The whole talk was based on a blog post from last year: Ten tips for choosing and using social software. There are many examples of social software implementations not working. Will your audience readily adopt social software at work? There are many examples of social media policies on the web. Alongside the social media policy, make sure that people are aware of the personal and organisational implications of not keeping your online presence under control. Open source software has seen rapid acceptance over the last few years. MORE >>

» The State of Enterprise Social Software. Nearly all of the enterprise software product companies are claiming understanding of Web 2.0, IBM: A good start with their Connections social software stack, but none of the tools are close to current practices and not to best practices. The BEA screen shots show really poor traditional enterprise software interfaces and while including trendy (but often not helpful) tag clouds and other hints they heard the buzzwords, the tools are not really more than old enterprise software in Web 2.0 clothing. MORE >>

Shared experience, not just shared information, is fundamental to the social networks underlying collaboration and innovation. Collaboration means getting to know that other employees possess expertise on this or that topic, but also developing comfort with one another by sharing significant symbols relating to self, family, friends, and social activities, thereby understanding one another as people. Brands Change Management Collaboration Experience Design Social Networks Enterprise 2.0 project management social business social capital social software stack Web 2.0 MORE >>

In Social is the plural of personal JP Rangaswami contends that institutional innovation is required to achieve the potential that social software offers organizations in general, and for-profit companies in particular. Change Management Collaboration Experience Design Innovation Social Business Design Social Media Social Networks Web 2.0 JP's voice is one of several important contributions to current thinking about innovation. MORE >>

Some readers may find this useful: Eight Issues to Consider in Your Enterprise’s Internal Social Software Policy. If decisions about communication and interaction are made on legal and organizational basis, rather than innovation and idea sharing (see A threat to scientific communication ), social media is somewhat somewhat limited at the start. Unfortunately, strategies seem to lead to policies and policies risk being an impediment to innovation. respect the need to be cautious and reduce lawsuit prospects. Sometimes, however, we have to push those boundaries. MORE >>