I spent the week of July 16-20 in Knott County Kentucky working with other volunteers from 2 local churches (University Presbyterian Church and Cane Creek Baptist Church). It was a great week. This is a picture of my work group.That is me on the left. Front row: Sidney, Annika, Kim, Cindy. Back row: Don & Bobby. Great group and a great trip.
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I ran across this slideshow a few weeks back. It does a great job of describing “enterprise 2.0”. My Compliments to Scott Gavin.
Update: Scott just posted a new slideshow that gives gives some of the history behind “Charlie”
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Been away from the blog for a while (at least it hasn’t been a full month yet) but it is time to get posting again. In case you couldn’t tell from the title, I have partaken of the Facebook Kool-Aid. I am logging in 3 or 4 times a day, figuring out how to use my phone with it, how to cross-post with it, trying out the new apps, etc. But you know in doing all of this, I do not feel like I am “wasting my time” as many would believe. That is because I think this part of the evolution of how organizations will work in the future. In many ways the Facebook (social network) model is an advancement over blogs from the standpoint engagement by the typical corporate citizen. Figuring out how to integrate this approach into enterprise communications and operations, I believe, is going to be my career track for some time to come. Hello Enterprise 2.0. I guess you will have to put me into the Andrew McAfee camp (with apologies to Professor Davenport).
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Excerpts from Computerweekly.com
by Cliff Saran
Monday 4 June 2007
“The cost of collaboration in an open market used to be more expensive than the cost of doing the business process internally. The web has dropped the cost of collaboration so much that people can come together at low-cost,” says (Don) Tapscott.
Alan Lafley, Proctor & Gamble chief executive officer, said, “Someone outside your organisation today knows how to answer your specific question, solve your specific problem or take advantage of your current opportunity better than you do. You need to find them and find a way to work collaboratively and productively with them.”
Web 2.0 will mean consumers are able to draw on a vast array of information, pulling on blogs, wikis, and seeking real-time buying advice from online friends, allowing them to make more informed buying decisions. This means they will no longer rely on the limited expertise of [company] staff, says Gartner.
Forrester Research predicts that Web 2.0 will become core to business systems within 18 months.
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Now my old Blogger posts are in here too. (2004- June 2005)
Very easy to import.
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I just imported my Typepad blog into WordPress. This is an experiment in progress.
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I started reading Stowe Boyd’s blog about 3 or 4 months ago. I think I found his blog during the infamous "3rd Thursday – Die Press Release" who-ha. Anyway, I found his writing quite compelling, even though I wasn’t sure I was picking up on all the points. I was particualrly intrigued by his Traffic and Flow post. Something there really resonated, but I didn’t fully understand the concept. I kept it around in the back of my head over the following weeks.
Then there was the Twitter explosion. Another piece to the puzzle. Now this "flow" thing makes a little more sense. Still not crystalized, but clearer.
This week Stowe posted a presentation he gave recently. Wow, now this stuff is really starting to come together. The money line in the presentation was:
Identity = Aggregrated Flows, Not Static
That is what it is all about. If we can collect our digital footprints together in one place and present those footprints in time, we create a much better picture of an individual than all of the HR data in the world. In an enterprise setting this could be the long sought after key to expertise location. A way to find the people that know what you want to know. The possibilitues are truly exciting…
The gears are churning, smoke is billowing out of my ears. I can not wait to go to the Enterprise 2.0 Rave in NYC next month. If you are interested in attending, here is a $250 off coupon.
http://emartshops.com/Enterprise_20_Rave/Enterprise_2.0_Discounted_Registration.html
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I just started reading Wikinomics by Don Tapscott & Anthony Williams. In just the first couple of chapters I can see that the authors have synthesized a lot of what has been rolling around in my mind for a while, but was unable to effectively articulate.
Probably first and most importantly is that the revolution that is happening in our society today is a cultural one not a technological one (though of course technology has been an enabler).
The fact that organizations will need to include those outside traditional boundries is becoming inevitable. Giovanni Rodriguez over on The future of communities blog cited Dell’s IdeaStorm as an example of the same cocreation/wikinomics referred to in the book.
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