Comments on: Who is striving to fill the need for Private Social Networks? http://learnet.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/who-is-striving-to-fill-the-need-for-private-social-networks/ Art's personal expedition into the world of blogging and networking Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:38:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Dennis McDonald http://learnet.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/who-is-striving-to-fill-the-need-for-private-social-networks/#comment-1812 Dennis McDonald Mon, 05 May 2008 14:56:03 +0000 http://learnet.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/who-is-striving-to-fill-the-need-for-private-social-networks/#comment-1812 Arthur, do a web search for the two phrases "white label" and "social network" together and you'll see quite a few examples of self-hosted and remotely-hosted services that might begin to meet your requirements. As with any system, though, it pays to spend up front time asking the types of policy and planning questions you raise before wading into software selection. I've used the term "strategic planning" to refer to the type of process you might follow in such a planning exercise. Also, I applaud your mentioning email as part of the mix. It's becoming somewhat fashionable to beat up on email due to its lack of basic collaborative features but, like the term "Web 2.0," we seem destined to have to coexist with it! Dennis Arthur, do a web search for the two phrases “white label” and “social network” together and you’ll see quite a few examples of self-hosted and remotely-hosted services that might begin to meet your requirements.

As with any system, though, it pays to spend up front time asking the types of policy and planning questions you raise before wading into software selection. I’ve used the term “strategic planning” to refer to the type of process you might follow in such a planning exercise.

Also, I applaud your mentioning email as part of the mix. It’s becoming somewhat fashionable to beat up on email due to its lack of basic collaborative features but, like the term “Web 2.0,” we seem destined to have to coexist with it!

Dennis

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