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Let's Talk Lotus ConnectionsBlog Authors: Leo St-Jacques |
My First Post - What do you say to someone that Lotus Connections will bring down the sky?
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1 Chris Whisonant Permalink Welcome Leo!! I think you'll find that most organizations have an aversion to change. Though, I don't seeany reason that
there should be a problem with a slick, well-done corporate
directory that you have in Connections Profiles. That is pretty bad
about not allowing a photo with your kid. Companies need to embrace
personalization sometimes. I could see where something like Blogs
or Communities(Forums) could be seen as a productivity reducer,
though. But as long as there are internal policies in place from
the beginning, blogging won't be abused - unless people
intentionally do something wrong(which would then be them risking
their employment).
2 Leo St-Jacques Permalink Hi Chris. Thanks for your note. I do have some backers in the senior ranks that see the overall benefits of social software - but not all. And those who have I have not won over yet are suggesting that we implement full moderated blog posting and comments with published internal policies. I have not given up yet...
3 Scott Hooks Permalink The same "productivity" concerns were thrown about when internet access, email, and instant messaging were rising. The businesses that embraced these technologies early gained the most competitive advantage from the technology. That is where I would look for your evidence. Try to imagine your workplace without those tools today.
There are tons of benefits of blogging, such as public awareness of
your brand for internet bloggers (i.e., Lotus 911 has several
prominent bloggers), or just capturing and sharing organizational
knowledge for internal bloggers. If your thought leaders aren't
blogging, where is their knowledge stored? In their head - and it
leaves with them instead of being communicated and retained.
If your business truly wants to assess the business value of social
networking, I'd be happy to work with you to do so.
4 Suzanne Minassian Permalink Hi Leo - welcome aboard! I have a few items you may be interested in taking a look at.
Wainhouse recently did a report on IBM's usage of social software
which has some interesting pieces of information adoption -
http://synch.rono.us/social/blog.nsf/dx/wainhouse.htm?opendocument&comments
Second, we have an excellent consultant who specializes in adoption
and she wrote this guest blog entry today:
http://synch.rono.us/social/blog.nsf/dx/08292008092332AMSOMHQA.htm
Hope this helps!
5 Leo St-Jacques Permalink Thanks Suzanne for the links. I met Kathryn in the early Summer and she has provided me useful documents regarding the adoption of Connections.