WE > ME - this is why Collaboration is Important

I wanted to do a little experiment. Sometimes it is amazing to see what can be achieved through collaboration. That is why I wanted to see how my PLN defined collaboration. For the last week or so, I asked anyone and everyone to share what collaboration meant to them. I then plugged the resulting definitions into Wordle to see just what would come out and the results (I think) were really neat. No, its not ground breaking but just something interesting to look at. To see them in a larger version, just open them up in a new tab window.

The first Wordle was created with the word Collaboration included. Of course, sense this was the word being defined it took over the screen.

The next Wordle was created without the word collaboration to help show the major defining words more prevalent. This one is my favorite.

Thank you to all that contributed in my quest for definitions. The response was overwhelming and once again shows the power of WE is always greater than just ME. I was even suprised to have Evan Rosen, author of The Culture of Collaboration, contribute! Way cool. And a big thank you goes out to Kelly Hines who created her own blog post of what collaboration meant to her. This was definitely a fun experiment to do and I hope you enjoy the outcomes as much as I do.