Building 21st Century Tribes
Darren SharpSocial Media [email protected]+61 (0)419 314 655twitter.com/dasharp
Web 3.0 & The Future of Social MediaSydney Thu 3 June 2010
Darren Sharp Consulting
• Social media marketing campaigns
• Online community building
• Engagement strategies, policies & guidelines
• Training & workshops
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• connected to one another;
• connected to a leader;
• connected to an idea
Tribes are a group of people
John Robb - resilient communities
The key to building modern-day tribes is by manufacturing fictive kinship:
“A sense of connectedness that leads to the creation of loyalty to the group”
http://bit.ly/rIH5l
Story telling
http://www.flickr.com/photos/usag-yongsan/2574708264/
Rites of passage
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lovehate/2725128457/
Obligations
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jungle_boy/153090193/
Egalitarian organisation
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanr/142455033/
Multi-skilled
http://www.flickr.com/photos/herr_hartmann/448478567/
Two-way loyalty
http://www.flickr.com/photos/enriqueburgosgarcia/3487129616/
How does this relate to social media & the future web?
Story telling
Rites of passage
Rule of Engagement
http://www.intel.com/sites/sitewide/en_us/social-media.htm
• Stick to your area of expertise
• Post meaningful, respectful comments
• Always pause and think before posting
• Respect proprietary information
• When disagreeing with others’ opinions, keep it appropriate and polite
Intel’s Social Media Guidelines
Sharing
Multi-skilled
Two-way loyalty
Where are we heading?
The Internet of Things
• New engagement spaces emerging
• Infrastructure for object linking using RFID
• Developed for use in supply chain management
• Any physical object could be connected to the Internet with it’s own unique IP address
Social Objects
• Any form of media that can be shared
• Provide opportunities for social interaction to occur
• Increase connectedness between friends in a social network
• Think blogs, tags, comments, reviews, tweets and p2p conversations
Physical Objects as Social Objects
• Where has the object been?
• How does it relate to other objects?
• Why did the object change owners?
• What materials is the object made from?
• Who made the object?
Physical Objects as Social Objects
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P2P Resource Sharing
• People are sharing p2p resources in the physical world
• New services cater to trends in sustainable consumption & the experience economy
• Immense opportunities to build tribes using social media & the Internet of Things
The new rental boom
http://neighborgoods.net/
The new rental boom
http://rentalic.com/
The new rental boom
http://renttherunway.com/
The new rental boom
www.lovemeandleaveme.com
21st Century Tribes
• Tribes can add value by bringing“user-generated context” to every physical object in the Internet of Things
• Interpret, find, personalise & bring meaning
• Overlay of social data linked to object relationships (where, how, why, what, who?)
• Massive possibilities for social connection, marketing & customer engagement
Summary
• Manufacturing “fictive kinship” is the key to building modern-day tribes;
• Social media communities have followed similar rules to build loyalty;
• New possibilities for social engagement through The Internet of Things;
• Social objects are vital for connectedness;
• The physical world is going social
• What new tribes can we build together?
Thank You!
Darren SharpSocial Media [email protected] +61 (0)419 314 655twitter.com/dasharp