Well, my recommendation is that you give them a broad, high-level overview of the areas that it could be used, then suggest that for internal collaboration you start with a Wiki or something along those lines. You can get it up and running for minimal cost (time and dollars) so that they can make a better determination of the value proposition.
*ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership* On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:19 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > That’s just it, they don’t even know. We’re a pretty small company and I > was just asked literally this: “Dave, find out what it would take for us to > use Social Networking at NWEA”. > > > > And as you said - and I found out – the answer is overwhelming. > > *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 > > > > > > > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, November 23, 2009 7:24 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Social networking and business use > > > > David, > > What does your organization hope to gain with *Web 2.0 Collaboration*? > > If they're just asking you about what is *possible*, then they are going > to be overwhelmed by the answer -- as will you. Tell them that there are > lots of options to use these technologies for better internal collaboration, > external collaboration, marketing, and customer feedback/support. > > As them which of these objectives they would like to pursue first, and then > select one or two technologies that can facilitate that goal out of the > myriad of options. > > If they are focusing on internal collaboration, then a Wiki is one of the > easiest things to bring online and start to experiment with. > > Life will be much better with a plan... > > *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> > *Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership* > > > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 10:05 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, my “research” has dumped me into “Web 2.0” and “Enterprise 2.0”. OMFG > this was supposed to take me just an hour or two, now it’s a friggin’ > research paper and I’m learning all sorts of things I had no clue about! > Should it really take me five hours to generate just two pages of text? Is > this what college is like? J > > > > I let them have the question “Dave, look into us using social networking at > work” be waaay to open-ended. Did they mean a corporate presence (sorta Web > 2.0) , or internally (Enterprise 2.0). Somehow I think they wanted me to see > what it would take to house internal social networking, and maybe Wiki’s and > blogs, at least that’s how this thing started… > > > > I had no idea so many companies were taking advantage of leveraging Web 2.0 > . > > > > One key points I have, and for discussion here: “One of the challenges to > implementing Enterprise 2.0 is using it requires a cultural change in > thinking in regards to how information is shared. Typically it has been > shared in a top-down, published vs participation manner. Internal file > systems and Intranets have typically been organized by a specific structure, > whereas Enterprise 2.0 relies upon data feeds and content search.” > > > > I think it took me about 90 minutes to formulate that ONE paragraph based > on info from a smattering of articles on the web. I haven’t even got to how > much overhead implementing these (ie, manpower required) functions would > take. > > > > And just this morning I find this article that demonstrates some of this: > > http://smartpei.typepad.com/robert_patersons_weblog/2009/11/enterprise-20-tools-or-mindset-if-this-is-a-true-revolution-mindset.html > > *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 > > > > > > > > *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, November 20, 2009 11:27 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Social networking and business use > > > > Yeah, the "My Site" functionality was very much ahead of the social > networking curve. I know that it's been at least 6+ years since I attended > a MS seminar on SharePoint and they were touting those feature. We've never > used it, but from what I remember it was very nice and that was on version > 2.0. > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Kevin Lundy <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you have the MOSS enterprise license, the "My Site" functionality of > SharePoint gets you quite a bit. > > > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:42 PM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not quite what you think. I’ve been asked to look at utilizing social > networking internally – a pseudo Facebook, but hosted on SharePoint and for > internal use. Anyone using / looking at it in such a manner? I found a great > Newsgator presentation but would like to hear from someone actually doing > it. > > *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sherry Abercrombie > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." > Arthur C. 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