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What’s the value of an online community?
We love and value Ambix. We have crafted it from the germ of an idea to a thing of beauty and practicality. But we know that what we think really doesn’t matter to you. What matters to you most is that Ambix meets a need in your organisation. We want to help you to you…
Read MoreKarate Community Packs a Punch Online
In a paper published in July this year, “Structural differences between open and direct communication in an online community”, the authors present the results of seven years’ study into the differences in one-to-one (messaging) and many-to-many (forum) communication in a population of over 35,000 users. Their results match our experience of the development of online…
Read MoreWhy you should get a proper browser
We’ve been surprised to find a lot of internet users who don’t understand why websites “don’t work” on older browsers. There’s a gulf of understanding about why and how to upgrade browser versions or switch to different types, and sometimes an unwillingness to do so because of legacy systems. This is a ticking time bomb…
Read MoreFeel the fear and go digital anyway!
To paraphrase Susan Jeffers, business decision makers “Feel the fear” when contemplating the huge change and potential havoc that digital innovation could wreak on their established culture – but it’s time take a deep breath and “Do it anyway”.
Read MoreWhy CEO participation makes your community perform
You’ve made the decision and taken the plunge, you’ve invested in a good quality online platform for your organisation’s members. There’s some dedicated junior resource on your team to manage the community, and active users are climbing every day. As CEO, your work here is done! Or is it?
Read MoreSocial media: distracted by shiny objects? You’re not alone!
Anyone who uses social media on a regular basis will already know the pitfalls and distractions that come from spending time on Twitter or Facebook. One moment you’re updating your company page or checking on a business hour, and without knowing it you find yourself ten minutes later sharing a video of baby pandas, or…
Read MoreThe Digital Carrot and Stick
One of the comforting things about making the leap to the online space is how closely online behaviour resembles that in the ‘real world’. Once a business realises that the same message is being communicated regardless of the medium, and that online channels are just a new way of getting to the market, the move…
Read MoreAre you Digital by Default?
The buzz phrase that is exciting and frightening equal numbers of people in the UK is ‘Digital by Default’. This is the government’s formal stance as they drive to improve services – but how digital are you? Last week’s 9th National Digital Conference took the theme ‘Empowering People’. It’s all very well for government to…
Read MoreOnline communities: greater than the sum of their parts
We hear a lot of reasons why people consider establishing online communities for their organisation’s members. Communication is of course number one, collaboration is often mentioned, supply chains are important, and there is a worthy feeling across the market that it’s important to keep up with the latest developments in technology.
Read MoreEnjoy the sunshine with #placetoplacenetworking
The JDrew Creations team are basking in the sunshine on the warmest day of the year, and reflecting on the British desire to make the most of the sun when it shines. We may have a reputation for going lobster-pink at the drop of a sunshade, but an unpredictable island weather system means we have…
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