Comments on: Local community networks with Ning http://davepress.net/2008/09/07/local-community-networks-with-ning/ Using the internet to make government more interesting Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:06:57 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hilary http://davepress.net/2008/09/07/local-community-networks-with-ning/comment-page-1/#comment-1718 Hilary Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:31:07 +0000 http://davepress.net/?p=745#comment-1718 Hi Dave I've been testing Ning sites out with work and they seem an easy (ish) forum to be able (as a novice but more expereinced than colleagues) to set something up to be able to discuss and share information. I like the way you can upload links easy enough, can make it look professional add photos etc. I think that for colleagues (public sector)it is more removed and different from facebook, myspace etc. and therefore are more likely to try it. I've seen some great community sites (particularly education) where it is being used for all sorts of information sharing discussion etc. Will try and look out a few. Hi Dave

I’ve been testing Ning sites out with work and they seem an easy (ish) forum to be able (as a novice but more expereinced than colleagues) to set something up to be able to discuss and share information. I like the way you can upload links easy enough, can make it look professional add photos etc. I think that for colleagues (public sector)it is more removed and different from facebook, myspace etc. and therefore are more likely to try it. I’ve seen some great community sites (particularly education) where it is being used for all sorts of information sharing discussion etc. Will try and look out a few.

]]> By: Andrew Brown http://davepress.net/2008/09/07/local-community-networks-with-ning/comment-page-1/#comment-1714 Andrew Brown Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:57:43 +0000 http://davepress.net/?p=745#comment-1714 A couple of the councillors from around my way have set up sites using Ning and I can see the attraction for them. It's sufficiently different to a blog or a Facebook group to feel like a community resource (rather than something owned entirely by the webmaster), but perhaps with slightly more control. Early days, but I suspect that like any attempt at community conversation it'll require a fair amount of input for it to get a life of its own. Here's a link to one of them should you be intersted. http://loveperryvale.ning.com/ A couple of the councillors from around my way have set up sites using Ning and I can see the attraction for them.

It’s sufficiently different to a blog or a Facebook group to feel like a community resource (rather than something owned entirely by the webmaster), but perhaps with slightly more control.

Early days, but I suspect that like any attempt at community conversation it’ll require a fair amount of input for it to get a life of its own.

Here’s a link to one of them should you be intersted.

http://loveperryvale.ning.com/

]]> By: MJ Ray http://davepress.net/2008/09/07/local-community-networks-with-ning/comment-page-1/#comment-1712 MJ Ray Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:30:55 +0000 http://davepress.net/?p=745#comment-1712 Ning gets my typical comment: nice idea, terrible execution. If you're not using one of the major web browsers on a full-power electricity-hungry unsecured computer, forget it. It also doesn't really seem to integrate other sites/services properly, so you can't use it to build a real community - only a group of ningers. Ning gets my typical comment: nice idea, terrible execution. If you’re not using one of the major web browsers on a full-power electricity-hungry unsecured computer, forget it. It also doesn’t really seem to integrate other sites/services properly, so you can’t use it to build a real community – only a group of ningers.

]]> By: Tim Davies http://davepress.net/2008/09/07/local-community-networks-with-ning/comment-page-1/#comment-1711 Tim Davies Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:00:52 +0000 http://davepress.net/?p=745#comment-1711 Hey Dave I've certainly found that whilst ning isn't the perfect platform (lots of quirks and slightly too many options for simple conversations - although I've left them on for UK Youth Online as a sort of 'training space' for people getting to grips with social networking in general) - it is very easy to set something up in - and seems curiously intuitive for many people starting out with online networking... Perhaps at the UK Youth Online event we might do a bit of an evaluation of different options for online networks - particularly for different groups such as: professionals in an organisation, local communities, young people etc. Hey Dave

I’ve certainly found that whilst ning isn’t the perfect platform (lots of quirks and slightly too many options for simple conversations – although I’ve left them on for UK Youth Online as a sort of ‘training space’ for people getting to grips with social networking in general) – it is very easy to set something up in – and seems curiously intuitive for many people starting out with online networking…

Perhaps at the UK Youth Online event we might do a bit of an evaluation of different options for online networks – particularly for different groups such as: professionals in an organisation, local communities, young people etc.

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