Why I love enterprise social networks (and why they fail)

Couple of years ago I introduced an enterprise social network in my then organisation. The idea was to improve internal communication (poor internal communication was a cause of complaint for majority in the organisation).

One key problem was the use of email internally. So I thought let's replace email with a social network! That will surely address the issue!

I introduced the network (Yammer) and many people absolutely loved it. However, after initial enthusiasm things started to go wrong....

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From: Business Goes Social

Related topics : social enterprise network / social and networking community

BIF 7: Valdis Krebs: Getting Technology and Sociology to Match

Valdis Krebs: Getting Technology and Sociology to Match

Valdis Krebs sees something brighter on the social media horizon. Krebs calls social networking websites "the landline of technology," and declares that they will soon wear out their usefulness. He has nothing against social networking websites. In fact, Krebs has been on twitter longer than 95.8 percent of all twitter users. Be intrigued by his theories while watching him map the BIF-7 community.

ABOUT VALDIS KREBS

Valdis is a...

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From: Business Innovation Factory

Related topics : inflow social network analysis software / social media networking websites / analysis social networks / social networking community / social networking research

Air Canada: How to inspire employees to use Yammer

Do your employees tend to use reply-all emails and ignore your enterprise social network? Bummer. But how well have you promoted your platform?

Air Canada made Yammer successful not only through an initial push, but through ongoing reminders and leadership involvement, says Sebastian Cosgrove, the airline's social media community manager for employee communications.

This clip is excerpted from a Ragan Training video, "Build an internal social network that fosters employee collaboration."...

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From: Ragan Communications

Related topics : internal employee social network / employee social networking sites / social media community manager / social media internal communications

KM & Communities of Practice: Enabling the Business of Engineering in a Global Economy

Jim Everard, Senior Director, Interactive Entertainment, Microsoft, explains how to use explicit and tacit knowledge to drive business value at the 2010 National Knowledge Management Conference, "Social Networking and Knowledge Management: What's Emerging from Pandora's Box?" hosted by the Center for Applied Research at Pepperdine University, September 1, 2010.

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From: Pepperdine University

Related topics : social network knowledge management

5 Ways To Hack The Candidate Experience

Watch this recording to learn:

How to make your jobs easy for the right talent to find online.

How to apply user experience & user interface best practices to online recruiting.

How to use social networks, candidate relationship management, talent communities and other online engagement platforms to build relationships (and your recruiting reputation).

How to audit, improve and manage your online application process while packing your pipeline (and why it's so important to the digital candidate...

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From: Recruiting Blogs

Related topics : online reputation management process / online reputation management best practices / social network community manager / importance of online reputation management / reputation management online

Davos Annual Meeting 2007 - The Impact of Web 2.0

http://www.weforum.org/

27.01.2007

The Impact of Web 2.0 and Emerging Social Network Models

The rapid rise of online social networks is both a social and business phenomenon, the impact of which is only beginning to be understood. The consumer-powered Web 2.0 creates innovative ways for businesses to operate and people to communicate.

1) What is driving the emergence of virtual communities? Is the rapid rise in their valuations justified?

2) How are companies beginning to use social...

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From: World Economic Forum

Related topics : online business social network / online social networking marketing / social network marketing strategies / global social networking market / social media network marketing

Building and Engaging Your Social Community

Interested in growing your online presence?

Social media expert and Marketing Manager at Greenleaf Book Group, Corrin Foster, provides listeners with strategies on how to effectively engage your social network and build your online platform!

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From: Greenleaf Book Group

Related topics : social media online marketing / social online network / social media listening strategy / social media engagement / social media expert

Create a Social Networking Website - Build your own Online Community - Chat, Photo, Videos, Articles

BUILD A WEBSITE FOR YOUR BUSINESS IN ONE HOUR! - http://goo.gl/gCWw8b

Blogs, online stores, galleries and much more in one easy to use platform.

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- Social Networks are more popular than ever before. People use them to communicate and share with not only friends family but also the entire world. Why not take advantage of Our Social Networking Website to build your own community - Like Facebook Twitter. Users can Update their status, Upload Photos, embed videos, Post Articles and Even...

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From: Alexey Grigorev

Related topics : build your own social networking website / how to build social network website / creating a social networking website / how many people use social networking sites / social networking websites

Mark Yolton shares insights from the SAP Community Network

Focus on Community: Mark Yolton, SVP of the SAP Community Network (SCN), and Erick Mott of Sitecore discuss at TWTRCON SF how SCN delivers knowledge, insight and rich content in a collaborative environment that encourages innovation and sharing of best-run business practices among its more than 2 million members. Mark also touches on how to learn from and manage negative feedback via Twitter and other social media channels. Related info: http://twitter.com/SAPCommNet -- http://scn.sap.com --...

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From: Sitecore

Related topics : social community network sap / social media twitter

LIz Presents "the Value of Branding,Networking, Marketing and being Latino on Social Media

This is an Extended Video of oneQube Community Manager Liz Martinez-Romo running a workshop for Fuerza Latinas 25th National Latino Collegiate Conference on the Importance of Branding , Networking and Marketing On Social Media.

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From: L Simpson

Related topics : social media network marketing / social media brand management / marketing through social media / social media branding