Freely Seeping through the Walls of the Garden

Slide 1: Freely Seeping Through the Walls of the Garden Thomas Vander Wal Presented to: Reboot 10 Copenhagen, Denmark :: 26 June 2008

Slide 2: Organizations love hierarchy President VP VP Director Director Director Director Director

Slide 3: Hierarchy leads to compartmentalization President VP VP Director Director Director Director Director

Slide 4: or walled gardens

Slide 5: Walled gardens inhibit creativity & sharing...

Slide 6: by limiting cross-pollination

Slide 7: But...

Slide 8: Walled gardens create comfortable environments

Slide 9: People average connections to only 10 others

Slide 10: Most people need the comfort of the few

Slide 11: Small groups of people we know

Slide 12: Ease fear

Slide 13: Elements of Social Software

Slide 14: Relationships Reputation Conversation Groups Sharing Identity Object Collaboration Actions Presence

Slide 15: Collaboration Groups Conversation Relationship Reputation Build Order Sharing Actions Presence Identity Object

Slide 16: Spheres of Sociality Mob Collective Selective Personal InfoCloud Solutions, Inc. - 2008

Slide 17: But...

Slide 18: Getting information out of the walled garden

Slide 19: When people are comfortable...

Slide 20: garden walls must be permeable

Slide 21: Sharing out, one by one

Slide 22: Share with groups

Slide 23: Provides...

Slide 24: Connecting Distant People

Slide 25: Increased Understanding

Slide 26: Everybody gets smarter

Slide 27: Thank you!

Slide 28: URL: http://infocloudsolutions.com E-mail: thomas@infocloudsolutions.com E-mail: thomas@vanderwal.net AIM: vanderwal Skype: tjvanderwal InfoCloud Solutions, Inc. - 2008