Rules

Rules for Content

1. Keep it honest. Facts are expected. Honest opinions and debate are welcome. Baloney is for sandwiches. Plagiarism is very bad—always cite your sources!
2. Keep it relevant. Posts should address significant issues in IS management and planning. Comments should address the selected post.
3. Keep it civil. Don’t say anything you wouldn’t say to someone’s face in class or in a business meeting.
4. Keep it correct. Spelling and grammar are like shiny shoes. Project professionalism by saying what you say with confidence, style, and correctness.

Rules for Credit: Posts

1. Submit a minimum of one original post every two weeks.
2. Each post must include at least one functional hyperlink to an article from the popular press, business journals, blogs of repute*, or other valuable online content from the last 30 days.
3. Quoted material is welcome, but your original exposition and analysis should outnumber quoted words.
4. Read your colleagues’ work before you post. If someone else has already written an analysis of the latest Thomas Friedman column, you may serve the conversation better with a comment under that post rather than a new post of your own. Posts that substantially repeat analysis and commentary already made in previous posts may receive reduced credit. (Of course, posts that substantially improve upon, challenge, or refute previous posts may get full credit and be lots of fun!)

Rules for Credit: Comments

1. Submit a minimum of one original, substantive comment to someone else’s post each week.
2. Compliments and courtesy are always welcome, but substantive means something more than, “Thanks, Bob. Good post.” You get credit for comments that advance the discussion.

*Blogs of repute is a general term for online content from verifiable sources who have a high likelihood of knowing more than you do.