tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585040184982733654.post6624011223175845929..comments2024-03-20T11:13:46.071+00:00Comments on Knoco stories: The four community typesNick Miltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02413967879826601863noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585040184982733654.post-8990892496269938282010-07-15T16:34:48.901+01:002010-07-15T16:34:48.901+01:00I completely agree Ian,
a) real life is fuzzy, a...I completely agree Ian, <br /><br />a) real life is fuzzy, and<br />b) social bonds can help the other communities.<br /><br />However the other communities are not solely social, they are about delivery, about practice, or about a specific interest.<br /><br />In my Facebook circle, for example, i have a group of people who are just friends, and we chat about social things. I have a group of people with a common interest in jive dancing. I have a group of people with a common practice - knowledge management. I have friends in all three groups, but one group is just friends.<br /><br />It's how you manage and structure the groups that differs.<br /><br />Also, communities of practice are often so large that they far transcend the boubnds of a social network. CoPs in Shell, for example, are sometimes >2000 members. You can't be friends with 2000 people, but you can use each other as a knowledge resource.Nick Miltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02413967879826601863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585040184982733654.post-82387911373207710002010-07-15T16:26:26.066+01:002010-07-15T16:26:26.066+01:00Just came across this post.
I like the categoriza...Just came across this post. <br />I like the categorization, it's very helpful. The only problem I have is that I think sometimes in practice things aren't as clear cut.<br />for example while I don't think you can force communities of practice to become social communities, they often seem to work better when there are also stronger social bonds between the members.Ianhttp://twitter.com/ithorpenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585040184982733654.post-27822807735879095892010-04-21T15:45:33.041+01:002010-04-21T15:45:33.041+01:00Andrew, the question of archetypes is very interes...Andrew, the question of archetypes is very interesting. I have not done this work, and to be honest, have recently found such a strong overlay of national culture on community styles that I worry that archetypes would not cross national boundaries. I could be wrong though.Nick Miltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02413967879826601863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585040184982733654.post-41403575236918342292010-04-21T15:43:47.927+01:002010-04-21T15:43:47.927+01:00David - sorry, I thought I had answered this, but ...David - sorry, I thought I had answered this, but the answer didn't appear!<br /><br />I would not use the same tools. A social community can use purely social tools, such as facebook. On the other end of the scale, a community of purpose will collaborate on shared products, and needs a collaboration suite.<br /><br />The main tools for a community of practice are the discussion forum and the wiki, while the main tools for the community of interest are the blog, the distribution list, and the portal.Nick Miltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02413967879826601863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585040184982733654.post-77453152976022433592010-04-21T14:52:27.042+01:002010-04-21T14:52:27.042+01:00Thanks for the great content Nick. Do you have arc...Thanks for the great content Nick. Do you have archetypes for members within each of those communities?<br />In the spirit of giving back, for anyone looking to hire community weavers at my blog as well: http://communitycomposers.wordpress.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585040184982733654.post-5751633361634561312010-04-20T11:23:56.437+01:002010-04-20T11:23:56.437+01:00I would be interested to know if you would use dif...I would be interested to know if you would use different social media strategies or tools to support these different communities or if the same tools can be used for all these types of communities, albeit for different end goals.David Phippshttp://www.researchimpact.canoreply@blogger.com