While most people out there think that Social Software is all about new, fancy social tools, available on a more engaging and participative Web, I thought you folks would enjoy the following quote from one of my fellow IBM colleagues, Adam Christensen , who happens to know a thing or two (And plenty more! That’s a quote taken from one of his recent blog posts titled: " The Impact of Corporate Culture on Social Media (IBM’s Case Study) ", where he introduces one of his latest slide decks that he has used to present at the Social Networking Conference in Miami that

Continuing further with some of the highlights from IBM ’s Lotusphere 2009 event that I attended in Orlando, FL, in January 2009, I thought I would cover what, to me, was one of the most inspiring and thought-provoking moments throughout the entire event. Specially since it ties in, quite nicely, with a couple of blog posts I have shared over here recently around the topic of Social Software and figuring out its Return on Investment or ROI. Those moments were actually a number of conversations that throughout the event I had the pleasure of having with my good friend David Tebutt , who was also at Lotusphere (And who blogged his experiences over at his own blog ), where we eventually brainstormed for quite a bit on the whole thing around the subject of proving the business value of social software.

I’ve been co-designing and c0-facilitating a number of workshops for the CGIAR and FAO over the past few years about knowledge sharing, and more recently, this phenomenon people call “social media.” thought I’d share a few of them on this blog.  Here are two articles that you might find helpful from IBM: [link] 8221; Part of this work has been to  comb through resources and create some launch pads that are relevant to NGOs and non profits. I

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Q: I would like to know your insights on building people-to-people networks for increasing knowledge sharing and participation: how to go about it, using discussion forums, and other ways to create a knowledge-sharing environment. Part of the adoption process is to help people get over the awkwardness of being social online, we have to guide them by informing them social tools are not extra work - it’s what you are doing anyway. KM Link of the Week IBM gambles on a shift from the KM model - Into the big blue yonder With a

If you have been following this blog for a while, you would know how I have been blogging for a good number of times about one of those topics that people keep asking me about to share my two cents of the conversation: Social Software Governance and what IBM is doing about it . My short answer has always been IBM’s Social Computing Guidelines . However, the long answer has always been a story of how a good number of us had been using social software behind a firewall for a while and how, in 2005, we all got together around a wiki and started working over the course of a couple weeks on the initial IBM Blogging Policy and Guidelines document.

Connected Search Archives IBM Lotus Connections, in plain English Edit: I used to be the IBM Lotus Connections Technical Evangelist. m part of IBM Lotus Technical Sales, and it is my job to help folks understand what Lotus Connections is and how to use it well. In my opinion, IBM Lotus Connections is primarily social networking software, not collaboration software. I am now the Social Enterprise Evangelist at Jive Software .

This month's Online Community Expert interview is with Rawn Shah, Practice lead with the Social Software Adoption team in IBM. Working across the IBM enterprise, we have a fairly extensive network of social ecosystems involving hundreds of thousands of members across many geographical regions. Within the 400,000 or so employees in IBM, there are several thousand communities of various combinations of users. He has worked in various roles as a software developer, production manager, a journalist and community program manager in his career. His current focus is on understanding and

Yes, I am talking about the IBM Blogger Q&A meeting that took place with both Irene Greif and Bob Picciano , amongst several other folks (Like Suzanne Minassian or Casey Dugan – and a few others). The reason why I thought about sharing some further insights from this event is not necessarily to detail what went on all along throughout the whole time, but certainly share with you folks a few hints of what happened during that time that I am sure would be worth while sharing over here. On my latest blog post on the Enterprise 2.0 Conference

Connected Search Archives IBM Lotus Connections, in plain English Edit: I used to be the IBM Lotus Connections Technical Evangelist. m part of IBM Lotus Technical Sales, and it is my job to help folks understand what Lotus Connections is and how to use it well. In my opinion, IBM Lotus Connections is primarily social networking software, not collaboration software. I am now the Social Enterprise Evangelist at Jive Software .