What I like about this particular option is that it reflects the topic of the conversation.

What is also interesting is to see SO MANY new CoPs on online community management sprouting up (again.) These flowerings are cool. (And btw, The Online Facilitation community http://www.groups.yahoo.com/groups/onlinefacilitation — which is partially about community management, just celebrated 10 years!)

I also wondered about the lag between the time I posted something and the time when it appeared. With most chat software it’s so instantaneous that you don’t think about it, but with a complex circuit (from Tweetdeck to Twitter to search.twitter.com or whatever and back to GoToMeeting) it seems like there is a lot that can go wrong or take longer than you’d want. Did you notice that? (Couldn’t have been just me.)

Also, when I’m organizing a community meeting (or a meeting that’s supposed to coax a community into coalescing a bit more) one of the things I do is produce an easy to scan version of a chat transcript. The idea is that scanning the transcript can draw people into the conversation afterward or next time. Still thinking about just what’s most important to include or leave out in such an artifact. Scrolling back through the pages of search.twitter.com seems less than ideal. Again, this is an issue for reducing the boundaries around a community event. (The togetherness and separation polarity that we discuss in the book.)

Making webinar software more open
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I’ve always found webinar software like WebEx , Elluminate , or GoT.. [link to post]

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Interesting observation. The back story here is that we are trying to spur conversations on a series of topics related to Social Media – with real answers, from people in the trenches. A conversation is two-way, otherwise it is shouting. The problem for us with GoToMeeting is that there is no chat – so, we started using Twitter (TweetChat) and having it on the screen at the same time – this has served us well and solves the problem of no chat and allows the audience to help each other. It is an elegant example of informal learning at it’s best. People that have login problems are helped by others, rather than me (as organizer).

On the topic of our platform, I have re-read your posts from earlier (2007) and would encourage you to check us out now. We are on V8 and have made very dramatic changes to the system. We are still running the network for the Masie Conference, and have several open networks you could join to get a sense of how it works.

If you are a Veteran or know families/friends of vets: http://www.myvetwork.com
If you just want to take a spin: http://www.intronetworks.com/testdrive.aspx

Would love to have your critical feedback. We are constantly improving our educational outreach through the webinar process and our platform as new ideas surface.

Mark

Reflecting on #introchat Intronetwork webinar yesterday: [link to post]

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