This week I was MC for the AHRI HR Technology conference , and ran one of the workshops on the following day, on Creating Results Using Social Media. One of the many topics discussed was the use of social media to track metrics and correlate these with organizational success metrics. Get going with social media. MORE >>

Last year, I looked at new hire practices and found some interesting methods: Ensuring new hires understand the shadow or informal part of the organization through the use of tools such as network maps (Jon Katzenbach, Senior Partner of Booz & Company, author of The Wisdom of Teams). Use the tools you have already for social learning. MORE >>

Shortly after Forrester announced that Deloitte Australia’s Yammer network had won its 2011 Forrester Groundswell award in the category of Collaboration Systems. Undoubtedly a major factor in Deloitte Australia’s success in internal social networks is the unreserved support of its CEO. MORE >>

Podio is aiming to shake up this enterprise social networking space currently occupied by the likes of Yammer , Presently , SocialWok and Salesforce Chatter by providing a tool that can be customized using a wide range of ready-to-use productivity apps available from its built-in App Store. Podio on the Go. Comparisons. MORE >>

Gartner has released five interesting predictions for social software. By 2014, social networking services will replace e-mail as the primary vehicle for interpersonal communications for 20 percent of business users. Through 2012, over 70 percent of IT-dominated social media initiatives will fail. MORE >>