Category: Online Community Report

  • Online Community Unconfernece East: A report back

    (This is cross-posted from the Online Community Report) We had a fantastic OC Unconference East in New York City last Thursday. Over one hundred online community and social media professionals were in attendance, and we had over 40 collaborative sessions. I’ve captured highlights below. I’ve also just opened up the Unconference wiki, so you can…

  • OC Unconference East: What to expect during topic selection

    We are just 2 days away from the Online Community Unconference East in NYC. We still have about 5 open seats for those or you in the NYC area. You can register at: http://www.ocue.eventbrite.com There is a really diverse mix of organizations coming, including: BlogHer Inc., Mediabistro, CMP, HP, Gartner, Autodesk, AOL, Texas Instruments, Microsoft,…

  • Next Online Community Roundtable: 2/28 @ Forrester Research

    The next Online Community Roundtable will be held Thursday, 2/28 in Foster City. Jeremiah Owyang and the folks at Forrester will host. If you are interested in attending, please drop me a note. Also, please note that capacity for this event is 25, so first come, first served. I expect this to fill up. The…

  • Online Community Expert Interviews: The Best of 2007

    I just put together a short list of our best interviews from the Online Community Report for 2007. We had a great group of Community experts sharing their experiences, and I think you will agree that the content is worth a second look. Shawn Morton, CNET “The big lesson … was to follow the needs…

  • Online Community Ideas – best of 2007

    I posted the following content in the Online Community Report newsletter this morning, but I wanted to blog this as well. The Big Ideas of 2007 The following are, to my eyes, the “big ideas” that emerged in 2007. I feel these ideas set the stage for the meaningful activity that will play out in…

  • Online Community Indentity and Reputation

    Earlier this week, I published the “Identity, Reputation and Ranking” research study to members of our Online Community Research Network. The study was designed to discover best practices for content rating and ranking, and to establish a baseline of current practice for supporting member identity and reputation. I inititated the study in early November, and…

  • Utter: Online Community Roundtable @ WebEx / Iphone reception sucks!

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  • Online Community ROI 2007 – Report Released

    We publicly released the Online Community ROI report last week. The research project was conducted as part of the Online Community Research Network agenda, and was initially released to OCRN members in May. The study had many interesting findings, including: • Only 22% of respondents could clearly articulate ROI on community efforts • The majority…

  • The Social Graph: A Conversation with Marc Smith from Microsoft Research

    Note: This is cross-posted from the OC Report. You have probably been hearing the term “social graph” a lot in recent weeks. Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook describes the concept in a recent Business Week article: As he (Zuckerberg) describes it, this is a mathematical construct that maps the real-life connections between every human on the…

  • Interview with Joi Podgorny on the OC Report

    If you haven’t, check out the interview I did with Joi on the Online Community Report. She obviously did the hard part… providing great content! This month’s Online Community Expert interview is with Joi Podgorny of Ludorum, Inc. Joi’s area of expertise is the post-Facebook crowd, Tweens and Children. Joi’s Bio: Joi has worked the…