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"Gamification, as research firm Forrester defines it, is "the insertion of game dynamics and mechanics into non-game activities to drive a desired behavior." To be successful, businesses need to engage their communities in ways that match business goals, whether that's by increasing communication with employees and customers, reducing support costs, or promoting a greater sense of community and recognition."

The State of Community Management (SOCM) 2013 report is now available. This looks at ongoing research into the standards, trends and opportunities for community management.     This is one of several reports that will be released by The Community Roundtable. This one explores the role of community managers and their impact on organisations.

Scotland's source of knowledge for health and care.

"For more information about this site and contents, please contact Margaret Demian at the NHSi"

" interesting, thought provoking article from Thought sparks"

" This one day intensive programme may be of interest to anyone who faciltates Communities of Practice within your organisation."

"Some interesting video clips, articles and links around the subject of Business Communities, storytelling and collaboration"

" link through Knwoledge Borard to article written by Richard McDermott and Carla O'Dell in 2001, contains some really useful insights"

"This comes from Jenny Ambrozec, from the US, who some of you met at the March conference. For more information contact Jenny directly at Jenny@sageway.com "

" Mentioned in Richard McDermott's Master-class on 16.05.08 asa method applied to examine and improve Communities at Pfizer"

" Interesting write-up on Knowledge Board about the change in approach for IBM"

" Interesting article about the creation of on-line Communities.."

A community for online communities

A community for online communities

Book sgared by presenter Clive Shepherd at VT Masterclass

Rio Tinto Communities of Practice - Video about Sharing best practise and expertise across the Rio Tinto Group using collaborative tools

For anyone interested in how to engage others with compelling stories, watch this talk by Chris Anderson, curator of TED Talks. TED's 'Ads Worth Spreading' initiative is an interesting development that takes many of the aspects of sustainable 'communities' and applies them to the world of engaging advertising. Anderson's premise is that the increasingly desperate 'buy me' approach will lose out to those who seek to build relationships with their ad dollars.

I've enjoyed listening to Mixcloud over the holiday period. They've taken the best community ideas from Flikr, Youtube, Vimeo etc and applied them to audio.