Enterprise 2.0
4TM At Microsoft
Next week I’ll be heading to Seattle to meet up with Microsoft. On the agenda is two full days finding out more about their business, the potential for collaboration and knowledge sharing and, in particular, Enterprise Web 2.0.
Microsoft continues to dominate the enterprise computing market supplying everything from operating systems to email systems to databases [...]
4TM Launch Event 8 October 2008
SOCIAL MEDIA (Web 2.0) REVEALED AT FREE EVENT
Highlands in a UK first, as social media training centre launched.
There will be a free, lunchtime talk on social media and social
networking at Horizon Scotland on Forres Enterprise Park. The event
will run from 12:30 to 1:30pm on Wednesday 8 October 2008, and a
buffet lunch will be provided. The [...]
Removing Barriers: How social media can transform organisations
I’m passionate about how properly implemented technology can break down barriers in organisations. Large organisations in particular suffer from departmentalism and only limited flow of information. This can be enforced by the infrastructure, but more commonly it’s an accidental consequence of the difficulty of keeping several thousand people in touch with strategy and each other.
Fifteen [...]
77 Million Pound Target for Social Media-Led Site
SCOTLAND’S first destination management organisation (DMO), Aviemore and the Cairngorms, is making use of a new destination management portal and social media to help it hit its target of increasing the value of tourism in Badenoch and Strathspey by a further £77 million by 2015.
Created for the DMO by 4TM, the site combines hard information [...]
Inbox Buster! Use Social Media To Reduce Your Email by 80%
“Some ideas for better collaboration - don’t use email”, writes David Sim.
Many of us suffer from over-full email inboxes, so anything that helps address the problem is very welcome.
Luis Suarez of I.B.M. turned to social media to relieve the load from email. In an article for the New York Times, he describes how he used [...]
Social Networking in Schools and Colleges
An important new social networking study has been published to assist those working with young people in schools and colleges.
The study, supported by BECTA, evaluates the benefits and risks of six social networking services, and provides a showcase of innovative practices.
The full report is available at http://www.digizen.org/downloads/fullReport.pdf (PDF)
