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3 Requirements for Effective use of Social Media

I been writing a contribution towards a briefing paper for the Advisory Board of CommunityNet Aotearoa about Social Media and its potential use to the CNA. I did this by contrasting how two different organisations have used their web presence. One organisation is Mensline Christchurch. I will leave the Other organisation anonymous. Writing this post [...]

EYC Workshops

The post User Profiling and Usability Testing below, is also posted on http://eyc.simongurnsey.net/ as a sampleĀ  post and warmup for participants in the workshops I ran for the eEngage Your Community Day (hence the eyc sub-domain) organised by Volunteering Canterbury. The day attracted people from from a range of NFP sector agencies who got together [...]

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User Profiling and Usability Testing

I saw an interview with Alan Cox from leftclick. He calls the person who he imagine is coming to a website the “Golden Person”. Alan Cox imagining the Golden Person isn’t any sort of a magical process, it is a systematic analysis of your organisation and who your target audience is. They then go and [...]

How to Get Yourself to Write

The Guy who does results base accountability, Mark Friedman, has a lot to say about writing. I thought I would copy it here so when I’m stuck I could have a look and maybe be inspired. Most jobs require writing. And many people hate it almost as much as public speaking and sitting through meetings. [...]

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Trying out a creative commons License Journal by Simon is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 New Zealand License.

Affective Domain Taxonomy

http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/Objectives/affective.htm Affective Domain Taxonomy This taxonomy lists levels of commitment (indicating affect) from lowest to highest. Affective Domain Level Definition Example Receiving Being aware of or attending to something in the environment Individual would read a book passage about civil rights. Responding Showing some new behaviors as a result of experience Individual would answer questions [...]