Community & Crowd
Emerging practices & modern approaches to online community architecture, social ecosystem development and engagement
Collection by Bill Johnston
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New study from WARC, TikTok and Publicis Groupe shows the power of community commerce
Oct 20th · TikTok, in partnership with Publicis Groupe and WARC, have released a new study exploring the role social communities play in influencing purchase decisions.
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Understanding the Community Opportunity (Community Value Part 2)
4 min read · Oct 15th · Note: this is the second in a series of posts about community value. If you missed “A Perspective on Community Value”, I’d recommend starting there. Florence: a city that knows a …
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[Podcast] How the Pandemic Forced Online Collaboration to Mature
1 min read · Oct 14th · How the Pandemic Forced Online Collaboration to Mature with Nancy White
Ink & Switch
Backchannel: A relationship-based digital identity system
20+ min read · Sep 23rd · In this article, we propose an alternative approach to digital identity that replaces user profiles with trusted digital relationships.
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[Podcast] The Role of Communities in Navigating Disruption
1 min read · Sep 1st · In this episode of the Cohere podcast, Bill Johnston and Dr. Lauren Vargas discuss the future of communities with digital transformation and disruptive leadership expert Charlene Li.
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A Perspective on Community Value (Part 1 of a Series)
6 min read · Aug 27th · This is the first of a five-part series on the topic of Community Value. The series is based, in large part, on the output of a series of small group working sessions and primary research begun in …
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Who is TikTok’s masked vigilante?
5 min read · Aug 15th · Think you’re safe being an anonymous TikTok troll or cyber bully? Meet your worst nightmare.
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[Podcast] Networks and Transformational Communities
1 min read · Aug 14th · In the first episode of Season 2 of the Cohere podcast, Bill Johnston and Dr. Lauren Vargas explore the concept of "network" as it relates to online and real-life communities.
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Customer Communities Are Critical For Business Transformation
3 min read · Aug 3rd · The last few years have seen big brands make extraordinary investments in developing massive “digital transformation” and social media programs. On one hand, these programs ha…
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The Value of Community Ecosystems
5 min read · Aug 3rd · In short: many organizations are missing the community opportunity because of a short sighted focus on transactional value in the context of specific use cases. Growth-minded companies are fully em…
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The Cohere Podcast
1 min read · Aug 3rd · The Cohere podcast is in its second season. In season 1 covered a range of important topics related to communities and networks, including creating connection during the COVID-19 pandemic, the impa…
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Community & Re-emergence
3 min read · Aug 3rd · It’s March (again). Congratulations on what is likely your pandemic lockdown anniversary month. Humanity’s re-emergence into whatever new normal awaits us has been on my mind for the last few weeks…
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[Podcast] The Golden Age of Online Communities & the WELL with Gail Ann Williams
6 min read · Jun 2nd · In the second episode of Season 2 of the Cohere podcast, Bill and Lauren talk to Gail Ann Williams about her pioneering work at The WELL
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Salon’s TableTalk shutdown: What we can learn from the story of a pioneering online community
4 min read · May 27th · Salon.com Wednesday announced plans to close Table Talk, the online discussion space and community that has operated continuously since Salon’s launch on Nov. 20, 1995. I was involved in Table Talk’s…
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Au revoir, Table Talk
5 min read · May 27th · After nearly 16 years, we say goodbye to Salon's very special community
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The fall of Salon.com- POLITICO Media
20+ min read · From 2016 · How a digital trailblazer and progressive powerhouse lost its way.
