Realize the potential of social collaboration in business with this easy-to-understand guide Social media have proven to be an engaging and addictive mode of communication and information gathering for users on a personal level. However, by applying that same philosophy, a corporate collaboration system that employs social technologies could potentially get employees more involved in running an efficient and effective business. This fun and friendly guide shows you exactly how to put social networking to work in order to achieve business goals. Taking you beyond just the features and tools of social collaboration, the book focuses on where and how social collaboration principles and technologies can be applied in order to enhance the performance of an organization, regardless of how big or small it may be. * Helps businesses understand how to introduce social collaboration practices into their organizations in order to create the results they are seeking * Details ways to transform a business into a social business by using social collaboration technologies * Provides case studies that exemplify ways in which business can engage and learn in social collaboration Social Collaboration For Dummies is an ideal introductory guide for anyone looking to use social collaboration to lead to improvements in productivity, organizational agility, innovation, and employee engagement.
Learn to:
- Encourage innovation with social collaboration tools
- Empower employees and create an agile organization
- Accelerate work and improve project coordination
- Make sharing the norm
Learn to connect people, help them work together, and make your business more productive
Your employees are probably already active in social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. What if they could use the same skills to get work done more efficiently? In this book, you'll meet the software and cloud services that help your employees connect with each other to communicate more efficiently, share skills, collaborate on projects, and more.
- Social with a purpose ? discover how social collaboration works, how it is and isn't like consumer social networks, and how to use it productively in your business
- Getting it off the ground ? see how to form groups, set parameters, address enterprise requirements, and use the cloud
- Explore options ? compare the many different vendors and products and determine exactly what your business needs
- Make the network work ? help people learn to connect with problem-solvers, share the right information, and seek expertise across the organization
- What's a manager to do ? learn what goes into managing a successful social collaboration program and collaboration communities
- Learn your part ? everyone from the CEO to the sales team has a role in a successful social collaboration
Open the book and find:
- All about the enterprise social graph
- Information on useful social collaboration platforms
- Suggestions for making a strong start
- How to get buy-in from the brass
- Social web standards you should know
- Pros and cons of the cloud
- Tips on making your social collaboration a success
- Ten obstacles you can overcome