Audience-Centered Approaches to Strategic Planning: Accessing Social Capital Through Sharing Platforms on Social Media

Sherry Devereaux Ferguson ()
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Sherry Devereaux Ferguson: University of Ottawa

Chapter Chapter 18 in Strategy and Communication for Innovation, 2013, pp 315-328 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter responds to the question “What are the strategic considerations in using social media platforms and open source practices such as crowdsourcing as tools in innovating organizations?” The following arguments are put forward in response to this question: (1) Organizations have moved from a learning to a sharing paradigm. (2) The most valuable organizational asset is social capital, accessible through social media and open source practices such as crowdsourcing. (3) Communicators have a role to play in accessing this social capital for purposes of innovation. (4) Changing conceptions of audiences underlie strategic communication planning. (5) Strategic planning for innovation must reflect the character of audiences fashioned by social media. In responding to this last question, the chapter explores seven characteristics of audiences that should be taken into account in planning for innovation and suggests theories that support a user orientation.

Keywords: Social Capital; Social Medium; Strategic Planning; Open Innovation; Collective Intelligence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-41479-4_18

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