Hi All, Thanks for the many responses. I finally narrowed it (if you can call it that) down to Yahoo Groups, Facebook, LinkedIn and Ning. Came up with some pros and cons for each and turned it over

300! That requires a celebration no? Actually I was thinking it would be cool to have an SIKM gathering (lunch/coffee/dinner) informal event for the SIKMers in the Boston area. Would anyone be

Hi - I am working to better understand how other companies go about proposal development efforts (specific processes, tools, teams, etc.) I'm specifically interested in learning about any 3rd party

Survey of Knowledge Workers Conducted by: Andrea J.Hester, Ph. D. Student, University of Colorado Denver The purpose of this survey is toprovide data for my dissertation which involves knowledge

Today the 300th member joined the SIKM Leaders Community. Welcome to Murray Jennex of San Diego State University. Regards, Stan

Thanks for the heads-up Peter & Matt! I have done quite a bit of work lately in "co-authorship" networks -- who writes/publishes with whom? This type of analysis is especially hot with

Stan, That's very interesting set of emails. I wonder about the species metaphor from biology. From my understanding, different species can no longer breed and produce fertile offspring (biologists

A friend of mine who writes a leading economics blog posed the question below to me. Lee Romero provided his thoughts (see below). What other insights do you have? Regards, Stan --------- From:

I think you might also want to answer a few questions, starting with, "what do you imagine the topic(s) of discussion will be among this putative group of loosely affiliated folks?" If you look

Hiya, I like Ning. The only downer about Ning is that you have to be logged into the site to do anything. If your bunch of people communicates primarily thru email then Yahoo or Google groups is

Ditto to what Dave said. I am in a NING group also... easy to use and customize your own page. Valdis Krebs http://www.orgnet.com

I'd use NING, free and does everything you have specified below Dave Snowden Founder & Chief Scientific Officer Cognitive Edge Pte Ltd Now blogging at www.cognitive-edge.com

Thanks Don – I will take a closer look at them. Stacie M. Jordan Accenture New York Integrated Markets - Knowledge Management Ph: 917-452-3018 Fax: 270-512-4943 AIM/MSN:

One additional thing I did not mention. Typically with social networking tools, the tool itself will drive the level of participation. This is the inherit problem with the Twitters, Facebook,

Gian, Given your situation I would look into a third-party hosted SharePoint2007 site. There are plenty of companies now who will host an SP site for you, with full communication, collaboration,

Hi All, On an unrelated issue to my online group tool question. Does anyone have any recommendations on solutions for customer support teams to collaborate and capture solutions while in the process

An interesting article on the possible "generational war" between Knowledge Management and Social

Hi, Gian - You can also try Salesforce.com http://www.salesforce.com/products/service-support/ It looks as if they have a "force.com" platform that is open, and that extends beyond the "sale" to other

Let me expand a little. I'm looking at keeping my MBA class alumni together after we graduate. My starting place is that one of my team members just found out about instant messaging this week. So