Can Your Tribe Survive - Dr. Kris Markman
In Dr. Kris Markman’s presentation, ‘Can Your Tribe Survive?’, she identified three different types of communities, or rather three different ways to define a community: communities of practice, communities of interest, communities as networks.
Communities of practice have mutual engagement, joint enterprise and a shared repertoire. Communities of interest are ‘imagined communities,’ and the idea of a community of interest is seen in online communities. And when communities are networks, a sense of belonging becomes important. [...more]
Amanda Mauck – Facebook 101
Think you know Facebook? Well, maybe you did a day or two ago, but chances are, they’ve changed something since then. It seems like the internet’s most popular social network site rolls out a new update almost daily, and for the last few months, each and everyone has a parade of privacy complaints right behind it. [...more]
Audio 101 - Justin McGregor
Podcasting can be intimidating, but Justin McGregor promises it doesn't have to be.Equipment can be inexpensive, set-up can be simple, and editing can be just as easy as you need it to be. [...more]
LaunchMemphis and LunaWeb recently co-hosted TribeCamp, a day-long conference on social media, web topics and professional development. The Social Expedition was proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of the event. We’ll be posting notes from some TribeCamp sessions over the next couple of weeks. The posts will be on a variety of topics, from social [...] [...more]
This week we did things a little differently, maybe because we’re getting close to 30 and feeling like it’s time for a change. So we invited our guest, Blake Palmer (Audience Development Specialist at The Commercial Appeal) to join us for the full 30 minute episode. We talked about how he builds community online for [...] [...more]
On this week’s podcast, the usual suspects take their places in the line-up: Facebook has a new security center, Twitter wants you to click on some ads and Google needs a year to think this whole Fiber thing over. We also spend some time with Chris Chastain, the executive director of the Crittenden Regional Hospital [...] [...more]
We braved the pollen Wednesday to make it out to the April Social Expedition breakfast, featuring guest speaker Rod Kirby and his thoughts on blogging. Rod’s presentation was titled “The Four Pillars of Blogging Success.” He broke down those four pillars — Content, Community, Design and Scalability — into step-by-step guidelines, beginning with creating quality [...] [...more]
