tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218353015398884058.post4159413497446733672..comments2024-02-17T02:20:37.527-06:00Comments on Anne's Spot: Individual Adoption of ChangeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10353479928793096415noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218353015398884058.post-67723730290862881432007-07-29T09:23:00.000-05:002007-07-29T09:23:00.000-05:00Thanks Anne for an excellent post.Typical blogging...Thanks Anne for an excellent post.<BR/><BR/>Typical blogging is a kind of writing (not just a technology) that is not familiar to most Extension folks. And people may feel uninterested (or scared) about trying to build an audience. What if nobody cares what they write? This might seem humiliating to some.<BR/><BR/>One way to increase adoption is to make it seem like a small step, with low risks, to accomplish familiar needs, with success measures that have little to do with readership, comment counts, etc.<BR/><BR/>Two examples: <BR/><BR/>1. We all serve on committees. Why not use blogs for updates between meetings? This is a chance to try blogging to a known, familiar, small group--more palatable to some than sending out prognostications to the whole wide world.<BR/><BR/>2. Blogging to track project progress, record rationales behind important decisions, etc. This is a chance to get familiar with the technology without pressure to build an audience. (My own example, set up exactly for this reason, is at http://myminnesotawoods.wordpress.com/)<BR/><BR/>There are many other, better, examples.<BR/><BR/>Another big problem is the lack of familiarity with feed readers. Blogs are fine, but without RSS, if the blog isn't updated very frequently, it's dead.<BR/><BR/>So, how to increase adoption of feed readers? I use Pageflakes and have thought about using pagecasts to let others read feeds that I have set up. Other ideas?<BR/>-eliEli Sagorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05640971276510107576noreply@blogger.com