Here are general guidelines for using the Group Blog tool vs. the Discussions feature of your Groupsite. Start by asking, "What am I trying to achieve?" Then try to use the best tool to fit the need.
A blog is (primarily) a publishing tool. It gives your group a powerful "voice" inside your Groupsite as well as to the rest of the world (if you choose to make it public)
Use your blog to:
- teach or provide others with the means to learn
- publish important information about your organization's mission or values
- impart "expert" advice, facts or opinions
- show off good work (that would be of value to your audience), or
A discussion forum is a conversation tool.
Start a discussion topic when you:
- Have particularly sensitive or controversial topics to discuss
- Primarily want to stimulate productive online conversation, two-or-more-way, or
- Have a question - are seeking to learn more than to teach
Both tools are a means to document ideas or information that may otherwise be inaccessible or lost.
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