Comments on: Using Social Media (Ning) to Manage a Social Project - KETC and the Mortgage Crisis http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2008/07/02/using-social-media-ning-to-manage-a-social-project-ketc-and-the-mortgage-crisis/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:25:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Rob Mason http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2008/07/02/using-social-media-ning-to-manage-a-social-project-ketc-and-the-mortgage-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-182347 Rob Mason Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:41:31 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/?p=973#comment-182347 We use Ning at work for project management. In Ning it was easy to rename the 'groups' to 'Projects', and 'members' to 'colleagues'. make the entire site private and then promote the site internally. There are some (inevitably) who love it and others who wonder why we can't have endless meetings, but having everything in one place, manageable, auditable is Fantastic. Of course the main peril is that the more senior a person (in both age and level of responsibilty) the less reluctant they are to use it.. - which is unfortunate as they are often the people you want to encourage. - This is not a problem with the platform, just with working methodology. There are other social networks, some with better features, some in earlier stages of development, but for ease of use, customisability, rich features (akin to most Social networks) Ning is agreat place to begin your own soc net, so much so that I now run 8! We use Ning at work for project management.
In Ning it was easy to rename the ‘groups’ to ‘Projects’, and ‘members’ to ‘colleagues’. make the entire site private and then promote the site internally. There are some (inevitably) who love it and others who wonder why we can’t have endless meetings, but having everything in one place, manageable, auditable is Fantastic.

Of course the main peril is that the more senior a person (in both age and level of responsibilty) the less reluctant they are to use it.. - which is unfortunate as they are often the people you want to encourage. - This is not a problem with the platform, just with working methodology.

There are other social networks, some with better features, some in earlier stages of development, but for ease of use, customisability, rich features (akin to most Social networks) Ning is agreat place to begin your own soc net, so much so that I now run 8!

]]> By: Scott http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2008/07/02/using-social-media-ning-to-manage-a-social-project-ketc-and-the-mortgage-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-163200 Scott Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:46:20 +0000 http://www.fastforwardblog.com/?p=973#comment-163200 Great post Rob. I've been involved with a couple different Ning communities the past few months but I love the way you put forth the top down approach and are using the site as a project management tool. I think use of Ning will definitely increase in this capacity as more and more companies recognize the simplicity and overall utility of the site. Great post Rob. I’ve been involved with a couple different Ning communities the past few months but I love the way you put forth the top down approach and are using the site as a project management tool. I think use of Ning will definitely increase in this capacity as more and more companies recognize the simplicity and overall utility of the site.

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