Comments on: Associations, Social Media, Generations and Engagement. What it all means. http://www.associatedknowledge.com/2007/08/30/associations-social-media-generations-and-engagement-what-it-all-means/ The Intersection of Learning, Knowledge, Technology, and Community from an Association Perspective Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:29:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Bruce Butterfield http://www.associatedknowledge.com/2007/08/30/associations-social-media-generations-and-engagement-what-it-all-means/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Bruce Butterfield Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:01:01 +0000 http://www.associatedknowledge.com/2007/08/30/associations-social-media-generations-and-engagement-what-it-all-means/#comment-116 The future of associating is about more than just social networking. It's about the whole panoply of self-forming groups and whether they are a threat or opportunity for associations. Such groups are in both the real and virtual world. At the 2007 Prometheus Retreat, a small group meeting previously sponsored by ASAE and now run by a self-formed group of willing voluteers, there was a discussion of how associations are or are not reacting to self-forming groups. That resulted in an article draft just posted on a wiki for collaborative comment. To participate, go to www.seedwiki.com. In the log in area, type bbforbes@forbesgroup.com as the email address. In the password area, type prometheus. On the wiki list on the left side of the logged in page, click prometheus to go to the article. Contributions are invited and welcome. After a reasonable time for comment, we'll see a publisher for the article. Bruce Butterfield The future of associating is about more than just social networking. It’s about the whole panoply of self-forming groups and whether they are a threat or opportunity for associations. Such groups are in both the real and virtual world.

At the 2007 Prometheus Retreat, a small group meeting previously sponsored by ASAE and now run by a self-formed group of willing voluteers, there was a discussion of how associations are or are not reacting to self-forming groups. That resulted in an article draft just posted on a wiki for collaborative comment. To participate, go to http://www.seedwiki.com. In the log in area, type bbforbes@forbesgroup.com as the email address. In the password area, type prometheus. On the wiki list on the left side of the logged in page, click prometheus to go to the article. Contributions are invited and welcome. After a reasonable time for comment, we’ll see a publisher for the article.

Bruce Butterfield

]]> By: Face2Face Meetingsnet » Blog Archive » Web chat on blogs, etc., today http://www.associatedknowledge.com/2007/08/30/associations-social-media-generations-and-engagement-what-it-all-means/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Face2Face Meetingsnet » Blog Archive » Web chat on blogs, etc., today Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:11:06 +0000 http://www.associatedknowledge.com/2007/08/30/associations-social-media-generations-and-engagement-what-it-all-means/#comment-115 [...] For some excellent musings on Web 2.0, check out these posts from Dave at Associated [...] [...] For some excellent musings on Web 2.0, check out these posts from Dave at Associated [...]

]]> By: Jamie Notter http://www.associatedknowledge.com/2007/08/30/associations-social-media-generations-and-engagement-what-it-all-means/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Jamie Notter Sat, 01 Sep 2007 09:48:24 +0000 http://www.associatedknowledge.com/2007/08/30/associations-social-media-generations-and-engagement-what-it-all-means/#comment-111 This is a great post, and I promise to respond to the content too, but because of the generational research I've done, I have to say something about one of the graphs you put up there. It's the one that shows percentage of age groups that engage in various activities, and it shows a drop off among older generations. Please note that in the graph, Generation Y spans 4 years, Generation X 13, and Boomers 20. That makes no sense. And if you showed the data by actual generation cutoffs, would it look different? We'll never know, I guess. This is a great post, and I promise to respond to the content too, but because of the generational research I’ve done, I have to say something about one of the graphs you put up there. It’s the one that shows percentage of age groups that engage in various activities, and it shows a drop off among older generations. Please note that in the graph, Generation Y spans 4 years, Generation X 13, and Boomers 20. That makes no sense. And if you showed the data by actual generation cutoffs, would it look different? We’ll never know, I guess.

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