How do I justify the cost of Yammer to my boss?
I love Twitter, so I'm bound to like Yammer, which is like a private Twitter service used by companies. But people are terrified of Social Media and there is a financial cost to Yammer, so...
View ArticleJakob says social media has hit the intranet
You might guess from my previous intranet posts that I’m reflecting on the use of social media behind the firewall, within the intranet. Jakob Nielsen’s latest report comes a good time for me then, and...
View ArticleTwitterverse
Brian and Jess have released a galaxy sized poster of the ever-expanding Twitterverse. Take more than one small step within...
View ArticleThe future is not social…
Taking a stand against the thoughtless assumption that everyone and every business needs to be digitally social, Jenni Wheller has some counterpoints to consider.
View ArticleTrust and social media
Social media is a huge timewaster in the workplace? Not according to Kevan Hall of Global Integration (specialists in workplace efficiency for complex organisations).
View ArticleTable-talk lessons from the IABC UK’s ‘Gift of Comms’
The 'Gift of Comms' was the IABC UK's first charity focused comms event. Read the succinct lessons I learnt.
View ArticleStop viewing your intranet as a single channel
The intranet isn't an amorphous channel, it's a city of sectors, communities, highways and byways. We should diversify our comms and stop simply publishing a single news story.
View ArticleHow to measure the success of enterprise social networks
We heard a good deal about ESNs (Enterprise Social Networks) at the Simply SMILE conference; some of us talked about how best to monitor and measure success.
View ArticleInternal social comms conference to SMILE about
I've got my own table at September's social media conference, but don't let that put you off - check the topics and see who else you can talk with.
View ArticleGet 33% off SMiLE conference
The lovely people over at simply-communicate have asked me to return as a ‘table host’ for a third time. But that’s of little importance to you – what’s amazing is that Marc has allowed me to give you...
View ArticleSimply SMiLE table expert sessions
SMiLE (Social Media in the Large Enterprise) is on 25th September in London. There will be two expert table sessions during the day so you can choose from two of the subjects here. This is your chance...
View ArticleWhat I advise my clients about social media
The always-up-to-date guide to social networks I know this blogsite is about internal communications, but whenever I talk to corporate clients about enterprise social networks (ESNs) we end up talking...
View ArticleTwitter is dying
No it isn’t. Slowing growth isn’t the same as dying – see Yahoo Meme, Microsoft Socl, and Google Plus for what social death means. Things have changed on Twitter in the eight years I’ve been using it....
View ArticleLuis Suarez at IntraTeam Event Copenhagen 2016 – Wirearchy
This is a live blog. I’m at the IntraTeam conference and this is one of the first sessions. Luis Suarez – @elsua elsua.net Previously of IBM, as you know, now independent. Has been without email for...
View ArticleMaking the business case for an ESN — Virpi Oinonen at IntraTeam Event...
Virpi Oinonen @Virpi is famous for her business cartoons and is an enterprise social network evangelist and consultant. Virpi has two up-coming ESN workshops, one in Dublin, and one in Birmingham UK....
View ArticleMillennials! Generation K is coming! Whatevs, I can’t even.
Stop the madness. Millenials are not aliens. You do not need to go on a course to learn how to relate to Next Gen people at work. Time exists – things change. People face different challenges in...
View ArticleFree to use images 2021 edition
There are some great stock image websites out there, with hundreds of thousands of terrible stock photos that you should not inflict upon your colleagues or clients.
View ArticleMy (your) digital workplace newsfeed
Blogging is back (or at least, it should be). Bookmark my new site for daily digital workplace articles from the experts.
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