Social Networking Gets Serious – #prayforjapan

One of the main inhibitors with regards to a successful adoption of social software within the enterprise that I keep bumping into from fellow knowledge workers and, specially, their managers!, is that perception that social networking, you know, “things” like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and the like are just for fun. Social spaces where you goof … Continue reading Social Networking Gets Serious – #prayforjapan

Making Business Sense of Social Media and Social Networking – Is Blogging Dead?

Scott Monty has got a rather interesting and very insightful blog post where he comes to ponder how every year there are a bunch of people out there, coming from different places, who keep questioning whether blogging is dead or whether we are enjoying the last few days of that phenomenon that got started over … Continue reading Making Business Sense of Social Media and Social Networking – Is Blogging Dead?

Making Business Sense of Social Media and Social Networking – Twitter For Business

Yesterday evening, my time, I attended a rather interesting webcast with Sandy Carter, IBM’s Worldwide Sales Vice President, IBM Social Business, Collaboration, and Lotus Sales and Evangelism, along with Jeremiah Owyang, Industry Analyst at Altimeter Group, on the topic of Why Be Social?. It surely was quite an interesting event and, if you would be … Continue reading Making Business Sense of Social Media and Social Networking – Twitter For Business

Blog Talk Radio – Business Value of Social Networking: Become a Hippie 2.0!

Yesterday, if you would remember, I put together a short blog post where I was mentioning how apart from having one of those days of meetings galore jumping from one to the next, I was also looking forward to the great opportunity of participating live on the Blog Talk Radio podcasting show, hosted by John … Continue reading Blog Talk Radio – Business Value of Social Networking: Become a Hippie 2.0!

Blog Talk Radio – Business Value of Social Networking with Mark Masterson and Luis Suarez

With meetings and activities galore happening at work right as we speak, and with the usual catchup of the daily routines in multiple social spaces, I think that today is going to be one of those days where blogging will be rather light, as opposed to keep sharing some additional insights on that topic that … Continue reading Blog Talk Radio – Business Value of Social Networking with Mark Masterson and Luis Suarez

A World Without Email – Year 3, Weeks 9 to 10 (EMail’s Reign Is Over, Social Networking Is The New King)

I wasn’t planning on putting together another blog post so soon on the (no longer) weekly progress reports on my initiative of living "A World Without Email", but then again late last week, and over the course of the weekend, I saw on my Twitter stream a whole bunch of retweets on what I thought … Continue reading A World Without Email – Year 3, Weeks 9 to 10 (EMail’s Reign Is Over, Social Networking Is The New King)

Keeping a Closer Eye on Employees’ Social Networking Will Give You More Than a Headache

Earlier on today, I bumped into one of those blog posts that you know is not going to leave you indifferent; quite the opposite, because it touches base on a growing trend that you know is going to cause plenty of trouble ahead, specially for most businesses out there who are starting to embrace social … Continue reading Keeping a Closer Eye on Employees’ Social Networking Will Give You More Than a Headache