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Bill Johnston

Notes on Community, Collaborative Technologies, and Design

Bill Johnston is the founder of Structure3C, a strategy studio working with enterprise companies on the systems behind customer networks – communities, advocacy programs, partner ecosystems – and how they compound into real enterprise value. He writes about the shift from tactical community programs to durable customer networks, and what that shift means as AI-driven experiences reshape how customers find, trust, and choose companies. Past leadership roles: Dell, Autodesk, TechRepublic.


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  • 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…

    February 1, 2008
  • How to Develop a Community Strategy

    INTRODUCTION: This post is targeted at folks just getting started with online community activities at their respective organizations. It is written with the brand or product-specific corporate communities in mind, but is somewhat applicable to independent communities and non profit organizations.A few key points to begin with: First, the working assumption here is that most…

    January 29, 2008
  • Work 2.0: Why I (mostly) <3 working from home

    Approximately one year ago, I left a large corporate environment (Autodesk) to work for a small company (Forum One), using my home office (the Garoffice) as my base of operations. The following post by Alex Iskold, The “Work From Home” Generation, does a really great job of summarizing the pros and cons of the 20…

    January 26, 2008
  • 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…

    January 17, 2008
  • Starting the New Year Off Right: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself About Your Community

    This is cross-posted from the OC Report. In the spirit of the new year, I wanted to encourage community managers, strategists and teams to do a bit of self-reflection on the old (2007) and planning for the new (2008). The following are five key questions you and your team might explore in the coming weeks.…

    January 6, 2008
  • Hillary winking after the 1/5 debate

    Hillary winking after the 1/5 debate Originally uploaded by redplasticmonkey In the b-roll after the debates tonight on ABC, we see a saucy Hillary Clinton giving someone a wink as the Red team and Blue team mixed. IT looked liked it was directed at Edwards.

    January 6, 2008
  • Holy cow, Marin is getting pounded.

    This is the creek behind my garoffice. Scary, it’s up 6-7 feet. Stay dry peoples! Mobile post sent by redplasticmonkey using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3

    January 4, 2008
  • Welcome 2008! Defining Community / “ownership”

    Mobile post sent by redplasticmonkey using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3

    January 2, 2008
  • Welcome 2008! Defining Community / "ownership"

    Mobile post sent by redplasticmonkey using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3

    January 2, 2008
  • Happy Holidays, and the OLPC Project

    Many of you know about the One Laptop Per Child project. What you may not know is that until 12/31, you can “buy one, get one”. Meaning, for ~$400  you can buy one for a child in the developing world, and get one for yourself or your family. With the $200 tax write off (depends…

    December 23, 2007
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