Assessment 2 Sustaining an online community

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Topic: What are the issues involved with using social networks for professional development in the workplace?
 language used, must maintain professional standards
 Quality and availability of equipment and internet connection
 Video conferencing- bad hair day
 Gives away location of user
 Slow in uploading video messages
Topic: How do Web 2.0 tools (blogs, wikis, podcasts and video lectures) complement such social networks?
 Lots of tools available
 Slow usage rates
Topic: How is a work-related social network developed and sustained?
 Hard to maintain with poor internet connections or with people with inferior equipment or none at all, relying on text messages!