lpi webinar - building online communities - dpg plc
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Our Community Manager Mike Collins ran a webinar for Learning Performance Institute on the subject of building online communities. The DPG Community supports all our CIPD qualifications and provides an open, collaborative and social space to support professional development.TRANSCRIPT
Building Online Communities
Mike CollinsHead of Community Development & Online
Learning @ DPG plc
27th March @DPGplc @MikeCollins007
#LPIWebinar
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How?What?Why?
How?
What?
Start with WHY
http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html
People don’t buy what you do but why you do it
The goal is to do business with those who believe in what you believe
Internal communities can…..
• Redefine how we communicate• Connect people & create
networks• Spread knowledge• Crowd source knowledge • Foster innovation• Remove hierarchies• Destroy command & control• Discover the quiet talent• Raise awareness• Engage and nurture
VS.
A group of people who share a concern or a passion for
something they do and learn how to do it better as they
interact regularlySource : Wenger and Lave
“So build it with them and around
them”
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Source – The Community Maturity Model
Which one?
The role of the community
nurturer needs to flex and change
depending on what stage the
community is at and where the
efforts are needed most
Image Source – Feverbee
What would community managers be doing at the different stages ??
Growth Creation Established
Time
EffortEnergyFocus
Community manager visibility
Learning & Development
Skills for a changing Workplace
If this is where learning takes place We are still in the dark (ages)
Time to spread our wings Learning is everywhere
Source – Bottom Line Performance
Early adopters and the tipping point
The slope of enlightenment
Helping people get it
Not everyone will contribute
However as long as we are creating the conditions ,
environments and content that people are benefiting
from and learning from then that’s OK
It’s a gradual process
Lurking is Learning
You MUST wear the T-Shirt
Time
EffortEnergyFocus
Community manager visibility
Look for Opportunities to Influence
The DPG Community
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“Build it with them
and around them”
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Back to the WHY
“We provide CIPD approved qualifications for Learning
Professionals
What to study with us?
“We believe in providing a unique personalised learning experience and work hard to create conditions that support you throughout your
programme
We build capability that will help people and businesses transform and grow in the 21st
century
Want to study with us?
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@MikeCollins007www.dpgplc.co.uk