Demo: IBM Watson Workspace for Marketing

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As things settle from the IBM World of Watson conference two weeks ago, today I wanted to take the opportunity to share one of the demos that was shown in a breakout session hosted by Rob Ingram, Rishi Vaish and Alan Lepofsky.

The video that demonstrates how IBM Watson Workspace can improve your life as someone who works in marketing. It makes team collaboration easy and saves you time by bringing everything together and summarizing it for you (using some cool Watson services) so you can take action on what really matters.

Additionally the following integrations are shown (thanks to Sapho for building some of these):

• Google Adwords
• Marketo
• SAP
• Outlook Online (part of Office 365)
• and more...

Check out the 3 min demo video below:

We'll soon post other videos so stay tuned!

Enjoy!

As Seen in the Masters: Social Business is about Productivity, Innovation and Influence

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Over the weekend, IBM had a run of ads in print media and on TV with many different spots going throughout the Masters.

The spots were around IBM's 4 big areas: Social, Cloud, Mobile, and Big Data.  It was fun to hear from my friends and family who had seen the spots and mentioned how it was really hard to miss the IBM spots.

The spots highlight customers and scenarios that are being Made with IBM.  If you are not a golfer and want to watch the entire series, check out the IBM channel on YouTube.  Additionally, check out the Made with IBM site for more details and customer stories, such as this one on how Princess Cruises is optimizing their operations with social.

Below, I've included 4 videos that are specifically around social business, powered by IBM's enterprise social collaboration platform,  IBM Connections.

#8 - Workforce productivity



#28 - Crowdsourcing Innovation



#45 - Collaboration made with Social


#65 - Influence made with Social



Ready to get started? Start your free trial over at http://ibmcloud.com/social

Synthesio Shows Social Media Monitoring Integrated with IBM Connections

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IBM Connect 2014 is now 11 days away and the announcements keep pouring in! Today, I wanted to share a demo video from Synthesio, a social media monitoring and analytics company.

In their blog last week, Synthesio announced their integration with IBM Connections, IBM's social collaboration platform.

With this integration, IBM Connections users:

• have access to actionable social media data in real-time and the power to act on it.
• can leverage social media data directly from their existing Connections workflow.
• can push posts to colleagues in IBM Connections for follow up (e.g. in case of a customer praise or complaint)
• can save time by giving influencers the attention they deserve in real-time – without memorizing another login, without learning any new software, and without interrupting their workflow. All within the IBM Connections platform.

This integration is very powerful and gives you the ability to monitor all online networks (e.g. Twitter, Facebook, etc) for important posts about every selected aspect of your brand. And then, capture and route those messages automatically to the key people in relevant departments (customer service, marketing, product development, HR, PR, etc.)

Check out the 3 minute demo below:



If you haven't registered yet, go ahead and register today for IBM Connect 2014. See you there!

Check out the New IBM Social Business TV Ad Premiering Today

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IBM continues it's big push on Social Business (one of the 4 key areas of our Smarter Planet strategy along with Mobile, Cloud, and Analytics).

By now, you may have seen a recent article we published on the Wall Street Journal on competing in the Era of "Smart". This new TV ads are the next step in driving attention to the power of a social business.

Starting today, the following TV ad will be running in the United States during the Masters Golf Tournament coverage on both CBS and ESPN.

Check out the ad:

For those of you interested, the mobile TV ad is here and the analytics one is here.

Spread the word!

Dynamic Signal Helps Amplify Your Brand Using IBM Connections

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The news from IBM Connect 2013 just keep coming in. As I've shared in the past, one of the highlights of the #IBMConnect conference was the App Dev Throwdown where many new partners got to showcase their integration with IBM Connections.

Dynamic Signal, an employee marketing solution allows you to reward employees for their participation in external social networks like Facebook. Let's say, for example, that your company is launching a new product and you want to get your employees to help you promote it. Dynamic Signal provides an interface to create a campaign and track employee participation in it. Employees can promote company news from IBM Connections directly with Google+, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and more!!

This solution is a perfect combination of social business and social media and takes IBM Connections to the next level!

Check out this 4 minute demo:

Very cool!!!! Go check out their solutions today!!

IBM Connect 2013: Media Coverage Highlights

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Just like last year, I am now back home (after a 2 week vacation) and it's time to catch up with my feed reader and all the press coverage that was generated by #ibmconnect or IBM Connect 2013. It's interesting to compare the media coverage that was generated this year vs 2012. There's definitely a big focus on enterprise integration and c-level adoption.

So here's a couple of the highlights based on what I've found so far. I haven't included everything (I've skipped what seemed to be duplicates) but hopefully it helps you find things that you may have missed.

Cool Tweets

@markfidelman,: IBM clearly hitting all of the big #socbiz promises #ibmconnect

@alanlepo IBM SVP Mike Rhodin just gave one of the best "vision" talks I've heard at a conference. Not product, but big picture. #IBMConnect #LS13

@alexfidelman 90% of Fortune 500 companies use social and are seeing double digit increases in productivity. #ibmconnect

@BeverlyMacy  Mike Rhodin at #IBMConnect giving xclnt definition of the Socoal Enterprise #socbiz

‏@stelzner CEOs identified human capital as the #1 source of sustained competitive advantage - IBM Survey - #ibmconnect

@marciamarica The opportunity is wide open for "transformation." Mike Rhodin #ibmconnect

Written media/blogs

TechCrunch - IBM Makes a Play for the CMO and HR Pros

ZDNet - IBM execs discuss software acquisition plans, targeting C-level gaps

ZDNet - IBM suggests how social business can work for healthcare, retail, gov't

eWeek - Fluor Taps IBM Social Business to Link Global Workforce

eWeek - IBM announces new software, cloud services for social business

GigaOM - Balancing risk and social business innovation

IDG - IBM to beef up content management, analytics in Connections enterprise social product

InformationWeek - IBM tools point to bigger social trend

Internet Evolution - From Liking to Leading: Driving a 'purposeful' social business strategy

ComputerWeekly - What social enterprise did next

ComputerWeekly - IBM's three ages of data… leading to social

CMSWire: IBM Announces Connections 4.5, Employee Experience Suite

CIO Today: IBM Makes a Social Software Push for Marketing, HR

Enterprise Cloud Today - IBM Rolls Out Cloud-based services, software for Social Business

CIOL - IBM's new social business solutions to drive profit

Enterprise Irregulars - IBM Connect 2013 Highlights: Product Updates, Smarter Workforce and Smarter Commerce

UC Strategies - IBM Emphasizes New Directions at IBM Connect 2013

Enterprise Apps Today - IBM Forges Cloud Connections for Revamped Social Enterprise Slate

The FINANCIAL - IBM Delivers New Software and Cloud-based Service, Software for Social Business

V3.co.uk - IBM adds big data capabilities and Microsoft Office integration to Connections

Sydney Morning Herald - IBM blurs the work-life divide

ZDNet - Academics: There's a difference between social business and social media

ZDNet - Social business experts name 4 trends to watch in 2013

eWeek - IBM Sees Social Business as Untapped Big Blue Opportunity

BizBash - Twitter Contest Connects High-Profile Attendes at IBM Event

Turbo Todd - Fluor Corporation: Building buildings… and a better workforce

Bill Ives - Connecting the Enterprise: IBM Connect 2013 Notes: Opening Session

Bill Ives - Cases from 2005: Ed Brill on IBM, Collaboration, and More

CMSWire - Qumu Launches IBM Connections Social Video Solution for Collaborative Knowledge Sharing

eWeek - Polycom, Meetrix Partner for Cloud-Based Social Video Collaboration

Talkin' Cloud - New IBM Cloud Services to Bring Social Transformation

IT World Canada - IBM Tightens social software lineup

IT World Canada - IBM links CMS, analytics to Connections

Enterprise CIO Forum - How should CIO's engineer the new social enterprise?

How Social Business Can Increase Sales [WEBCAST]

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Still on the fence on whether or not you should embrace Social Business? Well, here's a webcast you can't miss!

LIVE FROM SUGARCON! How Can Social Business Increase Your Sales?

Date: Apr 24, 2012

Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Eastern Time)

Social Business is real and it's about to change the world of sales as you know it. According to a new Nucleus Research report based on interviews with more than 220 Customer Relationship Management (CRM) decision makers, adding social features and mobile access to CRM applications boosted the productivity of sales people by 26.4 percent. In this webcast, Larry Bowden, VP of Web Experience Software with IBM, and Chuck Coulson, VP of Business Development at SugarCRM will provide an exclusive introduction live from SugarCon!

Then Chris Lamb, Program Director for Social CRM Software at IBM will show you a day in the life of a sales person in a social business -- what it could look like and how it changes their performance. Then he will walk you through the financial analysis and impact of optimizing your sales team The analysis will help you understand what a team of top performers could mean to your bottom line.

What You'll learn:

- How sentiment analysis will help you understand your customers better than the competition

- How you can take the guess work out of decision-making with predictive analytics

- How you can make your sales teams smarter and close business faster

To register, click here . And if you would like to follow the IBM Collaboration Solutions community, check them out here.

Lotusphere 2012: Media Coverage

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Just like last year, I am now back home and it's time to catch up with my feed reader and all the press coverage that was generated by #ls12 or Lotusphere 2012. Looking at the press generated this year and comparing to that of 2011, this year's coverage is **significantly** higher! To me, this has been my favorite Lotusphere and I'm extremely excited as to what the rest of 2012 will look like!

Newspapers and Magazines:
NY Times: IBM Makes Its Social Computing Strategy Smarter
The BrainYard: 10 Ways to Transform Into a Social Enterprise
TechNewWorld: IBM Hones Social Enterprise Tools (I'm featured here! :) )
IT World: TD Bank goes social 'inside the firewall'
eWeek: Electrolux Taps IBM for Social Software
V3: IBM takes on Google and Microsoft with cloud-hosted document editing tool
The BrainYard: IBM Aims To Be First With OpenSocial Embedded Apps
eWeek: IBM Bolsters Social Business Play with Analytics
(added on 24/Jan/2012) The BrainYard: TD Bank's Social Strategy: Start Small, Think Big
(added on 24/Jan/2012) ComputerWorld: TD Bank Gets Social for Better Business
eWeek: IBM: Defining a social business
eWeek: IBM Kicks Off Lotusphere with Focus on Social Business
eWeek: IBM Partners Prep for Social Business at Lotusphere 2012
CIO Insight: IBM Social Business Software is Bolstered with Analytics
CIO Today: IBM Launches Services To Help Businesses Go Social
SiliconANGLE: IBM Gears Up for Social Business: the New Enterprise
ZDNet: IBM rolls out new social analytics tools
CMSWire: IBM Connections: Analytics, Email, the Activity Stream, & More
ServicesANGLE: IBM to Launch IBM Docs with a Collaborative Service Similar to Google Apps
IT Jungle: IBM Gets Down to Social Business
No Jitter: Lotusphere: IBM Puts Meat on the Bones of its Social Strategy
UC Strategies: IBM Provides Analytics to Social Business
Technorati: IBM Adds to its Social Business Tools with New Analytics
MyCustomer.com: IBM continues social business expansion with new programs and partnerships
Channelnomics: IBM Eyes Partners to Expand Social Business
theflyonthewall.com: Electrolux enables a social, mobile workforce with IBM software
WebProNews: IBM Announces Social Analytics Services: IBM Connections and more, for the enterprise
IT World: IBM unveils next-gen Connections
CIO Insight: Social Business: If You Build It, Will They Come?
Information Management: The (IBM) Social Network
Destination CRM: IBM Brings Analytics to Social Business
TechZone360: IBM Connections Looking to Make the Enterprise More Social
Computerworld: Sharepoint is a 'document coffin', says IBM
V3: Lotusphere: IBM demos social lab projects including business ramification tool
eWeek: Lotusphere 2012: 10 Takeaways from the Show



Bloggers:

Bill Ives: Lotusphere 2012 Notes: Opening Session
Alan Lepofsky: My POV on the Lotusphere 2012 Opening General Session
SmartPlanet: Is your company ready to be a social business?
Bill Ives: Lotusphere 2012 Notes: Monday Morning Press Q&A
Keith Brooks: Rachel Happe's Session at IBM Connect
Chris Pepin: Lotusphere 2012 kickoff
Bill Ives: Lotusphere 2012 Notes: Opening Session Tuesday
(added on 24/Jan/12)Todd Watson: Live @ Lotusphere 2012: IBM Customer TD Bank Makes Major Social Business Deposit
NTEK: IBM Takes The Power of Analytics to Social Businesses (Spanish)
@gawed: IBM Continues its Leadership in Social Media (Spanish)
Perficient: Lotusphere Session Highlights - IBM Connections Auditing and Compliance Infrastructure
Alan Hamilton: Lotusphere Business Development Day
Adam Brown: Why Gamification for IBM Connections
Perficient: Lotusphere Tuesday Keynote: Social Evolution with McKinsey, TD and FAST Company
PaulGillin.com: Live Blog: Lotusphere 2012 Opening Session
PaulGillin.com: Live Blog: Day 2 Kickoff Strikes Transformation Theme
PaulGillin.com: Live Blog: 3M Unites Global Workforce with Technology
Bill Ives: Lotusphere 2012 Notes: IBM as a Social Business
Bill Ives: Lotusphere 2012 Notes: Customer Conversation - Russell's Convenience
Bill Ives: Lotusphere 2012 Notes: Opening Session Wednesday
mwd advisors: A new, confident IBM at Lotusphere 2012
GigaOM: Notes from Lotusphere and thoughts on IBM

(added 25/Jan/2012) Social Media Today: Lotusphere 2012 Touts Social Business But What About Social Media?
(added 25/Jan/2012) Inspirian: Shiny Social Tools Meet Practicality at Lotusphere
added 25/Jan/2012) Per Henrik Lausten: Thoughts from Lotusphere 2012: IBM Connections Next

Yay, I'm going to SXSW 2012 !

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Earlier this year, I asked that you go out and vote for the various sessions we had submitted. Yesterday, more sessions were announced for SXSW 2012 and I was happy to see that the proposal Suzanne Livingston and I submitted was accepted.

Our session is titled Enterprise Social Media Trends: Are We There Yet? . Here's the abstract we submitted:

Social media has gone mainstream! But it's not everywhere yet. In this session, we'll explore case studies that showcase the trends and best practices of using social media today, the ROI, and the impact on your customers, employees, and entire supply chain. We'll dive into the core capabilities of a social business and review how organizations are leveraging new capabilities to deliver bottom-line results. This session will provide a look into how businesses are utilizing social technologies to respond faster to opportunities, generate new ideas, accelerate innovation, and beat their competitors. We'll look into the technologies that enable this growing form of enterprise collaboration that is built on the new generation of information sharing. We'll close this out with five top trends and thoughts about where this is heading.

So once Lotusphere 2012 #ls12 is done, I'll come back home for a few weeks and then off to Austin.

I've been to Austin a couple of times to visit customers and the IBM offices and it's a great city. However, I've never had the opportunity to go to SXSW. Based on what I've read and heard, it's an awesome conference and I feel lucky to have the opportunity to go there and not only present, but also go to sessions put together by leaders of the mobile & social media industry.

For example, in the newly accepted sessions, I see speakers from companies like Twitter, Foursquare, Paypal, Pageonce, Popular Mechanics, etc.

If you are going to SXSW 2012, I hope to see you there!

Nielsen Releases the Latest Social Media Report [INFOGRAPHIC]

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This morning I was made aware of the following report titled: State of the Media: The Social Media Report Q3 2011

Nielsen has put together a fantastic set of info graphics where they share the latest statistics on social media. Here you will find things like:

• How Americans spend their time while connected to the Internet
• The demographics for the most active social networkers
• Mobile social media use
• Top App categories used by smartphone owners
• The demographics of who is engaged more by online video
• Correlations of active online users and the impact on their lives offline

I've re-shared the info graphics below:

The original link is here if you want to see a higher resolution version: http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/social/

IBM Once Again Leader In Social Software Platforms

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IDC, for the second year in a row, has named IBM the world wide leader in social software platforms based on market share. IBM was also the world wide leader in social software platforms in IDC's 2010 report.

The release of the report is very timely as the Enterprise 2.0 Boston Conference kicks off today. In this year's report, IDC looks at the social software market for the 2008-2010 period. In the report, you'll find revenue and market share for each of the vendors listed.

IDC reports that the worldwide revenue for social software platforms was more than $500 million in 2010. This represents an almost 32% growth from last year. IDC also mentions that they expect the market to grow to $2 billion worldwide by 2014.

It's also worth noting that Microsoft is not included in this year's list. Microsoft wasn't included in last year's list. This further validates that SharePoint is not an Enterprise 2.0 platform (unless of course you can find the budget to spend $6-$9 on services/customization for each $1 you spend on a SharePoint license).

You can learn more about what IBM is doing at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston here. The keynotes will also be broadcasted live today and tomorrow here.

Article first published as IDC Names IBM Worldwide Marketshare Leader in Social Software Platforms on Technorati.

How To Add Google +1 Button to Blogger

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I just caught the news about Google making available the new +1 Button.

If you want to understand the value of the Google +1 button, here's a quick video that Google put together:

As an end user, I'm still not sure about the value, but as a content publisher it might help my search rankings and make my content more discoverable so I figure I would add it to Connections and my Blogger blogs. (more on Connections in a follow-up post).

Adding the Google +1 button to Blogger is pretty easy. Once you follow these instructions, it'll show up on your page similar to this:

Here's how you get it done:

1. Go to Blogger.com
2. Log in with your account if you haven't yet
3. On your Dashboard, click the Design link for your blog you want to modify
4. Near the top of the page click on Edit HTML
5. Now on top of the text box, click the Expand Widget Templates checkbox
6. Find the line that contains </body>
7. Just before that tag, add the following code:
   
   

   <script src='http://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js' type='text/javascript'/>

   
   
8. Now search for post-body and you should find something like this:
   
   

   <div class='post-body entry-content'>

   
   
9. Immediately after that line, add the following code:
   
   

   <div class='post_share social-media'> <div class='wdt_button'> <g:plusone expr:href='data:post.url'/> </div> </div>

10. Now look for .footer-outer { and you should find something like this:
    
    

    .footer-outer { color:$(footer.text.color); background: $(footer.background); ...

    
    
    
11. Just before that line add the following:
    
    

    /* Social share styles ----------------------------------------------- */ .social-media { width: 90px; } .post_share { float:left; } .post_share .wdt_button { clear:left; margin:0; } .wdt_button { padding:5px; }

    
    
    
12. Click Save Template and that should do it.

To see how to add the Twitter and Facebook Like buttons to your Blogger blog, see this post.

Enjoy!

Estudio Sobre Redes Sociales en Puerto Rico

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Me acabo de topar con esta presentación en Slideshare. Me encanta el concepto de tener un estudio sobre el uso de las redes sociales específicamente en Puerto Rico. 618 cibernautas de Puerto Rico participaron en el estudio. De estos 80% tiene un bachillerato o algún tipo de maestría o doctorado (por lo tanto, la mayoría no son personas de escuela elementa/superior).

El estudio tiene unos hallazgos bien interesantes:

• La mayoría que prefiera Facebook como su red social favorita son los que tienen algún tipo de maestría o doctorado.
• Los que prefieren Twitter tipicamente son los que tienen bachillerato. Sería bueno tener algún tipo de desglose por edades ya que tipicamente la audiencia de Twitter suele ser gente mayor Y Facebook es usado por gente más joven
• 66% de los usuarios de redes sociales están empleados a tiempo completo
• 71% de los usuarios están 3 o más horas dedicados a redes sociales! Wow!
• 72% de los usuarios visitan las redes sociales todos los días (no surprise there! :) )

Una estadística que me sorprendió es la gran cantidad de corporaciones que están bloqueando el acceso a las redes sociales. El estudio encontró que 48% de los patronos de estos usuarios están bloqueando el acceso. Esto es un ejercicio fútil ya que me imagino que 100% de estos usuarios tienen algún tipo de proxy para circumventar los bloqueos de estas corporaciones. Además, el que los empleados estén en las redes sociales es crítico para el éxito de una compañía. Si trabajas en IT para una compañía te recomiendo que leas este blog para que veas el valor que tiene el que sus empleados estén en las redes sociales.

Aquí está la presentación de SlideShare.

Estudio sobre Redes Sociales en PR 2011

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Me imagino que esta data va a ser bueno ahora para las agencias de mercadeo que quieren entender quienes son los usuarios de estas redes sociales.

Gracias a Jeanessa García por darme el link.

The Future of Marketing: Hype or Business Driver in 2011?

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This is my last post until next week when I'll be live blogging from Lotusphere 2011 (#ls11). I did wanted to bring this to your attention. On Tuesday we made available a new video on our site where the co-founder of ThoughtLead, Sam Rosen, sits down with the Suzanne Livingston, Sr. Product Manager for Connections, to talk about how to make externally-facing customer communities work.

Sam restricts Suzanne to only 2 minute answers, so the video moves pretty quickly.

She answers many important questions, including:

• Are customer communities simply hype, or will they actually help my company develop our competitive advantage?
• Do I need a dedicated "social media team" for the community, or should the work be shared throughout my organization?
• How to (soft) sell to your customers through your online community--without turning off your audience?
• How to ensure your customer community continues to thrive and serves your business goals over time?
• How to turn negative product feedback into opportunities for business growth and customer loyalty?
• How to dramatically increase the number of new product ideas your organization can generate?
• Case studies of companies successfully using customer communities to lower costs and drive profits
• How to convince the C-suite to start a community?

So if you are responsible for the social media strategy of your organization, go on and check out this great video interview. I'm sure you are going to get some great info to use as you build your social media strategy.

To access the video, click here.

Recap of the Lotus Connections 3.0 Launch

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Yesterday's announcement of Lotus Connections 3.0 was received very well. People seemed to be very excited and tons of news outlets picked up the news.

Using Storify (thanks to a recommendation from Mitch Cohen) I was able to compile some of the tweets. I want to emphasize "some"! There were tons and tons of tweets and RT's. What I've done is compiled the tweets up on the top and then links to the various news sites where the story was published down at the bottom.

This is my first time using Storify. What do you think? Very cool, huh?

Getting Started with Social Media

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Are you interested in getting your feet wet with Social Media? IBM has created a page solely dedicated to educating businesses on how to get started with social media.

The Getting Started with Social Media page is aimed at IBM Business Partners and provides various guides to help partners better understand how to use this new medium, decide if and how to use it, and how to use key tools to get the most value out of it.

Here's what you will find there:

• Getting Started with Social Media - Part 1 - Education (social media, what and why?, market planning for social media)
• Getting Started with Social Media - Part 2 - How To Get Started (choosing social media, tools, measuring social media tools, success stories, etc)
  
• Guide: Twitter Basics
• Marketing Benefits for IBM Business Partners

Because this is targeted for IBM Business Partners, you do need an account with PartnerWorld. So all of you business partners that are reading this, go ahead and download these guides today.

Technorati has also picked this up and it's available here. It's encouraging to see that Technorati is asking other companies to imitate what IBM is doing:

[...] it's great to see companies being more proactive and aggressive with their social media use. Here's hoping other large corporations--and small ones--follow IBM's lead.

The author of the Technorati article, however, is not aware of all the great things that IBM is doing in the social space. Hopefully, he posts a follow up.

Is Your Company Collaborating Successfully?

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For those of you lucky enough to be in Boston next week, well, I'm jealous. There are two great events that I wanted to bring to your attention and that you should go to.

First, as I mentioned recently, next Monday the IBM Center of Social Software kicks off its Fall 2010 Speaker Series with Craig Watkins. To RSVP and see more details, click here.

Second, on Friday October 15th, 2010, we are hosting an exclusive lunch at the Capital Grille. At the lunch we'll have two companies that are using social software behind the firewall to create a hyper-comptetive, interconnected world, which today is top of mind for Human Resources & Marketing leaders.

1. Carmen Duarte, VP Marketing and Communications from OneBeacon Insurance
2. Melissa Shore, VP Internal Branding and Communications from Staples

Joining them will be Michael Fontaine who is the Director of Compensation & Global Recognition at IBM. These executives will share what they are doing to improve employee communication & engagement, maximize corporate awareness, and create collaborative work environments that facilitate teaming and sharing inside and outside the enterprise.

This forum will encourage dialogue in support of an optimally productive experience. Networking with peer thought leaders and executives from organizations facing similar challenges will be an additional benefit of attending.

Date: Friday, October 15th, 2010

Time: 11:30am

Location: Capital Grille 10 Wayside Road Burlington, MA 01803

Please RSVP by leaving a comment below or by reaching out to me.

What's the Business Value of Social Software?

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If you are looking at ideas on how to improve the efficiency of your organization, division, or department, then I have a webcast just for you. Tomorrow, a set of 3 panelists from IBM will be addressing CIOs and Line of Business owners with the goal of getting everyone to leave with a new approach on how social software can deliver real business value.

Here's the details for tomorrow's webcast.

Date: October 6, 2010
Time: 11 am ET
Duration: 60 minutes

IBM Panelists:
Randy Frink
Sales & Distribution, Software Sales

Louis Richardson
Software Group, Worldwide Sales

Martha Mealy
Market Segment Manager - Social Software, Mashup Center

Additionally, attendees will get a free copy of a whitepaper: "Web 2.0 @ work: How CIOs can Help Drive Business Returns by Improving Organizationally". To register for the webcast tomorrow, click here.

Enjoy!

October is the month for Lotus Knows Bus Tour

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It's almost October and that means it's tour time! Here's a map of the cities that the Lotus Knows Tour Bus will be visiting during this month. It looks like I'll get to see it first when it goes to the LA area which is the same week I'll be at the Portal conference in nearby San Diego.

View Lotus Knows bus in a larger map

Shortly after I get to check out the bus in Los Angeles, the bus heads to the Las Vegas. And as Bilal points out, it looks like it's going to show up at the Sharepoint conference. That sounds fun!!! Can't wait to see/hear the reaction from the crowds there.

So plan now and set a date with the Lotus Knows Tour Bus. For a complete listing of cities and dates, click here.

Virgin Atlantic Commercial: Lotus Knows how you travel

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If you are not following Ed Brill, well you should, but also, that means that you missed this link that he posted. It's a new commercial that's being shown in-flight Virgin Atlantic flights. I thought it's pretty cool.

Enjoy! (and yes, I've been posting a lot of videos lately, but that's because Lotus Knows I Like Videos.)