messaging, email, MP3 or the web.

Micro-Blogging Tools Twitter – By far the most popular tool The Good widely used very simple interface excellent summary pages The Bad limited to 140 characters proprietary database emphasizes “me” not “us” difficult to categorize posts And the Ugly goes down often competitors are failing left and right hard to customize i.e. Add tags, expand text, add comments etc.

Twitter – By far the most popular tool

The Good

widely used

very simple interface

excellent summary pages

The Bad

limited to 140 characters

proprietary database

emphasizes “me” not “us”

difficult to categorize posts

And the Ugly

goes down often

competitors are failing left and right

hard to customize i.e. Add tags, expand text, add comments etc.

Examples in Government