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Social Workplace Conference 2012

Social Workplace Conference 2012

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I’m looking forward to the  Social Workplace Conference 2012, taking place this week on Thursday, May 24, 2012.  I’m anticipating hearing how various organisations have overcome some of the barriers I listed in my earlier post on this topic. The line up of speakers and the organisations they represent should make for a highly rewarding day of learning and sharing good practice in the deployment of social software in the workplace, and – more importantly – the organisational changes required (e.g. operational, cultural, leadership) that…

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Overcoming The Challenges of Internal Social Networking

Overcoming The Challenges of Internal Social Networking

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Internal social networks offer numerous collaboration benefits for the average enterprise. They allow for quick, fluid, and constant communication, thereby making it easier for employees to coordinate at all times. They encourage feedback, proposals, and ideas from all workers, thus opening the door for innovation in any shape or form.

Social Media: Exploiting Knowledge In Networks

Social Media: Exploiting Knowledge In Networks

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There are still some places available on the “Exploiting Knowledge in Networks” training event next week, Tuesday 4th October. The training focuses on use of Social Media tools to support Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) and self development. The following is brief synopsis of the training and what will be covered: Introduction: There is a desire to develop more effective knowledge sharing and a culture of collaboration in most organisations, but little recognition of what this means in terms of staff…

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Exploiting Knowledge in Networks (training event)

Exploiting Knowledge in Networks (training event)

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I’ll be running the above mentioned training course next week in Edinburgh for delegates from Scottish Government and the (Scottish) Improvement Service. The training has been commissioned through TFPL, and details of the event are on the TFPL training pages. It is perhaps worth noting that – as far as I am aware – this is one of the few training events that focus on social media and social networks for ‘Personal Knowledge Management‘ as opposed to the many and…

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Web 2 Tools for Facilitating Knowledge Management

Web 2 Tools for Facilitating Knowledge Management

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Doing final prep today for the Web 2 tools training course that I’m running on Tuesday 29th March. Key outcomes for the training are: An understanding of social networks and social media and the overlap between personal and professional identities. An understanding of the barriers to knowledge sharing and collaboration and how these can be overcome. Creation of a personalised social computing toolkit to support on-going learning and development in collaborative tools and techniques. This will be highly practical, hands-on training…

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Web 2.0 tools for facilitating knowledge management

Web 2.0 tools for facilitating knowledge management

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Having run a number of social media workshops for UK Local Government over the past few months, I will be focusing specifically on how social media and social networking (Web 2.0) can support the development of personal learning – ‘Knowledge Management’ at the forthcoming TFPL training event on 24th March 2010 – open to both public and private sector organisations. There has been considerable interest in this training so I’m anticipating that there may be a few more courses shceduled…

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Microsoft’s Cloudy Vision

Microsoft’s Cloudy Vision

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Microsoft’s Windows Live efforts are the software giant’s answer to web applications and cloud computing. However, from where I stand, they’re less a cloud strategy than a layer of fog over the multibillion-dollar packaged software franchises that keeps Microsoft going. Ray Ozzi, Microsoft’s chief software architect, seems to appreciate the scale of the task facing the software behemoth. In his interview with Om, he recognised that their legacy desktop applications were no longer the pivotal point for development: “A student…

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