While a lot of my research agenda and client interactions focused on collaboration and Enterprise 2.0 / social software during 2009, the most sizeable amount of time and energy for me this year was spent on social media, social networking, and social analytics (externally as well as internally). Facebook Connect). Social Networking. MORE >>

it was Web computing — sticking a browser in front of a network. The social networking revolution.  So, my daughters may someday ask me: “What did you do in the Social Networking Revolution, Daddy&# *? they extended their network of peers to outside the four walls of their company. Social networks and E2.0 MORE >>

ROI Filed under: mba — Tags: enterprise 2.0 , connectbeam , roi — Hutch Carpenter @ 9:35 am Photo credit: cambodia4kidsorg Establishing a solid ROI for enterprise social software is an ongoing discussion for the sector. And the need for some sort of ROI justification is a recurring request. delivers ROI. MORE >>

Just a short excerpt from an upcoming document on the business and cultural aspects of enterprise social networking that came out of my field research project: "When interviewees spoke of “culture”, their anecdotes revealed a spectrum of issues that influence the degree to which employees choose to participate in work-related activities. MORE >>

Today’s networked era requires a new way to make investment decisions that incorporates intangible assets and more accurately depicts how value is created. The network era now replacing the industrial age holds great promise. But like Pontiacs and Oldsmobiles, old-school ROI’s day in the sun is waning. Traditional ROI  . MORE >>