Comments on: Awareness, Phased Growth are Keys to Participation on Wikis http://www.ikiw.org/2008/07/17/awareness-phased-growth-are-keys-to-participation-on-wikis/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:06:33 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Library clips :: comm :: July :: 2008 http://www.ikiw.org/2008/07/17/awareness-phased-growth-are-keys-to-participation-on-wikis/comment-page-1/#comment-137698 Library clips :: comm :: July :: 2008 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:05:52 +0000 http://www.ikiw.org/?p=1227#comment-137698 [...] helping out Facilitators of existing communities and creating new communties. It’s a bit of a catch22, because if they had the guides they would need less help from [...] [...] helping out Facilitators of existing communities and creating new communties. It’s a bit of a catch22, because if they had the guides they would need less help from [...]

]]> By: John Tropea http://www.ikiw.org/2008/07/17/awareness-phased-growth-are-keys-to-participation-on-wikis/comment-page-1/#comment-137662 John Tropea Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:04:15 +0000 http://www.ikiw.org/?p=1227#comment-137662 Wow, I'm feeling that right now. I'm picking up the pieces from a "build it and they will come" first effort of CoPs. Now that I'm on the scene, I'm cleaning up all the unused wastelands. But the problem is now that it's becoming viral, everyone wants one...well everyone thinks they want one (new toy), let's see if they understand CoPs are living and breathing, and they can die. Anyway, I'm too busy creating CoPs and informally training up Facilitators, that I haven't got time to write all the learning guides, and train the trainer guides. So you are correct, the fast growth at this point (in my situation) is causing a quality experience to suffer...I don't want users to have a bad experience, just because I'm not prepared. So for others out there, have things ready before you open the gates, you don't want to be preventing users from having an unsupported experience...we have a challenge on our hands already. I'm finding the facilitators as the key people, if you have them trained, then they can guide their members...my idea of a Facilitators Community is going to be a real help here. Most of these people are Engineers, etc...they don't know about communities, so the Facilitators CoP will be their learning and sharing grounds (collective university). Wow, I’m feeling that right now.
I’m picking up the pieces from a “build it and they will come” first effort of CoPs.
Now that I’m on the scene, I’m cleaning up all the unused wastelands.
But the problem is now that it’s becoming viral, everyone wants one…well everyone thinks they want one (new toy), let’s see if they understand CoPs are living and breathing, and they can die.
Anyway, I’m too busy creating CoPs and informally training up Facilitators, that I haven’t got time to write all the learning guides, and train the trainer guides.
So you are correct, the fast growth at this point (in my situation) is causing a quality experience to suffer…I don’t want users to have a bad experience, just because I’m not prepared.

So for others out there, have things ready before you open the gates, you don’t want to be preventing users from having an unsupported experience…we have a challenge on our hands already.

I’m finding the facilitators as the key people, if you have them trained, then they can guide their members…my idea of a Facilitators Community is going to be a real help here.
Most of these people are Engineers, etc…they don’t know about communities, so the Facilitators CoP will be their learning and sharing grounds (collective university).

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