in.telligent conference 2008 - connecting the dots for social computing, social media, community
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Discusses the fundamental forces that are driving the need for social computing and community both inside and outside the firewall.TRANSCRIPT
In.Telligent Conference 2008
Connecting the Dots forSocial Computing, Social Media, Community
Lawrence Liuhttp://friendfeed.com/lliu
Director of Platform StrategyTelligent Systems
What is Social Computing?
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What is Social Media?
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Media.Social < Social.Everything
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Omni MediaCommunities
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Elevator Pitch for Community
• Warning: This stuff may get a bit too heavy, philosophical, anti/pro-[put your favorite ultra sensitive issue here], simplistic, complex, scary, or just annoying for some of you.
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Elevator Pitch for Community
• At work as much as in life,
• During good times or bad…
• Conversations matter.
• Relationships matter.
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• But what matters most beyond conversations and relationships in order for us to be happy and successful?
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•Seamlessly
•Integrated
•Contextual
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Contextual Awarenessvia Facebook
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Contextual Awarenessvia FriendFeed
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Contextual Awarenessvia Twitter
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Contextual Awarenessvia Microsoft “TownSquare”
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Contextual Awarenessvia Community Server Evolution
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Seamlessly Integrated Contextual Awarenessvia Community Server Evolution
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Elevator Pitch for Community
•Fundamentally, contextual awarenessenables us to make informed decisions.
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Elevator Pitch for Community
• By optimizing our contextual awareness of the people and things associated with a decision, we can achieve a more pragmatic understanding of the potential risks and consequences of the various options that we can choose from.
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Elevator Pitch for Community
• But…
• We need something else just as fundamental as awareness in order to make decisions that have potential risks/consequences beyond what our respective comfort levels would allow.
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Elevator Pitch for Community
•Courage
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• Where does courage come from?
• Our own experiences (usually by learning from our mistakes and building on our successes).
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Elevator Pitch for Community
• But…
• Our own experiences (usually) aren’t enough.
• So, where else does courage come from?
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Elevator Pitch for Community
•Community
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Elevator Pitch for Community
• By leveraging community, we are leveraging the experiences of othersrather than just our own to grow our inner courage.
• And with more courage, we can tackle the tougher choices that lead to better decisions based on our contextual awareness of the issues and factors as well as the risks and consequences.
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Elevator Pitch for Community
• But…
• Community can lead to…
• or
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• What’s the difference?
• Nazis = Insular Community Cult
• U.S. = Open Community Democracy
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Elevator Pitch for Community
• We belong to many (micro)communities.
• How do we stay in touch with the people and things that we care about?
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Elevator Pitch for Community
•Seamlessly
•Integrated
•Contextual
•Awareness10/21/200827 In.Telligent Confernece 2008
But…
Why is community mastery so challenging?
Because it requires balance.
CommunityZenMaster.com
• A community about community.
• All content licensed via Creative Commonswith Attribution.
• Focus on standards, practices, tools…
– and people who aspire to be…
• Community Zen Masters.
• To be launched in February, 2009.
• Currently redirects to my blog.
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CommunityZenMaster.com
• Who was the universe’s first Zen Master?
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CommunityZenMaster.com
• You can be one, too!
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Thank you!May the Zen be with you…