I agree with that 1:9:90 challenge (it's a phenomenon well-known on email lists:those who post are generally only 10% of the total number of subscribers).
I also agree with Koven's assessment: you have to have a continuously active group of people who will seed the network, bringing content into it so that the network becomes essential for the activities of your museum staff. Don't underestimate the amount of work and time it takes. But that's just the start: Your aim needs to be creating a culture of sharing across your organization. Anyone who creates information in your organization should change from asking "Why should I make this information public?" to asking "Is there any reason for keeping this document private?" It's the same inspiration that drives the Open Access movement. Other than HR material, people have to learn how to share and reap the benefits of that openness. Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts blog: http://www.nypl.org/blog/author/44 Twitter: @kos2 Listowner: OPERA-L ; SMT-TALK ; SMT-ANNOUNCE ; SoundForge-users - My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my institutions - On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Phil Wilson <pdw001 at charter.net> wrote: > Good point, Koven. > > We have head that this issue is referred to as the 1:9:90 challenge where > 1% > of the community are active content contributors, 9% are ?commenters? and > the remaining 90% are lurkers or non-contributors. > > Phil > > > From: Koven Smith [mailto:koven at kineticmuseums.com] > Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 10:42 AM > To: pdw001 at charter.net; Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Sharing Ideas > > I think Russ highlights the real problem--there are a lot of good software > solutions out there for this sort of approach (I've had good luck with > Yammer in the past as well, but Ning, BuddyPress, Google Sites, or [if you > love doing things the hard way] SharePoint are also workable solutions), > but > the hard part is keeping any given solution alive once you've implemented > it. > > It's pretty typical that you'll see a big spike in usage when you first > launch, and then a rapid fall-off in activity after that. So make sure that > you've got a good group of power users ahead of time who are committed to > continue using the solution for a period of time to keep it going even when > most of your users have forgotten about it. Those power users can continue > to add content and make sure that you have a developing critical mass of > reasons for users to come back to the solution you've implemented later. > > I somehow didn't know about Commons In a Box. Thanks for that, Bob! > > Koven > > Koven J. Smith > e koven at kineticmuseums.com > p +1 917 727 2612 > t @5easypieces <https://twitter.com/5easypieces> > http://kovenjsmith.com > > On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Phil Wilson <pdw001 at charter.net> wrote: > > Our organization had done an in depth assessment of some of the top > platforms and we have now implemented a Drupal 7-based community solution > that is a general purpose Professionals' Networked Community (PNC) > platform. > I can send you a document that describes one iteration of the solution that > is aimed at the Governance Risk Compliance (GRC) market. Another version is > being built for museums and non-profits. The unique value proposition is > that each community group that our clients decide on launching have their > own set of web services as follows: > > 1. Posts > 2. Q&A > 3. Wiki's (knowledge management) > 4. Polls > 5. Articles (documents, videos, other files that are important to the > community.) 6. Assets 7. Ideas 8. Events (Community calendar that is > specific to the group) > > We will be also implementing the ability to have sub-groups of groups in > the > future which is very exciting for our customers. > > If these types of highly collaborative website solutions are of interest to > you please contact me off-line and I can provide further details. > > Phil Wilson > The Lost Arts Collaborative www.LostArtsNA.org and www.RuleSphere.com > > E-Mail: pdw001 at charter.net > Phone: 1(978)456-8253 <tel:1%28978%29456-8253> > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Stephanie Poisson > Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 8:37 AM > To: mcn-l at mcn.edu > Subject: [MCN-L] Sharing Ideas > > Hello, > > We are planning to introduce a private social network to stimulate intern > participation in the creation of different types of activities > (exhibitions, > events, screenings, conferences, etc.). The main goal of this network is to > centralise and facilitate the sharing of ideas from within the Museum and > to > collaborate across department. > > All could propose concepts, ideas, partnerships, inspiring images, etc.., > like a virtual creation meeting accessible to everyone at all times. > > We are looking for something user friendly where we could incorporate text, > pictures, and videos. > > Did anyone implement this kind of platform? > > We are looking at Yanner, but if you have any other suggestions, I would be > glad to hear from you. > > Thank you, > St?phanie > > St?phanie Poisson > Project Manager, Web and Multimedia > McCORD MUSEUM > 690 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal (Quebec) H3A 1E9 >
