Monthly Archives: May 2008

Social Media in Plain English

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Steve Dale

Another excellent video from Lee leFever over at Common Craft. This one explains Social Media in plain English.

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Equality and diversity monitoring – should we be concerned?

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Steve Dale

I wonder what it is about Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs), Non-Government Organisations (NGO’s) and other Quangos that somehow feel compelled to monitor and report on socio-demographic data that is not part of their brief? I encountered this first hand when … Continue reading →

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Enterprise 2.0 Social Search and Discovery

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Steve Dale

I attended (and presented at) the Butler Group “Information Management and Collaboration” event that was held in London on 14-15 May. Regrettably I couldn’t get to the first day of the event, so missed presentations on topics such as: Document … Continue reading →

Posted in Communities of Practice, Enterprise 2.0, Search, Social Media, Social Networking Tools | Tagged Enterprise 2.0, Search | 1 Comment

Plain English Campaign releases Drivel Defence

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Steve Dale

The Plain English Campaign has just released a JavaScript-based application called Drivel Defence. The authors of the application allege that it will help authors assess their writing for Plain English as part of a general effort to improve accessibility. The … Continue reading →

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New links for Communities and Networks 2008-05-04 @ del.icio.us

Posted on May 4, 2008 by Steve Dale

Tools for Communities Wiki A companion piece to a forthcoming book Stewarding Technologies for Communities of Practice by Etienne Wenger, Nancy White and John D. Smith. It collects knowledge about how Communities of Practice use different tools. Like all Wikis, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Communities of Practice, Social Networking Tools, Web2.0, Wiki | Tagged book, , technology, Twitter, Wiki | 1 Comment

Charted growth of communities of practice in local government

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Steve Dale

I thought I would try out Google Gadgets as a way of showing the growth in usage of the IDeA CoP platform. It was simpler to set up than I imagined. A straight forward process of adding the data to … Continue reading →

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Yellow, Pink and Green

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Steve Dale

Something light to start the day. Unfortunately this has a ring of truth! Mujibar was trying to get a job in India . The Personnel Manager said, ‘Mujibar, you have passed all the tests, except one. Unless you pass it … Continue reading →

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