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Social Architecture Part 2: Hierarchy, Taxonomy, Ideology (and Comics)

Museum 2.0

Jeremy Price offered a comment on my last blog post with a link to an excellent article by Lee Shulman on the uses and abuses of taxonomies in educational theory. As she puts it: Taxonomies exist to classify and to clarify, but they also serve to guide and to goad. … So here’s a reenvisioning of this hierarchy as a taxonomy.

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Strengthen Your Community with a Knowledge Sharing Network

NTEN

It implies not just “information”, but also understanding how things work. Since my desktop computer at work is set up to scan all downloaded files, every file is checked. What is a knowledge sharing network? Knowledge is a lofty word. Some are huge. Some are successful, but messy. Further reading: http :// www.

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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

You need to fuel it and we have so much to do at work. 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. Described the difference between taxonomy and folksonomy. If you don't do this, your ecosystem won't work.

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Which Social Networking Analysis Term Best Describes Virgin America?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been in Washington, DC for the Network Effectiveness and Social Media Strategy Map working session for Packard Foundation Grantees convened by Monitor Institute. The Core are people who do most of the work (think wikipedia editors.) I was not able to find a taxonomy for social network analysis tools. The tools.

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Nonprofit Technology News: The Demise of Facebook Causes and Cloud Storage for Charities

Tech Soup

Rob Acker, Salesforce Foundation’s COO says " because so much of a nonprofit's success hinges on maximizing the connections between people, whether it's knowing what companies a prospective board member works with, to knowing that a donor runs in circles with others who would seem likely to kick in.

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Shoulder-to-Shoulder Instructional Media: My Tagging Screencast at NTEN!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For a more detailed definition of tags, see the Wikipedia entry here. re not creating a formal taxonomy, rather it???s If you want to understand more about tag strengths and weaknesses, I recommend the following articles: Tags Strengths, Weaknesses And How To Make Them Work by Robin Good. sharpie.??? s a folksonomy.