Episode 24 - Bob Hallewell on Expert Messaging
Mon, Feb 20th 2012 4:30p lisa.duke@simplified-tec Download episode as MP3
Bob Hallewell, Expert Messaging Bob has a background in IT, training, psychology and likes collecting communication skills. He has focused on how organisations use email for the last 12 years, and his aim is to build a revolution in how weâre all using email. Topics People hate email, but isnât that just because it contains work for them to do? Isnât doing those tasks their job? Yes - doing the tasks is the job not doing the email. Email shou [read] Keywords: connections
application
email
google
social software
twitter
135
Connections Customer Reference Videos
Thu, Jan 26th 2012 10:58a lisa.duke@simplified-tec I had a potential client ask me for Connections Customer References the other day, and while there are some text ones... well, let's just say text is so last year. Here are some great videos I found: CEMEX Colgate-Palmolive Cardiff University Rheinmetall If you know of some other good ones, please feel free to add them in the comments. [read] Keywords: connections
social software
113
Video from Lotusphere regarding IBM Champions, Social Software Benefits, User Adoption, and More
Sun, Jan 22nd 2012 4:43p lisa.duke@simplified-tec Adam Brown from ISW in Australia, Mikkel Heisterberg from Intravision ApS in Denmark, and I were invited to be part of a roundtable discussion on the benefits of being an IBM Champion, the benefits of social software, the challenges of user adoption, and real world use cases and wins from our customers. Thanks to IBM for letting us participate - we all enjoyed it! I hope you find the video interesting. Roundtable Discussion from Lotusphere [read] Keywords: ibm
lotusphere
social software
103
User Adoption - The Final Frontier
Sat, Jan 21st 2012 4:10p lisa.duke@simplified-tec As an IBM Champion, I got the opportunity to write a guest post for the Social Business Insights Blog while I was at Lotusphere this year. My hope was that it would start IT Managers thinking about the steps beyond implementation for new Enterprise Social Software. Here's the link - I hope you find it helpful! User Adoption - The Final Frontier [read] Keywords: connections
ibm
lotusphere
enterprise
social software
90
Lessons Learned from A Year of Getting Social and Doing Business
Wed, Dec 7th 2011 8:10a lisa.duke@simplified-tec If you will be attending Social Connections II in Cardiff this Friday... spoiler alert! Everyone else, read on. Top Ten Things I've Learned from a Year of Getting Social and Doing Business 1. External social media participation shortens sales cycles by building trust and proving competence. 2. Social media allows small businesses to act like big businesses and requires big businesses act more like small businesses. 3. You can't just "do" social media a [read] Keywords: collaboration
connections
email
Episode 20 - Bernie Leung on Social at MWLUG
Tue, Oct 4th 2011 6:10a lisa.duke@simplified-tec Download episode as MP3
Bernie Leung is the President of MESA Technology. He had this company for over 15 years. Bernie started out as an Electrical engineer. He has always been a âbleeding edgeâ guy. He was one of those guys that insisted on getting departmental computing back in the days when computing was in a raised floor glass room. In 2003, he wrote a piece of software that he called MyLifeCircle. It was one of the first social networking software. But we didnât know [read] Keywords: collaboration
ibm
lotus
application
community
consulting
google
linkedin
networking
podcast
twitter
"When Are Lotus Partners Going to Jump on The Connections Bandwagon?"
Thu, Jul 14th 2011 10:50a Lisa Duke One of the most common questions I get from IBM and distributors is, "when are the traditional Notes/Domino partners going to start selling a lot of Connections?". While each partner has their own business, I don't think the complexity of an expert in one thing ramping up to become an expert in another thing is really understood and appreciated by the people asking the question. The typical IBM partner is a mini-IBM, offering all things to all people. But a traditional Notes/Domino partn [read] Keywords: connections
domino
foundations
ibm
lotus
notes
community
websphere
Connections vs. SharePoint Video
Thu, Jul 7th 2011 10:18a Lisa Duke Check out this video on YouTube to learn some of the differences between Connections and SharePoint from an IBM point of view. I always find comparisons like this useful as a way to understand the offerings in the social space. [read] Keywords: connections
ibm
sharepoint
68
The first Connections User Group Meeting Was 7/4/11
Wed, Jul 6th 2011 10:13a Lisa Duke For those Americans who were out on vacation for the July 4th holiday, you might have missed the live stream of Social Connections, the first Connections User Group meeting. The event was held in London, England, at the Salvation Army offices. Check out the video of the keynote and closing session. For the keynote Stuart McIntyre starts presenting at about 3 minutes 13 seconds in, so you may want to drag the bar over along the bottom to fast forward. The group will meet again in about si [read] Keywords: collaboration
connections
Video - From Personal Blogger to Professional Marketer
Sat, Mar 19th 2011 6:11a Lisa Duke Melissa Lion, Sr. Account Exec of CMD Agency and Blogger at South by Southwest Interactive. She tells us how to translate from blogger terminology to marketing vocabulary to get a job or gig. The session description was, "Bloggers, brands want what you got - an authentic voice and the discipline to create content. Join their ranks as a professional marketer". The chairs were in a circle, which is the reason she's not always facing the camera. I thought the content was important to get o [read] Keywords: blogger
52
Video - Old Media on Corporate Social Media
Sat, Mar 19th 2011 6:11a Lisa Duke In the introduction to the South by Southwest Interactive session "Brave New World: Debating Brands' Role as Publishers", Tom Ashbrook from NPR discusses how existing media organizations view social media, especially those publications created by companies. Plus you get a great closeup of the hair of the guy in front of me. [read] Keywords: application
facebook
58
Video - Old Media on Corporate Social Media
Fri, Mar 18th 2011 1:10p Lisa Duke In the introduction to the South by Southwest Interactive session "Brave New World: Debating Brands' Role as Publishers", Tom Ashbrook from NPR discusses how existing media organizations view social media, especially those publications created by companies. Plus you get a great closeup of the hair of the guy in front of me. [read] Keywords:
56
Video - From Personal Blogger to Professional Marketer
Fri, Mar 18th 2011 1:10p Lisa Duke Melissa Lion, Sr. Account Exec of CMD Agency and Blogger at South by Southwest Interactive. She tells us how to translate from blogger terminology to marketing vocabulary to get a job or gig. The session description was, "Bloggers, brands want what you got - an authentic voice and the discipline to create content. Join their ranks as a professional marketer". The chairs were in a circle, which is the reason she's not always facing the camera. I thought the content was important to get ou [read] Keywords: blogger
63
Video - Kat Mandelstein on Social Media Club
Fri, Mar 18th 2011 1:10p Lisa Duke Interested in Social Media, but not sure where to start? Consider checking out your local Social Media Club. Kat Mandelstein, who oversees worldwide marketing programs, web and events for IBM Collaboration Solutions in IBM Software Group, explains what Social Media Club is in this brief video, recorded at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. Sorry the video is a little jiggly - I have a tripod on the shopping list. [read] Keywords: collaboration
ibm
iTunes Now Carrying Get Social Do Business
Thu, Mar 3rd 2011 3:13p Lisa Duke If you are an iTunes user (and if you are not, you eventually will be!) check out the Get Social Do Business podcast now available through the podcasts section. The feed is free, but feel free to send random checks to the office if you feel so inclined. [read] Keywords: office
podcast
