Economics, Commerce and Trade Management: An International Journal (ECTIJ)
Mitchell: Community Types And Facilitation Styles
1. Centralised community HQ central Group leader Member Website pages Email lists Forums Blogs Membership boundary Knowledge flows from Peer to peer Knowledge flows peer to hub Group/SIG/CoP
4. CILIP communities: 2 Interesteds with blogs RSS De-centralised community HQ central Group leader Member Website as Hub pages Email lists Etc. Membership Boundary More porous Social networks Reporting
6. CILIP communities: 2 Interesteds with blogs RSS De-centralised facilitation Social networks Reporting External facilitation: External blogs Responses Advising Group management Representation Knowledge gathering
7. Social model:Facilitation External facilitation: External blogs Responses Advising Group management Internal facilitation: Editing Responding Finding people Finding knowledge Supporting Balancing Nurturing Facilitation:inside and out
8. CILIP communities: 2 RSS Distributed community HQ Central Hub As smaller private space AND aggregator Membership Bounded by Brand represented By Keyword Forums Announce list Photo-sharing Video sharing Blogs Shared elsewhere Shared On hub Bookmark sharing
12. CILIP communities: 2 RSS Distributed facilitation Forums Announce list Photo-sharing Video sharing Blogs Shared elsewhere Shared On hub Bookmark sharing Distributed facilitation: Both internal and External as before, BUT: Now hub as aggregator Contextually sensitive to the different networks
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Editor's Notes
This is a diagram representing a traditional online community with a clear boundary defined by membership and related login. Information does not pass through the boundary, non-members cannot see anything going on inside. There may be some reporting about the internal discussions on the perimeter for non-members to see, but this will be carefully edited, and generally for PR/marketing purposes only. This model serves only a membership who are happy to log in to a central site, keep all their conversations therein, and, most importantly, dedicate 100% of their attention to the community.