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Social Business Collaboration Framework For Success - Workshop. How to Build a Social Business. Is Social Business the Same as Social Media? What Matters In Social Business? [this post originally published at CMSWire.]

There’s no doubt that social business has arrived. In three short years, we’ve adopted this umbrella concept to encompass function-specific concepts like word of mouth marketing, consumer advocacy, and Enterprise 2.0. But what exactly is social business? As a definition, a social business harnesses fundamental tendencies in human behavior via emerging technology to improve strategic and tactical outcomes. There’s a lot more to unpack in support of that statement – so let’s talk about what matters in social business. First, we need to understand how we got to where we are today. A change in the cadence of the workplace. Businesses recognized these trends and saw opportunities emerging in the market. Consumer participation. [See this link for a list of 101 examples of social business ROI.] We have started seeing meaningful social business results, but challenges still remain.

Companies must determine how to organize. How my day has changed since becoming a social employee. How my day has changed since becoming a social employee By Carol Sumner, IBM Senior Accelerated Value Leader I've been doing my current job, Accelerated Value Leader, for about eight years (it hasn't always been called that).

I know that's a long time to stay in one job, but I really love working with customers, understanding their situations, and figuring out how our software can best work in their environment. It's a great mix of soft skills and technical skills. The biggest shift in my work has come in the last six months as the Accelerated Value Program has encouraged employees to become more social in the way they work. My daily routine has changed more than I thought it would. The first things I check in the morning are status updates from my network. Carol Sumner is an Accelerated Value Leader with IBM Collaboration Solutions who specializes in collaboration systems implementation and administration. Carol is an IBM Redbooks Thought Leader.

The Greatest Strength of Enterprise Social Media: Collaboration. Social Collaboration and the Asynchronous Workplace. Whether your company is a small shop of just a few intensely hard-working pros or a large venture with hundreds or thousands of workers, good communication is critical to your success.

And by "good communication," I mean communication that works. With the right collaboration tools and a little operational discipline, you can overcome any communications challenge and get your teams in sync. When I started my career back in the olden days of the 20th Century, the workplace was largely synchronous. For the most part, everyone showed up at more or less the same time, worked in the same office together, went to the same meetings, ate lunch at 12:30, and gathered around the same water cooler when they felt like taking a break. Communication wasn't always of the highest quality, but there was plenty of it and if you missed something, somebody was always right there to fill you in. By contrast, today's workplace (mine and, probably, yours too) is fairly asynchronous. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

The Business World Welcomes Social Networking. From Social Networks to Collaboration Networks: The Next Evolution of Social Media for Business. Social Business and the Growth of Shared Value [Infographic] Menu Oracle Social Spotlight Subscribe to email updates Social Cloud In the Mix: Social Chatter for Live Events If you frequent business events, you've probably noticed an increase of digitally displayed social media chatter.

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