tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158624627543246167.post8288936041654179666..comments2008-08-08T09:00:08.145-04:00Luis Benitezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17548529757291454921noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158624627543246167.post-25113390717171784642008-08-08T09:00:00.000-04:002008-08-08T09:00:00.000-04:00@winch,great article!! Thanks for the link!!!Luis Benitezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17548529757291454921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158624627543246167.post-81903983028452250792008-08-08T08:20:00.000-04:002008-08-08T08:20:00.000-04:00Hmmm, the url isn't displayed correct. I meant this <A HREF="http://strange.corante.com/archives/2006/03/05/an_adoption_strategy_for_social_software_in_enterprise.php" REL="nofollow">article</A>Winchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13871858555805691200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158624627543246167.post-71579137199504879382008-08-08T08:11:00.000-04:002008-08-08T08:11:00.000-04:00A POC with an empty social software environment indeed is a challenge. i have to think about that (for Lotus Connections people could just start with importing their existing bookmarks)<BR/><BR/>I find this article about adoption great too:<BR/>http://strange.corante.com/archives/2006/03/05/an_adoption_strategy_for_social_software_in_enterprise.phpWinchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13871858555805691200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158624627543246167.post-85760709392755417032008-08-07T00:11:00.000-04:002008-08-07T00:11:00.000-04:00Hi chica!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by! I am really glad that you liked the cartoon. Your husband sounds like a very cool guy!!!<BR/><BR/>The challenge with a PoC, in my opinion, is its positioning. Typically, a technical PoC environment is a throwaway platform. <BR/><BR/>Now, with social software, there are two options: a) a technical PoC (i.e. does the product meet our technical needs re: integration, features, etc) or b) a business value PoC (i.e. does the product really work in our enterprise with our employee culture) ?<BR/><BR/>If the PoC is of type (b), then we really need to follow the steps outlined in this post. We need to identify 5-10 evangelizers who will load the environment with data and will promote the environment internally with their co-workers. Since evangelizers tend to be leaders in their areas, fellow co-workers will tend to follow.<BR/><BR/>If this happens, viral adoption will eventually happen...Luis Benitezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17548529757291454921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158624627543246167.post-46339978554552095522008-08-06T21:18:00.000-04:002008-08-06T21:18:00.000-04:00you say - "if you go to a social site and it's empty.. Would you like it? I remember when I first joined Facebook I was loner and didn't really use it since my friends were not there....But as more people joined, I was hooked!" <BR/><BR/>I TOTALLY agree with this point and even if @idonotes says that a POC should look at the framework and usage, i strongly believe that somehow, part of the PoC experience should be getting a grip on that social aspect of the tool. At my company we did a PoC for a social software tool and it had no data, so it was really not that cool, and we just dropped the social software idea all together.<BR/><BR/>Just food for thought...how can the PoC reflect that? Be creative!<BR/><BR/><BR/>btw, i love your comic, i can totally see my husband or kids saying that!!la chicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06305435645006070715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158624627543246167.post-71995132717432396082008-08-06T14:16:00.000-04:002008-08-06T14:16:00.000-04:00@Ido Oh that's an interesting point: "Setting the right expectations with your PoC audience"!!!!!<BR/><BR/>re: integration, the customer's IT department really thought that integrating the best of breed of each vendor would create an awesome consumer-like experience like Facebook/MySpace. The problem? During the PoC, each vendor's system was running independently from the other (except ours which we integrated into Confluence and Sharepoint). And, worse, each had its own UI; they weren't branded to look like one. End-users complained about that a lot.Luis Benitezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17548529757291454921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158624627543246167.post-70523468285940671102008-08-06T11:33:00.000-04:002008-08-06T11:33:00.000-04:00I agree in some areas, and not in others. Some basic training was needed, yet letting the users explore and find the one easiest to navigate, understand and use is important. It is one of the many reasons you don't stay on a new social network right now.<BR/><BR/>Informing them that they are looking at framework and usage, not for tons of info is important. They cannot expect the site to be fully populaetd for a POC. <BR/><BR/>Integrating many of them together made no sense, since they would not exist in their company that way.<BR/><BR/>Apparently the company had some predefined idea of what they wanted in social networking (or maybe none at all) and none of the products hit the mark with the users and PoC teamsIdoNoteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11066273905524270230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158624627543246167.post-62105633804777982172008-08-06T09:48:00.000-04:002008-08-06T09:48:00.000-04:00Hi Winch,<BR/><BR/>Yup! I actually got those recommended practices from a presentation that she created and shared internally in IBM. Isn't social software great??!! :)<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, her presentation was even more detailed. She had 12 recommended practices. From those, I chose my top 8... I wanted to choose the top 5, but they are all so good, that I couldn't limit it to just 5!<BR/><BR/>I tried to find a post to her external blog which talked about this, but didn't find it :(.Luis Benitezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17548529757291454921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158624627543246167.post-77717448613692675132008-08-06T08:26:00.000-04:002008-08-06T08:26:00.000-04:00I like the eight steps. It's something that Gia Lyons mentioned too at one of her presentations at LotuSphere this year (so it must be true :)Winchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13871858555805691200noreply@blogger.com