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GROU.PS: Establish Your Own Social Network

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Douglas Karr

If you’re looking to launch your own niche social network for customers or a specific community, your options are to spend a lot of money on development or you could utilize any number of social network platforms that are already on the market. You can download and install an open source social networking platform Lovd By Less or Elgg, or you can use hosted solutions like Ning, Spruz, Social GO or GROU.PS. GROU.PS is a social groupware platform that allows people to come together and form interactive communities around a … Continue reading →

237 Practical Case Studies in a Single Book

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Douglas Karr

This book is a daring challenge to the business community. Gone are the top-down, command and control messages that held sway through the 20th Century. In are a raft of new techniques that start with listening, responding and action that set the scene for a continuing and evolving dialog about brands, experience, business and community. The following 237 participants took time to write meaningful content for the Age of Conversations 2, to provide a diverse and unique collection of stories in a single book. I’d really like to single out … Continue reading →

How’s this for Collaboration? 275 Authors!

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Douglas Karr

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In mid-January, Gavin Heaton and Drew McLellan announced they were ready to take on the sequel to the incredibly successful Age of Conversation. I approached Drew very late in the process on Age of Conversation and, unfortunately, I could not get content to him in time. Drew and Gavin are back again, and this time I’m not going to miss it! This is quite an undertaking – coordinating a collaborative book with 275 authors – but I have no doubt that it will be a fantastic book with a multitude … Continue reading →

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