Posted on November 1, 2008 9:34 am by Shel Holtz | Intranets | Research
Toby Ward, president of Prescient Digital, is looking for more people to take a survey on the use of Web 2.0 tools on their intranets. He’s seeking participation even from those who don’t have any Web 2.0 functionality built into their intranets; the survey asks about the obstacles you’re encountering. By participating, you’ll automatically get a copy of the survey results. Toby will also award a…
Posted on October 7, 2008 12:21 pm by Shel Holtz | For Immediate Release | Internal | Intranets | Social Media
More and more companies are implementing social software for employee use, and many more that aren’t find that employees are taking advantage of services that exist outside the firewall in order to do their work more collaboratively. One of the first books to appear on this subject is “Enterprise 2.0: How Social Software Will Change the Future of Work,” by Niall Cook of Hill &…
Posted on August 30, 2008 6:18 pm by Shel Holtz | Intranets | Social Media | Video
I’ve been noodling around with a PowerPoint-slash-video approach to explaining the value of Enterprise Web 2.0 (or whatever you want to call social media behind the firewall) ever since I read an article that rejected its usefulness. The presentation has been evolving over the last couple months, and I finally decided to just finish it rather than continue trying to tweak and…
Posted on July 2, 2008 9:18 am by Shel Holtz | Edge Content | External | Internal | Intranets | Social Media
As organizations seek to expand their communication efforts to include social media, they often find themselves facing the same hurdles that were faced and ultimately overcome by earlier adopters. Efforts to introduce social media have been hamstrung by questions of time commitment, IT issues, and legal concerns.
Usually, blogs are the tactic that face these obstacles (although I have also heard…
Posted on May 6, 2008 8:35 am by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Internal | Intranets | Social Media
Just today, I’ve received half a dozen pitches by email. Some are nothing more than press releases without even a passing effort at personalizing the pitch. Others make nothing more than a passing effort. So it’s a welcome relief—not to mention an entertaining and engaging experience—to get a pitch that is personal, creative, and attention-grabbing.
The pitch began with a cryptic email from Darren Barefoot,…
Posted on March 31, 2008 8:51 pm by Shel Holtz | Internal | Intranets | Social Media
I’m getting a little tired of the chorus of voices that suggest companies take a step back from integrating social media into their intranets because, after all, social media are just tools. We need, the authors of these opinions insist, to focus on strategy in our internal communications.
I am a huge proponent of strategic communication. The approach taken to any…
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