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What is Skills Management?

Gyrus

It being 2015 the first place I looked is Wikipedia (of course) and found this: Skills Management. Terrific, a Wiki about skills management! The Wiki really does sum up many important elements of skills management: Definition: The practice of understanding, developing, and deploying people and their skills.

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Why is Skills Management Important?

Gyrus

Last week I defined skills management by referencing and summarizing an existing Wikipedia article. This week I’ll explain why skills management is important and I’ll begin by repeating Wiki’s definition of Skills Management: “ The practice of understanding, developing, and deploying people and their skills.

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Live Blogging ONG Web 2.0 Conference in Romania sponsored by the Soros Foundation in Bucharest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

by Iulian Commanescu The definitions are fluid when it comes to Web 2.0. He selected some definitions from the Internet. Wiki: Collective brain of humanity. He told the story of the founding of wikipedia and the meaning of the Hawaiin word - quickly, quickly. He talked about the growth of wikipedia.

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Wade Roush suggests some continuous computing tools that ought to benefit npos

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

(He wrote the article on the August issue of the TR on Continuous Computing called " Social Machines " definitely worth reading.). Interesting, Wikicities was mentioned by SJ Klein during the Berkman Center Thursday blogger meeting session on wikipedias. (I One is wikis. I hope to post an interview with SJ soon.)

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Guest Post by Gaurav Mishra: The 4Cs Social Media Framework

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The second reason is a clear definition of what social media is, even within the social media community. However, very few people use these terms precisely and almost nobody agrees on the exact definition of these terms. Wikis are a perfect example of co-creation. Used precisely, these terms can mean very different things.

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Which Social Networking Analysis Term Best Describes Virgin America?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The definition of links or how you're connected is defined however you want. The Core are people who do most of the work (think wikipedia editors.) Interesting, one of the backchannel comments was the definition of an expert. My definition is that your knowledge lives in the clouds. Source: Monitor Institute.

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