A narrated version can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB82kbj-NXw This was a short remote presentation that was part of a panel at the CACUSS 12.0: Engaging Digital Citizens conference <http: /> in Vancouver BC, Canada.

1. “This isn’t what
I thought it
was…”
community in the
network age
Nancy White
Full Circle Associates
http://www.fullcirc.com

2. Thanks, Lisa, Val and Ian

3. #1 What do we really MEAN
by community?

4. http://technologyforcommunities.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sveinhal/2201546999/

5. Tech + Social:
Technology has
fundamentally changed
how we can be together

6. Go
Solo?
Thinking,
my tasks,
exploring…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/h-k-d/4777491309/

7. Pairs, triads and very small groups?

8. Reciprocal
Apprenticeship (Levy)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachstern/87431231/

9. Fly with the flock?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/odreiuqzide/3184901242/

10. Roam the network?

11. Personal
identity,
interest &
Me: the Individual
trajectory
Bounded
We: Communities membership;
group identity,
shared interest,
human centered
Boundaryless; fuzzy,
intersecting
interests, object
centered sociality
Many: Networks
(Engeström)

12. Consciousness,
confidence Me: the Individual
level, risk
tolerance,
styles, emotion
Distinct power/trust
dynamics, shared
forward movement or
We: Communities strong blocking,
bonding, stasis, attn.
to maintenance,
Flows around
language
blocks, bridging,
brokering, less
cohesion, Many: Networks
distributed
power/trust, change

13. My email,
journals, email, Me: the Individual
portfolios,
Facebook page,
etc.
Meetings, confs.,
We: Communities projects, wikis,
group blogs,
collaborative
Facebook, platforms…
ELGG, Twitter,
YouTube,
Wikipedia,etc…
Many: Networks

14. #2
Roles

15. enable people to…
• discover & appropriate useful technology
• be in and use communities &
networks (people)
• express their identity
• find and create content
• usefully participate
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16. facilitators
community leaders
technology stewards
network weavers
Independent thinkers
moderators

17. 3
# Activity
Orientations
Spidergram

18. … meetings
… open-ended
… projects
conversation
… content … access to
publishing Community expertise
activities
oriented to …
… individual
… relationships
participation
… community
cultivation … context
Base material from:
Digital Habitats: Stewarding technology for
communities
© 2009 Wenger, White, and Smith

19. Orientations
Picking tools?
How?
• Meetings – Web meeting tools for • Community cultivation – Outward
online, shared calendars and wikis for facing web sites to attract members,
planning, wikis, blogs, Twitter/IM to feel connected, Skype for
images/audio/video to capture and voice.
share during and after. • Individual participation –
• Projects – Email lists/forums to RSS/aggregators, tagging, so people
coordinate, shared calendars, project can craft what content they get,
management trackers, blogs to customizable settings on web tools,
journal/report. using synch and asynch
• Access to expertise – Online profiles, • Content – content management
social networking sites, “yellow pages,” systems, blogs, wikis, podcasts, social
discussion forums, blogs. bookmarking, tags, video/audio,
• Relationship – Twitter/IM to share images, mindmapping.
small frequent messages, member • Open ended conversation – email
directories, Skype/VoIp for lists, forums, Twitter, chat.
conversation.
• Context – Public, open websites for
outward facing. Password protected
for inward facing groups.
Base material from: Digital Habitats: Stewarding technology for communities
© 2009 Wenger, White, and Smith

20. Community Name: KM4Dev Once a year and only about
global knowledge sharing network … meetings 10% do/can participate.
Email list is core of
… open-ended community activity
conversation … projects
When funding allows. E.G.
Community knowledge wiki, supporting ShareFair
content management system
to bring together resources.
… content … access to
publishing expertise
activities
oriented to … Informally via the email list
With only one meeting a
by asking/answering
year, large size and
questions.
diversity, KM4Dev
focuses on enabling
individual participation.
Relationships mostly via
meetings and core group.
… individual Strongly
participation external – all … relationships
resources
public/shared.
While everyone pays … community Base material from:
attention to the
cultivation … context Digital Habitats: Stewarding technology for
community, no communities
© 2009 Wenger, White, and Smith
centralized efforts…

21. Monthly meetings with
Example: The Environmental … meetings everyone at the university
Resource Network concerned about the
environment, shared calendars
Bump into another
… open-ended member? Have a
conversation … projects
conversation, emails
Awareness events,
orientation for environmental
student groups, workshops
Blog,
website,
… content … access to
expertise
activities
oriented to … Inviting experts to monthly
meetings/events/workshop
Anyone with an interest in the s
environment can be a member
but the network targets active
student groups, rss Twitter, Facebook,
email list, member
directories
… individual
participation Public. Minutes are
shared. Network is … relationships
Members connected accountable to all
… community students who pay a … context
through a shared
levy
interest cultivation
Base material from: Digital Habitats: Stewarding technology for communities, © 2009 Wenger, White, and Smith

22. ERN and KM4Dev-ers
… meetings
… open-ended
conversation … projects
… content … access to
publishing expertise
activities
oriented to …
… relationships
… individual
participation
… community Base material from:
Digital Habitats: Stewarding technology for
cultivation … context communities
© 2009 Wenger, White, and Smith

23. Epilogue
Resources:
www.technologyforcommunities.com
http://davecormier.com/edblog/2010/
01/27/community-as-curriculum-vol-
2-the-guild-distribute-continuum/
Contact
Nancy White
nancyw at fullcirc dot com
http:www.fullcirc.com
@NancyWhite
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