Tell us about your interest, and what you hope to get out of these discussions

[Jon Hoel]

Please tell us about your interest in social media, and what you hope to get out of these discussions.

I'd like to hear about everyone's experiences with social media, and if you're new to social media, I hope I can be of assistance in answering your questions.

[Eric Brown]

Hi everyone,

I've been interested in Social Media for quite a while....back before that term became popular. I've been involved in various communities since the mid-90's and have seen the technology mature to what we see today.

One of my current projects involves helping client implement a social networking platform for use throughout their organization. This has gotten off to a rocky start due to the poor understanding of social media but I think we will get there eventually.

Feel free to follow me over on my blog (titled "Aligning Technology, Strategy, People & Projects" at http://ericbrown.com

[Jon Hoel]

Eric, sounds really interesting.

It'd be great if you could go ahead and start discussion thread for this group on Aligning Technology, Strategy, People & Projects and also on social networking.

Would love to hear some case studies.

[Jon Ingham]

I'm interested in why organisations are using social media and whether this, or 'real-world' activities have the greatest impact.

I'd be very grateful if other members could participate in my survey on this: http://social-business.blogspot.com.

I will of course, send particants a copy of the results and my conclusions from these.

Thanks and regards, Jon.

[Jean Douglas, CMC]

I just got back from delivering a presentation on determining the value of social media in your communication strategy at a Social Media conference in San Francisco. It focused on the basics - conducting research to determine the need, how to assess communications, how to assign value to communications and how an organization can determine ROI of communication.
If anyone is interested, I can provide more detail and a link to my presentation.

[Jon Hoel]

Sure, Jean. Feel free to add it here, or to create a new thread in this group.
Also, are you on Slideshare?

[Jean Douglas, CMC]

What is slideshare?
Jean

[Jon Hoel]

www.slideshare.net

It's a searchable online library of powerpoint slides - a good way of sharing your content.

[Jon Hoel]

Have added a new discussion thread - feel free to post your slides and initiate the discussion there.

[Adam Hibbert]

I started playing with Usenet as a student in the mid-90s, and find myself at home in places like this and Linked-In. I understand the potential for social networking, particularly as a kind of 'solvent' for removing irrational, inefficient legacy stuff in big complex organisations. It's like having everyone attend a company Town Hall, every day, from 9-5, as well as spending 8 hours on their "day job". If you can do that, why wouldn't you?

[John Griffith]

Im a consultant at www.uffindellwest.com but as a hobby I started www.therunningbug.co.uk - a social network for runners of all levels. I'm interested to hear from companies or individuals that believe a truly "social" (ie not commercial) application of social media in a business can effect valuable internal comms benefits and doubles as a perk/benefit not to mention a health incentive to reduce offdays...Ive developed a corporate proposition for this and can send to interested parties.

[Elizabeth Lupfer]

Hi everyone.. I work for Verizon Business and drive the social media strategy for our internal communications (HR and Corporate information) as well as external talent acquisition efforts. I manage the corporate intranet for Verizon Business and work with colleagues across the Verizon enterprise to integrate social media into our intranets to drive employee engagement. On a personal side, I have a blog called "The Social Workplace" (http://www.thesocialworkplace.com) that is all about this topic. Looking forward to networking with like-minded individuals!