The Goal: Have a common vehicle for sharing and interacting while transcending geographical boundaries; to be connected by common professional interests, resolve problems, develop our strategic way of thinking and constantly improve, grow and innovate.
The Tool: @Work Innovation Community
Today, we are very proudly to officially announce the launch of our “Innovation Community @Work” – Dogma’s Virtual Community! – Remember: “We all live on a single planet.”
But what is a virtual community?
The words “virtual community” and “online community” have been bandied about, hyped and interpreted in many ways.
A virtual community is a community of people sharing common interests, ideas, and feelings over the Internet or other collaborative networks.
Online or virtual community is the gathering of people, in an online “space” where they come, communicate, connect, and get to know each other better over time. From that point on, the rest is up to you. Your community will be what you and your members make of it!
People have been using online spaces since the beginning of the Internet to communicate. (For a good short history of the Internet, see https://smallbiztrends.com/2013/05/the-complete-history-of-social-media-infographic.html). They have been evolving and getting more specialized every day.
Why have they evolved? Why have they been well accepted and in some cases replaced “face to face” communications?
Communities have become ingrained in our daily lives, with 80 per cent of the population saying they use it, up from 65 per cent in 2012. Many think the time they spend interacting with people through communities is as valuable as the time they spend together in person. Perhaps this is not surprising, especially given the pace and pressure of modern living, and the 24-hour window afforded to people by online communities. People believe interaction on social media is helping us compartmentalize and streamline our time, giving us a new level of control.
Communication in the real world has the benefit of body language, voice and touch, but we’re often ignoring those senses in favor of virtual communications.
“Let’s be honest – when everyone is face to face and having a coffee and a chat, they’re not having a coffee and a chat, they’re on their mobile phones.” – In many cases.
Some people struggle to foster friendships and other type of relationships, and studies show social media has helped some of them feel less isolated and misunderstood. But it is not only the feelings we might have, it is also about getting communicated with the entire world beyond physical or geographical boundaries.
More and more people are using virtual communities to socialize, work together and have topical conversations.
Online Communities have an Effect in Offline Lives and in the results and goals we achieve!
Be the first to contribute and make history by moving from Innovation Community to Community Innovation!
