Tag: Social media

On the building of silos and bridges

Posted on November 27, 2009 (November 23, 2021) by Connie Tang

I am writing this on vacation – a few days away in Vancouver….rain, rain and more rain…but it’s not home and that’s important. I always try to catch up on some reading while away and this week I read a lengthy paper from the Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) programme at Oversees Development Institute […]

Posted in ArchivedTagged Bridges, Brokers, ICT, KMb, Policy, Silos, Social media

Still an overall outstanding opportunity – now everyone knows it

Posted on October 13, 2009 (November 23, 2021) by Connie Tang

As we previously wrote on July 21 O3, Ontario’s new social networking platform from ORION, is a great tool for developing and sustaining research based relationships and collaborations. On October 6, ORION hosted a launch of O3 at the Royal Ontario Museum (see ORION’s press release here). The group included academic colleagues from OCAD, Centennial […]

Posted in ArchivedTagged O3, Social media

Cage Match: Tapscott vs. Weinberg (I’ll take them both, and the margarita…)

Posted on August 19, 2009 (November 23, 2021) by Connie Tang

I just finished two books that have received a lot of press of late – Dan Tapscott’s “Grown Up Digital” and “The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web” by Tamar Weinberg. “Grown Up Digital” is an exploration of the Net Generation (31 years old and younger) who grew up in the digital age […]

Posted in ArchivedTagged Book reviews, Social media, twitter

ResearchImpact says O3 is an Overall Outstanding Opportunity

Posted on July 21, 2009 (November 23, 2021) by Connie Tang

O3: ORION’s new social networking platform for Ontario researchers and their collaborators provides the most comprehensive suite of social networking and collaborating tools for research and knowledge mobilization. Launched for early adopters at Discovery 2009, O3 serves the needs of: researchers “O3 enables researchers across groups, institutions and geographies collaborate on specific projects or build […]

Posted in ArchivedTagged Social media

The Power of Social Networking: Knowledge Brokers Broker Knowledge about Knowledge Brokers

Posted on July 13, 2009 (November 23, 2021) by Connie Tang

Peter West uses the name WestPeter on Twitter. According to his Twitter profile he lives in London, ON and is interested in “scholarly articles, books & proceedings of interest to knowledge workers.” On July 1 he posted the following: WestPeter Matching knowledge brokering strategies to environmental policy problems & settings http://is.gd/1jy44 (Environ Sci & Pol) […]

Posted in ArchivedTagged Climate change, Social media, twitter

O3 Open House

Posted on June 29, 2009 (November 23, 2021) by Connie Tang

Last week York’s KM Unit co-hosted an Open House to demonstrate ORION‘s (Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network) new online professional networking and collaboration platform O3. “Introduced as a new value-added service for member institutions, O3 helps deliver on ORION’s mandate of supporting Ontario’s research and education community. O3 seeks to encourage collaboration, the sharing […]

ResearchImpact.ca has a New Look!

Posted on May 25, 2009 (November 23, 2021) by Connie Tang

After 2 years with our old Web site, we decided it needed a bit of a make-over. We’ve updated the look, added features such as videos, an events calendar, links to our twitter feed and other Web 2.0 tools, as well as a new online opportunity description form. This new form will allow our visitors […]

Posted in ArchivedTagged Social media

The Blogosphere and Beyond

Posted on May 11, 2009 (November 23, 2021) by Connie Tang

If you’re reading this on our blog you’re almost part of the blogosphere. If you’re reading this because you received Mobilize This! in your e mail inbox you’re not, but I bet you’re thinking about it. In Wikinomics, Don Tapscott describes the web 2.0 world as the blogoshpere which represents the ecosystem of wikis, blogs, […]

Posted in ArchivedTagged Social media, twitter

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