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Thanks V and pm - maybe we can form an online emba...

2008-04-22T13:02:00.000+12:00

Thanks V and pm - maybe we can form an online embassy?

Okay - that's mostly a joke (and a lame one at that) but one of the things I thought about a lot at the conference was the flow-on effects of organisations' efforts to build their online presences and interact with their users/audiences. For example - it's not really good enough for me to just monitor comments on our blogs during work hours - and I do try to check them during the weekend and on evenings. Or, if I answer a question on our Flickr images within half an hour, how does that relate to our normal timeframes for answering email queries?

I had been thinking about sustainability in terms of maintenance and growth(as opposed to pushing live and abandoning). It's interesting to think about it more in terms of evolution. And how to move on while keeping people happy - see this post by Seb Chan on a similar-ish topic ...

Virginia has it spot on. The sustainability in thi...

2008-04-22T09:57:00.000+12:00

Virginia has it spot on. The sustainability in this case is the recognition from an institution that it needs to interact with 'consumers'/'users' in a less formal way than through an official comms dept. and funding a position to do it, rather than focussing on the medium of how it would be done.

I really like the ambassadors idea.

Hi, really interesting post thanks! Makes me less ...

2008-04-22T09:39:00.000+12:00

Hi, really interesting post thanks! Makes me less jealous you were able to get over there ;-)

I really like your idea of 'online ambassadors' who engage with virtual communities. We need those.

I also wonder whether we get too hung up on sustainability sometimes... in the sense that maybe sustainability is really about adaptability (or acknowledging that the only constant in a digital environment is change)?

Perhaps the challenge is adjusting our institutional mindsets to be able to 'let go' of things when they have done their dash, and move our audiences with us to the next big thing...

Freeing up people to jump on bandwagons might be a good place to start?

Thanks Rebecca, and for your notes, which I found ...

2008-04-22T08:56:00.000+12:00

Thanks Rebecca, and for your notes, which I found helpful - I was following the workshop zeitgeist rather than content at times ...!

Wow, you did such a great job capturing the meat o...

2008-04-22T02:17:00.000+12:00

Wow, you did such a great job capturing the meat of the discussions and issues. Thanks so much! Rebecca