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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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  • An Award Winning Community Strategy… 30 Years in the Making

    An Award Winning Community Strategy… 30 Years in the Making

    Two weeks ago my former team and colleagues at Autodesk won a Forrester Groundswell award for “Social Relationship Marketing (Business-to-Business)”. I am very proud of the work the collective team did (and continues to do), and heartened to see that the online community strategies I put in to place continue to bear fruit. A Rich History Community…

    April 30, 2015
  • Opportunities for Brands in the Collaborative Economy

    Opportunities for Brands in the Collaborative Economy

    You’ve probably been hearing a lot about the Collaborative Economy lately. The key question many brands are asking: How do I get started? The good news? You may already have. Most organizations have an existing online customer community (or communties). Most are as simple as technical support forums, but many organizations have explored community engagement…

    March 10, 2015
  • Brands & The Collaborative Economy Research Project: Call for Participation

    Brands & The Collaborative Economy Research Project: Call for Participation

    Update 3/2/15: The survey (Wave 1) will remain open until Friday, March 6th. We’ve had great response from brands, startups and a handful of non-profits. If your organization would still like to participate, you have until EOD 3/6/2015 bitly.com/collabeconbrands. — Today I’m kicking off a qualitative research project exploring the level of understanding, interest in, and…

    February 9, 2015
  • Announcing Structure3C – Strategies for the Collaborative Economy

    Announcing Structure3C – Strategies for the Collaborative Economy

    Today I’m taking a big (and scary) step in my professional practice – I’m going out on my own to launch a new venture: Structure3C. It is becoming clear that a new wave of activity, the Collaborative Economy, is poised to have a large impact on global markets. Many organizations are not prepared for the coming shift,…

    February 4, 2015
  • A New Kind of Community Management #CMAD 2015

    A New Kind of Community Management #CMAD 2015

    Community Manager Appreciation Day, for me, is an opportunity to reflect on where we’ve been as a practice and as a formative industry, and where we are going. There are vibrant & global conversations happening today and that makes me very happy. As someone who has invested most of their career building online (and offline) communities, it…

    January 26, 2015
  • It’s Time to Flip the Social Media & Community ROI Equation on its Head

    It’s Time to Flip the Social Media & Community ROI Equation on its Head

    It’s time to move to a more equitable participation and recognition model for Brand Online Communities.

    January 13, 2015
  • The Collaborative Economy Honeycomb v2: 6 Industries Added

    The latest version of the Collaborative Economy Honeycomb – visualizing the industries showing meaningful growth and / or activity – has been released on Jeremiah Owyang’s blog. The new version adds 6 new industries: Health & Wellness Logistics Corporate (Platforms) Utilities Municipal Learning   You can get multiple versions of the Honeycomb file, a directory…

    December 8, 2014
  • The Collaborative Economy – A Comprehensive Overview from the P2P Foundation

    The Collaborative Economy – A Comprehensive Overview from the P2P Foundation

    I stumbled on the following report from the P2P Foundation, and it was too good (and comprehensive) not to share. The main caveat with the doc is that it was published in 2012 and not 100% current with trends… but with that said, the content is generally helpful, and the editors / researchers were very…

    August 15, 2014
  • Dr. Strangeshare or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the “Collaborative Economy”

    I have a confession to make: I can become really obsessed with labels. Back in 2008, when I was producing events and conducting research focused on Online Communities for Forum One, the word “social media” hit broad adoption. I had countless debates with my colleagues about what we should title events and new research initiatives…

    March 2, 2014
  • Culture, Change and Faith: Achtung Baby & Social Business Transformation

    File under: slightly off topic but personally meaningful. Disclosure: I’m not a massive U2 fan. With that said, Achtung Baby is one of my all time favorite albums. It is a transformative recording from a band that had, to date, been cast as a folksy and righteous rock and roll band from Ireland. Achtung Baby is a…

    October 31, 2013
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