I don’t know if what i did for me page is right but i used this app called iq link, http://www.facebook.com/iqlink for my page, so i can get all the likes i would like – and just to convert the facebook users to my website ? Am i wrong about this – do i really need to be more active on the facebook ? what do you say ?

BR DL.

I said in another post that sharing, learning, emergence is all good and a way of the world now (can you imagine moving back to email rather than facebook)…but in the enterprise we need to concentrate equally on solving pain points…how will social tools allow the CEO to sleep better at night…once we do this, we have buy-in and we can then start promoting emergence, serendipity, innovation, etc…

Yep, “leadership” is key – it comes across as serious, role models http://johntropea.tumblr.com/post/3082971699
…but if you don’t have this we need to, as I mentioned before, get some small wins, so we can spread these stories…this way we can showcase real examples.

Agree with lack of willingness – publishing/posting in the open is not for everyone…but it’s slowly becoming the norm, so you get those people in round 2.

In this post I mentioned a few points about how social computing practitioners need to be educated…it’s not just another IT deployment
http://johntropea.tumblr.com/post/3083201605

Using social tools for team work is one thing, but if you are at the further stage of swarm teams, and people helping others out, then you have organisational design against you, as who is going to pay for you to help others out…is this recognised…does not hoarding give you an edge in the current organisational structures…yes and no.

I think I need to post a checklist on the mindfulness of the social computing landscape

Is there an expert in the house on this subject? For example, there are really bright researchers in this field who have decades of experience studying social systems and technology integration. Why not ask them? MIT’s Tom Malone, Tom Allen and Ed Schein are just a few of the experts who study this very subject for a living. I’d be interested to hear if they have current studies on the effectiveness of the new solutions like SocialText, Jive, Cisco Quad and other hybrid communication/collaboration platforms.

We’re picking up leads from companies that have used ‘well known brand’ platforms for a pilot but they’ve fallen over when HR and IT security tag their requirements onto the spec.

We take the same approach to IM and microblogging as we do email, that is the need for security (content control and URL/malware filtering) and compliance (archiving & discovery) as well as end user features.

Ticking these boxes gives you real enterprise capability rather than just providing SSL and LDAP.

Simon highlights the biggest issue here – lack of collaborative intent.
Social tools are often a solution looking for a problem to solve. Unlike CRM for instance, social software doesn’t bring process IP out of the box.
Social tools, as facilitators of solving existing performance issues is where this will get the attention of those in charge of executing critical elements of the business.
Whilst every issue you highlight are absolutely important, its amazing how people ‘get it’ when you show them how this improves the work they signed up to do.

If no one-one explains clearly why we are using these tools, how it aligns with the corporate strategy and which problems these tools aim to address then there won’t be any miracle.