Posted by Jim Haughwout on November 13, 2009
If you simply create a standalone community, you will only create a place where your stakeholders socialize. While this is nice, it will not create a large return on your investment. If you want to maximize the return on investment in your business community, you need to embed it into the your entire enterprise. Here’s how…
Posted by Jim Haughwout on October 9, 2009
We all have far too many accounts to maintain. We all know this. However, too many communities ask us to join YET ANOTHER NETWORK to participate. To be effective, communities should let me members be themselves, not just in how they express themselves but also in how they identify themselves…
Posted by Jim Haughwout on May 29, 2009
Last week, I participated in a panel discussion at the Wharton School on the effects of social networks on technology and business strategy. Here is a wrap-up of what I heard…
Posted by Jim Haughwout on May 13, 2009
On January 27, 2009, President Obama issued his third executive order and memorandum requiring transparency and open government. This can best be achieved not by simple adoption of technology but instead by application of social media strategies to existing modes of public engagement at the state, local and federal levels…
Posted by Jim Haughwout on March 2, 2009
In my last post, I posited that Web 2.0 would lead to creation of Business Solutions that harness the power of networks to create business value. Web 2.0 is ideally-positioned to transform the ideation process through social collaboration.
Posted by Jim Haughwout on February 26, 2009
If you run an enterprise (business, government agency, non-profit, etc.) your purpose in life is to advance your mission. Unless you are running a technology enterprise, your mission is not to buy or build technology.