{"id":69,"date":"2015-03-23T09:28:50","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T09:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/beseated\/?p=69"},"modified":"2015-03-23T09:28:50","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T09:28:50","slug":"related-academic-network-1-connecting-to-change-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/test-media\/2015\/03\/23\/related-academic-network-1-connecting-to-change-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Related Academic Work 1 – Connecting to Change the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Connecting to Change the World: Harnessing the Power of Networks for Social Impact
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Key Point: Successful networks require thoughtful design. I have reviewed some of the key design issues that may arise in the planning of ‘Be Seated’.<\/p>\n

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Key Design\/Review Issues<\/strong><\/td>\nApplying to BeSeated<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1.\u00a0 Purpose: reason for being.<\/td>\nA collaborative network that provides information on venues and available seats in them (public and private places).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.\u00a0 Membership: boundaries: open or closed network?<\/td>\nOpen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Eligibility: member criteria<\/td>\nThrough Facebook? \/ FOFA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Size: number of members<\/td>\nUnlimited<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
c.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Categories of members<\/td>\nUsers \/ Place\u2019s owners.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
d.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Requirements for participation<\/td>\nFacebook page? \/ email account?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.\u00a0 Value propositions: the specific benefits for members. A new member has an individual value proposition, not a collective one. \u00a0 Designers must cultivate the collective value that will bring members together in common cause and allow them to give to, as well as get from, each other. Some members care about other\u2019s value propositions; others may have some value propositions.<\/td>\nOn-line interaction among members is user-generated responses to venues and the quality of their experience at the venue. Allowing users to upload their thoughts, feelings and complaints about venues and what spoils or enhances their experience will help other users with useful information about venues and seats.Users can possibily rate the reviews provided?<\/p>\n

Credibility: most rated people have more weight?<\/p>\n

Possible user-benefits for the most active patrons and contributors to the site?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

4.\u00a0 Coordination, Facilitation, and Communication – Linking Members: value creation of a network slows without coordination or lack of communication. Coordination roles in designing networks:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
a.\u00a0\u00a0 Logistics: setting up tools or services to facilitate engagement between members. Establish working groups of members to explore possibilities for collective action.<\/td>\nPossiblity to have the ability to virtually assign yourself a seat and to see where others are sitting (not spying). To comment and to rate other\u2019s reviews.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
b.\u00a0 Operations: site administrator\u2019s duties including technical help to members and documentation.<\/td>\nOn line video tutorial (1.5m). Easy knowledge transfer at administrator and user levels.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
c.\u00a0\u00a0 Strategic management: help network members with governance duties. Support member\u2019s initiatives. Create and modify network\u2019s plan.<\/td>\nAllow members to add places<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.\u00a0 Resources: the network-funding model.<\/td>\nSocial network. Venues will pay a fee to announce.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.\u00a0 Governance: network is decentralised; top-down command model is not a good option. At the first moment, let the organizers be the deciders. The purpose of network governance is not to tell members what to do, but to enable them to do what they want to do. Therefore, in a moment during network\u2019s life, the members will be deciders, if the aim is to keep the network open, increase number of members.<\/td>\nTo review every 2 months the first year, then 2 times a year.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.\u00a0 Assessment, monitoring network health: At the beginning without enough data is difficult to understand the health of the network. \u00a0 Lately, when members decide, the network is mature and it will be possible to collect sensitive data in order to make decisions about strategic direction.<\/td>\nBased on the results of number 6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.\u00a0 Operating principles \u2013 guiding culture: the way members will conduct the network\u2019s business and express their expectations. A network is not a hierarchical organization; the guidelines evolve during network\u2019s life.<\/td>\nAn online community joined by a social network could become invaluable in us getting the most out of the entertainment choices and the live experience.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
a.\u00a0\u00a0 The point of a network is for the members to collaborate to produce value for each other.<\/td>\nData is provided through collaboration among members.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
b.\u00a0 Let connections flow to value.<\/td>\nTrust in shared information.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
c.\u00a0\u00a0 Find and let flow the power in network (Power as Action, Power as Influence, Power as connection, Power as propagation, Power as interaction \u2013 D. Millar \u2013 Webscience MOOC).<\/td>\nThe source of information is from members. They have power to rate venues.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
d.\u00a0 Trust: Openness (no secrets), and transparency (no member is more powerful than any other is).<\/td>\nOne kind on member.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
e.\u00a0\u00a0 Plan\u2019s flexibility: networks adapt, they do not start with the sense of permanence like an institution.<\/td>\nAdaptation based on results of number 6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Reference<\/p>\n

Peter Plastrik, Madeleine Taylor, & John Cleveland, Ssireview.org, (2015). Connecting to Change the World: Harnessing the Power of Networks for Social Impact (SSIR)<\/i>. [online] Available at: http:\/\/www.ssireview.org\/articles\/entry\/connecting_to_change_the_world_harnessing_the_power_of_networks_for_social [Accessed 1 May 2015].<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.ssireview.org\/articles\/entry\/connecting_to_change_the_world_harnessing_the_power_of_networks_for_social<\/a><\/p>\n

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