How To Improve Social Engagement
Curated from: 12 Top Community Managers Share Their Tips for Better Engagement by Lauren Drell
Engagement is one of the most talked about metrics for ROI.
Mashable gathered tips from top community managers to help you boost activity on your social platforms —they’re grouped into various engagement-inducing “actions” below. The individuals we spoke with have built up engaged audiences for brands, such as Gap, JetBlue, Instagram and Jetsetter, so they know a thing or two about community building. Continue Reading
Whale Sharks Don’t Live in Fish Tanks
Co-Existing: Bridging Cultural Differences
Before we begin you may want to pop the kettle on and make a fresh cuppa – this post is not short. An interesting thing occured this evening. A photographer by the name of Shirley Lo +1′d three of my posts on Google Plus.
Visceral Value in Virtual Conversations
Today I was inspired by a conversation with Anne McCrossan. Despite some tech difficulties with my mobile broadband, we successfully shared some of our stories for over an hour which, as often seems to happen with like minded people, was pure inspiration. Continue Reading
Join the Live Stream at Online Educa, Berlin (example) #OEB #inttime cc: @jaycross @hjarche @c4lpt
It’s as close as you get without being there!
Currently its lunchtime, more live feed soon…
Follow the live sessions here:
http://www.online-educa.com/audio-video-400
Chat with Internet Time Alliance folk:
https://internettimealliance.socialcast.com/groups/businesseduca
Is there no way to grab ‘The Conversation’ or ‘Mentions of me’ RSS? cc: @egoldstein
Presentation from the @grapple boys, Adam and Ed #likeminds
Discussing the different apps we all use… already chipped up about #amplify and the pending mobile version – there are 20 people in this room and nobody has heard of Amplify, including the guys presenting 
The elements iPhone app should be very good…
Other apps to checkout, Pulse and Instapaper…
Apps that reflect specific needs specifically succeed…
Another one to checkout… Highrise from Signal 37
Syncing Apps cross platform is an important consideration…
Sms money transfer via a sim wallet, huge app in the developing countries…
Keep the code simple if you want focus on security…
Square App, credit card processing on iPhone…
Interesting conversation about Google Tv and how app design differs. What business models will shape in the future, how do you monetise free…
Time for lunch…
#PreMeet recap and looking ahead to Day 1 at #Likeminds
Last nights #Likeminds premeet was excellent fun both at the Phoenix and later at the hotel bar. It was really great to finally meet some online friends f2f.
I especially enjoyed chatting with @jamespoulter @markuskarlsson @markofrespect @johnwlewis @fergb @chellbopz
And briefly meeting @wisdomlondon @hedgewatch @robglover_uk @jamieforster
Didn’t have too much time to speak with @scottgould and @jfourgeaud last night but glad we’ve done the introductions, now looking forward to the impending chit-chat.
Today I’m really looking forward to meet @barrysampson and @open_media, f2f is just cool!
My first immersive session this morning is ‘How to make the killer app’ presented by Alistair Crane and Ed Lea. cc: @MBBdv @oplayo_hm
I’ll be attending a lunchtime talk today with @jamespoulter – his talk, ‘The Recommendation Economy’, is one I’m really looking forward to.
The afternoon is keynote speeches and networking. The final part of the day is LikeMovies… if I get to bed before midnight ill be very surprised… let the fun begin 
Off for breakfast now, need a good start today, watch out for more feature length posts as the day unfolds…
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Coffee in Berlin… #tweetup #lrnchat #starbucks
Enjoying the fresh morning breeze, lots of sunshine but summer is definitely over! Time to warm up in Starbucks with a brew and a bit of light reading… really looking forward to the 10:30am appointment with @hjarche and @jaycross.
See how the day unfolded…
http://simbeckhampson.com/2010/10/05/working-smarter-in-berlin-with-jaycross-and-hjarche-lrnchat-edchat-collaboration-learning/
Love to watch the conversation sparking on Amplify…
Thanks to Janet (@janet_frg) for an inspiring Skype conversation…
Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the ocean desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny. ~ Carl Schurz
Liking: In a social face to face scenario when someone says “I like xyz…” then often a response forms along the lines of “Why do you like xyz…” – How often do we click a box that says like? And how often does someone ask you – Why do you like it? The WHY is very important; it’s the flint that sparks the conversation. Try it more often.
In conversation with Jay Cross about Learning and Performance | GoodPractice < Highly rated :-)
Last week I had the great pleasure to record a video Skype conversation with Jay Cross where we discussed our recent survey on ‘How Managers Learn’, learning, informal learning and performance.Read more at goodpractice.com
There are four video’s to watch and each holds a few gems of wisdom, definitely worth watching. In addition to the videos there is a free white paper entitled “How manager learn (in their own words)” – I’m just starting to read it now…
Learning Flow: unfrozen by Harold Jarche
My favourite part of this article and the one that stuck in my mind is the reference to storytelling. Wikipedia: Storytelling is the conveying of events in words, images, and sounds often by improvisation or embellishment. Let’s tell more stories…
Pollard also lists his principles of human learning preferences
People like information conveyed through conversations and stories because the interactivity and detail gives them context, not just content, and does so economically.
People hate talking heads, and are increasingly intolerant of them.
People no longer have the opportunity for serendipitous learning and discovery
People do not know how to do research, or even search, effectively.
People search as a last resort. They prefer to ask a real person for what they want to learn or discover, because it’s faster and the answer is more context specific.
Stories are an excellent example of learning flow.
There is lots of stock to choose from, and with Creative Commons licensing, more being created that is simple and easy to use for learning design. So, let the learning flow.
Learning Flow: unfrozen
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