Future of Ning - Competitive Intelligence2024-03-28T11:38:10Zhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/forum/topics/future-of-ning?feed=yes&xn_auth=noI find nings allow for better…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-04-27:2036441:Comment:324322010-04-27T17:56:08.226ZRichardhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/Richard
I find nings allow for better drill downs into topics and allow for community discussions beyond the typical 140 Twitter characters. I started one for a group of DoD Industry professionals because we wanted to take our discussion out of the general public. <a href="http://defenseindustryproviders.ning.com/" target="_blank">http://defenseindustryproviders.ning.com/</a>
I find nings allow for better drill downs into topics and allow for community discussions beyond the typical 140 Twitter characters. I started one for a group of DoD Industry professionals because we wanted to take our discussion out of the general public. <a href="http://defenseindustryproviders.ning.com/" target="_blank">http://defenseindustryproviders.ning.com/</a> Couldn't agree more! Like mos…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-04-27:2036441:Comment:324252010-04-27T13:49:08.289ZArik Johnsonhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/ArikJohnson
Couldn't agree more! Like most of us, I think, I've become pretty platform-agnostic these days - it's not so much the system that runs your conversations, or even the context that accompanies that system as you describe, it's what happens there with people you care about and the content of the ideas they have to share.<br />
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I recently decoupled my Twitter account from my Facebook account and tweeted this morning how I forgot Facebook was even there without a stream of input that drove comments back…
Couldn't agree more! Like most of us, I think, I've become pretty platform-agnostic these days - it's not so much the system that runs your conversations, or even the context that accompanies that system as you describe, it's what happens there with people you care about and the content of the ideas they have to share.<br />
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I recently decoupled my Twitter account from my Facebook account and tweeted this morning how I forgot Facebook was even there without a stream of input that drove comments back to me, but those comments usually consisted of "HUH?!" in response to my intelligence-y cross-posting. Most of the people I used to know who are now most of my Facebook contacts don't have a clue what I do or what I'm talking about when I tweet. In that respect, I'm guessing Facebook didn't miss me much either ;-)<br />
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Finally, understanding the degree of openness is a major part of the social dynamic that shouldn't be underestimated either. Part of the magic comes from knowing and respecting the rules of the engagement on each forum with regard to what and how to post, but I'll admit that I feel a LOT freer to express myself where there are fewer such rules applied.<br />
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Maybe that's one reason why Twitter is more akin to old-school blogging? Nobody can tell you what to tweet or blog about since it's exclusively your voice crying out in the wilderness of the Web, but moderated forums such as Ning and Facebook have implicit (if not explicit) administrative rules that accompany their moderation.<br />
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In many ways, LinkedIn groups are the most freewheeling of this breed since there is no standard of commentary implied - each group's rules are made by the members (or admin) themselves. That said, of the 46 LinkedIn groups I'm a member of (I just got the warning yesterday that 50 is the limit) I can say with some confidence that most of it is pretty irrelevant to my circumstances. I really liked the following…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-04-27:2036441:Comment:324242010-04-27T13:34:25.530ZEric Garlandhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/EricGarland
I really liked the following summary of today's social networking sites:<br />
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Facebook is who you <i>used to</i> know, LinkedIn is who you <i>know</i>, Twitter is who would <i>want to</i> know<br />
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The nice thing about all these groups, both old school and digital, is that they have different purposes that overlap. This site is great for keeping relationships going, and I like the traditional, in-person speaker meetings with cocktails and light appetizers as well - that's where you can actually meet…
I really liked the following summary of today's social networking sites:<br />
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Facebook is who you <i>used to</i> know, LinkedIn is who you <i>know</i>, Twitter is who would <i>want to</i> know<br />
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The nice thing about all these groups, both old school and digital, is that they have different purposes that overlap. This site is great for keeping relationships going, and I like the traditional, in-person speaker meetings with cocktails and light appetizers as well - that's where you can actually meet people and start real relationships. Group blogs are great, though I look forward to more academic publishing as well. You can have affinity groups and professional societies working side-by-side.<br />
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It's kind of a golden age for socialization, both personal and professional. If Ning goes away or becomes punishingly expensive, no doubt there is another way to digitally unite these people who enjoy both intelligence, and each others' insights.<br />
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It's a bright future, if you will. Thank you very much Vivek - i…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-04-26:2036441:Comment:324092010-04-26T14:46:36.107ZArik Johnsonhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/ArikJohnson
Thank you very much Vivek - indeed, dissenting opinions are the very lifeblood of our work, wouldn't you say?! It's a large measure of what we do.<br />
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Thank you very much Vivek - indeed, dissenting opinions are the very lifeblood of our work, wouldn't you say?! It's a large measure of what we do.<br />
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- A Keep up the good work Arik.…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-04-26:2036441:Comment:324002010-04-26T13:49:21.822ZVivek Raghuvanshihttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/VivekRaghuvanshi
Keep up the good work Arik.<br />
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I appreciate that on this forum DISSENT is not taboo.<br />
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This is where one can post ones views without being misunderstood or misinterpreted.<br />
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Great Arik.<br />
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This is the reason I did NOT join SCIP, too many people telling you what to do.<br />
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Great Arik, keep up the good work<br />
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Cheers
Keep up the good work Arik.<br />
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I appreciate that on this forum DISSENT is not taboo.<br />
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This is where one can post ones views without being misunderstood or misinterpreted.<br />
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Great Arik.<br />
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This is the reason I did NOT join SCIP, too many people telling you what to do.<br />
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Great Arik, keep up the good work<br />
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Cheers "You wear jeans and a tatty T…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-04-23:2036441:Comment:322842010-04-23T04:45:42.001ZTadeusz Lemańczykhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/TadeuszLemanczyk
"<i>You wear jeans and a tatty T-shirt on Ning</i>"--I love it! :-)<br />
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"<i>You wear jeans and a tatty T-shirt on Ning</i>"--I love it! :-)<br />
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<a href="http://fedcba.ning.com/xn/detail/2516803:Topic:10491" target="_blank">http://fedcba.ning.com/xn/detail/2516803:Topic:10491</a> Hi Bonnie
Not the first time…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-04-22:2036441:Comment:322782010-04-22T22:25:26.506ZArthur Weisshttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/ArthurWeiss
Hi Bonnie<br />
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Not the first time - although I've contributed nothing for a while. (Too much work!). I also post on LinkedIn when something catches my attention.<br />
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I agree 100% that the LinkedIn group is useful. However it lacks the social aspects of Ning. It's great for discussions - but Ning offers a bit more e.g. online chat, photos, videos, a blog facility, etc. I see Ning as more like Facebook and so it allows a greater level of social interaction than LinkedIn. For me, LinkedIn is an essential…
Hi Bonnie<br />
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Not the first time - although I've contributed nothing for a while. (Too much work!). I also post on LinkedIn when something catches my attention.<br />
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I agree 100% that the LinkedIn group is useful. However it lacks the social aspects of Ning. It's great for discussions - but Ning offers a bit more e.g. online chat, photos, videos, a blog facility, etc. I see Ning as more like Facebook and so it allows a greater level of social interaction than LinkedIn. For me, LinkedIn is an essential business tool for networking with all sorts of people - not just CI. The SCIP LinkedIn group is important for this. Ning is a fun site to hang out with friends.<br />
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I guess you could view it as the difference between the party where only close colleagues and friends hang out (Ning) versus the club event where you have to be if you want to make business connections, and so have to be on your best behaviour. You wear jeans and a tatty T-shirt on Ning, but a suit and tie on LinkedIn. There's always the alternativ…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-04-22:2036441:Comment:322742010-04-22T16:03:22.193ZBonnie Hohhofhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/BonnieHohhof38
There's always the alternative of joining the SCIP Linkedin Group, <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=68320" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=68320</a> which is an open practitioner group, and many of you are already members. Arthur, I'm glad to see that you've started contributing to discussions there.<br />
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There's always the alternative of joining the SCIP Linkedin Group, <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=68320" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=68320</a> which is an open practitioner group, and many of you are already members. Arthur, I'm glad to see that you've started contributing to discussions there.<br />
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Bonnie Thanks for prompting this dis…tag:competitiveintelligence.ning.com,2010-04-21:2036441:Comment:322652010-04-21T22:24:04.328ZArik Johnsonhttp://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/profile/ArikJohnson
Thanks for prompting this discussion Arthur - I miss you my friend - it's been too long.<br />
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I've received a number of concerned messages from members asking if there was a hat to pass around to keep the site going - to which, I've replied that, while I'm not clear as to the specific paid plans available from Ning in future, this site is technically a paid site by virtue of my ghosting the <a href="http://www.CI2020.com" target="_blank">www.CI2020.com</a> domain to it awhile back and paying the…
Thanks for prompting this discussion Arthur - I miss you my friend - it's been too long.<br />
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I've received a number of concerned messages from members asking if there was a hat to pass around to keep the site going - to which, I've replied that, while I'm not clear as to the specific paid plans available from Ning in future, this site is technically a paid site by virtue of my ghosting the <a href="http://www.CI2020.com" target="_blank">www.CI2020.com</a> domain to it awhile back and paying the associated $4.95/month (or rather, the bargain price of $50 for the year) - so, I *THINK* we're probably safe (for the moment).<br />
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That said, I'm eagerly investigating exporting tools for Ning sites to alternative socnet platforms and that's certainly on the table as an option as well - Buddypress (running on Wordpress), DrupalGardens (currently in beta from Acquia running on Drupal) and JomSocial (running on Joomla) cover various alternatives for us from the open source world and would give us a pretty scalable platform for collaboration going forward whichever direction we go, since all three are LAMP stack systems with deep developer communities. So, as they say...<br />
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<i><b>Mater Artium Necessitas</b></i><br />
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We might find, if we depart from the status quo, yet again, we can come up with something surprisingly new. That's the spirit that launched this site two years ago and the Intel Collab movement a few months back. I hope we can adopt a new saying:<br />
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<b><i>We will always be greater than me.</i></b>