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links for 2007-05-15 | mad dog in the fog — Tue, 15 May 2007 23:27:39 +0000

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Give me social computing or give me death! « Matt’s Musings — Tue, 15 May 2007 00:11:41 +0000

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By: Puneet Gupta

Puneet Gupta — Mon, 14 May 2007 16:35:06 +0000

Stephen:
Great post. One of the best and succinct outlines I have seen on this subject.
There has been a lot of debate on whether to bypass IT or involve them. We have been firm believers that IT should be involved right from the begining.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 14 May 2007 13:31:36 +0000

Touching on the last point, research, I am currently about to undertake some with a corporate client, government and university based consortium (in the UK) and have posted a rough outline on my blog here. I'd appreciate any input since by definition, we would like to canvass very broad based participation. It's a nice way to learn more and results will be shared with valid contributors...

By: magia3e

magia3e — Mon, 14 May 2007 05:02:35 +0000

Good article Stephen, particularly as a bottom-up approach to getting social software tools for knowledge workers.

Many companies approach social computing as a list of technologies to be deployed as needed – a blog here, a podcast there – to achieve a marketing goal. You need to start with your target audience and determine what kind of relationship you want to build with them, based on what they are ready for.

If you’re wanting to get your hands on social software, your friendly-neighbourhood knowledge manager and your comms manager might be your best allies.

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Sat, 12 May 2007 06:25:50 +0000

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By: New Web Worker Daily post up at acidlabs

New Web Worker Daily post up at acidlabs — Sat, 12 May 2007 06:10:46 +0000

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By: Stephen Collins

Stephen Collins — Sat, 12 May 2007 05:42:58 +0000

@Michael – Couldn’t agree more. My wife, who works in HR, longs desperately for good social computing tools to help her with the knowledge worker aspects of her work.

Social software has an important role to play as one of several in a suite of tools in use by knowledge workers. Those tools aren’t all necessarily systems based, but they are all about people. Business is learning that in the 21st Century, engagement of people within and external to your organisation is a critical factor in ongoing success.

You can have all the greatest systems in the world, but if they don’t facilitate the engagement of people in collaborative work, they are likely to be ultimately unsuccessful. Which is what Martin said, above.

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By: Martin Koser

Martin Koser — Fri, 11 May 2007 20:00:12 +0000

Stephen, I really enjoyed this post. It offers a pragmatic perspective and down to earth advice for adoption which is often overlooked.

I would hold that most of the times “easy does it best”, slowly building up acceptance and adoption, gaining traction by good example and viral marketing.

And yes, there’s no point in playing the revolutionary (especially when dealing with risk averse players): Instead of fighting endless battles that are doomed (as the incumbents are well entrenched), it’s better to go with the flow and adopt one’s language and arguments to those who decide after all …

Well, and Howard, I guess it depends on who you talk to … my take would be that it’s perfectly possible to interpret PM from the perspectives of social software, especially when you think of it as a social media aiming at employee engagement …

By: Howard Rauscher

Howard Rauscher — Fri, 11 May 2007 15:57:23 +0000

Would predictive markets be considered social software?

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 11 May 2007 14:13:49 +0000

Also, look sideways – who are the teams that have the most to gain from introducing social software or even engaging with (gasp) the outside world? Try the recruitment people or marketing department. Or new business – networking is supposed to be their lifeblood, after all.