Tools for Enchantment: 20 Ways to Woo Users, Kathy Sierra at SXSW. I missed Kathy Sierra, from CreatingPassionateUsers, when she spoke at FOWA in Miami, so it’s awesome that she presented at SXSW (Note: this is a transcription, so please excuse the grammar and run on sentences): "Better than chocolate, better than sex.
" Even if nobody really MEANS it, what would it take to craft experiences our users would describe like that? In this new follow-up to creating passionate users, we’ll look at tools that can help take us there (including some fun science). We’ll cover some new, some retro, and some counter-intuitive techniques to take Cognitive Seduction to the next level. Best of all, we can do a whole lot of user wooing without having to change our product. " Kathy asks us to do four things. Last year, she asked us "Why are you here? " So, how do make users say "this kicks ass. " If you know more about music, the more you hear. So, What do you help your users kick ass at? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 17. Transition Towns WIKI. Hrheingold's online_community Bookmarks on Delicious.
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I apologize for this inconvenience and "controlling nature" of the moderation, but the reality is spammers are wrecking the "commons. " How To Build An Online Community: The Ultimate List Of Resources - FeverBee. Online Community and Social Media Trends, Topics and Best Practices. Syllabus / UC Berkeley Social Media - Rheingold. Smart_Mobs.jpg Sociology 167 (Information 190) University of California, Berkeley Department of Sociology Spring 2008 Friday, 2-5, 126 Barrows Instructor: Howard Rheingold howard@rheingold.com Office 472 Barrows, Office Hours Friday 1-2 and earlier Friday by appointment readers: Elisa Oreglia elisa@ischool.berkeley.edu and Stephanie Gerson sgerson@nature.berkeley.edu (but please send all emails to Elisa) Course reader: available at Copy Central 2560 Bancroft (and Telegraph) 510 848 8649 Session One: January 25, 2008 Theme: When technology and community collide Introductions: Who are we, where do we think we're going in this class?
Instructor and students introduce themselves, instructor explains goals, expectations and assignments. Lab: Introduction to Online Media Assignments: Words to know Discussion notes -- what is community? Instructor's Notes for Session One Session Two: February 1 Theme: Imagining community Getting into it: What did we find in our search for virtual community? Ronald E. USC Annenberg Program on Online Communities.