Monthly Archives: May 2012

Facebook’s IPO – this is where the story really starts

Guest Blog by Imogen Reed. Facebook, known of course as the world’s most popular social network for both business and personal purposes, officially became a public company on 18th May, trading its stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market for the first … Continue reading

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Social Workplace Conference 2012

I’m looking forward to the  Social Workplace Conference 2012, taking place this week on Thursday, May 24, 2012.  I’m anticipating hearing how various organisations have overcome some of the barriers I listed in my earlier post on this topic. The line up of speakers and … Continue reading

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Creating the conditions for Social Business (update)

 This is an update to an earlier post, which includes the slideset used at the Social Business event of 25th April 2012. Creating the right environment for Social Business Creating the conditions for a successful Social Business requires a strategic … Continue reading

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Social Business And The Collaborative Workforce

Better productivity, lower travel and communication costs, higher customer satisfaction, more innovation, increases in revenue and profit, faster access to knowledge, improved connection to internal experts and more. Why wouldn’t every organisation flock to this vision of an agile, connected, transparent, people-centred and more efficient business? Continue reading

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Tell Your Tale With Storify

There are many people out there with a story to tell and with the many and variegated formats of expression available on the web those stories have a far higher likelihood of being told today than ever before. Launched in April 2011, Storify combines features or elements from a range of social media websites from the likes of Tumblr, , Facebook and Twitter to create a story telling medium which allows users to draw on a range of resources to create a tale which can then be easily hooked up to all of the above. Although it has yet to become the latest trend, it has a plethora of users from across the globe and Time has placed it in the top 50 websites of 2011. Continue reading

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